In the aftermath of Friday’s Fort bomb blast, security in Colombo was tight for the Vesak weekend and a soldier seen on alert while some girls are admiring imported lanterns that were up for sale at Pettah in Colombo this week. Pic by Berty Mendis
The crisis over the appointment of TMVP leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan deepened yesterday with an angry-rejected aspirant M.L.A. M. Hisbullah accusing President Mahinda Rajapaksa of ‘betraying the Muslim community, while government Muslim ministers were reportedly threatening to move out as an independent group.These Ministers told The Sunday Times yesterday they were having consultations among themselves and would meet senior Muslim religious leaders .....
The grounding of the hastily launched budget airline Mihin Lanka last month, with more than Rs. 3000 million in debt is apparently not the end of the road, as the carrier is now actively attempting to resume flights with a fresh infusion of cash from the Treasury.
The allegations are not only numerous but also very serious. The common charge is that pharmaceutical or drug companies are influencing -- in harsher terms resorting to bribery and corruption to get -- practising doctors to prescribe “certain” brands of drugs whatever the illness of the patient.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has asked the Sri Lankan government to include the Attorney General or his nominee in the project committee for the re-bidding on the Colombo Port Expansion Project as one of several conditions for a US$300 million loan, officials said.The ADB will also seek a legal opinion from the Attorney General's Department to ensure that the selection of the private party has been based .....
There are two things that have vanished from the face of the earth like the dodo-bird. They are the one-cent coin in the monetary denominations and the forward defence stroke in cricket. At the same time I will not be surprised at all if in the very next Test match the batsman goes on rampage scoring .....
Myanmar's junta took diplomats on a tour of the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy delta today as the toll of dead and missing from Cyclone Nargis soared above 133,000 people, making it one of the most devastating ever to hit Asia.In the last 50 years, only two Asian cyclones have exceeded Nargis in terms of human cost .....
Skeptics predicted that the enthusiasm for the IPL would soon subside. They expected TV audiences to slide and empty spaces in the stadium to appear. Astonishingly, though, IPL fever has run and run, interest has been sustained. Clearly, this tournament is here to stay. And this has all culminated in what should now be an intense .....
Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight -- and die -- with legendary valour for another man's country far away. In an era when the world's armies are hard pressed to fill their ranks, the Gurkhas are a recruiter's dream: Last year 17,349 applied to join the British military.....
Over 2,500 years ago on a full moon day during the month of Vesak under a Bo tree, Siddhartha Gautama became the Enlightened One."The birth and enlightenment of Lord Buddha are the two most remarkable events," says Prof. Dhammavihari Thero, who believes that celebrating the birth of a great leader, be it Lord Buddha or Jesus Christ means the celebration ......
According to a chronicle in Siam (Thailand), King Dharmaraja and the King of Siam were friends. They sent envoys to Sri Lanka, to obtain a Buddha statue. It is believed that the statue they obtained could be seen to date in Siam. There is also mention of the fact that King Parakramabahu II too sent envoys to Tambalinga.
Dr. Lester James Peiries' masterpiece 'Gamperaliya' has been restored and will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival under section 'Restored Classics' today, Sunday May 18.
In a rare opportunity, the film is the first to be restored to its full 'original magnificence' with the latest digital technology at University of Southern California.
It appears as a small bulge in the groin, gradually enlarging with time, though still painless. In the morning when you wake up it's not there, but when you get up and walk about, it appears. When you cough it is more prominent. This could be a hernia. A hernia occurs when there is a weak point in the stomach wall and the abdominal contents bulge through this......
The allegations are not only numerous but also very serious. The common charge is that pharmaceutical or drug companies are influencing -- in harsher terms resorting to bribery and corruption to get -- practising doctors to prescribe “certain” brands of drugs whatever the illness of the patient. 
There are two things that have vanished from the face of the earth like the dodo-bird. They are the one-cent coin in the monetary denominations and the forward defence stroke in cricket. At the same time I will not be surprised at all if in the very next Test match the batsman goes on rampage scoring ..... 
Myanmar's junta took diplomats on a tour of the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy delta today as the toll of dead and missing from Cyclone Nargis soared above 133,000 people, making it one of the most devastating ever to hit Asia.
Skeptics predicted that the enthusiasm for the IPL would soon subside. They expected TV audiences to slide and empty spaces in the stadium to appear. Astonishingly, though, IPL fever has run and run, interest has been sustained. Clearly, this tournament is here to stay. And this has all culminated in what should now be an intense ..... 
Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight -- and die -- with legendary valour for another man's country far away. In an era when the world's armies are hard pressed to fill their ranks, the Gurkhas are a recruiter's dream: Last year 17,349 applied to join the British military.....
According to a chronicle in Siam (Thailand), King Dharmaraja and the King of Siam were friends. They sent envoys to Sri Lanka, to obtain a Buddha statue. It is believed that the statue they obtained could be seen to date in Siam. There is also mention of the fact that King Parakramabahu II too sent envoys to Tambalinga. 
Dr. Lester James Peiries' masterpiece 'Gamperaliya' has been restored and will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival under section 'Restored Classics' today, Sunday May 18.
In a rare opportunity, the film is the first to be restored to its full 'original magnificence' with the latest digital technology at University of Southern California. 
It appears as a small bulge in the groin, gradually enlarging with time, though still painless. In the morning when you wake up it's not there, but when you get up and walk about, it appears. When you cough it is more prominent. This could be a hernia. A hernia occurs when there is a weak point in the stomach wall and the abdominal contents bulge through this......
