By Nirmala Kannangara Devindre Senaratne and Boris Raoul FTI Touristik, the leading German tour operator, and recipient of the prestigious Gold Award by Sri Lanka Tourism for three consecutive years for being the highest producing German tour operator to Sri Lanka, is fully geared to bring more German tourists to the country in the months [...]
The Presidential Taxation Commission has been given time till the month end to submit their report, a Commission member told this reporter. Earlier the deadline to submit the report was last month. Former Director General Customs Sarath Jayathilake in response to a question said that there are proposals to widen the tax base, especially with [...]
Australia’s Olympic Committee president has said the Commonwealth Games should not have been awarded to Delhi. John Coates said the Commonwealth Games Federation lacked the resources to monitor progress and to ensure that construction deadlines were met. England have become the first overseas team to reach Delhi, but other nations have delayed their arrivals. A [...]
Sri Lanka’s teen-aged swimming sensation Heshan Bandara Unamboowe shares his success story on Prime TV’s Celeb Chat at 9.30 pm on Monday, September 27. The 18 year old Trinitian captained the Sri Lankan contingent at the first-ever Summer Youth Olympic Games 2010 in Singapore last month and went on to establish a new National Record [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly The Hajj Committee appointed by President Rajapaksa earlier this year to streamline the Hajj Pilgrimage from Sri Lanka has made very significant changes in the way Hajj arrangements will be undertaken this year. All prospective operators were individually interviewed under laid down criteria and allocations of Hajj pilgrim quota was done in [...]
West African jazz and soul quartet, OHZone the Jazz Septet, UK’s very own Dave O Higgins and his jazz trio and taking the best from the orient Dylan Lye and his jazz sextet and The Frank Dubier Jazz Quartet from India are ready to capture your jazz interests! “Jazz at the Mount reflects Mount Lavinia [...]
Panasonic together with Softlogic recently took the Sri Lankan audio visual experience to the next level with the launch of the Panasonic FULL HD 3D Viera Plasma TV. Panasonic Corporation Japan Associate Director Masaru Maruo who was present on the occasion said that he was happy to share the magic of Panasonic’s revolutionary technology with [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Ven. Hunupitiye Chandrasiri Thero of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), has been accused of detonating a rock to hunt for treasures at a heritage site adjoining the Dutch ‘Mackdowel Fort’ in Matale on Saturday September 18. In spite of ample evidence, the Matale police have failed to notify the Magistrate of the [...]
Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka What does Sri Lanka need? Some say regime change, others say stability and continuity. Those who say regime change regard the slogan of stability and continuity as one for totalitarianism and/or dictatorship. I say we need Modernisation, Pluralist Democracy, Moderation, and Multi ethnic National Integration/Nation Building. My take is that Sri Lanka [...]
Commonwealth Games 2010 By Hishan Welmilla After all the panic in the last few weeks, last Thursday saw a turnaround of sorts for the organisers of the XIX Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Delhi. The positive response from the participating nations especially England, Wales, Australia, Canada and Scotland decided the fate of the event with the [...]
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