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| With dengue raging all over the country and more deaths being reported every day, a couple mourning the death of a child in the family from this disease, are seen in a heated argument with a Public Health Inspector outside their house in Maradana. While the PHI blamed the family for allowing water to gather in a gutter pipe, the couple argued that the water in it was the previous night’s rain. Pic by Sanka Vidanagama |
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| Ban adds muscle to UN panel |
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has raised his stakes with plans to set up an eight person secretariat, headed by a senior official at a director level (D-2), to facilitate the work of his advisory panel on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka.
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| Weerawansa still a minister |
National Freedom Front Leader Wimal Weerawansa, who tendered his resignation as Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities, will continue to remain as a cabinet minister and hold the same portfolio, a senior government spokesman said yesterday. |
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| Tonight's musical
adventure with Eshantha |
Eshantha Peiris’ first solo concert tonight (July 18 at the Lionel Wendt theatre at 7 p.m.) since he returned to Sri Lanka in 2008 is also his most ambitious. His last concert in 2005 honoured German composer and pianist Johannes Brahms, but with ‘Evocative’ Eshantha has chosen not to limit himself to any one artist. |
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| SLT halts job cuts, aims to enhance productivity |
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has abandoned plans to cut jobs and a recruitment freeze which was to have been done by shutting down unproductive divisions of the firm.
The plan aimed at reducing staff to 3,500 from around 6,000 through its manpower restructuring method was introduced earlier in an effort to stem losses, a senior SLT official said.
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| The high cost of cheap fashion |
I confess: I do it, too. Like most Western women, I do it regularly, and it is a guilty pleasure every time. It is hard to listen to one's conscience when one is faced with so much incredible temptation.
I am talking, of course, about cheap trendy fashion. I'll visit a Zara — or H&M, or, now that I am in the United Kingdom for the summer, the amazing Primark — and snap up items that are "cute," effectively disposable, and so shockingly inexpensive that one does a double take. |
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| The international standing of Australian universities |
The world's finest universities have always been international in outlook, attracting academics and students from many countries. Globalisation has meant an increased demand from students, employers, and academics for indicators of the international standing of universities. |
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| Lankans mean business at Murali farewell |
Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara and the Lankan team mean to hold their wits together during the next five days and are bent on giving their most senior player Muttiah Muralitharan the best farewell possible. |
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| EDITORIAL |
| Need for
compromise |
There has been a sudden change of approach at the highest levels of Government to the issue of constitutional reforms, something that has been on the backburner for some time and not without its share of controversy. It is a welcome change. |
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| COLUMNS |
| Dramatic turn in UPFA-UNP ties -- Political Column |
The lift off for two Air Force Mi-17 transport helicopters from the Army grounds in Fort last Wednesday came at 7 a.m. Instead of troops or lethal weapons, the cargo, for the first time, was 30 Sri Lanka cabinet ministers. They headed to Kilinochchi, the centre of power for Tiger guerrillas until last year. |
| I brighten your day and you brighten mine -- 5th Column |
“Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “I think all the problems of our country are over...”
“Why do you say that, Bindu?” Percy was puzzled, “I thought our problems are only just beginning with all this fuss about a panel appointed by the United Nations...”
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| Recreating a historic picture |
Guttila panditha plays the veena to the royal audience in a contest with his pupil Musila while young dancers watch in fascination. The illustration that depicts this episode from the infamous jathaka tale of Guttila panditha who was a skilled musician serving King Brahmadatta of North India is taken from a 12th Century AC painting from Thivanka pilimage in Polonnaruwa - testimony to Sri Lanka’s rich painting tradition. |
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| Festival time in the holy city |
There spread another rumour to the effect that it was a Portuguese national who had been bribed to kill King Buwanekabahu of Kotte. The ministers who were fond of the king had been repeatedly advising him to be more concerned about his security. |
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| Tackling Tonsillitis |
Everyone of us has suffered a sore throat at some point and probably blamed it on ‘tonsils’. But, every sore throat is not tonsillitis: tonsillitis needs more attention than ‘any’ sore throat. This week Dr. Bandula Bandaranayake, Consultant ENT Surgeon at the General Hospital, Kegalle, speaks to MediScene on tonsillitis and tonsillectomy and the surgical removal of tonsils. |
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