The Runaways Rocks! By Sumaya Samarasinghe Who has not stomped their feet and done some head banging to the sounds of Joan Jett screaming I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll ? But few of us know that she was once the leader of an all teenage girl rock band called The Runaways who were barely 16 [...]
Weekend extravaganza will feature world renowned DJs, entertainers and a host of theme parties, rave music, jaw-dropping acts, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, international DJs and artistes. Scintillate 2010 will come to life from July 30 to August 1 at Amaya Reef, Hikkaduwa. Event Connections Private Limited, in partnership with French Seduction, a world renowned international [...]
Four golfers, two men and two women, will represent Pakistan in the 123rd Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship in Colombo from July 24-30. Mohammad Ali Hai of Karachi, who is the reigning national champion of Pakistan as well as the title holder of Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship, will be accompanied by Safdar Khan of Gujranwala [...]
By Dilini Perera Gaming has come a long way since ‘Pong’ and ‘Space Invaders’ and the reflexes, skills and technique that one requires to play the console games of today are mind-boggling. However, recently, a group of individuals did Sri Lanka proud by representing the country at an international cyber games tournament against teams that [...]
Divine providence haunts the UNP Leader By Faraz Shauketaly Ranil Wickremesinghe is certainly the pits. He projects himself as the gentleman of politics, a man who leads one to believe that his word is his bond — even though it is common knowledge that Wickremesinghe rarely gives his word but when he does, he stands [...]
Lanka Institute of Fashion Technology (Pvt) Ltd. (LIFT) will celebrate its 10th Anniversary at Hilton Colombo on July 29. This day will be fashioned by many professionals who will gather from around the world, to mark the institute’s 10th successful year. LIFT was formed in the year 2000 and has been the first and foremost [...]
In his article headed “State and strategy for the North and East” published in The Sunday Leader of July 18, Dr. Dayan Jayatillake styles himself as a “liberal realist” consequent to the opinion the late Prof. A. Jeyaratnam Wilson had expressed (in 1997) that ‘Dayan is perhaps the last liberal thinker among the Sinhalese’. Prof. [...]
It’s cool in the furnace,” an American musical based on the three Biblical characters, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who were thrown into the fire by King Nebuchadnezzar for not worshipping him, will go on stage in Colombo On October 29. A debut production of the Christian Arts Foundation (CHRAFT), it’s directed by Jerome de Silva [...]
Illegal Constructions In Protected Knuckles Forest By Gazala Anver Illegal constructions and encroachments into the Knuckles Conservation Forest area are hastening the extinction of a few endemic and endangered species found exclusively in the Knuckles region, says the Sri Lanka Nature Forum. The approximately 17,500 hectares of land was declared as a conservation forest in [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge Dengue is the new swine flu — a disease that swoops down out of nowhere, killing indiscriminately. 21,954 cases (and deaths) have been reported for the year as of Thursday (22). Dengue is doubly frightening because there is no vaccine developed for it yet. Here, prevention is better than cure. In other [...]
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