Long awaited and following the enormous success of the first edition of the Colombo Art Biennale ‘Imagining Peace’ in 2009, CAB is delighted to announce its second edition with ‘Becoming’ in February 2012. CAB is honoured and proud to introduce its two curators for this year’s edition of the Biennale – Roman Berka, who heads ...

Justice and fair-play is paramount Justice and fair-play are of paramount importance to all members of the world family consisting of 193 nations expecting justice and fair-play equally. It is the principle on which the United Nations was established in place of the less-effective League of Nations, in order to settle differences among nations based ...

Admits that he tampered with the ball during triangular series in SL Former Pakistani cricket player Shoaib Akhtar lived up to his notorious title of being “controversy’s favourite child” with the launch of his autobiography in India. In a book titled “Controversially Yours”, Akhtar hits out at prominent names in the world of cricket and ...

Initiated as an add-on trip to the Council of International Schools (CIS) South Asia Tour and coordinated by Scholarships for USA (Pvt) Ltd. (www.scholarshipsforusa.com), Vanderbilt University, Pepperdine University and Penn State would be visiting Colombo on October 4/5 in the company of few prestigious universities that have rarely travelled to the island before. The highlight ...

Named ODI Player of the Year 2011 and LG People’s Choice AwardSri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara was in for double joy as he was named ODI Player of the Year 2011 as well as LG People’s Choice Award winner at the LG ICC Awards in London. During the performance period, Kumar played 25 ODIs and compiled ...

Millennium Information Technologies (MillenniumIT), a leading technology solutions provider yesterday announced the appointment of Amit Alok as its new President and General Manager. Two years ago MillenniumIT became part of  London Stock Exchange Group Plc, the international exchange business, and since then has gone from strength to strength, providing the Group with the world’s faste...

By S.S.Selvanayagam The Board of Investment (BOI) had some welcome news recently as two monetary claims made against the BOI amounting to a sum of approximately Rs. 47,000,000 and a further sum of US$ 21,000 was dismissed by Court. In another similar case, Bonaventure Textiles Lanka Ltd. too instituted action against the BOI claiming a ...

This is a headline article of Khaleej Times – one of the most prominent and leading newspapers in the United Arab Emirates.  According to the news item 350milion population in the Arab World is in need of 160,000 doctors.  In the UAE out of the population 80% are expatriates mainly from South Asia.   The ...

The Sri Lanka Private Sector Assessment of the Report to the United Nations Secretary General by the Panel of Experts on accountability in Sri Lanka was released on Thursday. The private sector critique is a compilation of views raised by a private sector group in Sri Lanka who are concerned about the content of the ...

By Harsha de Silva We understand that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to compound undisclosed securities fraud by some billionaire investors. Media reports have begun to circulate that Environmental Resources Investments (ERI) and its Directors have agreed with the SEC to pay an insignificant fine of Rs. 10 million and compound an ...

Asia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio Network, Sri Lanka’s largest radio network, has provided yet another enriching and historic experience to Sri Lankans living around the globe with the introduction of international SMS News Alerts. For the first time in Sri Lankan media history, ABC Radio Network’s Gold FM, Hiru FM and Sooriyan FM which have ...

By Marianne David Warm, welcoming and exuding good cheer, the Cinnamon Lakeside’s newest General Manager Denis Gruhier perfectly fits into the best qualities the hospitable hotel is well-known for and his affirmation of Sri Lanka’s optimistic post-war outlook for tourism in particular and the country in general is welcoming news indeed. Having joined the Lakeside ...

Colombo: All Sri Lankans who have been employed in Libya have returned to the country and the Sri Lankan embassy in Tripoli has been closed, the External Affairs Ministry said today. Director General of Public Relations and Communications of the External Affairs Ministry Sarath Dissanayake told national news agency Lankapuvath that the last batch of ...

In one of the greenest offices in Colombo, Sukula Satharasinghe alumna of Asian International School (AIS) flanked by her mother Kumiko and Priyanthi Dissanayake of Scholarships for USA (Pvt) Ltd. (www.scholarshipsforusa.com) celebrates her acceptance to Truman State University (www.truman.edu) in Missouri USA to major in pre-med/biology with an amazing offer of financial aid, credit transfers, .....

Coming from a marketing background I tend to view the happenings of the world from a lens that can be different to many. Last week’s developing story of the Anna Hazare episode in India was unique, in my perception. A man who does not own a computer and is 74 years of age, with little ...

Our ‘poli-socionomic’ dialogue You will recall that like Capt. Kirk in his Star Ship-Enterprise,’ we also ventured into new territory with our first discussions under this theme ‘poli-socionomics,’ which appears to have caught on somewhat; thus, on behalf of those of us who still dare to think, I must thank those editors who carried it. ...

THERE was welcome news from the highly-successful city of Shenzhen, China on Friday, when it was announced that the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) deal on the Colombo South Container Terminal (CST) was signed between the consortium involving China Merchant Harbour International (CMHI) and Aitken Spence and Company Plc and State entity Sri Lanka Ports ...

The AppZone, the mobile application development platform, introduced by Etisalat, has won an m-billionth award at the ceremony held recently in New Delhi. The m-billionth, awards who look to honor the achievements of those who drive to take mobile technology forward in the South Asian region, have selected the AppZone as the best mobile infrastructure ...