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Pakistan is not calling it the MFN status anymore: Sunil Kant Munjal Nayanima...
The first meeting of the Pakistan India Joint Business Forum (PIJBF) was held at the Serena Hotel in Islamabad on June 29. The Indian side was headed by Sunil Kant Munjal, chairman of Hero Corporate...
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For Cohen, freedom may cost a fortune ET
Steven Cohen's MansionSteven A Cohen, founder of a $14-billion hedge fund indicted in what the US calls an unprecedented insider trading scheme, faces a future without a fund or a multibillion-dollar...
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Is Sudarshan's appointment at TVS premature? T E Narasimhan | Chennai BS
Unlike other annual general meetings (AGMs), where at least one or two shareholders oppose the appointment of new directors or question the re-appointment of current ones, TVS Motor's resolution to...
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Cooks have bolted, teachers refuse to taste the food. The mid-day meal scheme...
Neelbad was a poor village, till the moneyed residents of Bhopal began to buy land there to build farmhouses. There is nothing to indicate that this was once a village of farmers. Located just 10 km...
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A beaming President Mahinda Rajapaksa greets Dayasiri Jayasekera, who finally crossed over to government ranks after a plethora of denials over the past few weeks that he had plans to jump on the UPFA...
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Recovering GK billions in banks overseas ‘next to impossible’
How was such a virtual treasure trove remitted out of Sri Lanka?July 27, 2013, 7:54 pmby Suresh PereraThe recovery of billions of rupees in Golden Key (GK) funds stashed away in banks overseas may...
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Gota asks Northerners to shun those who backed LTTE terror project
"Maybe for personal gain, maybe out of fear’’July 27, 2013, 7:55 pmby Shamindra FerdinandoDefence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa urged the northern electorate to shun those who had been overtly and...
View ArticleCOPE finds there are no professional accountants at Water Board
July 27, 2013, 7:57 pmby Maheen SenanayakeThe recently tabled second Report from the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has found that some trade union actions are detrimental to the growth and...
View ArticleBar Council alarmed about criminals with political patronage
July 27, 2013, 12:00 pmBY MAHEEN SENANAYAKEThe Bar Association of Sri Lanka at a Bar Council meeting held yesterday noted with concern the alarming increase of criminal activity by those blessed with...
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The collapsing wonder of Asia
July 27, 2013, 7:48 pmTwo events that occurred last week highlighted the strange position that the present government finds itself in – politically it is unassailable but administratively, it’s...
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Royal baby: the legacy of the Royal Georges
July 27, 2013, 6:04 pmPrince George of CambridgeThe infant Prince George of Cambridge is the latest in a long line of royal Georges, with his six ruling namesakes leaving a colourful legacy which has...
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Mahinda-Gota split:Where stands the SLFP? Will there be a CBK – second coming?
July 27, 2013, 12:00 pmRajan PhilipsReal or faked, a Mahinda-Gota split has political implications. A fake split could have unintended consequences, even precipitating a real split. Whether fake or...
View ArticleAn appreciation of Rev. Fr. Thomas Kuriacose, sj
July 27, 2013, 7:43 pmWith the demise of a very special individual on Sunday, July 7, 2013, I feel it is only fitting that I pen my thoughts in honour and remembrance of a soul that touched the lives...
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Colonel Fazly Laphir
July 27, 2013, 7:44 pmMy dearest darling Fazly,When I get numb with the‘Missing you’ feelingYou roll in as a waveAnd get me movingSome times you arrive as the sunriseSome times the sunsetClouds, bird...
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Lionel Samararatne – a tribute (third month remembrance)
July 27, 2013, 7:45 pmMr. Lionel Samararatne joined the tutorial staff of Royal College in 1953. I first met him in 1954, as our Form Master of the class 2 Q (grade 7); later the same year he became a...
View ArticleReply to Gamini Gunawardene
July 27, 2013, 7:47 pmIn his article A DIG a Contract Killer?! In the Sunday Island of July 21, Gamini Gunawardene states that I wrote something to the effect that the "rule of law is not a right for...
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Tamil University Part III: The Needham Report
By S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole - The Needham CommissionThe University of Jaffna… recommended in the 1959 report would come only in 1974 and NeedhamWith S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike’s 1956 language policies,...
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Pensioners in abject poverty
July 28, 2013, 8:26 pmOur thanks go out to pensioner Upali S Jayasekera for his recent article titled, "The long and tiring wait of pensioners’. The caption itself speaks volumes for our plight. We...
View ArticleChanaka A and 13 A
July 28, 2013, 8:27 pmBy Prof. Rajiva WijesinhaChanaka Amaratunga died tragically on the 1st of August 1996. Almost nine years previously he had penned the Liberal Party statement on the Indo-Lankan...
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Exporters raise red flags, ask for GSP+
July 28, 2013, 8:00 pmBy Mario AndreeSri Lankan exporters want the government to reapply for EU GSP+ trade concessions because it would reenergize the country's exports sector, help regain its...
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