Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) - 2012-12-30

• Death penalty: Lanka hangs in balance
• Dissenting PSC members await court notice
• Kachcheri fire deliberate: Poser for police
• Kalu Wandura's days are numbered
• New unit to track down unscrupulo­us tourists, sex workers
• Flood disaster worsens: Northern Province also hit
• Police carols: How eliminator­s became illuminato­rs
• MPS pay more for meals but it’s still kos for us and courses for them
• Dialog launches Sri Lanka’s first commercial 4G-LTE Service
• Cybercrime: Blackmaile­r in the net
• SL 12th highest source country of asylum seekers: UNHCR
• Police, road-safety officials on top gear to slash accidents in 2013
• New equipment to check and curb vehicle emissions
• National malaise of backdoor deals pervades and corrupts prisons
• Dialog launches Sri Lanka’s first commercial 4G-LTE Service
• Bogus CID officers prey on middle-aged men
• 2012 has been a year of disasters for the country’s fragile environmen­t
• Minimum room rate leads to drop in City hotel occupancy
• Impeachmen­t crisis:
• Turn away from this control freak approach
• Destiny of Lanka at stake
• Environmen­tal jester who uprooted justice
• Weather wages war
• 8 years after the tsunami they still have no home
• Parakrama Samudra: Then it was dry, now it’s at spill level
• Locals provided back-up services for Chinese racketeers
• Christmas becomes a make believe for most
• Sigiriya in danger as ‘developmen­t’ makes inroads
• ‘Deaths of despair’ hike to 7 a day
• Breaking myths relating to suicides
• War widows: Constant struggle for survival
• Jaffna youth arrests continue over suspected Tiger activity
• Acting contrary to the greater good of Sri Lanka
• External and internal shocks rock the economy in 2012
• The night before Christmas The debate on the troublesom­e Divineguma Bill was to take place first, followed by the debate on the impeachmen­t resolution on the 10th and 11th, she learned. As required by Standing Orders, this timetable would allow for one mo
• Acting contrary to...
• Asanka cried only once for cricket
• Thanks to the national cricketers VH had the bat and handle
• One time sports giants where are they?
• Boxing Day knockout: Let this be the catalyst! SUNDAY MUSINGS
• TENNIS: All important “court”
• The year rolled on but rugby stood still
• There will be only one cricket umpires associatio­n
• Lakmal and Thirimanne to join tottering tourists
• DSS dominate drawn game against Thurstan
• Tony Greig – A personal note
• Slicers would test their skills from Jan 5
• Voice for Lanka no more
• Get ready to pick your cricket idols
• Australia's Mike Hussey calls Test stumps at 37
• Ramprakash awarded MBE
• 'Daughter of India' dies
• Fiscal cliff is a mission impossible from Obama
• Celebrity bad science: Dried placenta pills and oxygen shots
• Asia's democratic security diamond to check China
• DNA of Sandy Hook killer to be examined for 'evil' gene
• Survivors of 2004 tsunami 'ambushed'
• 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW
• Choice for Obama: Prophet
• T or Pharisee?
• Sports deaths of 2012
• 38 state firms swallow over Rs.100 bln in tax money
• Bypassing tender procedures Samsung Network to get multimilli­on dollar E-NIC project
• Three top Sri Lankan travel personalit­ies quitting
• Soaring poultry production costs overshadow pricing formula
• Lankan economy set to grow by 6.3-6.4 % in 2012 and estimated at 7-7.5% in 2013, top economist says
• Wish list for 2013
• 100% up front levy on leasing state land by foreigners obstructs FDI inflows, says a tax expert
• Euro crisis undercuts EU rotating presidency
• Less than 1% of Lanka’s population invests in stocks
• Prosperity of Sri Lankans increasing, CB says
• Sri Lanka targeting 50,000 Aussie tourists
• Outgrower system succeeds at Endana Estate
• Brandix completes six water-based programmes for women leaders
• Softlogic gets Rs 1.8 bn from sale of 38% stake in Asian Alliance Insurance
• Ceylinco Life donates specialise­d Dengue treatment facility to LRH
• DCSL secures high AAA Fitch Rating
• Local travel company opens “Amaara” branded hotel in Kandy
• New deal from Dialog TV: Pay-per-day TV
• Sri Lanka hosts UN Global Compact Regional Meeting
• Rising per capita doesn’t mean developmen­t and poverty reduction have worked:un official
• Chinese new hydropower stations use IFS applicatio­ns and IFS enterprise explorer
• HP’S new products in the market
• Intel promise 7 years ago of PCS replacing pens and paper becomes a reality
• Sampath IT signs up with Australia’s Paycorp Holdings
• 'Product Link' online fleet management from UTE
• Ecybersec wins Gold Award at Hacking Challenge - Cyber Security Week 2012
• 'Seastead' Blue Seed receives seed funding
• SLI awarded "The Best Insurance Company in Sri Lanka"
• Aitken Spence Hotels Sweeps the Board at National Business Excellence Awards
• Yamaha Music Centre offers great discounts to commemorat­e its 90th anniversar­y
• Assidua Technologi­es (Pvt) Ltd launches world renowned Techfine UPS systems in Sri Lanka
• New star class hotels boost tourism industry
• Another noteworthy CSR project by Abans
• CIMA Business Case Study Awards Night 2012; A huge success
• Awards Galore for Piramal Glass Ceylon
• Arpico Supercentr­es bring Christmas spirit
• HNB plants trees at Udawalawe National Park
• Zigo Mobiles in partnershi­p with Airtel Lanka
• On a ride with those beauties of the past Asgi Akbarally Smriti Daniel
• Architect who returned to serve his country
• Thanking you for 57 years of harmonious married life
• A family doctor whose bedside manner alone would cure patients
• Man around the house was a wonderful husband and father
• A woman’s place in Buddhahood
• Every day is like doomsday for us poor pensioners
• Who should pay for mistakes in the NIC?
• A salute to 160 Squadron Richard Boyle
• Standing steadfast, proud and tall among the Regiments and Corps of SL Army
• A heart-warming journey
• The curtain comes down Smriti Daniel
• Thilini bags “Up and Coming Designer of the Year” award
• Lanka’s own Dani Girl tugs at heartstrin­gs with ‘Danny Boy’ Danielle de Niese
• What a journey it was!
• EWC celebrates a host a creative writers
• Singing age-old carols with Lanerolle Bros
• Success through training
• CLUES No. 677
• Tsunamis to tinsel, feasting to floods
• SLANA celebrates Sri Lanka’s wildlife
• Radisson Blu Plaza in Hyderabad appoints Sri Lankan GM
• ICUN 2013 desk calendar features ‘Marine Wonders’
• A Global Work Licence in Interior Design through Northumbri­a UK degrees at AOD Sri Lanka
• Gateway offers the “Conversion Course” for students who have sat Sri Lanka O/LS
• Ladies’ College Department of Vocational Studies – One of the Pioneers in Vocational Education
• NIBM and NSBM join forces with EDEX Expo as Platinum Sponsor for the 10th Anniversar­y Edition
• Thawalama Vidyaraja holding its own
• Bandula Senadeera forging ahead in the south
• Horizon students shine at Edexcel exam
• ICBT Campus wins prestigiou­s National Business Excellence Award
• IESL Wayamba Centre AGM
• The Overseas School of Colombo- a better choice
• Biodiversi­ty, the diversity of life
• Addl. Solicitor General judges the APIIT Mock Trial competitio­n
• Attention Parents! Plan Your Child’s Future after O/levels
• The prestigiou­s FTMSGLOBAL Academy opens in Sri Lanka
• Empowering the business giants of tomorrow with the corporatio­n of Unilevers and CIMA
• SLIIT offers new Engineerin­g degrees
• Study in LATVIA @ Riga and Turiba Universiti­es
• MSU your university of choice
• WPTTA proud of its progress
• Sachin de Silva regains national junior golf title
• Into the devil’s lair
• Flashback 2012

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