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Middle East tense as Israel carries out airstrike in Syria, again IT
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. ReutersIsrael carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, a Western intelligence source said, in an attack that shook Damascus with a series...
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Bombay House prepares to fill the C-suites Abhineet Kumar | Mumbai BS
When Cyrus Mistry joined Tata Sons in September 2006, he was the 11th board member of the unlisted holding company of India's largest business conglomerate. In close to seven years, Mistry, now...
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Saradha effect: Pay hefty fine for early withdrawals Digbijay Mishra, Probal...
Sukhdev, a private security guard in Kolkata, had invested Rs 30,000 in one of Rose Valley's money-pooling schemes about four years ago - on assurance that the amount would double in five years. In the...
View ArticleMurugappa's NBFC to apply for NHB licence T E Narasimhan | Chennai BS
Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd, the NBFC arm of $4.4 billion Murugappa Group, said that it is planning to apply for a licence with National Housing Bank (NHB) to scale up its...
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Murugappa Group eyes Japanese tech to make farm equipment T E Narasimhan |...
The Rs 22,466-crore Murugappa Group plans to launch own farm equipment to be sold through its agriculture retail chain, Mana Gromor. The Chennai-based company is in talks with two globally reputed...
View ArticleIt’s about the Tamils and Sinhalese By Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA
I approach this subject as a political scientist, a former diplomat and briefly a minister in the Cabinet of the North-East Provincial Council. At the overlap of these experiences and roles is what is...
View ArticleThe house that became the Uthayan office
By ManeckshawTraditional Jaffna houses are built around a courtyard with beautifully carved, wooden pillars. One such house, known as 'Kasthuriar Valavu,' remains intact in the heart of Jaffna, despite...
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CHOGM: Beware of what happened after 1976 The London meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) last week has cleared the path for the holding of...
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Rapprochement with India, way cleared for C’wealth summit
�Rajapaksa Govt. makes dramatic moves to improve ties with New Delhi; Japan to help rebuild relations with US�Rajapaksa to go ahead with NPC elections despite dire warnings from the JHU and the...
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Kudankulam: India court allows operations at nuclear plant
Locals say the plant is located in an area which was badly affected by the 2004 Asian tsunami India's Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu state can...
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Motorola 'abused position' in Apple patent dispute
Google - through Motorola - owns several patents critical to mobile phone useGoogle-owned Motorola Mobility abused its position in Germany's mobile market when it filed a patent injunction against...
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Small firms which want to profit from doing good
By Karen WeintraubBoston, MassachusettsAndrea Sreshta and Anna Stork's Lumin Aid light is already used in 15 countries Dr Bill Rodriguez has three big, audacious goals.He wants to solve a major public...
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Clashes over Bangladesh protest leave 27 dead
Clashes between police and protesters began on Sunday and continued into MondayAt least 27 people have been killed and dozens hurt after police and Islamist protesters clashed in Bangladesh.Police...
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Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim urges protest over poll defeat
Anwar Ibrahim: "I am disgusted at the fact that... they could steal an election"Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has urged supporters to stage a protest after Malaysia's ruling coalition won polls he...
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Somalia's fight to harness the power of Mogadishu port
By Gabriel GatehouseBBC News, MogadishuSomalia: Failed State At the thriving seaport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, the aroma of lemons drowns out the smell of ship's fuel.The dried fruits, packed...
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Profile: Najib Razak Malaysian Prime Minister
Profile: Najib RazakMr Najib leads the long-dominant National Front coalition, in power since 1957Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is regarded by many as political blue blood.He is the eldest son...
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Profile: Anwar Ibrahim
Anwar Ibrahim says Malaysia must mature as a democracyAnwar Ibrahim is well aware of the perils and pitfalls of political life.Mr Anwar, 65, once belonged to the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN, National...
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Top directors on future of Indian cinema
Bollywood directors on their views of Indian cinemaFour top Bollywood filmmakers - Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee and Zoya Akhtar - have made Bombay Talkies, a film which pays homage...
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Sanaullah Ranjay: Pakistan's top diplomat visits India hospital
Sanaullah Ranjay was attacked in a high security Indian prison Pakistan's top diplomat in India has visited a Pakistani prisoner who was attacked by a fellow inmate at a high-security prison in...
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So-Called “Causes of the Sinhala-Muslim Conflict”
Posted by Sri Lanka Guardian | by Laksiri Fernando( May 6, 2013, Sydney, Sri Lanka Guardian) There is a slang term in Australia, some people calling others ‘going troppo’ to mean going crazy. The...
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