Sri Lanka's Hemas group buys J L Morrison for Rs1.7bn
30 May, 201319:00:56May 30, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hemas Holdings Plc, said it gained control of J L Morrison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) Plc, an old established consumer goods...
View ArticleSri Lanka and Thailand ink deals on tourism, technology, business
31 May, 201314:57:32May 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and Thailand inked agreements on tourism, technology, business during a visit by Thai Prime Minister Yinluck Shinawatra to the...
View ArticleGoogle coming out with two new Android phones
31 May, 201305:52:08SAN FRANCISCO, May 30, 2013 (AFP) - Google revealed Thursday that it has two new sophisticated Android smartphones in the works, one of which will have the...
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Salman Khan's heroine Sana returns,tells 'real' Kidnap story
Mumbai, May 31: Days after reports over her alleged involvement in an abduction case, Sana Khan finally came out in the open to tell the "real story" from her side. Sana, the leading heroine of Salman...
View ArticleSri Lanka Northern expressway to get China Development Bank finance
29 May, 201314:14:39May 29, 2013 (LBO) - China Development Bank will help finance an expressway to Sri Lanka's North, the government said, after visiting President Mahinda...
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OilMin wants a united front to beat China in Myanmar Asks private firms to...
India is keen to run deep in Myanmar's energy sector. The government has not only asked its own companies to bid for oil & gas blocks in the next round of auction in that country but also wants...
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Two quit BCCI on Srinivasan's refusal to budge from crease BS Reporter | New...
Embattled president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), N Srinivasan, today faced further embarassment after two senior members of the cricket body quit in the evening over his refusal...
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Mallya wants Rs 4,500 cr in damages from KFA lenders, lessors BS Reporter |...
UB Group Chairman Vijay Mallya has decided to turn the tables on lenders to Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) and aircraft lessors, from whom he has been facing intense pressure for some time. He has said he...
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Religare's banking bid under Ranbaxy cloud N Sundaresha Subramanian | New...
The promoters of Religare Enterprises will face an uphill task in satisfying the ‘fit and proper’ criteria prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for new bank licence applications, due to the...
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GMR Infrastructure back in black BS Reporter | Bangalore
Aided by the sale of stake in its Singapore subsidiary, GMR Infrastructure Limited, the Bangalore-based infrastructure major, today reported a net profit of Rs 579 crore for the fourth quarter ended...
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Congress parliamentarian invokes zombie of Indo-Lanka Accord
[TamilNet, Friday, 31 May 2013, 09:16 GMT]“We believe that discussing the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord (1987) to be a proper solution to the ethnic problem in Sri Lanka will be beneficial to the Sri Lankan...
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Indian military intelligence visits Jaffna, Vanni
[TamilNet, Friday, 31 May 2013, 10:18 GMT]A team of high-ranking Indian military intelligence officials, led by Indian Armed Forces Intelligence Unit Director General R.N. Singh, visited Jaffna and...
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Sri Lanka total debit stands at Rs. 6 trillion by end 2012
Sat, Jun 1, 2013, 12:03 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.May 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Central Bank reported that the total debt stock of the government increased by Rs. 866.7 billion in...
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A new solid waste management system in Sri Lanka capital city from tomorrow
Sat, Jun 1, 2013, 01:06 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.May 31, Colombo: The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) of Sri Lanka will launch a new solid waste collection and recycling process...
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An international police investigation called on Sri Lanka's Matale mass grave
Fri, May 31, 2013, 07:26 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.May 31, Matale: A Sri Lankan court today informed that an international police investigation has been called to inquire into the...
View ArticleIndia remains united and strong due to meaningful devolution - Kiriella
May 31, 2013, 10:18 pmby Zacki JabbarIndia remained a strong nation because it had devolved powers effectively and given meaningful official status to 25 languages, the UNP said yesterday.Senior Vice...
View ArticleTribute to Dr. Henry Alfred Ian Gunatilaka Librarian (1953-1979)
by M.A. RanawansaFormer Librarian, University of Ceylon, PeradeniyaThis tribute is to a prominent scholar, man of letters, art critic, educationist, intellectual and internationally famed bibliographer...
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An example of living together
May 31, 2013, 8:02 pmReports have come from Batticaloa that there have been protests about a Buddha statue being placed at the gateway to the Batticaloa district. Batticaloa is a district where there...
View ArticleProvincial Councils – a white elephant
May 31, 2013, 8:03 pmProvincial Councils were set up during the J. R. Jayewardene regime as forced down by the then Indian government led by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated by the...
View ArticleActions, reactions and July ‘83
My amusement knew no bounds when I read the article under the above heading written by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleke, appearing in your issue of May 21. He states inter alia, "This is why July 4th, America's...
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