Two teams to investigate death of Sri Lankan Air Force officer killed in...
Mon, Jun 3, 2013, 10:46 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Jun 03, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Air Force has deployed two teams to investigate the death of a commissioned officer in an explosion...
View ArticleSri Lanka government to submit a proposal to amend powers of Provincial Councils
Mon, Jun 3, 2013, 09:24 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Jun 03, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government plan to submit a proposal to the cabinet this week regarding the amendment of several...
View ArticleTamil alliance of Sri Lanka accuses government of attempting to reduce Tamil...
Sun, Jun 2, 2013, 11:31 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Jun 02, Colombo: The major Tamil party of Sri Lanka Tamil National Alliance (TNA) accuses the government of attempting to reduce...
View ArticleSri Lanka's ugly side
Mon, Jun 3, 2013, 06:34 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Jun 03 (BP) Sri Lanka celebrated the fourth anniversary of its military victory over Tamil separatists last month amid concerns...
View Article'TNA victory will lead to separatism'
By P K Balachandran - COLOMBO02nd June 2013 10:11 AM Sri Lanka’s powerful defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has warned that a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) victory in the proposed elections to the...
View ArticleProxy advisory firms give thumbs down to Murthy's comeback
The Infosys board’s move to recall co-founder N R Narayana Murthy at the helm of affairs hasn’t secured favourable reactions from proxy advisory and corporate governance research firms. A minority...
View ArticleAspirants to get 18 months for setting up banks BS
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday said applicants getting permits to set up new banks would have to do so within 18 months, after which the in-principal approval would lapse. The final norms on...
View ArticleRengan Rajaratnam pleaded not guilty on March 25, entering his plea after...
Rengan Rajaratnam, the younger brother of imprisoned hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, is negotiating with prosecutors on a possible resolution to his criminal insider trading case, including a...
View ArticleIdea in talks with Axiata to sell its tower business to the Malaysian company
While the two companies have been in discussions for the past many months, it is possible that the talks could convert into a concrete deal agreement during this visit.MUMBAI: Aditya Birla group-owned...
View ArticleCavinKare bags Rs 250 crore of private equity investments
CHENNAI: Fast moving consumer goods major CavinKare has bagged Rs 250 crore of private equity investments from Mauritius-based firm ChrysCapital in a "structured deal" in order to strengthen its brand...
View ArticleWhy Narayana Murthy's comeback will set Infosys back ET
When in trouble, Infosys has chosen to abandon the principles it professed on founders’ retirement, nepotism and leadership development.Shriram SubramanianInfosys BSE -0.99 % is going through a tough...
View ArticleAll states should learn from Andhra and defeat Maoists on their turf: KPS Gill
The war against the Maoists can be won if all the affected states take lessons from Andhra’s experience.By K P S Gill As details of the Darbha massacre filter into the media, one thing is obvious:...
View ArticleIPL spot fixing: ED asks cops to give details of Meiyappan case ET
The duo was sent to judicial custody by a local court in Mumbai on Monday and their bail applications would be decided on Tuesday.NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has joined the probe into the...
View ArticleIITians score big on their business venture
Ayush Varshney (left) and Sahil Baghla at their office in DelhiMost IIT students dread placement season, but 21-year-old Ayush Varshney, a third-year student at IIT Kanpur, is calm. Because no...
View ArticleQueen marks Coronation anniversary at Westminster Abbey
The Queen is the 38th sovereign to have been crowned in Westminster Abbey The Queen has joined 2,000 guests for a service at Westminster Abbey to mark 60 years since her Coronation.Some of those who...
View ArticleHow Timbuktu's manuscripts were smuggled to safety
By Naveena KottoorBBC World ServiceWhen Islamist rebels set fire to two libraries in Timbuktu earlier this year, many feared the city's treasure trove of ancient manuscripts had been destroyed. But...
View ArticleBollywood actress Jiah Khan found dead in Mumbai
Boman Irani, who acted with Jiah Khan in her last film Houseful, told BBC Asian Network she was "quiet, reticent... charming"Bollywood actress Jiah Khan, who was found dead at her home in the Indian...
View ArticleObituary: Bollywood actress Jiah Khan
Jiah Khan was a versatile dancer and trained as an opera singerBollywood actress Jiah Khan, who died on Tuesday, has been described by her film colleagues as a "high-spirited" young woman who was...
View ArticleKuwait's NIG buys Sri Lanka stock broker from Heraymila
03 Jun, 201318:28:55June 03, 2013 (LBO) - National Industries Group SAK of Kuwait said it has bought a Sri Lanka based stock brokering and fund management company from Saudi...
View ArticleSri Lanka Telecom licensed to operate fibre-optic backbone
04 Jun, 201318:19:33June 04, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Telecom, the island's sole wireline operator which also has mobile and video services, said it had been formally licensed to...
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