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The Perceived Economic Opportunity Index (PEOI) picked up a bit in August after its steep fall in July to one of its lowest values in the last 12 months. Index compiler the Foundation for Economic Freedom in Sri Lanka (FEFSL) said it was significant that the PEOI is still languishing in the ‘relatively pessimistic’ territory ...

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday asserted that there is no political interference of any kind in the country’s Judiciary, as some have alleged. Addressing a meeting with News Directors and Chief Editors of electronic and printed media at Temple Trees, the President said that the Government does not interfere in the affairs of judges or ...

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The protest marches launched by the union of striking university academics and the student union on Monday urging the government to save the state education reached the city marking a successful conclusion. The trade union of Sri Lankan university academics, Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) launched its protest from Galle on September 24 and ...

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US Ambassador Michele J. Sison joined over seven hundred school children and local communities in Nedunkerny, Vavuniya last week to celebrate International Day of Peace. Youth across Sri Lanka from all different ethnic backgrounds spent months preparing for this day by participating in awareness workshops, camps, cultural programs and sports competitions that explored and discussed ...

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Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO) recently organised a seminar and workshop on ‘Lighting the Future’ at The Sands, Kalutara. Top architects, consultants and key opinion leaders in the building and project business were invited for this event, along with their families. The invited guests and their families checked in on Friday at the hotel. ...

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3M Sri Lanka, in collaboration with 3M India hosted a three day Key Opinion Leader (KOL) healthcare session recently under the themes of ‘Developments in Infection prevention and sterilisation in hospitals’, re-enforcing 3M’s commitment to bring in global knowledge and best practices through international industry experts, with the aim of reducing the burden of hospital ...

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Five youth, from Anamaduwa, Anuradhapura, Kandy, Puttalam and Matara, respectively, were recently appointed Elephant House Ice Cream dealers for their respective communities. These young people, who have become self-employed due to assistance provided by Elephant House, will now be operating Elephant House-branded mini ice cream trucks in their home locales. An initiative to help improve ...

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Commuters can now experience free wi-fi service in stations and train Customer service kiosks in 15 train stations across the country Seven branded trains steam across the whole of Sri Lanka The next time you take a train ride be prepared to witness Airtel Lanka’s latest innovation in branding as it takes its vibrancy to ...

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Micromax has tied-up with Abans Ltd as the authorised retail channel partner for India’s largest mobile handset company. “Abans is presently the authorised channel partner for a range of mobile devices, stocking the largest collection of the world’s leading brands,” notes Abans Deputy Director Dinesh Perera. “The company is one of the largest importers and ...

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New commander of Sri Lanka Navy took helms Thursday ceremonially at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo. Sri Lanka Commander-In-Chief, President Mahinda Rajapaksa promoted Rear Admiral Jayanath Colombage to the three-star rank of Vice Admiral with effect from 27 September, and appointed him as Sri Lanka Navy’s 18th Commander. He succeeds the retiring Navy Commander Vice ...

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The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) will be knowledge partner to Ananda College ICT Society annual conference, “Pulz’ 12”. Throughout its 25-year legacy of 25 glorious years, the ICT society of Ananda College (ACICTS) has rendered a great service to the school and the country. It has produced many giants in the field of ...

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Text and pics by Mohamed R. Farook Fathima Halidha, a Fathima Muslim Ladies College 2011 AL Examination Bio Stream student, who secured an astonishing Z-Score of 3.0, with an all island ranking number three and district ranking of number two having achieved three straight A’s in all the three subjects of biology, chemistry and physics, ...

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ANC Education has commenced the first LLM student intake with a full batch in September 2012. Two prominent academics Dr Philipp Elliot-Wright, Course Leader for LLM Programs and Dr Yaraslau Kryvoi, Senior Lecturer, School of Law from the University of West London arrived in Sri Lanka to attend the inaugural lectures conducted at ANC Education. UWL ...

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The inauguration and the opening sessions of the Eisenhower South Asia Conference 2012 and Eisenhower Day celebrations were held earlier this week at the Cinnamon Lakeside, where Eisenhower Fellows from across the world met in Colombo. Organised by Eisenhower Fellowships, Philadelphia and the conference organising teams from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the evening ...

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By D. C. Ranatunga Each time we visit the Peradeniya Botanic Gardens, we always look for flowers.  I remember whenever we went we used to make a bee-line to the Orchid House where the blooms were a treat. And they still are. We hardly took an interest in studying or admiring trees.  True, we saw ...

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Watching the World T20 matches on TV – currently being played in Sri Lanka, I noticed a Tourist Board commercial on the theme ‘Refreshingly Sri Lanka – Wonder of Asia.’ Immediately I recalled last year’s stamp released to mark World Tourism Day. Sri Lanka issued ten stamps with an attractive souvenir sheet carrying all the ...

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  A Sri Lankan born in California, Ras Ceylon speaks on how rasta and Sri Lanka has influenced his music   By Rashika Fazali “For me, music is the universal language. It is the vehicle of expression,” said rastafarian rapper and lyricist Ras Ceylon. I first heard him when he performed at Alternative Sunday Round ...

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High Commissioner of India Ashok K. Kantha visited Sri Palee College in Horana to attend the Tagore Day celebrations. The foundation stone of Sri Palee College, modelled after Santiniketan, was laid by Gurudev Tagore himself on his third and last visit to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) on 20 May 1934. The Tagore Day celebrations at ...

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By Air Chief Marshal Oliver Ranasinghe   I spent about two months during school hours on the steps of the present school auditorium. When I sat during the whole day on the auditorium verandah, my feet could not reach the ground.  I was only five years old in 1952 when my aunt took me to ...

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A booklet based on the sayings of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States of America, has just been released by the Eisenhower Fellowships Association of Sri Lanka. It is to be distributed free to school children to convey a strong message on leadership, peace and unity. “It was an exciting experience,” ...

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By Jennifer Chen For years, Channa and Ajit Gunewardene lived with their mother in a 1950s bungalow in the posh Cinnamon Gardens neighborhood of Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. It was spacious and comfortingly familiar. But it had a serious flaw: Most of the rooms were interconnected, a design quirk that was becoming increasingly ...

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Dettol, a power brand from the portfolio of Reckitt Benckiser (Lanka) Ltd, launched its latest offering – Dettol re-energise soap, with the freshness of orange and Dettol’s trusted germ protection. During the course of the day, germs sap our energy which causes fatigue. The unique formulation of Dettol re-energise soap not only protects you against germs ...

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A special health screening package which includes a breast cancer risk assessment and discounts on mammograms will be available in October at the Ceylinco Healthcare Centre.   A promotion launched by the Centre to build awareness on the importance of early detection of breast cancer in the month dedicated universally to the cause, the special ...

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Creepy customer service Way too many Colombo stores seem to think it’s OK to silently follow customers around and just stare at them. It’s not. It’s just creepy and weird. Recently we went to Leather Collection. The manager immediately started following us like five feet behind. It was so obnoxious. They don’t even greet you ...

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DISREGARDING an offered salary increase, academics on Friday staged a massive protest march demanding sweeping reforms to higher education and widening the abyss with the Government. As the three month anniversary of the strike nears, there is escalating concern of the consequences of this stalemate. The Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA), the trade union ...

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Reuters: Chelsea captain John Terry has been under the spotlight all week and there will be no change when the Premier League leaders play Arsenal on Saturday, the European champions’ first big game of the season according to team mate Branislav Ivanovic. Terry shocked English football on Sunday when he retired from international football ahead ...

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Rain-hit game goes host’s way as West Indies fails to chase down 48 runs in eight overs (strap) In what was seen as the first major upset of the tournament, an inspired Sri Lanka overcame West Indies challenge by five runs, courtesy the Duckworth/Lewis method, to register its first win of the ICC Women’s World ...

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The ‘Speed Championship 2012’ round three organized by Asian Motor Racing Club is scheduled to be worked off at the Speed Drome Pannala on October 14 from 8.30 a.m. The two rounds held earlier has not shown any driver with a clear indication of the championship except for the SL-GT Cars up to 3500cc where ...

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Simon Taufel’s retirement as an active umpire at the end of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 will mean that the most decorated member of the ICC’s Elite Panel of Umpires will not be around to oversee big games anymore. Taufel has been among the few officials who have been regarded with respect across the board, ...

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Countries have achieved sustained growth and development by adopting a range of approaches. Successful outcomes have come from policies varying from state capitalism to those based on market-driven private sector-oriented models. A high premium needs to be attached to the pursuit of pragmatic policies that are appropriate for country-specific conditions at a given point in ...

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