SL military launches inteligence operations to monitor Muslim youth of Mannaar
[TamilNet, Friday, 29 March 2013, 13:43 GMT]While the Sinhala Buddhist organizations, with alleged backing from certain sections of Colombo government, have stepped up attacks on places of worships of...
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Korea-funded state-of-the-art hospital opens in Southern Sri Lanka
Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 08:13 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 30, Matara: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today declared open the state-of-the-art Korea-Sri Lanka Friendship...
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Fashion warehouse not the target of mob attack
Friday, 29 March 2013 18:47 Inquiries into the unrest in Pepiliyana on Thursday night revealed that the warehouse of the ‘Fashion Bug’ clothing outlet which suffered damages, was not the main focus of...
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DMK charges against Cong, govt on Lanka issue ill-founded: Narayanasamy
Terming as "ill-founded" and "motivated" charges against Congress and the UPA Government on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, Union Minister V Narayanasamy today alleged students were being instigated by...
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Defence Ministry funding attacks on religious minorities - Mangala
March 30, 2013, 7:19 pmby Zacki JabbarThe Defence Ministry was assisting an extremist group responsible for harassing and attacking religious minorities, UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera charged...
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Preparing for Unilateral Sanctions
March 30, 2013, 6:15 pmSince it would be impossible for the government to comply with the recommendations of the recent US sponsored UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka, this country will now have to...
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New Locomotives for Northern Railway reconstrcution under Us$ 800 million...
March 30, 2013, 5:07 pmMr Kamal Singla - Joint General Manager , Mechanical, Mr S.L. Gupta – General Manager, Sri Lanka and Mr Alin Roy Choudhary - Joint General Manager , Finance, of IRCON...
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Termites and idiotsMarch 30, 2013, 5:45 pmThe national museum has been in the news during the past several months—of course, for the wrong reason. First, invaluable artifacts including an ancient...
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Savitri responds to Hoole
March 30, 2013, 5:56 pmI am glad that two respected former Deans and colleagues of the Sri Lanka state university system, Prof. Lalitha Mendis and Pro.f J N O Fernando have made written statements...
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South and Central Asia:Interview With BBC Sinhala Service
March 30, 2013, 5:53 pmSouth and Central Asia:Interview With BBC Sinhala ServiceRobert O. Blake, Jr.Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian AffairsSan Francisco, CAMarch 22,...
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Pope Francis delivers Easter plea for peace
Pope Francis: "We ask the risen Jesus... to change hatred into love"Pope Francis has delivered a passionate plea for peace in his first Easter Sunday message since being elected.Francis used his "Urbi...
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Mumbai Cricket Association's ban on Shah Rukh Khan stays: Officials PTI
Khan, however, denied he had misbehaved and maintained he reacted only after children, including his kids, were "manhandled" by the security staff at the stadium MUMBAI: Mumbai Cricket Association's...
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The great game: India and China fight it out to rebuild Sri Lanka's economy...
Indian engineers oversee a railway line construction in Sri LankaHow do you recognise a Chinese construction site in Sri Lanka?" our driver Arjuna N asks as the Lanka' s emerald landscape blurs...
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Some quiet, please: the Tamils and Sinhalas are rebuilding Padma Rao Sundarji
Across the Palk Strait, concern for Sri Lanka’s Tamils is being expressed through competitive aggression: there’s been a furore over the perceived weakness of a US-sponsored UNHRC resolution slamming...
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controversy: nirad C. Chaudhuri So, Thy Hand? A look at the startling charge...
Sandipan ChatterjeeChandra Kumar Bose at the Boses’ Woodburn Park house in Calcutta, now housing the Netaji Subhash Open University Only A Polymath?Why did Nirad C. Chaudhuri, who was secretary to...
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From bit player to global behemoth, the Samsung parade rolls on. But can it...
Samsung StrategyProduct blitzkrieg Launch products from entry level to super premium level; ensures a Samsung product for everyoneAggressive pricing Ensure that there are products at every price point...
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Shadow Leaders The job of 'executive assistant' has a lot more potential...
Rajan Anandan, Head of Google India, was executive assistant to Dell Inc CEO Michael Dell in 2003Photo: Shekhar GhoshTo most people, an executive assistant to a CEO is a person who sends e-mail and...
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Getting back its brilliance Tejas Networks likely to fare better than...
On December 30, 2011, Cyclone Thane hit the Tamil Nadu coast with winds of 140 km per hour and tidal surges of 1.5 metres. The hurricane blew the roof off Tejas Networks's factory in Puducherry, which...
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Trying to untangle wires Telenor's troubles in India have been a valuable...
Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas (Photo: Vivan Mehra)It is late evening and a flickering matchstick dimly lights up a small Ranchi shop called Sanjay Telecom. The shop owner, Sanjay, gropes around for a...
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A Shiraz for the Gypsy's Mutton What happens when a delicate, elegant wine...
Sourish BhattacharyyaBetween the bhakarwadi and amba barfi of Chitale Bandhu and the authentic Maharashtrian thali of Shabree on Ferguson College Road, Pune offers excellent options for food. TV host...
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