Beautiful ‘attapatam’ lanterns were swaying over streets, in homes and on trees all over. Scents of jasmine, frangipani and lotuses pervaded the thick monsoon air. Devotees in white crowded into temples. Sri Lanka’s Dhamma warriors (Dhamma Vijaya) led by JHU’s Champika Ranawaka had taken the vows of dasa sil days before and their photographs were [...]
By Rohan Wijesinghe Former St Joseph’s, Sri Lanka School’s And NCC Opener. Hailing from a wealthy business family, with roots deep in the heart of Borella, little Mahathevan was saturated with precocious batting ability even at the age of 6. Taking his first tentative tottering steps at St Joseph’s College Darley Road he was subsequently [...]
Over the last decade, businesses have continued to get more complex, and with it, the use of and reliance on business applications or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) has increased. The applications’ size has grown in terms of providing support for new business processes as well as functionality depth. To prevent an increase in size from [...]
By Maryam Azwer Tamil Diaspora organization, the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) in a press release last week, said that the United States has been requested to revoke General Shavendra Silva’s diplomatic visa. The request was made in a memo to US Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Janice L. Jacobs, by the TGTE [...]
By Ranee Mohamed Forty one Sri Lankans, young men who have rendered a tremendous service to this country are now believed to be trapped in Iraq “We have tried our best to get back, we have trudged amidst the debris to every possible authority, but there seems to be no way out of the dark, [...]
By Hafiz Marikar The glamour boys of local rugby scene, will once again go all out to give off their best in the Clatex inter club league competition, which will be kicked off in couple of days, with Kandy Sports Club playing the first game against Havelocks Sports Club on 4th June at Havelock Park, [...]
By Richard Browne in Cardiff By Yet another new dawn for Sri Lankan cricket has started with overt displays of flexibility and courage. Cardiff was an uninviting place on Thursday: brutal winds bringing in shower after shower and an obvious bowl first day when play finally started mid afternoon. New skipper and opener Dilshan took [...]
Oral diseases such as dental caries (tooth decay), periodontitis (gum disease) and oral and pharyngeal cancers are a global health problem in both industrialized and increasingly in developing countries, especially amongst poorer communities, World Health Organization (WHO) said. Speaking on the findings of the Sri Lankan Oral Health Report which was last conducted in 2003, [...]
By Ravi Perera There is little room for ambiguity in the message displayed on the half wall in front of the immigration counter for in-bound passengers at the Bandaranaike International Airport. A rough translation of the writing, which is only in Sinhala, would read “So as the night seems long to the insomniac, to the [...]
Match Fixing Allegations By Dinouk Colombage Hashan Tillakaratne’s wife, Apsari Tillakaratne, denied reports that her husband could not be contacted by the police or the International Cricket Council. On Monday Sports Minister Mahinda Aluthgama announced in Parliament that neither the Sports Ministry nor the police have been able to contact Hashan Tillakaratne. He explained that [...]
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