No foreign poll observers for PC elections from countries voted against Sri...
Fri, Jul 19, 2013, 10:35 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. July 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Elections Commissioner has assured political party secretaries that foreign poll observers would be...
View ArticleMilitary stifling growth in North: EU
The European Parliamentary Delegation, which is on a visit to Sri Lanka, expressed concern over the military presence in the North and the involvement of the military in economic...
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Image: Jude Edginton / Redux for ForbesBillion-dollar book? Samantha Shannon’s upcoming novel, The Bone Season, has publishers buzzing that she’s the next JK Rowling Alexandra Pringle was at her...
View ArticlePenguin's Big Deal with Ravi Subramanian by Pravin Palande
Image: Vikas Khot Ravi subramanian’s move from Rupa Publications to Penguin India may not be about the money but you cannot be blamed for thinking it is. The publishing giant has offered the...
View ArticleJane Chen’s Embrace Innovations sells low-cost infant warmers. She says the...
Image: Sudhanva AtriWe met this woman who had lost her first baby and used our product for her second baby who was born prematurelyJane Marie ChenAge: 32Designation: CEO and co-founder, Embrace...
View ArticleThree decades of success wasn’t enough for this unstoppable Kerala...
11inShareShare on TumblrLike this story, share it with millions of investors on M330-odd years and still innovating; that’s entrepreneurshipThree decades of success wasn’t enough for this unstoppable...
View ArticleGK depositors to receive another Rs. 100,000 each
Rs. 72 mn already raised for repayment to begin in 3 weeksJuly 20, 2013, 7:10 pmby Suresh PereraAfter the lapse of almost three years, Golden Key (GK) depositors with holdings amounting to a net...
View Article"Neither North nor East would have PC’s if LTTE was present’’
Senior official refutes SurendiranJuly 20, 2013, 7:32 pmby Shamindra FerdinandoA senior government spokesman yesterday said that as usual the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) had conveniently forgotten the...
View ArticleHeavy international pressure forced NPC election says GTF
July 20, 2013, 7:31 pmby Shamindra FerdinandoThe UK headquartered Global Tamil Forum (GTF) yesterday declared that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution couldn’t be an interim or a final political...
View ArticleSLFP decision no bar for Devananda and Dayasiri to contest CM slots
July 20, 2013, 7:33 pmby Franklin R. SatyapalanThe decision of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to bar Members of Parliament from resigning their seats to contest the Provincial Council polls would...
View ArticleNominal fine imposed by Cardiff court on pro-LTTE ‘pitch invader’
July 20, 2013, 7:36 pmBy Sujeeva Nivunhellain LondonThe pro-LTTE activist, who invaded the pitch during Sri Lanka-India encounter at the ICC Champions trophy semifinals on June 20, was fined by a...
View ArticleFlying Fish and the Fornicating Army
July 20, 2013, 7:43 pmLast week, there was a mighty furore over the screening of an anti-war film Igillena Maaluwo (Flying Fish) at a French Film Festival held in Colombo. The festival itself was...
View ArticleTNA’s choices: Justice Wigneswaran for NPC; no, thanks, to PSC
July 20, 2013, 6:53 pmRajan PhilipsThe TNA’s choice of retired Supreme Court Judge C.V. Wigneswaran as candidate for Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council is a good political example of...
View ArticleIs there a Gota-Mahinda split?
A Liberal Constitution: Now or never?July 20, 2013, 7:01 pmKumar DavidEverybody has an opinion about which way the ship is listing, and I have mine, but the answer to the question in my caption is...
View ArticleA DIG A CONTRACT KILLER?!
July 20, 2013, 7:06 pmby Gamini GunawardeneThis indeed is the question raised by many an ordinary law aiding citizen, in disbelief. The issue has shaken the very foundation of the belief system of a...
View Article"Super specialists of Global Hospitals, India & Sri Lanka build A strong...
July 20, 2013, 6:30 pmGlobal Hospitals Group, one of the fast growing chains of multi super specialty tertiary care hospital chains in India, yet again reaffirmed its commitment to strengthen its...
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Untangling the Golden Key webJuly 20, 2013, 6:52 pmGiven the thousands who held deposits in the failed Golden Key credit card company, and the size of its deposit fund of many billion rupees, it is...
View ArticleThe legacy has survived and thrived for 116 years. Now, its chairman thinks...
Right Price, Right PlaceThe Godrej group’s growth has been bolstered by its prudent acquisitions1994 Transelektra Domestic Products, India1995 Banish (PL Chemicals), India; Jet (Sonic Electro Chem),...
View ArticleThe cardiologist has turned the conventional healthcare model on its head,...
Driven By PurposeNH is working on lowering the cost of cardiac surgery to $800 from the present $1,500Number of locations present with hospitals commissioned 19 hospitals in 13 locationsNumber of beds...
View ArticleLalitha Sridhar counts more than blessings on her trip across a noble...
Cavalry men at the Mysore Palace Varun Sreenivasan It’s fairly easy to guess there’s a pre-paid stand outside when over-solicitous autorickshaw...
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