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Asian Aviation Centre (AAC), the premier aviation academy in Sri Lanka, recently held its 15th annual awards ceremony at the Mount Lavinia Hotel with Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake as the Chief Guest and the newly-appointed Secretary to the Ministry of Aviation, Dr. Ravindra Ruberu as the Guest of Honour.
A reader of the previous week’s My View titled ‘SL’s future: Convert the simple economy into a high-tech based complex economy’ has taken up an important issue with this writer via email. He has said that it is unlikely that Sri Lanka could have a complex production structure in the country because Sri Lanka lacks ...
Ardent cricket fans grabbed their chance to join in the excitement as they grabbed a once in a lifetime chance to see the T20 World Cup Trophy and meet their favourite Sri Lankan cricketer. As a ‘bonus’ several others even won free tickets to the world cup matches as well. This was all made ...
Pakistan warmed up for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2012 with a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring game at the Nondescripts Cricket Club in Colombo. After a brief delay to the start owing to a wet outfield, Pakistan opted to bowl and Asmavia Iqbal, the new ball bowler, vindicated captain Sana Mir’s ...
Members of the New Zealand and Bangladesh teams trained with 12 players from the runner-up teams of the Murali Harmony CupFor 12 players from Central College of Anuradhapura and Maliyadeva College of Kurnegala cricket teams, 19 September was a big day in their lives. The chosen 12 from the two teams which finished runner-up at ...
Smart Media – The Annual Report Company was last week declared as the winner of the prestigious Platinum Achievement Award for annual reports worldwide at this year’s ARC Awards in New York City. It is the second time that Smart Media has bagged the Platinum at the ARC Awards – a de facto recognition as ...
The 20th anniversary of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Sri Lanka was held at the Hilton Hotel recently
The examinations Department has declared the dates on which Competitive Examinations for recruitment to the Sri Lanka Accountants’ Service and the Sri Lanka Planning Service will be held. Accordingly, Open and Limited Competitive Examinations for recruitment to the Sri Lanka Planning Service will be held on 6 and 7 October and Open and Limited Competitive ...
Reconciliation and communal harmony are two words that are being constantly used at various platforms these days. Yet it’s rarely that we read or hear about something concrete happening. In that context, the lead given by Ananda College recently is indeed praiseworthy. The Old Anandians took the initiative in planning an annual cricket match between ...
By Shanuka Tissera The Vintage Car Owners’ Club formed in 1987 is the only club catering to veteran, vintage and post-vintage thoroughbred vehicles in Sri Lanka. The VCOC aims to keep these pristine pieces of art in mint condition and have now become a part of Sri Lanka’s National Heritage with most automobiles earning the ...
$ 450 m mega project to be completed in 2014 By Uditha Jayasinghe The Government has leased the iconic Transworks House land to India’s Krrish Group for 99 years at $ 49 million, whilst the $ 450 million mega project is slated to be completed by 2014. The land encompasses the Transworks House, a colonial ...
Saskia Fernando Gallery and Breese Little Gallery will host a dual exhibition of drawings by Chandraguptha Thenuwara and Jagath Weerasinghe, staged simultaneously in London and Colombo during the next couple of weeks. Titled ‘Drawings’ the exhibitions will present Thenuwara and Weerasinghe’s negotiations of this medium, investigating drawing as a site to negotiate boundaries, pol...
In clear signs that Sri Lanka’s trade with India is set to grow further and recent noise about Sri Lanka in Tamil Nadu has almost no impact on the surging Business-to-Business (B2B) linkages, a 45-member strong biz delegation led by S. Rethinavelu, Senior President of the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industries (TCCI) is ...
As a responsible corporate citizen, NDB has dedicated itself towards making meaningful benefactions to the society through its Strategic Corporate Responsibility initiatives that uplift and empower the future generation of Sri Lanka. In an effort to mobilise this strategic view on sustainability, NDB joined hands with the British Council of Colombo on a special project ...
It’s encouraging see the Philatelic Bureau using a bit of imagination. Over the past few months, there has been a distinct change in the policy on stamp issues. We have had a few issues on environment, nature, wildlife and so on. There was a time when we were saddled with faces of the so-called ‘distinguished ...
Khaleej Times: Sri Lankan efforts to increase its export of skilled workers to the UAE were the topic of discussion in a gathering of diplomatic officials at an overseas employment promotion seminar held on 13 September. At the event, officials addressed local recruiters and employers on the procedures and benefits associated with hiring workers from ...
Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) yesterday in a statement urged the Government to respect the judiciary of the country. LfD said it was disturbed by the emerging evidence of coordinated moves to undermine the independence of judiciary in Sri Lanka. The Statement issued by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on 16thSeptember 2012 clearly indicates that there ...
Hosts candle lighting events and suicide prevention walk programsBy Ruzaik Farook Sri Lanka Sumithrayo Colombo, under the global umbrella theme ‘Suicide prevention across the globe: Strengthening protective factors and instilling hope,’ and the localised subtheme ‘Don’t despair, we care,’ organised a candle lighting event to remember those who have died by suicide on ...
Whether there is rain or sunshine, the children at Kumbukkollawewa village are eager to attend pre-school, to learn new things, play with their friends and also to bask in the sunshine under the kind attention of the two volunteers who function as their pre-school teachers. The 25 children did not have a proper pre-school building ...
Union Assurance (UA), one of Sri Lanka’s largest and most trusted life and general insurance expanded its branch network with the opening of its fifteenth location in the Northern Region in the town of Chunnagam. UA was the first private insurer to start operations in the Northern Peninsula in 2002. UA takes pride in its ...
By Rashika Fazali Dubstep is a growing music genre. It’s best described by a well-known website, AllMusic as: “Tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals.” If absorbing this piece of musical information was hard, try dancing to this music. You will be puzzled but for these ...
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele J. Sison handed over fishing supplies to 130 families in Kallar, Kilinochchi on Thursday. This donation, through the US Embassy’s development arm, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is part of a larger initiative of partnering with families in conflict-affected areas, bringing dignity back to their communities. Although ...
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday held meetings with the Indian President and the Prime Minister and discussed key issues of mutual interest to the two nations. President Rajapaksa, who is in India on a three-day official visit, met the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss bilateral issues, including fishermen ...
By Shanuka Tissera The Serendib Educational Foundation (SEF) provides financial support to talented students who have excelled in their secondary education and have the ability and skills to reach greater heights as they pursue higher studies. The 20th anniversary celebration took place at Cinamon Lakeside where the SEF proudly launched their latest website for both ...
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced that there will be a 12 hour water cut from 8a.m. on today to 8a.m. tomorrow (23) in the following areas: Maligawatta Road, a section of Panchikawatte, from the Elfinston junction in Sri Sumanatissa Mawatha to Jetawana Road junction, Miraniya Street, Paradise place, Old Moor Street, Princegate, ...
Walk to be held on 30 September to raise awareness on preventing child abuse and sexual harassmentBy Devin Jayasundera Sri Lanka’s premier child rights expert and Former Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority Prof. Harendra de Silva voiced concern on the upsurge in child harassment and abuse occurring in the country. “When it comes ...
SriLankan Airlines established its presence in the most bustling district of the Southern Province, Hambantota, with the opening of a new sales office on Friday, 21 September. The branch office will facilitate travel formalities to a large clientele in the south-eastern coast area. The modern facility is equipped to handle reservations, ticketing, Prepaid Ticket Advices ...
NOLIMIT via its loyalty card Arapaima recently announced its latest customer promotion whereby cardholders could win themselves tickets for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 2012 cricket tournament which will be held in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October. To stand a chance to get their hands on these valuable tickets each Arapaima cardholder ...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) recently provided a Technical Assistance (TA) to the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) aimed at developing foreign reserves management skills of the Maldivian Central Bank. This program helped to build MMA’s institutional capacity to formulate foreign reserves management policies and procedures and to manage its foreign reserves so as ...
The US authorities do not have discussions with Osama Bin Laden’s successors. In fact, the US has made it very clear that they would kill any associate of Bin Laden, at sight. That is the way US treats ex-terrorists. However, when it comes to Sri Lanka, Robert O. Blake is asking the Government to have ...