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We are still stuck in the winter of our discontent! By Jude Fernando Groundviews.org: “Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organisations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against ...
Order increases Boeing’s 787 customer base in Middle EastBoeing and Oman Air, the Sultanate of Oman’s flagship carrier recently announced an order for six Boeing 787-8s at the Dubai Airshow. The airline completed an arrangement with Boeing and Kuwait-based leasing company ALAFCO to transfer existing orders for the six Dreamliners from ALAFCO to Oman Air. ...
ST PETERSBURG, Florida (AFP): Czech Republic tennis star Petra Kvitova’s astonishing year ended with her being voted by the press the WTA player of the year on Monday. The 21-year-old – also voted Most Improved Player – won six titles in all including Wimbledon, her first Grand Slam crown, and the end of season WTA ...
SUN FM presents Arash live in concert at the Excel World Open Air Arena on 9 December, keeping its promise of uplifting the quality of entertainment in Sri Lanka, and once again proving its prowess, by bringing down not just yet another star, but his entire seven-man band and his stunning female vocalist, Rebecca – ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters): Caroline Wozniacki will end the year ranked world number one although her hopes of applying icing to the cake by winning the WTA Championships suffered a blow when she lost to Russia’s Vera Zvonareva in her second round-robin match on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Dane was locked in combat with Zvonareva when news filtered ...
The Mlesna Tea Centre at Majestic City was re-launched with a sophisticated and stylish new look recently. The Tea Centre now carries a wider range of premium quality tea for the benefit of tea lovers and connoisseurs of Sri Lanka as well as for overseas visitors. The much sought after Mlesna Tea Centre at Majestic ...
The gem mining sub-sector grew by 7.9% in 2010. The gem and jewellery exports too reported 1.56% positive growth in 2010. Even in the first-half of 2011, increased earnings from mineral exports were led by higher exports of gems which increased by 35.5% in the first half of 2011, according to the Central Bank. The ...
By Marianne David Warm, welcoming and exuding good cheer, the Cinnamon Lakeside’s newest General Manager Denis Gruhier perfectly fits into the best qualities the hospitable hotel is well-known for and his affirmation of Sri Lanka’s optimistic post-war outlook for tourism in particular and the country in general is welcoming news indeed. Having joined the Lakeside ...
Best Western has opened its first hotel in Russia. The 970-room Best Western Vega Hotel & Convention Centre, in the country’s capital city of Moscow is the largest hotel in Best Western’s portfolio of more than 4,000 hotels worldwide. The Vega hotel was originally built in anticipation of the 1980 Olympics and remodelled in 2007. ...
Reuters: A hotel in orbit, lunar sightseeing flights and luxury rides into the cosmos – all are part of Russia’s vision to ensure it is not left behind in the growing space tourism industry. Russian firms unveiled their plans at the country’s premiere air show this week at Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, saying the race was ...
By S. V. Kirubaharan - in France Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” — Julius Henry, Groucho Marx, American comedian and film star (1890-1977). When life is smooth and everything goes in the right direction, normal civilians can become President, Prime Minister ...
A high level delegation from Russian oil and natural gas giant Gazprom led by its Director General Gulev Valeriy this week met Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa at his office in order to discuss investment opportunities, especially in the oil exploration in the Mannar and Cauvery Basin, natural gas market as well as tourism ...
The TNA says that it is prepared to discuss the UN Expert Panels report with China and Russia. If the need arises we are prepared to explain the reality behind the UN report to China and Russia, TNA General Secretary Mavai Senathirajah told Ada Derana.
Parliamentrians claim that Bank Ki-moon’s baseless Expert Panel Report is a futile attempt made to paralyse the country’s development path. Minister Sarath Amunugama said that the country at this juncture should protect the war heroes. The Expert Panel had been appointed surpassing the international laws and to seek its recommendations. It is very clear ...
By Sumanasiri Liyanage So many things have been written on the Report of the Expert Panel appointed by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon. Should I litter the already crowded discourse space with another piece? I thought I should...
‘Jewels Sri Lanka 2010′ is an international gem, mineral, and jewellery exhibition which opens the doors of the international market for local traders. It is the first time that such an exhibition is being organized in Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa opened the Exhibition at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Conference Hall in Colombo today. The Exhibition is ...
Thus spake Barak Hussein Obama at the Big Apple gathering: “In times of economic unease there can be an anxiety about human rights.” “Today, as in the past times of economic downturn, some place human rights aside for the promise of short term stability or the false notion that economic growth can come at the ...
Asian boxing heavyweights, India, will go head to head with the gutsy Sri Lankans in the Dual Championships on Saturday (Sept. 4) at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium . The dual coincides with both nations’ preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in India in October. It also marks the fifth International Dual organised by the Amateur ...
By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Students residing and schooling in Colombo had the bar to university entrance set higher in the mid 1970s, what with district and media wise standardisation the order of the day....
Weekend extravaganza will feature world renowned DJs, entertainers and a host of theme parties, rave music, jaw-dropping acts, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, international DJs and artistes. Scintillate 2010 will come to life from July 30 to August 1 at Amaya Reef, Hikkaduwa. Event Connections Private Limited, in partnership with French Seduction, a world renowned international ...
Mahinda’s proxy tilt at the UN has given him an external enemy, enabling him to consolidate power and push through his Constitutional changes. The ‘us/them’ narrative of the LTTE is gone, but no one particularly likes the arrogant United Nations. Even opposition MPs like Sajith Premadasa have opposed the UN’s meddling in Sri Lanka which ...
By Ranmali Fernando Ban Ki Moon has appointed his panel to invesitgate the last stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka or the end of terrorism as many Sri Lankans would put it....
MIA is the most provocative pop star of her age. Here, the rapper discusses her new multifaceted album, the absence of her father during childhood and having the video to her latest song, in which a child is 'murdered', censored...