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Colombo University VC Controversy: A Different Perspective
March 21, 2013, 7:56 pmSeveral academics (Savitri Goonesekere, Lalitha Mendis, J.N.O. Fernando, FUTA) have written in various forums decrying the circumstances surrounding the appointment of VCs. They...
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Role of the navy: Landing operations
War on terror revisited March 21, 2013, 8:09 pmOn the seas off Muttur on the afternoon of July 8, 1990: The then Maj. Ravi Silva, second-in-command of 1 GR, Major Sumedha Perera, Lt. Commander Lanka...
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D. S. Senanayake’s Foreign Policy and the Western Nations
March 21, 2013, 8:20 pmBy Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku(Former Cabinet Minister of Human Resource Development, Education, and Cultural Affairs)"D.S. very clearly stated that at a time when Sri Lanka did...
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Stiff competition, dearth of professionals loom over private healthcare firms
March 21, 2013, 12:00 pmLimitations in public healthcare, among other reasons, has seen a rise in demand for private healthcare services, but a shortage of professionals, rise in healthcare costs and...
View ArticleHSBC, Brandix improve livelihoods in Killinochchi
March 21, 2013, 9:06 pmHSBC and Brandix have launched a programme to help improve the livelihoods of two villages in Killinochchi by providing its residents with access to water, infrastructure and...
View ArticleEditorial Geneva: A triumph for hypocrisy
March 21, 2013, 8:07 pmSo, mighty America has beaten little Lanka in Geneva! It secured 25 votes for its resolution as against Sri Lanka’s 13 with eight abstaining. The outcome of the vote came as no...
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Buddhangala Bulldozed For Deyata Kirula
By Nirmala KannangaraThe Departments of Wildlife Conservation and Forests are accused of following an ignorant attitude when part of their lands in the Ampara District is being bulldozed for the Deyata...
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Xi Jinping heads to Russia in first foreign tour
Chinese trade with Russia and Africa is on the riseXi Jinping is heading to Russia on the first stop of his maiden overseas tour as president of China. Mr Xi is set to meet Russian President Vladimir...
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Gold loan companies fear price decline K.R. Balasubramanyam BT
K.R. BalasubramanyamGold loan companies don't relish a fall in the price of the yellow metal. It hurts them in more ways than one. First, it can increase defaults, and second, the loan size will come...
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Abhishek Khaitan shares his leadership style BT
Abhishek Khaitan, MD, Radico KhaitanPhoto: Vivan Mehra/www.indiatodayimages.comMy leadership styleParticipativeThe political leader I admire the mostAkhilesh YadavThe business leader I admire the...
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Vijay Mallya has not given any revival plan so far: Ajit Singh BT Online...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit SinghCivil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Thursday said Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines has not yet given a revival plan to restart operations, even as employees are...
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The Octopus of the Small Screen Endemol scripts a success story in India...
We have run a 100-metre race really well by making short-duration reality shows. We now want to run a marathon, as fiction soaps have a two-or three-year horizon: Deepak Dhar Photo: Nishikant GamreWhen...
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Vijay Mallya has not given any revival plan so far: Ajit Singh BT Online Bureau
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit SinghCivil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Thursday said Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines has not yet given a revival plan to restart operations, even as employees are...
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Scent of a man Ground report: Behind Sahara's financial strength Suveen K...
Hussain Bhai takes his foot off the rickety wooden stool, leans forward in his chair, and says: "Only educated people like you and me can understand the value that comes with being a public sector...
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Just Google it, Correctly! Smarter way to browse on search engine Google
Some things in life remain a mystery. For everything else there's Google. A smarter way to browse on this search engine can save you a lot of time and effort. Here's how you can channelise those...
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Exclusive: This is where Dawood lives in Karachi. A la Osama, the Pakistanis...
The house - 6-A, Khayaban Tanzeem - is located in Defence Housing Area (DHA), Phase V, KarachiEven as Sanjay Dutt gets five years in jail in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts cas e, the mastermind...
View ArticleSolidarity Sri Lanka’s Tamils can do without
Even they are not convinced that Tamil Nadu’s Dravidian parties take up their cause for anything other than their own competitive political gainsIf the pressure being brought to bear by the Dravida...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping in Russia for first foreign tour
Mr Xi, with his wife Peng Liyuan, will head to South Africa after RussiaXi Jinping has arrived in Russia on the first stop of his maiden overseas tour as president of China. Mr Xi is set to meet...
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Pervez Musharraf gets protective bail ahead of return
Previous attempts by Musharraf to return to Pakistan have all been abandoned at the last momentFormer Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has been granted protective bail in several cases, his lawyers...
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China to create home-grown operating system
The operating system will be tailored to Chinese calendars and character setsChina is working with software firm Canonical on an open-source operating system customised for Chinese users.The...
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