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Father, mother and son killed in accident
A father, mother and their son succumbed to their injuries when the trishaw driven by the 34 year old son collided head on with a tipper in Rilhena, Pelmadulla last evening, police said. Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said
Gas blast
A liquid petroleum gas pipeline explosion at a crab packing factory in Dankotuwa yesterday left 18 workers suffering from respiratory problems and requiring hospital treatment, police said. They said except for one all the others were women. Five of...
Court to decide fate of jewellery from Athens
A Colombo Court fixed for today the case to determine the ownership of the three billion rupee stock of diamonds and gem-studded jewellery confiscated from the container unloaded at the Colombo Port. Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli...
Man robs chain and swallows it
The Fort police, yesterday, arrested a man who had allegedly robbed a gold chain (at the Fort Railway Station) and swallowed it. The suspect was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate and remanded till May 25. According to police, the swallowed...
Z-score
Professor R.O. Thatil who introduced the Z-score system for the admission of A/L students to universities said yesterday he believed it would not be possible to appoint a committee to reconsider the method of calculating the Zscore till the court case...
Political racketeers control paddy harvests
farmers in the area. The Bank had eventually written off this amount as bad debts. These two mill owners who enjoy a major stake in the country’s paddy The parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has in its inquiries found that two...
SF WILL BE RELEASED SOON
Mr. Fonseka soon after leading the Army to victory against the LTTE in May 2009 tried to cash in on his popularity FREEDOM Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka who is serving a prison term may be released soon. “We will release him soon,” Sri Lankan...
800 KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS THIS YEAR
The Police Headquarters said yesterday some 800 people had been killed in 14,000 accidents reported countrywide up to May 10 this year. Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said most of the accidents involved motorbikes and trishaws. “The police are not able...
News
Moment Afghan immigrant who spent 20 hours hidden under car’s bonnet emerges
Illegal immigrants have been known to go to any lengths to get into Italy but this desperate man went one step further and spent 20 hours cooped up under the bonnet of a people carrier. The 18-year-old Afghan, who has not been named, thought he had...
WWF warns world risks losing tigers and dolphins
The number of wild animals, fish and birds in the world has plummeted by almost a third in 40 years because of man’s plundering of natural resources, conservationists have warned. The tracking of the fate of more than 2,500 species of mammals, birds,...
TNA denies President’s alleged claim
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) disputing an alleged claim made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that they had been having discussions with the government and not with the SLFP as claimed by the President. TNA MP M.A Sumanthiran said so...
Soldier dies in van accident
A soldier died and an army Sergeant and a Lance Corporal were seriously injured in a van accident at the 5th Mile Post area in Hali-ela, BadullaBandarawela road on 15 morning. They were rushed to the hospital in a bus plying the route. Athawuda...
Lankan maid in Dubai sentenced to six months in jail
A 31-year-old Lankan maid was sentenced to six months in jail on Monday in Dubai for stealing valuables from her new sponsor after knocking out his family using a spray with a drug-like effect. The Court of First Instance ordered her deportation once...
WATTALA POLICE OIC RE-REMANDED TILL MAY 22
Wattala Magistrate Manjula Ratnayake ordered to re-remand four suspects yesterday including Wattala Police OIC, Chief Police Inspector Nimal Ratnayake till May 22 in connection with an incident of breach of trust with regard to the custody of cattle...
Nutrition campaign starts in Nuwara Eliya
The government’s campaign to distribute free milk among school children around the country to raise their nutrition levels began in the Nuwara Eliya District on Monday, the Economic Development Ministry said. Accordingly, 159,403 children in 523...
RECRUITING INDIAN TEACHERS
Unemployed graduates yesterday charged that the government had made a decision to bring down 3,000 Tamil language teachers from India to teach in local schools and said it would further hinder the opportunities available for unemployed graduates in Sri...
With tourist influx business flourishing in the south
The business community engaged in the tourist industry in the South have received a boost with the increase of tourists arriving in the south. The Southern Province Minister of Tourism U.g.d.ariyapala said 1.5 million tourists have visited the south...
Remanded school principal released on bail
The principal of a government school in the Galnewa police area who had been in remand on the charge of sexually abusing a 13year-old schoolboy was released yesterday on cash bail in Rs.7,500 and personal bail in Rs, 100,000 by the Kekirawa Magistrate...
Language problem affects Vavuniya postal service
The residents in more than 100 Sinhala villages in the Vavuniya district were facing hardship due to the inadequate state of the postal delivery service. Sinhala people in the North have been settled only in the Vavuniya district. They pointed out...
Four imposters remanded
Four men who were alleged to have posed as police officers and had demanded money and valuables from several people were ordered to be remanded till May 18 by a Colombo Court. The suspects were arrested after two Free Trade Zone employees had...
25 ASPS promoted to rank of SP
The Public Service Commission has approved to promote 25 senior police officers as Superintendents of Police (SP) from the previous position of Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) under Ref. PSC/APP/7/93/2011 of April 24. The promoted officers...
Van accident injures three
A van transporting a group of eight persons ran off the road near the Gurulupotha public cemetery on the Badulla - Mahiyangana road and turned turtle causing injuries to the driver and two women passengers. The injured were admitted to the Hasalaka...
Media Ministry invites vehicle purchase applications
As proposed in the 2012 budget speech by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Ministry of Mass Media and Information has invited applications from interested journalists for the loan facility for purchase of Motor vehicles. The objective of this project...
Lankaputra Bank reduces its non performing loans
Lankaputhra Development Bank had managed to reduce its non performing loans to Rs 30 million in 2011 from Rs 156 million compared to the previous year, , its CEO and Managing Director Lasantha Amarasekera said yesterday. He said there were no willful...
UNP DOUBTS SINCERITY OF GOVT. ON NATIONAL QUESTION
The United National Party (UNP) said yesterday it doubted whether the Government was genuine about Monday’s bilateral talks with the UNP though there was the possibility of a broad dialogue with all opposition political parties to resolve the national...
UNP TO COMMENCE PROTESTS
The political movement organised by the UNP and other main opposition parties protesting against the government on critical economic hardships the general public are undergoing and other major issues would commence an islandwide campaign from...
Manjula Thilakaratna – New Secretary, JSC
Mr. Manjula Thilakaratna had been appointed as the new Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Mr Thilakaratne who was an old boy of Royal College Colombo embedded into the legal profession as a Junior Lawyer under Senior Counsel R.I...
Imelda to be a Ministry Secretary
The Jaffna District Secretary Imelda Sukumar is to be appointed a Ministry Secretary today and expected to assume duties at an auspicious time this morning at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. Mrs. Sukumar told the Daily Mirror yesterday that...
Three rehabilitated youths have not reached home
Civil Monitoring Commission on Disappearances and Extra Judicial Killings Convener and DPF leader Mano Ganesan yesterday charged that three rehabilitated youths who were released last year have not reached their homes. In an urgent letter addressed to...
‘Only institution to uphold the five precepts of Buddhism’
The Panadura Superintendent of Police, P. H. M. Dharmasena said police was probably the only government institution that upheld the five precepts in Buddhism and that they loved not only the people but also fauna and flora and the...
Govt.to increase taxes on big onion imports
The Govt. has decided to increase the tax on the import of big onions with effect from next week Matale Govt. Agent K.M.A. Meegasmulla said. He said this was due to the request made by the Matale District Agricultural Organization Representatives at...
Speeding trishaw kills 80-year-old
An 80-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries when she was allegedly knocked down by a speeding trishaw on the Welangahawala-embilipitiya main road. She was admitted to the Kattigala Government Hospital by the residents of the area but was pronounced...
UNP gives MR peace formula
Everyone should unite to develop the country, only then everyone can enjoy freedom and practice whatever they want -Nivanka First of all the opposition leader should make peace with the factions within his party -Ravindu
Large stock of C4 explosives recovered
I am sure there are thousands of weapons and explosives hidden in jungles in Mulaithivu, Kilinochchi and Pudukuduirippu -Hasantha
NEW LAW TO PROTECT ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES
Amid vandalism of artifacts taking place rampantly in some parts of the country, the government has decided to introduce a new law that provides for imposing a compulsory jail term of two and half years to five years along with a fine of Rs.50,000 to...
Dr. Amunugama lauds Gotabaya’s contribution
He deserves the credit for taking the tigers out of the map -Samantha All the equipment and materials came due to his leadership; he also committed himself as an officer and commanded the security forces -Ajith
Women gamblers arrested in raid
Five alleged women gamblers were taken into custody by Moratu Modera police during a raid on a gambling den in Egodauyana. They hailed from the Egodauyana and Moratu Modara areas. The suspects were handed over to the Moratuwa police for further...
Motorcycle thief apprehended
A person wanted in connection with a number of alleged motorcycle thefts in the Kalpitiya, Chilaw and Puttalam areas was arrested on a tip off. He had robbed ten bicycles and seven motorcycles. The suspect was produced before the Puttalam Magistrate...
Youth arrested for abducting schoolgirl
Police arrested a youth for allegedly abducting a 15-year-old school girl in Weligama on Monday evening. Her parents informed the police when she went missing from home but it was revealed that the two youngsters had been having a romantic...
Moonshine dealer arrested
A resident of Nurigaswewa, Kekirawa was taken into custody for allegedly possessing 165 drams of goda during a raid carried out in the area by the Kekirawa police. He was transporting the goda on his motorbike at the time of the raid. Investigations...
Teacher injured in mobike-lorry collsion
A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a head-on collision with a lorry at Bellana in Agalawatta. He was a teacher of Kamburawala Vidyalaya and on his way to school in the morning when he met with accident. When the driver of the lorry attempted to...
IRC pleads guilty to sexual harassment charges
An Island Reconvicted Criminal (IRC) who was in remand custody yesterday pleaded guilty to the charges of having sexually harassed a 65-year-old woman at a public lavatory near Station Road in Slave Island. When the Slave Island police filed a charge...
Police entry copies can be retrieved instantly
Police Headquarters said yesterday that the public can obtain copies of an original police entry instantly under a new mechanism initiated by the police. The entry copies of misplaced documents such as national identity cards, drivers’ licences, motor...
HEAVY SHOWERS, LANDSLIDES, FLOODS EXPECTED WITH SOUTH WEST MONSOON
The Meteorological Department yesterday warned of heavy showers, landslides, floods and sea erosion in the coming weeks with the expected onset of the south-west monsoon. Met Department Director General S. S. Kariyawasam told a news conference...
Opinion
Parents at their worst
Somebody rather erudite once said that where children are concerned the difference between being careful and careless is about a split second. The best of parents can be momentarily forgetful or have their attention diverted for just that flash and...
For a people’s Parliament
As the Indian Parliament completes 60 years, it is time not for noisy celebration but for serious introspection. That India remained a parliamentary democracy while some of its South Asian neighbours went through military coups or violent upheavals can...
“Silence Kills Democracy but a Free Press Talks”
The world today is experiencing some truly historic times. Not since the early 1990s where the fall of Communism ushered in democratic ideals around the world has there been so much profound change in the offing. The Arab spring that has swept the...
Sports
Schools’ hockey tournament postponed
The three day schools hockey nationals organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association and the Matale Schools Hockey Association, which was scheduled to be played at Matale last weekend did not come off as some of the participating teams had...
Sasindu, Lahiru and Tharindu guide St John’s
Half-tons by Sasindu Madusanka and Lahiru Madushan and a five-wicket haul by Tharindu Vidushan helped St John’s Panadura emerge the Under 19 Division Three champions. The trio’s contribution helped St John’s record an easy 177-run win over Veluwana MV...
Kandy Youths CC in easy 94-run win
Kandy Youths Cricket Club powered by a brilliant 122 with 3 sixes and 10 fours by Harsha Wedikkara scored a 94-run win over Bloomfield Cricket Club, Kandy, in their Sri Lanka Cricket Inter Club Division Three cricket tournament match played at Akurana...
Jayasuriya among cricket stars duped in Toronto
A group of international cricket players say they are still waiting to get paid after participating in a marquee event in Toronto during the past weekend.the event took place at Toronto’s Rogers Centre on Saturday afternoon and saw two teams made up of...
FIVE INDIAN PLAYERS SUSPENDED ON CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS
Five uncapped Indian cricketers have been provisionally suspended following allegations of corruption in the lucrative Indian Premier League, the country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Tuesday. The Indian cricket board has also ordered a probe into...
Negombo New Rangers win contest
PIX & STORY W. HUBERT FERNANDO NEGOMBO The six-a-side cricket tournament conducted by the Negombo Queen of Angels Sports Club saw Negombo United and Negombo New Rangers entering the final. Negombo New Rangers won the tournament by scoring over 50...
Michelle Obama gets US athletes and kids moving
DALLAS, May 14 (Reuters) - Michelle Obama offered a pep talk on Monday to U.S. athletes who will be competing at the 2012 London Olympics while announcing a nationwide programme to get more American children active.the U.S. first lady, who will lead...
Political games keep heads rolling
Political games in cricket have begun raging high at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) headquarters and sources said that the head of a top Twenty20 World Cup official is about to be chopped, apparently from a blow out of the blue. World T20 Security...
Trinity College Rugby powered by Zesta
Trinity College, Kandy, one of the first schools in Sri Lanka to begin playing rugby, commenced this season with firm resolve to win the schools’ rugby league as well as to defend the esteemed Bradby Shield. Fueling this determination and providing the...
I NEEDED TO HIT ROCK BOTTOM, SAYS POLEVAULTER HOOKER
MELBOURNE, May 15 (Reuters) - Hitting rock bottom six months before the London Games was the best thing that could have happened to Steve Hooker, the Olympic pole vault champion said, after climbing out of an abyss of self-doubt to qualify last...
JAYASURIYA AMONG CRICKET STARS DUPED IN TORONTO
A group of international cricket players say they are still waiting to get paid after participating in a marquee event in Toronto during the past weekend. The event took place at Toronto’s Rogers Centre on Saturday afternoon and saw two teams made up...
Carltons Super Sevens will kick off in Kandy
The fourth edition of the Carlton Super Rugby Sevens will be worked off in Kandy (Bogambara Stadium) on May 26 and 27 Saturday and Sunday). The second leg of the tournament will take place in Colombo at the Police Park in the first week-end of...
London may temper China's gold pride
BEIJING, May 14 (Reuters) - When Chinese athletes swept to the top of the gold medal table during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the feat was accompanied by a wave of national pride, the culmination of China's “100 year dream” to host the world's most...
Football Coaching Camp for under 15 boys held at Matale
A team of qualified and experienced coaches of Matale Football League headed by S.M. Udayakumar, assisted by Senthil Kumar and S.M. Lafir conducted a one day football coaching camp for boys under 15 at the Bernard Aluvihare Stadium Matale last...
First win for UAE in Asian Five Nations Top Division
New comers to the HSBC Asian Five Nations Elite panel UAE proved that their promotion to top was justified when they recorded their very first win this group when they got the better of Kazakhstan by 46-21 after leading 29 to nil at the short...
Wijayaba House champs
The Inter House Track and Field events of the Kothalawela Defensce Academy University College took place at the Homagama-diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa International Sports Stadium, under the patronage of Major General Milinda Peiris, the Vice Chancellor...
Stop these Bunga bunga parties
As a worried parent of a son playing rugby for a leading Colombo school, I decided that I should write on some facts which are causing grave concern among quite a few parents of schoolboy rugby players. 1. I salute the Daily Mirror for exposing some...
Wadduwa Police on top
Wadduwa Police Station won the cricket championship at the H.M. Dharmasena Challenge Trophy Cricket Tournament, held recently at the Janasetha Stadium, Horana, Pokunuwita, on the initiative of the SSP, Panadura Division, H.M. Dharmasena and S.P. Horana...
MTV – MBC TO TELECAST LONDON OLYMPICS
Sri Lanka’s leading TV channel MTV-MBC has secured the rights to telecast the London Olympics 2012, which is to be held from July 27 to August 12. This was revealed to the media by Chevaan Daniel, Board Director MTVMBC, at a press briefing held at the...
MULTI-TASKING MICHEL RIDES HER WAY TO LONDON
PARIS, May 15 (Reuters) - Being an excellent rider is not enough for Jessica Michel. For what is likely to be just a brief appearance at the London Olympics dressage competition, she has also had to prove herself as a horse trader and shrewd...
AND THEY SAY FOOTBALL’S THE BEAUTIFUL GAME!
They certainly come from different walks of celebrity life. But Zara Phillips, Chemmy Alcott and Katherine Kelly all looked equally radiant at tonight’s Rugby For Heroes charity launch, held at Twickenham stadium. Zara was accompanied by her England...
STOP PLAYING MUMMY TO MY CHILDREN, LIZ! WARNE’S EX SAYS IT IS ‘DISRESPECTFUL’
There seemed to be more than a little tension in the air when they met at a recent sporting event. Now Shane Warne’s ex-wife Simone Callahan has ensured her next encounter with Liz Hurley will be an even chillier affair after warning her: ‘Stop...
USAIN BOLT IN RACE ROW
His arm around her waist, sprinter Usain Bolt and his latest girlfriend are the picture of togetherness. The world’s fastest man has been dating fashion designer Lubica Slovak for six months and the relationship is described as ‘very serious’. A...
GROWING FAST!
Her father David has become a style icon with his various hairdos over the years. And it seems that Beckham’s daughter Harper is taking after her daddy on the hair front, with the gorgeous little girl showing off her incredibly long brown hair as she...
‘I FELT GUILTY FOR ALEXANDRA’,
Alexandra Burke has dumped Jermain Defoe after Kirsty Crummey, a nurse from Somerset Village, revealed she bedded the Tottenham Hotspur player in March. Kirsty claims that Defoe ‘begged’ and ‘pestered’ her for explicit pictures and asked her to take...
CITY PAINT THE TOWN BLUE...
Champions Manchester City were forced to apologise to Sir Alex Ferguson for a tasteless placard held up by their former United striker Carlos Tevez. The Argentine, who left Old Trafford in 2009, was caught on TV holding up a poster emblazoned with the...
BUSINESS NEWS
Lanka records steady decline in software piracy last year - Study
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) reported in the 2011 BSA Global Software +Piracy Study that Sri Lanka has recorded a further 2 percentage point drop in its PC piracy rate in 2011, bringing the rate down from 86% last year to 84% this year. The...
Tea exporters may leave for good
Tea Exporters Association (TEA) also urged that if importation of teas of other origins is not allowed, the country faces the threat of number of tea exporters, both foreign and local. leaving the country. “Already Ahamad Tea, which is one the top...
Striking cautious note on tourism
Tourism has emerged as an extremely important sector in the economy from a number of perspectives in postconflict Sri Lanka. It is important as a potential source of growth, employment and foreign exchange. The sector has seen impressive recovery since...
Dinal resigns from TFC board for second time
Taprobane Securities CEO Dinal Wijemanne has resigned from the The Finance & Company PLC (TFC) board for the second time. A disclosure filed by the Company Secretaries of TFC said Wijemanne resigned from the post of Alternate Director to Anura...
Tea tussle
Sri Lanka’s tea exporters yesterday said that they are committed to preserve the brand ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’, but stressed the country’s export share in the world tea market should be expanded to avoid deterioration of Sri Lanka’s position as a major tea...
SLT profits dip 72% over Rs.1.4bn exchange loss
Sri Lanka’s largest fixed line operator, Sri Lanka Telecom PLC’S (SLT) 1Q12 net profit fell 72 percent year-on-year to Rs.365 million amidst sharp rise in finance costs caused by heavy exchange losses, the accounts filed to the Colombo Stock Exchange...
Hayleys MGT’S losses widen 59 per cent
Hayley’s MGT Knitting Mills PLC’S 4Q12 net loss widened to 59 percent year-on-year to Rs.367 million amidst falling revenue, rising administrative costs and assets write-downs. Revenue during the quarter under consideration fell 30 percent to Rs.947...
Continuing in green territory
Indices closed in the green territory throughout the day maintaining yesterday’s recovery. Diversified sector together with the banking finance and insurance sector dominated the bourse contributing to nearly 75% of the day’s turnover...
MBSL on massive expansion focusing SME sector
In order to mark its 30th milestone in the annals of trade banking services in Sri Lanka, the Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka PLC (MBSL) hosted its business partners and trade associates recently. In line with the ongoing strategy to enhance and strengthen...
Realizing future aspirations with HSBC Advance
HSBC Advance continues to exceed the expectation of customers by delivering a bundle of unsurpassed benefits and value at every touch point. It becomes more than just a banking product, but a global personal banking proposition, designed to support...
AAI enhances customer satisfaction through Oracle E-business Suite
Asian Alliance Insurance PLC, a leading player in the Sri Lankan insurance industry, implemented the Oracle E-business Suite Release 12, to enhance its customer satisfaction and manage its operational costs more efficiently by cutting its claims...
Intel Ultrabook in Sri Lanka soon
Intel Sri Lanka ushered in a new category of portable computers, with the announcement of the Ultrabook in the local market. Based on the second generation Intel Core processors, Ultrabooks are set to bridge the gap between processing power and...
Ceylinco Insurance (General) rewards top performers
Ceylinco Insurance – General recognised and handsomely rewarded its dynamic and dedicated sales team, at the recently concluded Annual Sales Conference and Awards Ceremony 2011. The glittering event showcased the company’s outstanding talent, rewarding...
Papyrus appointed distributor for Glow Images, Photosindia
A new vista of creative choice has opened up for buyers of stock photography in Sri Lanka, following the appointment of Papyrus Papers (Pvt.) Ltd., as the authorised distributor for Glow Images and Photosindia. The appointment provides designers,...
JKOA holds dealer convention 2011-2012
John Keells Office Automation (JKOA) held its annual dealer convention recently at Cinnamon Grand Colombo to recognize and celebrate the achievements of its dealers for the year 2011/2012. This year, dealers from around the island gathered at the...
Global bank picks DHL to pioneer carbon neutral courier service
DHL’S pioneering carbon offset solution DHL GOGREEN Carbon Neutral service is a positive new asset for environmentally-savvy financial institutions. DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has contracts with several major banks for DHL GOGREEN...
Hameedia now dresses third generation grooms
Sri Lanka’s leading menswear specialist Hameedia today prides itself in dressing third generation grooms. From the simple tailoring establishment which opened its doors in 1949, Hameedia has evolved over the years to occupy the top slot as the...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
PALESTINIAN PRISONER DEAL
RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 15 (Reuters) - Standing up to Israel through non-violent resistance can produce encouraging results, Palestinians said on Tuesday, after a prisoner hunger strike produced some Israeli concessions. The deal under which some...
Hollande to take over French presidency
PARIS, May 15, 2012 (AFP) Socialist Francois Hollande was to be sworn in as France's president on Tuesday before naming a prime minister and dashing to Germany to battle with Berlin over how to tackle Europe's debt crisis. Nine days after he defeated...
Three astronauts blast off for ISS on Russian rocket
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, May 15, 2012 (AFP) - Two Russians and an American on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Soyuz FG rocket from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin and...
Militants blow up Yemen gas pipeline
SANAA, May 14 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants blew up a gas pipeline in eastern Yemen on Monday for the third time in recent months and a bomb in Sanaa killed one person, as the government ratcheted up its campaign against al Qaeda linked...
Iran executes 'Israel spy & nuclear scientist' killer
TEHRAN, May 15, 2012 (AFP) - Iran on Tuesday hanged a man convicted of playing a key role in the 2010 murder of a top nuclear scientist and of spying for Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported quoting Tehran prosecution office. “Majid Jamali...
South Korea leader to meet Aung San Suu Kyi
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is due to meet Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon. Security has been stepped up in the city, where a 1983 North Korean bomb attack targeting the South Korean president killed 21 people. Mr Lee is...
GREECE TRIES TO FORM TECHNOCRAT GOVERNMENT
ATHENS, May 15, 2012 (AFP) - Greece will try again on Tuesday to form a government, aiming for a technocrat solution to resolve a crisis which risks forcing it into new elections and out of the eurozone. Leaders from all political parties, except the...
Life
'A SMILE IS THE BEST FACELIFT'
By YORK MEMBERY, Daily Mail The singer and actress, 63, on beating breast cancer tells us how she stays young-at-heart. EVER DIETED? My weight has been pretty constant since my 20's and never fluctuates by more than a few pounds. I weigh about 9 st,...
MICHAEL JACKSON COSTUMES SHOWN ON WORLD TOUR
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - A collection of costumes worn by the late Michael Jackson is going on a global tour starting next month ahead of an auction in Beverly Hills in December, Julien's Auctions said on Monday. The exhibit, to open in Santiago, Chile...
MAN BITTEN BY RATTLE SNAKE AT WASHINGTON STATE WALMART
SALMON, IDAHO (REUTERS) - When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Washington state Walmart, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand. The Friday encounter with a rattlesnake...
TOPLESS UKRAINE ACTIVIST GRABS EURO SOCCER CUP
KIEV (REUTERS) - A Ukrainian women's rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kiev on Saturday in a protest against the forthcoming monthlong championship. The young woman,...
SHOCK-SEEKERS SNAP UP NEW AUSSIE ART DARE
SYDNEY (REUTERS) - Smelling excrement may not be everyone's idea of fun, but for those who like to push the boundaries, Australia's most controversial new museum may be just what they are looking for. Dubbed “the subversive adult Disneyland,” the...
STAR WARS
From across the galaxy they’ve come: agents of both the Republic and the Sith Empire, an investigating Jedi Padawan, an ex-trooper drummed out of the Republic’s elite Blackstar Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian. An extraordinary auction has drawn...
VESAK....
We had spent little time on the road to get to the Hilton, but getting back was another story. We travelled through all the by-lanes of Colombo trying to get home. Each time there was a traffic block, the chauffeur tried another route. At times our...
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER..
Dr Wickrema Weerasooriya gave a most interesting talk to a group recently, mostly women with a couple of brave men including former Minister and leading light of the Bar, Kasi Choksy. ‘This, That and the Other’ was the title of his talk.he gave us some...
A MUSICAL EVENING....
Wijes Nagendra suggested listening to music as Carl and Derek on Sunday play the old numbers which are our favourites. It was a pleasant evening sitting there relaxing with pleasing ambience,attentive service and therapeutic music. Others seemed to...
Accents..
Pseudo American accents are used by news readers and announcers while grammar and pronunciation are wrong. Recent howlers were about ‘someone being expatriated’ and that a woman had collided with a train. Stations which use these newsreaders should...
SEAFOOD STEW
250gms potatoes cubed,150gms beans,2 tbsps veg oil,1 Bonion sliced,2 cloves garlic chopped,1 large stalk celery chopped,1 yellow pepper chopped,1 tsp chilly powder,1 ¼ pts fish stock,500gms chopped tomatoes,2 tbsps soya sauce,1 ¼ lbs mullet fillets...
CONSERVING ELECTRICITY....
Although we are told to cut down on electricity, there seemed to me to be a blatant waste of electricity particularly in state owned buildings and offices. One can understand Vesak decorations being there for a few days, but these buildings were all...
HONEY MUSTARD CHIPOLATAS
12 chipolatas veg oil 12 rashers bacon 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp ground mustard. Cook chipolatas in oil till coloured. Wrap a rasher of bacon round each chipolata and secure with a toothpick. Bake in oven for 20 mins. Mix honey and mustard. Brush chipolatas...
AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY ROHAN AMARASINGHE AT SASKIA FERNANDO GALLERY
Rohan Amarasinghe first exhibited his work shortly after an uprising of the Sri Lankan youth and the beginning of turmoil in Sri Lanka. Soon after his exhibition in 1978 Amarasinghe joined the advertising industry and moved away from the art scene...
BOOK CLUB
Celebrating Charles Dickens bicentenaryy bookclub b Will Discuss his life and Work and DAVID Copperfield, erfield his autobiographical novel at the hilton spoons on 23rd may 2012 To celebrate the life and work of Charles Dickens to mark the...
My Life
Yes I can safely say that my husband and I have given up our lives just to please our three year old. My husband will sleep on the edge of the bed with all arms and legs dangling out just so our three year old can sleep in a star shaped position...
Banana Bread
Does your fruit bowl contain a few old bananas that are not rotten but are over ripe for the likes of little ones who go YUCK at the sight of one? Do not worry these over ripe bananas need not go in the bin, instead they can be turned into super...
‘Mommy Screwdriver’
aebbie asked furniture, my friend thile assembling to bring her a her roommate’s or a five-year-old son want a‘aaddy’ screwdriver screwdriver. “ao you The little ‘Mommy’ screwdriver?” boy asked. Confused but preoccupied, said, aebbie...
YOUR STARS today
sunrise 05.54 a.m Rahu Period 11.54 to 1.24 Planetary influence is favourable for those born under the signs oftaurus – Gemini – Cancer –Virgo – Scorpio – Sagittarius – Capricorn and Aquarius. You would be able to overcome all impediments. Leisure...
RATTLESNAKE REUNITES @ ‘DECONSTRUCTION’
Every rock or metal band around today pretty much owes them gratitude for creating the scene that we’re now a part of. And this is the first time that they’ll be playing together as a band in 30 something years and that’s just incredible.” Rattlesnake...










