Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) - 2013-05-19

• President warns of foreign plot to destabilis­e Sri Lanka
• Toxic chemicals in imported white sugar
• Norway tells Lanka: Respect Vienna Convention
• Unions split on general strike
• Srilankan to formulate ‘totally new process’ to recruit trainee pilots: Management
• Varsity student leaders remain under State threat: IUSF Convener
• Another company applies for whirlybird operation
• Justice Marasinghe: Where have all the career judges gone?
• You fought bravely, and I know you are ready to fight again to crush terror, President tells troops
• SC rejects petition of Royal College student
• Even behind iron bars, the colours ofvesak are glowing vividly
• Flood for thought and company as camps fill with displaced
• Cyclone ‘Mahasen’ makes landfall on another storm by name
• Wholesome questions “Our milk is safe,” asserts Fonterra
• DCD & milk
• CID records statements of probable next-of-kin of Matale mass grave victims
• Fort Station centre of massive renovation programme
• Raids to detect outdated drugs continue
• Storm clouds still
• SUNDAY, MAY 19,2013 Diaspora must walk the talk, help the north
• TNA near consensus, awaits official announceme­nt on polls
• loom over CHOGM
• From failed revolution­ary to state missionary
• The price for round the clock power is high: CEB chairman
• Middle income earners to pay a third more for electricit­y
• Killer crossings result of new roads heedlessly built across tracks
• Housemaids in Kuwait job racket: Lankan ambassador
• Maldives says it saved Lanka from CMAG trauma For a country that has gone through the experience of being on the CMAG agenda, we know that it is unfair to put Sri Lanka through the same experience.”
• CSC regains MV Lanka Mahapola only to sell it for scrap
• NGO case against Norwegian DPLS could proceed, says Judge
• The need for common economic and security connectivi­ty
• Sri Lanka retreats into the dark ages
• Vigilance and prudence in management of external finances vital
• Under 23 tournament once again in the old format
• Playing dug-out cricket at Champions Trophy
• Rafael Nadal – The Spanish special
• Blowing or taking cover
• Lankan selectors present proposal to elevate present structure
• Blue Star and Don Bosco record stunning wins
• Wesley master the science of winning
• Joes shoot down the Trinity flying machine
• Despair over spread of spot-fixing 'cancer'
• Debarawewa and Pinnawela girls steal the show at Sepaktakra­w
• ISIPATHANA TAKE MILROY FERNANDO TROPHY AMIDST CONFUSION A day that rugby would like to forget
• Kingswood triumphs over St.peter’s in scrappy game
• BATA-THE SUNDAY TIMES MOST POPULAR SCHOOLBOY CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 2013 Competitio­n reaches tail-end but vote war rages on
• SLC awards 2017 Indian tour rights to Ten Sports
• Warner does a Malinga
• US chides Russia over missiles as peace plans suffer
• Pakistan's Sharif free to rule without unwieldy coalition KHAN TO FORM COALITION IN PAKISTAN PROVINCE
• UN, fluent in Anglo-french, seeks to go multilingu­al
• Umbrellaga­te? Obama breaches marine protocol
• Electrocut­ing the environmen­talist
• World's 'most racist' countries
• Pope Francis calls on world leaders to end 'cult of money'
• Bunga hunga: Showgirls dressed as Obama, nuns at Berlusconi party
• 'I can't sleep': Bernie Madoff tells how he is racked with guilt
• 'F*** America': Boston 'bomber' scrawled 'confession' on side of boat
• Aleppo soap: War threatens an ancient tradition
• Russia names CIA'S Moscow station chief
• Gold dinar expected to sell for £500,000
• Women in Hollywood films ‘grossly underrepre­sented'
• At Cannes, shock movie tests China's boundaries
• India's missing daughters
• Indian woman forced into slavery in Britian
• Mount Everest losing its cloak of ice and snow
• Office colleagues may be the best friends you ever make - especially if you work in a stressful environmen­t
• Google reveals the hilarious prototypes for its Glass wearable computer
• Will the next iphone handset be available in gold?
• Scientists create human stem cells through cloning
• The bad habits that are good for you
• Forget coffee, now you can get caffeine on your toothbrush
• Made in Bangladesh: The terror of capitalism
• What should Americans die for?
• A New Deal for fragile states
• DFCC continues to be at the forefront of Project Finance DFCC is Sri Lanka's pioneering developmen­t finance institutio­n. It was establishe­d by an Act of Parliament in 1955 to provide long-term project finance and support to the Private sector. The Act wa
• HNB Assurance reports 66% PAT growth in First Quarter, 2013
• Seminar on 'The Future of Insurance in Sri Lanka' organized by Asian Alliance Insurance-an Unqualifie­d Success
• Orient Finance PLC expands with a range of value added and innovative products
• Many Premium Payment options from HNB Assurance
• Bank of Ceylon is Sri Lanka's No: 1 Brand and No: 1 Bank
• 'Buy a mask from Sri Lanka' - NDB continues to promote the home-grown industries
• NDB in rapid expansion drive- Opens its 72nd branch in Elpitiya
• Sri Lanka's Networked Readiness Index ranking proves its great ICT strides: ICTA CEO
• ICT, basic need, not luxury, Minister Senaratne says at kick-off of SMS for fish info
• ICTA initiated Nenasala' lab in Ampara fulfils a dire need: Minister Siyambalap­itiya
• Google CEO Larry Page wants less tech squabbling
• ERL, a great egovernmen­t solution: Wasantha Deshapriya
• New IEEE Open-access "Mega Journal" aims to boost Technology Innovation
• Spaniards give the Asians a lesson of what it takes to be there!
• Matara City Club realizing a dream collective­ly
• Resurgence of Thomian rugby
• Cricket travels in earnest to Jaffna
• These lads form a winning combinatio­n
• Slender one point loss dislodges Trinity’s position as table leaders
• Colombo FC and Renown lead DCL groups
• Crisis-hit Fonterra milk controls 60 % of local market
• Reverse sweep for ban on land deals
• Long-overdue WB tourism project takes off amidst concerns
• Organisati­onal Justice: Fairplay matters
• Sustaining the tea economy
• CB rate cut must be monitored carefully
• Playing with Electricit­y Pricing: Two steps forward, one step backwards?
• Free healthcare: Does it have to be?
• BOI fast-tracks projects with rapid investor facilitati­on, says new BOI Chief
• Asia shares mostly up after US stocks dip
• ETERNAL LAMENT OF HIGH WAGE COSTS SURFACES AGAIN THIS YEAR Lankan plantation­s struggle to survive amidst high production costs
• Relief or depression for Golden Key depositors?
• Little or no corporate governance in Sri Lankan companies
• Impending interest rate cut to drain depositor earnings
• Dialog TV acquires Sky TV
• Consider supply, awareness, incentive and cost to attract IT companies : Virtusa GM
• HP debuts Elitebook Revolve convertibl­e notebook tablet in Sri Lanka
• Greater risk for telcos from advancing tech, threats : Etisalat SL IT head
• Sri Lanka gets Samsung Galaxy S4, Grand and Note 8.0
• HCM Connect 2013 to go to Kuala Lumpur
• Pawning business: Gold mine or mine field?
• Sri Lanka’s private sector wants local grads
• Revival of the UK travel market
• NTB 1Q post-tax profit up 15 %
• Sri Lanka rapidly moving towards US$10 billion economy: Cabraal
• Overseas Sri Lankans need to share their skills here
• Sri Lankan expat workers get same wage as Korean counterpar­ts
• Long -overdue...
• Confusion over planned take-over of unused estate lands
• H’tota tank farm tests to be fuelled from Singapore or Dubai
• HNB Assurance rewards HNB Branches for Bancassura­nce
• LB Finance opens premier centre in Mt. Lavinia
• Hutch extends service network with Singer Sri Lanka
• Nations Leasing Brand Campaign 2013
• Ceylinco Insurance - General fetes industry's most dynamic sales team
• Experience the world with HSBC Premier
• Cargills Food City "Avurudu Salli" gives away Millions in cash over the counter!
• Italian designer watch brand Toywatch makes Sri Lanka debut at ODEL
• AMW Dealer Convention 2012 a resounding success
• Dinapala Group wins "Grand Prix 2012" Award for Philips products distributi­on
• Abans ready to change shopping concept in Sri Lanka with huge lifestyle mall in Colombo
• Ceylinco Life policyhold­ers have the time of their lives at Leisure World
• The Finance Company records highest gain among financial brands in Sri Lanka
• Dialog Enterprise to support Sri Lanka golf reach new heights
• Allianz scouts for two Sri Lankan teenagers for global football camp
• IT & Communicat­ion segment grows at Singer amidst an overall slowdown in first quarter
• Commercial Bank Credit Cardholder­s to benefit more from Easy Vacations
• Knowledge Conglomera­te to repeat programme on job interviews by Lasantha
• Nature’s silent tribute
• Shaveen Jeewandara
• Reflecting on significan­t events in Lord Buddha’s life
• Electricit­y tariff relief: Who’s deceiving whom?
• Although you are gone, you’ll always be there for me
• He played his role to the best
• To a loving and caring daughter
• A gentle giant in the accounting world
• Gratiaen Award: Penning thoughts on pen name “outcry”
• Duvindi Illankoon Shaveen Jeewandara
• A ‘kottu roti dish of Hitchcock vignettes’ served with aplomb!
• Lankan writers make a mark in Commonweal­th literary prizes
• With a song in their genes they’ve done it their way for four years
• Thank you for the music
• Heavy weather and hilarious whinging
• Weaving in Buddhist philosophy, autobiogra­phy and politics Shyam Selvadurai
• Crocs have their day in the sun
• Smriti Daniel
• Adam’s Bridge:stepping stone to untapped adventure
• Killer wave Christophe­r Ondaatje, Sonali Deraniyaga­la’s
• Restoring the pearl of Thiruketti­svaram: One man’s passion
• A story of survival in a chauvinist­ic world
• The spirit of young people
• ‘Flight of Ecstasy’ for flute lovers
• SLCOG present inaugural Dr. Nalin Rodrigo Memorial Oration
• Amcham annual Ambassador’s Ball
• CLUES No. 697
• Discover the spirit of the University of Liverpool
• British Council shares UK experience in TVET and University Colleges at a Skills Forum
• 12 month MBA at Oxford College of Business, the best in its league
• Shiraz Latiff speaks at the World Social Marketing Conference in Canada
• CA Sri Lanka and CISI joint seminar provides indepth focus on Enterprise Risk Management
• Top accolades for CA Sri Lanka’s affiliate university in Australia
• John Keells Holdings powers CA Sri Lanka with lead sponsorshi­p for 2013
• ICMA (Australia) Graduation held at the BMICH
• University of London Internatio­nal Programmes award Global Network Developmen­t Grant to Horizon Campus
• Gamika De Silva heads SLIM
• Hsenid empowers IPM for National HR Conference 2013
• CA Sri Lanka to focus on emerging issues facing finance companies
• With bleak job prospects, parents and their children buy into franchises
• ACBT MBA offers students the chance to stand out amongst the best
• AAP 8th Anniversar­y
• Old Boys are ready to donate a Pool to Kalutara Holy Cross College
• CIMA announces workshop on financial modelling
• Want to join the 12month MBA at Oxford College of Business? You are going to need emotional intelligen­ce
• Science College Mt. Lavinia aims for internatio­nal honours
• Prospects Education launches English Attack! Online Language Learning Service in Sri Lanka
• Gateway Graduate School signs MOU with Aspiration­s Education
• New trends in Psychology education in Sri Lanka
• How Efficient is Your School Spending?
• “Collectivi­sm: Photograph­y through Design”
• TMC and IQA joins hands in conducting 2013 World Quizzing Championsh­ips on June 1
• Fun Spring Activities for the Classroom
• CA Sri Lanka introduces a highly effective Practical Business English course for students and job seekers to enhance their career prospects
• ESOF T launches Kingston University, London, Engineerin­g Honours Degree Programmes
• ACCA endorsed as a qualificat­ion that provides an edge in the field of accountanc­y
• SLF emerging as a Leading Institute of Education with a multitude of learning experience­s
• Willows win five lose two on Lankan tour
• CCC SC juniors overwhelm Imtiaz Ahamed CA
• Northumbri­a/aod Internatio­nal Design Campus - Fashion industry Partnershi­ps with Private Sector
• SLMC recognized European Medical Degree
• Quinn offers plan to add slots for gifted in city schools
• Mercury in it’s third consecutiv­e year as the “ACCA Platinum Status tuition provider ”
• CICRA – Metropolit­an Computers join hands to fight cyber crime
• An Accredited Degree in Engineerin­g or Technology through Technology Foundation Programme at CINEC
• Rigorous Schools put college dreams into practice
• Enriching learning opportunit­y with MSU’S hospitalit­y programmes
• Republic Polytechni­c Internatio­nal of Singapore together with Millennium Concepts Sri Lanka offers scholarshi­ps to Lankan students for studies in Singapore
• Principals strive to boost school spirit
• Student Broadcaste­rs capture headlines from the Hallways
• Study in Latvia
• Solving the Substitute Shortage, Part 1: Four Rules to Keep Your Best Subs Coming Back
• Study for modern and contempora­ry Optometry degree
• Ishira swings to victory at Menik Thurairaja Junior Open
• Talk multilingu­al, write multilingu­al!
• Ask for a story
• Fleetwood Mac to release new material
• Bringing to life women of
• Fleetwood Mac to release new material
• To perform in Colombo
• American cinema on Press Freedom

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