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Ammunition - when it can be found - is flying off the shelves across the United States, including in Terre Haute.
- Cambodia blames heatwave for deadly ammo blast (Category: Breaking News)
- Iranian indicted in rifles, ammo stockpiling case (Category: USA, Washington)
- Sergeant arrested for stealing weapon, ammo from Ratmalana Air Force Base armoury (Category: Breaking News)
- Iranian citizen accused of stockpiling sniper rifles, ammo in Ferndale (Category: USA, Washington)
More expansion planned to ride the post-war rebound in tourism and entertainmentBy Cheranka Mendis Hilton Colombo Residence has embarked on a major renovation plan for the hotel to reap post war benefits starting with the expansion and refurbishment of its Union Ballroom. Completed in seven months at a cost of US$ 3 million, the Union ...
- The going is good, says Galadari GM (Category: Business)
- Facelift for two Colombo Fort Hotels’ properties (Category: Business)
- Lighthouse Hotel goes for refurbishment, more rooms (Category: Business)
- Centara to open two hotels in Sri Lanka in second half of 2012 (Category: Business)
or are on the verge of being ruined. Some villages complain of the shortage ...
- Drought and lessons learned (Category: Business)
- Paddy farmers’ problems (Category: Business)
- Mahaweli Project – North Central Province canal: A tunnel in the wilderness? (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of irrigation water for paddy cultivation: A way out (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s new development tagline Sri Lanka’s current development tagline has been to make it the ‘Emerging Wonder of Asia’ as originally enunciated in the ‘Mahinda Chinthana: Vision for the Future’ and reaffirmed in both the Development Policy Framework of the Government issued in 2010 and the Annual Report of the Ministry of Finance and ...
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
Reuters: AT&T has dropped its controversial $39 billion bid for Deutsche Telekom’s US wireless unit, bowing to fierce regulatory opposition and leaving both companies scrambling for alternatives. AT&T will have to find another way to address its shortage of wireless airwaves
- AT&T to buy Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA for $39 billion (Category: USA, Washington)
- Heineken wins control of Tiger beer maker; focus shifts to F&N (Category: Business)
- More than ever, businesses must think ‘what if’ (Category: Business)
- TNT agrees to UPS’s raised cash takeover offer of $ 6.8 b (Category: Business)
Organisational sustainability is the ability for a group of persons to endure the internal and external pressures of a culture, through change and innovation, as they endeavour to deliver their specific products.There are seven components to create organisational sustainability. 1.Organisational identity Every organisation needs to distinguish and market its organisational identity. The organisati...
- How to develop an effective marketing plan (Category: Business)
- Driving for ‘value’ (Category: Business)
- Getting induction right (Category: Business)
- Measuring the impact of HR (Category: Business)
“The peace museums in Japan remind the present generation of mistakes that must not be repeated, and of suffering that must not happen again. I saw hundreds of school children come every day to those museums along with their school teachers” When the war ended in May 2009, it was the worst that was over, but ...
- Political dialogue must be accompanied by concrete changes on the ground (Category: Breaking News)
- Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka courageous and worthy of study (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinhala Symbols, War, Peace And Ethnic Reconciliation In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sections of Tamil Diaspora still not reconciled to defeat of LTTE (Category: Breaking News)
AUCKLAND, 12 Sept. – The eight matches played so far at Rugby World Cup 2011 may have resulted in only one positional change in the latest IRB World Rankings, but there was no shortage of thrills and spills with Wales, Argentina and Romania all coming agonisingly close to causing upsets
- Sri Lanka ranked second after Aus series (Category: Breaking News)
- Highly-ranked Sri Lanka can surprise Pakistan in ODIs (Category: Breaking News)
- Rankings add extra twist to knockout stages (Category: Business)
- Pakistan seeks Twenty20 win against Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Stock Broking firm Capital Alliance suggests that the 2.6 million tourist arrivals target isn’t a pipedream but achievable though it will be only by 2020, which is 4 years later than the Government and industry set timeline of 2016. “The Government projects 2.5m arrivals in 2016, but the industry will lack the rooms and trained ...
- Think tourism (Category: Business)
- ETA examined (Category: Business)
- September tourist arrivals up 27% (Category: Business)
- South Africa’s Sun City to invest $ 800 m in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Business)
by Rajindra C. Ratnapuli, C.Eng I am privileged to write the commemorative article on late Dr. A. M. A. Azeez to mark his 37th death anniversary on November 24, 2010. This article is a way of expressing my gratitude to this outstanding Sri Lankan who made a difference to the quality of life of so ...
- A.M.A. Azeez, an Intellectual and Visionary (Category: Breaking News)
- Zahira College holds 120th Anniversary Prize Day (Category: Business)
- Zahira College reflects on ‘Past Glories and a Way Forward’ (Category: Business)
- Zahira Group of ’80 holds high achievers felicitation ceremony (Category: Business)
An Interview with SB Dissanayake by Chamitha Kuruppu Admitting the Government has launched a campaign to eliminate JVP-led student movements crippling the university system in the country, Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake points out such moves should not be...
- Universities in crisis: Key learnings (Category: Business)
- Chaos in universities: A solution? (Category: Business)
- Law students can be assisted to learn English – President (Category: Breaking News)
- “Our motto is quality, not money”: BMS President (Category: Business)
Wayamba Elevens are set to take the Champions League T20 by storm with a strong backing from Indian Companies as their sponsors
- Kunnath Pharmaceuticals to associate with Wayamba at CLT20 (Category: Sports)
- Wayamba beat Redbacks by 5 wickets (Category: Sports)
- CLT20 2010 – Wayamba v Victoria (Category: Sports)
- CLT20 2010 – Wayamba v CSK (Category: Sports)
An Open Letter to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa by P.Elmo J de Silva The war is now over and the people of Sri Lanka are grateful to you for your contribution towards the country’s victory....
- Hometown hero (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Vibrant programme to alleviate poverty – PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Cyclists back city bike path plan (Category: South Australia)
- Gillard opens Belmont GP super clinic (Category: Australia, Victoria)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Preparations for the 11th International Indian Film Academy Awards that are to be held in Colombo just next week are going full steam ahead despite all the issues it has faced so far. Protests and picketing by a large number of the Indian Tamil community in India, several celebrities refusing to attend the [...]
- IIFA Extravaganza culminates with the Awards ceremony (Category: Breaking News)
- IIFA Awards, the grand finale of the 3-day extravaganza in progress (Category: Breaking News)
- Winning Track (Category: Business)
- 3 Idiots' bags 14 nominations in IIFA (Category: Breaking News)
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