By Dinouk Colombage It has been 28 years since India’s famous win over the formidable West Indies in the final of the ICC World Cup. Back in 1983 it was unimaginable that this team would go very far, having underachieved in the previous two editions of the tournament. In 2011 the Indian team entered the [...]
By Abdul H. Azeez A US couple were killed on Tuesday (22) when their yacht was captured by Somali pirates. The couple were said to be on an on-again off-again seven year cruise that took them to some of the world’s most remote and beautiful locations. Retirees Scott and Jean Adam, who were devout Catholics, [...]
jail or what…. The mini hustings bring with it the cracks that are appearing within the governing types. Why? Elementary Watson, elementary. The governing types are now a hotch potch of guys from both sides of the Diyawanna. A slanging match between Bath Uding and Bay Sil revealed all. Bath Uding had submitted his own [...]
By Gazala Anver Following unrest in Libya, around 300 to 350 Sri Lankan migrant workers are currently at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Libya awaiting repatriation, said the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday. The Ministry also added that there are 36 other migrant workers attached to a Libyan company, who have already been repatriated [...]
Presents New Scholarships Worth Rs 7.6 Million To 142 Future Leaders New scholarships worth Rs 7.6 million were awarded to 142 young Sri Lankans at the 10th edition of Ceylinco Life’s ‘Pranama’ scholarships programme recently. The presentation of these scholarships brought the cumulative value of Pranama scholarships disbursed by the life insurance leader to Rs [...]
By Maryam Azwer and Gazala Anver Golden Key depositors have expressed concerns about being cheated yet again, as they claim that they stand to lose all their money if and when the Golden Key Credit Card Company Limited (GKCCCL)’s repayment proposal is accepted by the Supreme Court. “We don’t even know how much Khavan Perera [...]
Tonnes of grass uprooted by the Sri Lanka Army from the popular Parliament Grounds are being transported elsewhere. When questioned a soldier at the site said the cut grass was in “excess” and was being taken to be replanted elsewhere. He did not know where. Photo By Lalith Perera
Man And War: A Remarkable Story By Abdul H. Azeez Author of the immensely successful A Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger’s War narrates the experiences of the journalist cum writer’s on-again off-again year long sojourn with US soldiers in the height of the Afghan conflict in what many analysts said was the remotest and most dangerous [...]
Post revolution, Egypt is not quite done protesting yet By Abdul H. Azeez Stragglers still haunt Tahrir square and surrounding streets, waving Egyptian flags and generally still fighting the machine when the brain of the machine has given up and gone home. Some of them are probably trying to relive the moments of exhilaration experienced during the [...]
A Formidable Force NDB Group’s sustainable core banking profits increased by 34% during the year 2010, recording a Group Profit Attributable to Shareholders (PAS) of Rs 2 bn, an increase of 28%, with a Group ROE of 13.67. %, excluding exceptions. With its roots in cash flow based projects and infrastructure financing and having positioned [...]
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