Sri Lankan sports minister has allowed players to play in the second season of million-dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) even if it meant sending a weakeened team to the summer tour to England. The Sri Lankan board met with their government earlier this week and were told by sports minister Gamini Lokuge that they must not undermine their relationship with the powerful Indian cricket authoritie
Nearly 100 caparisoned elephants, dancers and torchbearers walked down the streets of this central city decorated with colourful lights and flags as the annual Buddhist festival of Kandy Perahera (pageant) was celebrated with great enthusiasm.
The colourful parade began Saturday night from the sacred Buddhist shrine of Dalada Maligawa, showcasing the temple custodians known as Nilames, [...]
The new look Indian team is all set to play Sri Lanka in the first match of five match ODI series. After winning their tour game against Sri Lanka XI they are quite confident to repeat their performance again at Dambulla Stadium. However the pitch, condition and the Sri Lanka attack will be totally different from the one they had faced on 15th August 2008.
The one day series is interesting after
The Sri Lankan government is steadfast in eliminating terrorism before having talks with Tamil Tiger rebels, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake said on Saturday.
Addressing an election rally at Medirigiriya in the North Central Province, Wickramanayake said “terrorism must be eliminated before anything. Only after that we could talk of talks.”
Wickramanayake said government troops
Ishant Sharma once again shown why he is reckoned as one of the superb fast bowler India found after long time. He once gain bowls superbly to run through the Sri Lankan top order and later Harabhajan Singh join the party by picking up four crucial wickets to bowled out the Sri Lankan’s for 136. Now both the team is leveling the series at 1-1 with one more test match to go which will be playe
The Indian Test team has been in form over the last couple of years but the task before them over the next three weeks is a huge one. Sri Lanka are a formidable team at home - since India's last tour in 2001, the Sri Lankans have won 11 out of 14 series, losing only to Australia and Pakistan, and drawing a two-match series against New Zealand. It's been seven years since India's last
With the help of centuries from birthday boy S.Jayasurya and K.Sangkara and five wickets haul by M.Muralitharan Sri Lanka went on to beat Bangladesh by 158 runs to get into the final of Asia Cup. Sanath Jayasurya celebrated his 39th birthday in style by smashin 55 ball century. Mahela Jayawardne elected to bat first on a beutiful batting wicket against a toothless attack and superb opening
LTTE rebels on Sunday used two light aircraft to bomb Lankan defence lines, for the first time in six months, as fierce clashes between Tamil Tigers and government troops left 28 guerrillas and 8 soldiers dead, officials said.
“Despite heightened ground confrontations between troops and LTTE at the Wanni battle theatre, it was reported that three [...]
SriLankan Airlines returns to national management with effect from April 1st 2008. Partially privatized in 1998 and since managed by Dubai based partners Emirates airlines, SriLankan Airlines is now back under Sri Lankan management and looking to extend its horizons further with enhanced service excellence, route and fleet expansion.
SriLankan Airlines now serves 41 destinations in [...]
Today, Sri Lnkan air force planes destroyed a Tamil rebel base in retaliation for suicide attacks which killed a government minister and 13 other people. Sri Lankan forces once again are “pounding away” at Tamil rebel forces, in a war that has gone on for quarter of a century in an unrelenting exchange of killing [...]
IMAGES of the mountain mouse-deer fleeing a brown mongoose used with permission from Gehan de Silva WijeyeratneOne of Sri Lanka's least known mammals and maybe an undescribed species - the mountain mouse-deer has been possibly photographed for the first time under dramatic circumstances. The opportunity gave rise when a team of scientists while conducting work witnessed a lone pregnant female in pursuit by a brown mongoose. This predator-prey relationship illustrates the diminutive size of the mouse-deer since most people can recognize the size of a mongoose, which is a member of the family Herpestidae (weasels belong to the family Mustelidae). The brown mongoose was unsuccessful in its attempt but the mountain mouse deer was exhausted after fleeing into water. The scientists captured
BSE Sensex was up 358.95 points, or 2.42%, to 15201.06 as fears of a global turmoil in credit markets eased after a 0.75% interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve and following better-than-expected results from two major investment banks -- Goldman Sachs Group and Lehman Brothers Holdings.On BSE, 4.07 lakh shares of the scrip were traded. The stock had an average daily volume of 10.60 lakh shares on BSE in past one quarter. The scrip had touched a high of Rs 104 and a low of Rs 99.40 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 219.45 on 3 January 2008 and a 52-week low of Rs 95.50 on 17 March 2008. The scrip had underperformed the market in the one month to 17 March 2008, falling 23.91% as against the Sensex`s 18.25% fall. It had also underperformed the market in the p
Products: A selected number of local products were showcased during the event organised by the Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing to celebrate the of 60th Anniversary Independence and 50 years of Sri Lanka-China diplomatic relations at the Grand Foyer in China World Hotel recently. Lankan and Chinese models at the event wearing Lankan costumes.A selected number of products such as different varieties of tea, Sri Lankan beverages, spices, handicrafts, spa and cosmetic products as well as a range of jewellery made out of gems, coloured stones of Sri Lanka and diamonds, were showcased during the event organised by the Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Independence and 50 years of Sri Lanka-China Diplomatic Relations at the Grand Foyer of China World Hotel on March 3.
The journey of ejewels formally known as "Enterprise Jewellers" began in 1950, when the first show room was opened in Colombo's premium city center 67, York Street, has grown and expanded over the years, from a company with a humble beginings into a high quality jewellery store. The key to its success has been a visionary creativity, an inspirational leardership, a dedicated workforce and a lot of sincere hard work.The founder of Enterprise Jewellers Mr. Gunasena De Silva had helmed the company since 1950, and his experience and vision have provided tremendous inspiration over the years. In 2003 his sons and doughters joined the company with a new branding as ejewels with the vision of making ejewels an exclusive jewellery lable locally and internationaly.
The archaeology department excavated several burial grounds of Sri Lanka some of which were tentatively dated to 1000 BC (Ibbankatuwa) and some were dated even
earlier than that. In most of these sites many verities of gems (polished
as it is) and number of varieties of gem beads were unearthed. These are
believed to be the jewellery worn at the time.
Sri Lanka has a long tradition in handmade jewellery - the skills of itsjewellers are generally confined to a particular caste and the skills passeddown from generation to generation.Examples of Sri Lanka's traditional jewellery include the beautifullyhandcrafted silver jewellery from the Kandy area.Today, as jewellery exports increase, a greater number of jewellers arecreating cast jewellery - which is mass produced jewellery - aimed at theexport market.Retailers: Gold manufacturers and retailers addressing the local market canbe separated into two distinct consumer focus groups; domestic customers(mainly gold jewellery or pieces set with precious gemstones) and tourists(jewellery with precious and semi-precious gemstones).The Domestic Market - demands mainly gold jewellery in traditional designswhich are sold for weddings and special occasions. This segment is estimatedat US$50 million in annual sales.The Tourist Market - prefer gem-set jewellery in contemporary designs.If you ar
India's premier Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) will be investing Rs 75,000 crores during the eleventh plan and 35 per cent of that is for exploring new ventures. "We have made nine...
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India's premier Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) will be investing Rs 75,000 crores during the eleventh plan and 35 per cent of that is for exploring new ventures. "We have made nine...
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India's premier Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) will be investing Rs 75,000 crores during the eleventh plan and 35 per cent of that is for exploring new ventures. "We have made nine hydrocarbon discoveries in the current year, out of which three are in Cambay Basin, one each in Mumbai Offshore, Assam Shelf and Cauvery basin and three in the East Coast deepwater" said ONGC chairman and Managing Director R.S.Sharma addressing a press conference in Chennai capital city of Tamil Nadu state Friday, Asian Age reported here. Elaborating on the expansion plans, he said, "ONCG has signed a production sharing agreement will Burma and has discovered blocks in few areas." However, the company has no plans to enter Bangladesh, he said. He said that ONGC is in talks with Sri Lanka to explore opportunities there. "If there are any good prospects, we would enter that area," he added. When asked about the integrated development of G-1 and GS-15 fields in the Krishna-Godavari basin, he s
India's premier Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) will be investing Rs 75,000 crores during the eleventh plan and 35 per cent of that is for exploring new ventures. "We have made nine hydrocarbon discoveries in the current year, out of which three are in Cambay Basin, one each in Mumbai Offshore, Assam Shelf and Cauvery basin and three in the East Coast deepwater" said ONGC chairman and Managing Director R.S.Sharma addressing a press conference in Chennai capital city of Tamil Nadu state Friday, Asian Age reported here. Elaborating on the expansion plans, he said, "ONCG has signed a production sharing agreement will Burma and has discovered blocks in few areas." However, the company has no plans to enter Bangladesh, he said. He said that ONGC is in talks with Sri Lanka to explore opportunities there. "If there are any good prospects, we would enter that area," he added. When asked about the integrated development of G-1 and GS-15 fields in the Krishna-Godavari basin, he s
Sexy wife of Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara, Yehal sitting on bed in pink lingerie showing her hot body.The babe in black dress is the wife of Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene and the other one to the left of Yehal is the wife of Russel Arnold.
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) A former Indian chief justice who presides over an international panel overseeing probes into rights abuses in Sri Lanka has taken strong exception to a harsh attack on him by a top official in Colombo.
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Sexy wife of Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara, Yehal sitting on bed in pink lingerie ...........The babe in black dress is the wife of Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene and the other one to the left of Yehal is the wife of Russel Arnold.
Sri Lanka is 20 KMs off the south-east coast of India. The property investment potential in SriLanka is broad and stems from two facts - firstly Sri Lanka is a popular tourist destination and secondly Sri Lanka is growing in popularity with Western second home seekers looking for an alternative and affordable winter sun destinations. Full Story..
