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ASSIGNMENT PEACE IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHERLAND ( SECOND EDITION )
June 1, 2013, 5:38 pmReviewed byCommander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath ColombageThe three decades of conflicts had produced many avenues for personalities with an obsession for writing. The...
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Where did the million tourists stay? Not in star properties
Pegasus chairman outlines pluses and minuses in big pictureJune 1, 2013, 6:01 pmAlthough Sri Lanka had registered the arrival of one million tourists last year, the impact of this traffic had not been...
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Richard Pieris Arpico Finance launches The juggernaut that is 'Yaddehige'
June 1, 2013, 6:20 pmby Maheen SenanayakeRichard Pieris Arpico Finance Limited (RPAFL) launched its services on Friday at a ceremony and press briefing at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel.Starting with an...
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Stupids will smoke and government will taxJune 1, 2013, 5:18 pmThe information that smoking kills and cigarettes are a killer has been so widely disseminated worldwide that it is self-evident that...
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N. Srinivasan steps aside, Jagmohan Dalmiya to be interim BCCI president...
File photo: Jagmohan Dalmiya. Jayanta Shaw/Reuters N. Srinivasan on Sunday agreed to step aside, but did not resign, as BCCI president till investigation into the IPL spot-fixing scandal...
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From B-town to D-town: Bollywood's obsession with Dawood Ibrahim is at its...
While underworld don Dawood Ibrahim has been a constant source of script inspiration for almost a decade, filmmakers prudently steered clear of depicting any direct resemblance.Then, Milan Luthria made...
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Coronation 60th anniversary: 'Dazzling spectacle' remembered
By Nicholas WitchellRoyal correspondentThe Queen swore her Coronation oath on 2 June 1953It was a dazzling spectacle with solemn pledges and soaring music. It brought together a cast of characters,...
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'BCCI arm-twisted SL to withdraw report in 2010'
Even as the spot-fixing scandal rages on, Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) President I S Bindra has created a fresh controversy by claiming that a BCCI official had arm-twisted the Sri Lankan board to...
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How ‘Siam’ became ‘Thailand’
June 2, 2013, 9:12 pmVisiting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra participating in a religious ceremony at the Deepaduttarama Viharaya in Kotahena on Saturday. I am no scholar but, rather, a...
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June 2, 2013, 9:12 pm(Text of a Keynote Address by Prof Rajiva Wijesinha at the inauguration of theOpen University / Marga Institute MA programme in Development StudiesJune 1st 2013.)I must thank...
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UNP’s draft, TNA’s, CBK’s chances
UNP’s draft, TNA’s, CBK’s chancesJune 2, 2013, 12:00 pmCBKBy Dr. Dayan JayatillekaThe proposals for a new Constitution presented by the main Opposition party the UNP could have been much better, but as...
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Black July 1983: A new perspective
*War on terror revisitedJune 2, 2013, 9:07 pmAn Israeli built Dvora Fast Attack Craft (FAC)-an early type acquired during the conflict. Sri Lanka acquired the first pair of 47 ton Dvora-class FAC...
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Thailand gets real with India
June 2, 2013, 9:10 pmThailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, right, shakes hands with India’s counterpart Manmohan Singh at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, May 30, 2013....
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What a world!June 2, 2013, 9:05 pmMumbai has, in what may be described as a fit of morality, banned mannequins clad in lingerie to ‘save Indian males from impure thoughts’ as an antidote to rape, as...
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US Honours Sivalingam Sivananthan for Technology Contribution to Raid in...
1 June 2013, 2:40 pmIllinois University Physics Prof Sivalingam Sivananthan Named White House Champion of ChangeBy Jeanne Galatzer-LevySiva Sivananthan at the Sivananthan Laboratories in...
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Can Narayana Murthy give Infosys its mojo back?
N.S Ramanath I write about business and technology The right question is what exactly can we expect NR Narayana Murthy to do in his new role?(Photo: Getty Images)Infosys often talks about, and even...
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Protecting “wasteland” can save many species of animals
Niloufer D Souza The Great Indian Bustard may be seen in pictures like this if we don’t act soon (Image: Corbis)In May this year, Conservation India, a non-profit organization that...
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Say, ‘Sorry’, Move Forward
By N. Sathiya Moorthy TNA’s Sampathan defied traditional Tamil sentiments by waving the national flag at a May Day rally in Jaffna last year. He reversed the gear later in his Batticaloa speech.By...
View ArticleJHU To Meet UPFA On 13A
By Camelia NathanielThe Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) is scheduled to meet government and opposition parties within the week in order to discuss the issues stated in a Private Member’s Bill presented in...
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