Roshan Abeysinghe Reporting from England It was an absolute relief to see the test series between England and Sri Lanka end without further damage to our reputation with the final series result of a 1-0 win for the hosts. After the madness in the first test it was expected that the Lankans would do everything [...]
Representatives of political parties last week met with Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya and officials of the Elections Department. During the meeting that was attended by representatives of the government, UNP, JVP and other political parties, a witty deputy commissioner had said that for the first time in his service at the Department, he has experienced [...]
Sybil Wettasinghe, celebrated children’s author brings her many tales to Prime TV CSN’s Celeb Chat at 09:30 p.m. on Monday, June 27 in a tête-à-tête with host Kumar de Silva. She grew up in the cozy village environment of Gintota, down South with its happy childhood memories. Her work provided her with an extensive canvas [...]
With exports in the first four months of the year growing by 45% year on year (YoY), the EDB has revised upwards its export growth target from 20% to 30% for the year. Last year exports grew by 18% YoY to US$ 8.3 billion, with the EDB setting a target of US$ 9.5 billion for [...]
FIFA World Cup qualifier against Philippines By Hishan Welmilla The president of the Football Federation Sri Lanka (FFSL) has expressed confidence that Sri Lanka will beat the Philippines (Azkals) in their home-and-away matches in the 2014 World Cup Qualifier. The first match will be played at the Sugathadasa Stadium, which has a capacity of 25,000, [...]
Fair and Balanced By Faraz Shauketaly Growing international concern at what exactly went on during the closing stages of the war against the LTTE, was brought sharply into focus by Britain’s Channel 4 TV network. Since 2009 Channel 4 has covered the war situation in Sri Lanka’s north and matters came to a head with [...]
Sri Lanka has a proud and long history of harnessing natural resources to supplement food and other nutrients required for good health and wellbeing. These traditional products were sidelined and sometimes even ignored during colonial rule. With the passage of time people’s energy and a sense of wellbeing had depleted and they have now returned [...]
By Hafiz Marikar The Kandy-Police game is bound to produce rib-bruising rugby when these two leading rugby playing clubs clash at Police Park this evening. Both sides will battle for possession in today’s game, both teams have three wins each in same number of outings. Today’s game will be indeed a vital one for both [...]
Home Matters I told the kitchen maid that the girl who helps in the house was always smiling and it was a pleasure to work with someone like that. I pointed this out after a noisy brawl in the kitchen between the two of them. I told her to stop scowling and to talk pleasantly, [...]
By Ravi Perera In 1977, the centenary year of the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, while the ladies final between Britain’s Virginia Wade and Betty Stove from the Netherlands was being played on the Centre Court, the last rehearsal for the world premiere the next evening of a new play by Tom Stoppard with music by Andre [...]
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