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| Enter Dolly, Miss Fix It |
Meet Dolly; she’s a charismatic, calculating and masterful, society woman. Not to mention a match-maker extraordinaire. In the play ‘Hallo Dolly’, directed by Indu Dharmasena, Dolly decides it’s time she found herself a match and sets her sights on her friend, the rich and successful Scrooge, Harendra Wanawanagedera. |
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| Movable property as collateral against loans |
Machinery, furniture, vehicles, electrical or electronic appliances regarded as movables in banking parlance and which were not accepted as security for loans, could now be furnished as collateral from June 1, according to a ruling by the Ministry of Finance.
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| Power, sex and conventional wisdom |
Would there be fewer sex scandals if the world were run by women? The question comes to mind in the wake of scandals that involve two powerful men, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and came to light almost simultaneously. |
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| China number one global education provider - Dr.Sunil J.Nawarathne |
Sri Lanka-China Journalists' Forum successfully hosted the 2nd consecutive China Education Exhibition at the University of Colombo on May 14. The Exhibition was sponsored in collaboration with the China Education Council and the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Sri Lanka. |
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| EDITORIAL |
| Diplomatic debacle |
As the majority of the people of Sri Lanka were celebrating the life and teachings of India's greatest son, Gautama the Buddha, in the corridors of power of modern India, its leaders were lecturing to this island-nation's Minister of External Affairs on how best to govern this country.
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| COLUMNS |
| G.L.Peiris visit a flop: India browbeats Lanka -- Political Column |
The leaders of the country's main political parties were in 'shraddavantha' (pious) mode this week. The 2600 Sambuddhatva Jayanthi - 2600 years since the Enlightenment of the Buddha and the enunciation of the Doctrine of the Middle Path that revolutionized half the known world at the time, would have had a sobering effect on them. |
| Social challenges of an ageing population --The Economic Analysis |
In as much as the ageing population has serious economic and financial consequences, the human and social dimensions of an ageing society poses serious challenges to the state and society. A high proportion of the aged would require to be cared for in th coming decade when the proportion of the elderly population would exceed 20 per cent. Already there is evidence of inadequate health care and accommodation for the elderly.
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| When Ceylon drew the stars |
The first use of Ceylon as the location for a fiction film rather than a documentary was in 1936, when the 27-minute Jaws of the Jungle, (aka Jungle Virgin in the US), about an attack by “swarms of vicious vampire bats” on a Ceylon village, was directed by the horror-inspired Hollywood scriptwriter (The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand, etc.), Eddie Granemann. |
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| An unforgettable day at Nuga Gama |
To enjoy this unforgettable day, the Funday Times Club Members had to send in completed jigsaw puzzles and thirty winners were selected for the workshop.
The workshop was held at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel on
March 19 at 9.30 a.m., and was focused on World Water Day and the International Year of Forests. The thirty club members were greeted by the Funday Times Staff with a Funday Times cap. |
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