The Greatest By Sumaya Samarasinghe It begins like a typical teenage love story. A young couple becoming intimate for the first time, and then a silly mistake. The boy, Bennett stops his car in the middle of an empty road, in the night, to tell Rose how much he loves her, a speeding pick up [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara – Photos by Thusitha Kumara Unless the traditional Kandyan dancers are given due recognition, decades old Kandyan dance would perish in the years to come, warns 34 year old award winning Kandyan dancer, G.P. Samansiri alias Kondadeniye Saman. Samansiri is a Kandyan dancer by profession and hails from the hevisi clan. The [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Due to a large reserve of imported rice stocks still piled high in government stores, the much talked about government’s paddy purchase mechanism has come to a complete standstill, former JVP Parliamentarian Samantha Vidyaratne alleged. Despite the government’s claim to have initiated a mechanism to purchase the Yala paddy harvest, paddy farmers [...]
Union Bank has reported a significant upturn in its performance for the half year ended June 30, 2010. Bank’s Pre-tax Profits improved by 65% year on year (YoY) to Rs. 110.3M whilst Post-tax Profits increased by 54% to Rs 50M. Net Interest Income increased by 54% YoY. Similar growth was also achieved in the Bank’s [...]
EXHIBITION: Sri 30 At The National Art Gallery By Raisa Wickrematunge In 1979, he began his career as an amateur photographer, at Isuru, a magazine published by the Mahaweli Ministry. In 1982, he joined the Information Department at the Ministry, becoming the official photographer of popular politician Gamini Dissanayake. Over time, he grew to be [...]
The cricket dished out at Dambulla has not caught the imagination of the market. The one-day game was meant to produce plenty of runs and a chase which is worthy. It was never designed to bore. A string of low scores have not made this tournament exciting to the spectator bar some performances. Sehwag was the [...]
by Roel Raymond Road accidents and sexual abuse against minors topped this week’s list of crimes reported to the police. Nine deaths were the result of road accidents while seven minors were sexually abused. Accidents Rambukkana – motorbike crashes into pedestrian killing 78yr old person. Kottadeniya – motorbike crashes into pedestrian killing 85 year old [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema Kelani Tyres PLC has recorded Rs.353 million profits before tax, out of a pre-tax profit of Rs. 706 million by its joint venture, CEAT KELANI Associated Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. Chairman, Kelani Tyres, Chanaka de Silva has stated in the Company’s 2009/2010 Annual Report that the financial year 2009/2010 commenced under an [...]
The 25th anniversary celebration of Trans Asia Hotels PLC which kicked off with a fun filled sports extravaganza amongst the five star city hotels, was followed by religious ceremonies and culminated with a Long Service Awards Ceremony. Held in grand style at the hotel’s Kings Court Ballroom, the associates had amidst them, Chairman, John Keells [...]
The people of Kilinochchi now have the opportunity they have been waiting for a long time to buy the world’s best brands of Electronics and Home Appliances. With the opening of Abans new showroom in Kilinochchi, their long wait is over. They can now walk into Abans Showroom with the confidence that they will be [...]
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