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Govt. under pressure to halt court proceedings
Rs 100 mn case: Dr. Rupesinghe wins first roundMay 23, 2013, 12:00 pmBy Shamindra FerdinandoForeign diplomatic missions in Colombo had finalized various agreements with local NGOs running into...
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Thirteenth Amendment posers
May 23, 2013, 7:19 pmSalman KurshidAccording to a recent news report, the Indian Foreign Minister, Salman Kurshid has instructed our Foreign Minister, to refrain from removing land and police powers...
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Their life stories are songs to remember 1910-1950
Admirable Buddhist WomenMay 23, 2013, 8:35 pm"Their great endeavours brought immense happiness, in a back drop of colonialism and Christian activity. The fruits of their labour is seen in the smiling...
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Tilting at windmills, the govt. wayMay 23, 2013, 7:37 pmOpposition and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has accused the government of having launched a political witch hunt against some UNP...
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Google gets down to doing what it knows best - developing new tech - to...
The results of a Google Image search are shown on a monitor in this photo illustration in Encinitas, California. Photo: Mike Blake/ReutersAt a well-built six feet, Nikesh Arora commands a presence when...
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To mark our sixth anniversary, we celebrate iconic writing instruments...
Graf Von Faber Castell Pen of the Year 20122008Tibaldi Phoenix and Dragon Box SetTibaldi Phoenix and Dragon Box SetThe Dragon and the Phoenix - both highly revered Chinese mythology...
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Kota retains its charm as the top coaching destination for the IIT entrance...
A coaching institute in KotaThe despondent look in his eyes was unmistakable. Sitting alone in a canteen in a coaching institute at Kota, Kamal Singh was accompanying a friend who was seeking admission...
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IPL spot-fixing: Vindu and Meiyappan spoke around 130 times in two months...
Gurunath Meiyappan and Vindu Dara Singh Vindu Dara Singh's custody is ending on Friday, but the Mumbai Police will seek an extension of his custody as they believe they have a watertight case...
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Hizbul Mujahideen circulating fake currency in India, reveals NIA...
The document exposes Hizbul hand in using fake currency to finance its terror activities The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has established a clear link between Pakistan and Jammu and...
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China’s Ramanujan finds prime number gap Shubashree Desikan -the hindu.com
Yitang Zhang achieves breakthrough in solving the longstanding problem of twin prime conjectureThere has been a breakthrough in number theory, with Chinese mathematician Yitang Zhang coming up with a...
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CSK boss Gurunath Meiyappan to be produced in court today
Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan, was arrested a little before midnight on Friday after he arrived in Mumbai to face police questioning over his telephone conversations...
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Icahn, Southeastern seek $7-billion loan for Dell bid
Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their...
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Daiichi was given all updates: Malvinder Singh BS
A day after Daiichi Sankyo, the Japanese owner of troubled drug maker Ranbaxy, alleged certain former shareholders had concealed and misrepresented critical information concerning the US Department of...
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The Spectre Haunting the Rajapaksas
| by Tisaranee Gunasekara“Never will tyrants freely consent to the extirpation of servitude….”Thomas Raynal1( May 16, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Of all the spectres the Rajapaksas fear,...
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A Religious Police for the Rajapaksas
Posted by Sri Lanka Guardian | by Tisaranee Gunasekara“The BBS will take immediate steps to form a ‘Cane Force’ against those who act in a manner insulting to Buddhism during the Wesak season”. - Rev....
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A Burmese spring-the economist.com
After 50 years of brutal military rule, Myanmar’s democratic opening has been swift and startling, says Richard Cockett. Now the country needs to move fast to heal its ethnic divisions A WALK...
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A Burmese spring
After 50 years of brutal military rule, Myanmar’s democratic opening has been swift and startling, says Richard Cockett. Now the country needs to move fast to heal its ethnic divisions A WALK...
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John Doerr's Plan To Reclaim The Venture Capital Throne
By Connie Guglielmo and Tomio GeronFlipboard recently unveiled a new version of its successful tablet magazine app as the entire staff stood around their Palo Alto, Calif. office gawking at the...
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Woolwich murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash
Director of Faith Matters, Fiyaz Mughal, said a number of Muslims had been verbally abused There has been a huge increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich,...
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Online appeal unearths historic web page
By Mark WardTechnology correspondent, BBC NewsThe word is misspelt because Sir Tim demonstrated the web's editing functionsA search to recover the very first web page has unearthed a relic from...
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