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| Getting a real feel for music |
When Dr. Sumudi Suraweera (PhD) teamed up with Co-Director Eshantha Peiris (MA) to found an institute dedicated to training musicians, they were determined to set the bar as high as they possibly could. Not wanting to stop at merely setting up an ‘institute’ and becoming just another face in the crowd, the duo has gone a step further by encouraging their students to actively engage in improvisation, experimentation and innovation within the classroom walls. |
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| IT stocks – Sri Lanka’s next big thing? |
Amidst a burgeoning number of initial public offerings (IPOs) slated for sectors such as hotels, power and energy, finance, healthcare and food; a new category is also gaining interest in the public eye: the IT sector. With recent reports of Environmental Resources Investments bullish foray into the IT sector this month, including a Rs. 100 million invested into data centre and network systems integrator Enterprise Technology (Pvt) Ltd and Rs. 300 million sunk in the leisure industry IT company Olancom, formerly RoomsNet International; the IT sector may prove to be the next panacea targeted by savvy investors.
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| The French way of crisis |
France is in disarray. According to opinion polls, Nicolas Sarkozy's popularity is at the lowest point seen in decades for a French president. Two weeks ago, two ministers resigned, but a parliamentary and media-sustained storm continues, fueled by conflict-of-interest charges against a minister suspected of corruption when raising money for Sarkozy's presidential campaign. |
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| Why Maliyadeva stands tall ... |
Towering gracefully above all the other schools in the North western province, 'Maliyadeva' stands out as a leading college in both academic and extra-curricular and co-curricular activities with a strength of 4200 students , 191 teachers and 44 non academic staff . |
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| Leaving your legend for the next generation |
In modern day, cricketers live in a dilemma. If they want to be immortal they have to indulge in the purest form of the game -- Test cricket. If the cricketers want to make a decent living and have better standards than the Johnny next door, they have to be a part of the shorter versions of the game. |
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| EDITORIAL |
| Dengue: Cast the safety net now |
The death toll stands at 164 for this year alone with a sudden surge in recent weeks following the rains. Some 22,000 (and counting) people are known to have been hospitalised throughout the country and a countless number are receiving ayurvedic or other medical attention. |
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| COLUMNS |
| Twists and turns in consensus talks -- Political Column |
"President Mahinda Rajapaksa does not trust him enough. He is not spying on us but on Dr. G.L. Peiris," remarked Rauff Hakeem, leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress somewhat jocularly. "It seems so. Otherwise why a security guy should stand behind and watch us deliberating is puzzling," replied his colleague and SLFP-M leader, Mangala Samaraweera. |
| Leaving us with
golden memories -- 5th Column |
I thought I must write to you now that you have scaled cricket’s Mount Everest, taking eight hundred wickets and then hanging up your boots. Congratulations, Murali, but I think it is not what you did that matters most-but how you did it and also what you meant to this country over the last eighteen years.
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| Classic drives |
On a sunny day, back in the mid-Sixties and well into the early Eighties, the gates of a dignified, laidback bungalow on Dickman’s Road, Colombo 4, would open and a dignified, laidback and quite splendid vehicle would emerge; it would pause, turn left or right, and sedately head into town.
As heads turned to admire the grand old car noiselessly gliding past – magnificent in a coat of yellow and black paint – heads would also register how uncommonly well paired were the car and its front-seat occupants. |
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| The Viceroy with a craving for wealth |
The Viceroy who went to Kotte, met both King Dharmapala and the
commander Veediya Bandara. He expressed his sympathies regarding the death of King Buwanekabahu. The
people of Kotte told him that it was a Portuguese national who shot the king. He pretended to be deeply angered hearing this news. He said he would do
everything to arrest the culprit and give the highest of punishments. |
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| BoC Infinity Retirement Plan |
The Bank of Ceylon (BoC) has introduced a novel retirement plan, referred to as the BoC Infinity Retirement Plan for those who are planning to enjoy a successful retirement where one has the advantage of saving according to your means in order to ensure that your retirement will be secure and comfortable. |
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