By Nirmala Kannangara in Ratnapura – Photos by Thusitha Kumara Accusations have been leveled against the National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA) Ratnapura for its failure to uphold justice when issuing gem mining licences due to interference from a higher official. The NGJA has deprived the Saman Devalaya of its custodianship to a gem mining [...]
Abans, a trusted name in Sri Lanka, recently introduced “Lock&Lock (L&L),” the world’s No.1 food storage container to the Sri Lankan market for the first time. L&L is a world famous and globally reputed brand of storage containers, known for its durability and 100% airtight lids which keep food stored in them and refrigerated fresh [...]
IPL 2011 Chris Gayle arrived in India for the current IPL with more than just a point to prove. His form in the previous editions of the tournament had been disappointing and he had just spent an eventful week after obtaining clearance from a reluctant Windies Cricket Board with both parties trading barbed comments which [...]
By Gazala Anver It’s almost time for one of the biggest rock concerts of the year: featuring two Asian heavy metal giants from Singapore, Rudra and Absence of Sacred (AoS), as well as three Sri Lankan bands, Fallen Grace, Hollow and Mass Damnation, and CR & FC Grounds is the place to be on April [...]
Nivasie Developers, in the forefront in the eco friendly Real Estate and Housing Development Sector, recently concluded the “Best Garden Competition” to beautify homestead gardens and promote green area development and sustainability at Victoria Range Bungalows, Digana, Kandy. More than 30 householders participated at this eco-friendly competition. Selections were made by Sarath Palipana, a landscape [...]
I read a bit of the UN Panel’s leaked report on Sri Lanka. It’s a bit of an un-report in that it tells you nothing that a scan of TamilNet or even Groundviews wouldn’t tell you, but it’s good that it’s written down. TamilNet is an LTTE organ, by the way, but even a stopped [...]
By Shifani Reffai For those of you who have not heard of TED, firstly, get out from under that rock! TED, which stands for Technology Entertainment and Design, is a nonprofit organisation devoted to ‘Ideas Worth Spreading,’ and TED conferences or ‘TED talks’ have been happening worldwide, since the first one in1984 in California, calling [...]
Her first public appearance as an actress was in the late 1950s in Prof. Ediriweera Sarathchandra’s Raththarang at the University of Peradeniya. Bad enough she was a raw fresher … worse still or better still … she was a fresher who was honoured with the female lead. The 24 year old Somalatha played an old [...]
Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific, one of the world’s leading brands of personal computers along with Sala Enterprises, ranked among the best in the computer and communication fields, recently unveiled five latest “lifebook” that feature the 2nd Generation Intel Core processor. This array of enhanced lifebook is designed to deliver a user experience that includes computing [...]
IPL 2011 Sri Lanka Cricket authorities have done it again! After screaming from the rooftops that our cricketers should place country before their own personal gains and making all manner of threats of disciplinary action if their order to the players to return by 5th May was not followed, they have now been forced to [...]
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