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Sunday
July 16, 2006 |
Bodies
of 12 soldiers being handed over to the army through
the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
yesterday. More |
| Financial
Times |
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GoldQuest bulldozing Lankan
firms
Suntex International Holdings Limited, owned by the
controversial GoldQuest group, last week ousted Jayantha
Fernando, Chairman and Managing Director of Ferntea
Ltd as the head of the company in a swift move after
raising its stake in the local firm to 56 percent
and claiming Fernando was interfering in the business......
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Biggest
meat processing plant in Sri Lanka
Cargills, the largest supermarket chain, is investing
in Sri Lanka’s biggest meat processing factory
at an investment of Rs 300 million at Ja-ela due to
open in a few months ..... Full
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Investment
opportunities for the future: Coconut products for the
21st century - Part Two
 In
last week’s article we set out the pathetic status
quo of the Sri Lankan coconut industry. But then, what
am I doing writing an article on the coconut as an investment
opportunity for the long term? Let me justify my commitment
on several fronts...... Full
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Sri
Lanka’s first privately managed apparel and fabric
industrial zone
 Sri
Lanka’s first privately managed industrial zone
dedicated to producing apparel and fabric was initiated
this week. On Wednesday, the BOI signed over infrastructure
management rights of the Thulhiriya textile facility
to MAS Holdings Pvt Ltd. With the change of management
Thulhiriya will be renamed the Asian Apparel and Fabric
Technology Park (AAFTP) ..... Full
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Growing
demand for IT professionals in the country
 Asia
has become the feeding ground for several multinational
IT companies. Many companies have set up their engineering
units in the Asian region as opposed to the west .......
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Then
came the cricketers
In spite of Lankan cricket exploits in England the
local cricket administration was navigating through
rough seas during the past weeks, since the minister
of sports Jeewan Kumaratunga called for fresh elections
to man a new governing body to overlook the fate of
the most popular sport in Sri Lanka .... Full
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Dev
Anand spoils Lions” party
What a spectacular 60 minutes of
schools rugby it was. All the fans rocked at the Bogambara
Stadium in Kandy last Saturday were not disappointed
as they got their money and time’s worth when
the two oldest rugby playing schools met each other.
Trinity College who are celebrating 100 years of rugby
in 2006 and the lads from Randles Hill Kingswood College
taking on for the first time in many years.In the end
the difference between the two sides was the ......
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Susi
prevails over Dharsha
 In
a battle of the women’s 200m final of the 84th
National Athletic Championship which was expected
to be a cliffhanger between Sri Lanka’s ace
women sprinters Susanthika Jayasinghe who was battling
her arch rival Damayanthi Darsha turned out to be
a one sided affair ...... Full
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‘Dheewari’
ready to sail
'Dheewari', director Salinda Perera's directorial venture
based on Raja Proctor's novel 'Fisherman's Daughter'
is to be released in theatres soon. Co-produced by well-known
producer and distributor, Chandran Ratnam the film depicts
a strong young woman's struggle to overcome superstition,
the ravaging sea and the iniquities of the traditional
feudal system, all of which trap fisherfolk in a cycle
of constant poverty ...... Full
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Petronella
sings ‘Oba Nisa’
Petronella Fernando released her second DVD ‘Oba
Nisa’ ( Because of You ) last week at the Lionel
Wend Theater, Colombo 7. Petronella Fernando who is
a old girl of Good Sheppherd Convent Kotahena is former
Sri Lankan athlete, netball and basket ball player having
been the vice captain of the national team ..... Full
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‘Horu’
comes for the 50th time
The 50th performance of Prasanna Vithanage's ‘Horu
Samaga Heluwen' takes place at the Lionel Wendt Theatre
on July 16 (Today) July at 3.30 and 7. 00 pm. The hit
play debuted in February at the Elphinstone in Maradana
and has continued to remain popular throughout its run
in theatres islandwide ..... Full
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| Funday
Times |
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The
unification of the South
Prince Mihindu organized the new army the way he wanted
and gave it a good military training. Then he went and
met King Udaya to take permission to go to the South.
The king then said, "Son, you are an intelligent
youth. You know all the strategies of warfare. You are
quite clever...... Full
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Second British Governor
 The
second British Governor, Sir Thomas Maitland arrived
in Ceylon on July 17, 1805 to succeed Frederick North
(1798-1802), who was referred to as "a young
man in a hurry.” It fell on Maitland to put
the house in order since North had made many blunders
and the administration had weakened ...... Full
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A Pill In Time
 The
oral contraceptive pill is the most popular and convenient
birth control method used by women worldwide. Despite
this, there are several misconceptions about the pill
among women in our country which make them reluctant
to choose it as a form of contraception ..... Full
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Sleep right,
sleep tight
Good posture is the key to restful sleep, as is choosing
the right mattress and pillows. A night of poor sleep
may leave you irritable and depressed with loss of
concentration or memory the next day, in addition
to being physically exhausted .... Full
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Fuel prices likely
to soar
Fuel prices are likely to go up with petrol probably
shooting above the Rs. 100 mark after an imminent new
deal between the Lanka-Indian Oil Company and the government.
The LIOC and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will reach
agreement on marketing fuel at the same prices under
a new deal to be finalised within the next two weeks,
LIOC Managing Director K. Ramakrishnan said ...... Full
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SLMM in fresh
bid to get SI released
 Fresh
efforts by Scandinavian ceasefire monitors were underway
yesterday to secure the release of Sub Inspector Bandujeewa
Bopitigoda, who is being detained by the LTTE. Sri Lanka
Monitoring Mission chief Ulf Henricsson in discussions
with LTTE political wing leader, S.P.Thamilselvan in
Kilinochchi took up the matter regarding the release
of the police officer, who was “re-remanded”
by an LTTE court on Friday......
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Going back
to the dark era
The dreaded power cuts may be imposed again if consumers
do not reduce usage immediately, Power and Energy Minister
John Seneviratne warned yesterday.He said a save-electricity
programme had been introduced to avoid power cuts, but
if the people did not co-operate, the government would
have to introduce the power cuts ..... Full
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Nimal Welgama
declines top post
Upali Group Managing Director Nimal Welgama yesterday
declined a place on the Monetary Board saying he would
not accept the offer while a Central Bank inquiry into
alleged overseas properties owned by the company's Founder
Upali Wijewardene was pending ...... Full
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Pettah bus
stand building providing other comforts?
 What
was meant to provide temporary comfort of accommodation
to commuters, the upper floor of the Central Bus Stand
(CBS) in the Pettah has allegedly ended up as a brothel
while a private individual who had obtained the premises
on lease is locked in a legal battle over ownership
with the State-run Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB)
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One month after
the Kebitigollewa tragedy, The Sunday Times goes back...
 The
sounds of wailing have died down in the villages around
Kebitigollewa. A few plastic wreaths lie on top of the
mass grave, where 67 people lie buried. The place where
the jam-packed commuter passenger bus was hit by the
explosion shows no signs of the deadly incident that
snuffed out so many lives in a few seconds ...... Full
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UNP
kicking in-goal - Political
Column |
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No
exceptions to the rule,everybody plays the fool
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5th Column
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Clarification
or confusion?-
Situation Report |
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Labour
laws and employment generation -
The
Sunday Times Economic Analysis |
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How
many deaths will it take for the state to act?
- Focus on Rights |
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Adding
more fuel to anti-Bush fire -
inside the glass house |
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When
you hold the spoon serve your family and friends
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Thought
from London |
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Politicisation
of war on terrorism -
Issue of the week |
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Smoke 'em out
How many of us are aware of the health, social,
environmental and economic consequences of smoking
and alcohol consumption? Despite these issues being
a focus of our society for many years, no significant
measures had been taken to safeguard the present and
future generations from this deadly menace ..... Full
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Polish harmony
 Warsaw
– Forget the names of Stoczynska, Sawicki or
other tongue-twisters like the Lieratka or Pod Lososiem
restaurants and replace them with Smith, Brown or
the Ritz, and hey presto, the city looks like Paris,
London ..... Full
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Could Kebitigollewa
have been averted?
The Sinhala villages in the Kebitigollewa divisional
secretariat area first came under LTTE threat during
the Eelam war II. These threats intensified and several
villages were attacked around 1990.Kelebogahawewa,
Konwewa and Veherawewa in the Padaviya divisional
secretariat area were the northern most villages of
the Anuradhapura district, bordering the Vavuniya
district. These were the first to be attacked by the
LTTE during the Eelam war II, with several innocent
villagers being hacked to death.... Full
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Stir your
taste buds with Pakistani fare
 The
aroma from a variety of spices wafts through the air,
the aroma of mouth-watering Pakistani food. Although
Colombo does not boast of many Pakistani restaurants,
the demand for this cuisine has never decreased.“Tandoori
Naan and Murgh Buriyani have been the Sri Lankan favourites
since the day this restaurant was started,”
says Mustaq, the chief chef of Imperial Hotel and
Restaurant on Duplication Road, Bambalapitiya......
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Is it really
over?
 Every
marriage has both good times and bad. The age-old
wedding vows and traditional ideals state that one
weds a person, “for better, for worse, for richer
and for poorer”. Yet today it seems that there
is less tolerance for the ‘bad times’
of marriage and a greater tendency to abandon the
relationship under ..... Full
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Time to move
out?
“(I want to break free), (I want to break free),
I want to break free from…” If Queen’s
undying lyrics happen to be playing in your head,
continuously, on a day-to-day basis, you probably
fall into one particularly common category of young
people...... Full
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Living in the
here and the now
I have discovered in my short (and traumatic) career
as a feature writer, that there are a few things more
fraught with peril than writing a story about a good
friend. The interview? (shudder) That’s where
it all begins – awkward at best, embarrassing
at worst, punctured every now and then by verging-on-hysterical
laughter… Full
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Searching for
a soulmate
 Remember
those stories about people who lock eyes across a
crowded room, and know they are meant for each other,
and as they say, ‘spend the rest of their life
with each other’? ..... Full
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