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3 wheel kaviyak

2011-12-13T00:06:00.000-08:00

උපන් දිනයෙ ලද ශාපය

2011-11-17T23:58:00.001-08:00

2011 නොවම්බර් 18 වන අද දින අසන්නට ලබුන පුවතක් නිස රටෙ ජනතවගෙන් 80%ක් ම "අනෙ මෙහෙමත් අපරාද, හෙන ගහන්න ඕන" පොදු ශාපයක් කල බව ඔබත් දන්නව ඇති...

ඔබෙ අදහස් දක්වන්න...

Attitude for work

2011-11-16T18:41:00.001-08:00

Japanese attitude for work...

"If one can do it, I can do it.
If no one can do it, I must do it."

Sri Lankan attitude for work...

"If one can do it, let him do it.
If no one can do it, how can I do it?"

Sri Lanka Design Festival Catwalk 2011

2011-11-13T18:42:00.001-08:00

For the third consecutive year, the Sri Lanka Design Festival(SLDF) showcases Sri Lanka’s award winning apparel industry to a specifically invited global audience of buyers, retailers, sourcing specialists and backward integration supply chain partners -a key event of this apparel industry agenda at the festival is its Apparel Industry Fashion Show.

The fashion show is to be an extravagant display of international collections of lingerie, swimwear, performance sports and formal wear designed and showcased by the hidden stars behind our apparel industries budding design departments matched with the technology from an industry that supplies to some of the best brands in the world. Some of the names showing are MAS, Brandix, Hirdaramani, Orient Design, Voguetex, Penguin, Timex ,Union, Hameedias, Star, House of Lonali and Redcocoon along with some specific design – industry special collaborations from Textured Jersey and Coats – SLDF partners along with other collaborative collections form MAS Linea Aqua, Emerald Shirts and Orit. These collections promise to be a great preview to Sri Lanka Apparel’s evolution from a mainly manufacturing based industry to a knowledge based one.
Paying tribute to the one million employees of the apparel industry, who are the driving force behind Sri Lanka’s largest export revenue generator, is the second showing of the fashion show. The show gives special focus to apparel industry employees – a majority of whom are women- allowing them to view the results of their labour. SLDF requests industry leaders to take advantage of this opportunity to host their employees to view this show.
A full programme of SLDF is available online at www.srilankadesignfestival.com or from the festival secretariat at Academy of Design (AOD), 29, Lauries Road, Colombo 4. For more information call on +94 11 5737303 or visit between 8.30 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. Monday – Saturday.
SLDF is conceptualised and organised by AOD (www.aod.lk) – The Academy of Design; Sri Lanka’s pioneering design campus that offers international creative and design education while serving as a dynamic catalyst of the local creative industries. SLDF is endorsed by its key stakeholders, Ministry of Economic Development, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau – Endorsement Partner and Sri Lanka Apparel.
SLDF is also partnered by Mount Lavinia Hotel – Festival Host, SriLankan Airlines – Official Airline, Textured Jersey – Fabric Partner, Coats – Thread Partner, TradeCard – Software Partner, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics – Freight and logistics partner, Norwegian Embassy – Cultural Partner, British Council – Knowledge Partner. Other associates include Sparklink Travels, Bates Strategic Alliance PR, Social M!dea, ADDIKT Design Movement, Images Group, CG Hairdressing, MTV/MBC and Fashion TV.

article by Ranee Mohommed (thesundayleader)

The Tax Poem of Sri Lanka

2011-11-08T00:19:00.001-08:00

The Tax Poem by Mr. O.M Weerasooiya

(*Mr. OM Weerasooiya is a Retired Commissioner General of Inland Revenue
and a Corporate Member of Sri Lanka Institute of taxation and former
Treasurer of Netherlands Alumni Association of Lanka.)*
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A personal note:

Mr. O M Weerasooriya has done a wonderful job by writing this poem but
there is something that we would like you to know.

A Developed country will collect 20 to 35% as taxes in this world.
A Developing country will collect 35 to 42.5% as taxes.

Today Sri Lanka collects 63% as taxes. Every 100 rupees you earn 63 rupees
will go back to the government as taxes.
This means Sri Lanka is heading for disaster like Zimbabwe who collects a
whopping 88% as taxes.

Support somebody who could change this at least to a developing level.
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The Tax Poem

At first I thought this was funny...then I realized the awful truth of it.
Be sure to read all the way to the end as that's the punch line!

Tax his land, tax his bed,
Tax the table at which he's fed.
Tax his tractor, tax his mule,
Tax his cow, tax his goat,
Teach him taxes are the rule.

Tax his work, Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts Anyway!
Tax his pants, Tax his coat.
Tax his ties, tax his shirt,
Tax his work, tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco, tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his cigars, Tax his beers,
If he cries tax his tears.
Tax his car, Tax his gas,
Find other ways to tax his ass.

Tax all he has, then let him know
That you won't be done, till he has no dough
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till he's good and sore.

Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he's laid.
Put these words upon his tomb,
'Taxes drove me to my doom...'

When he's gone, do not relax,
Its time to ap ply the inheritance tax.

Accounts Receivable Tax, Airline surcharge tax
Airline Fuel Tax, Airport Maintenance Tax
Building Permit Tax, Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax, Death Tax
Dog License Tax, Driving Permit Tax
Excise Taxes, Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment (UI), Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax, Petrol Tax (too much per liter)
Gross Receipts Tax, Health Tax
Hunting License Tax, Hydro Tax, Inheritance Tax
Interest Tax, Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes, Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax, Mortgage Tax
Personal Income Tax, Property Tax
Poverty Tax, Prescription Drug Tax
Provincial Income Tax, Real Estate Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax, Retail Sales Tax
Service Charge Tax, School Tax
Telephone Tax, Telephone, Provincial and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax, Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax, Water Tax, Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax, Workers Compensation Tax
Entertainment Tax, Tourism Promotion Tax
Value Added Tax........

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our Nation was one of the
most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt, had a large middle-class and Mom stayed
home to raise the kids. What in the hell happened?
Can you spell 'Politicians'?

I hope this goes around SRI LANKA at least 100 times!!!!!

YOU can help it get there!!!!

GO AHEAD - - - be a SRI LANKAN !!!!!!!!!!

SEND IT AROUND EVERYWHERE for a change

Help make a difference.

Ayubowan!

Duminda Silva @ Wikipedia

2011-10-13T03:18:00.000-07:00

Arumadura Lawrence Romelo Duminda Silva is a controversial Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament. Silva is the brother of Raynor Silva, managing director Asia Broadcasting Corporation which operates a number of radio stations in Sri Lanka.

Political career
At the July 2004 provincial council election Silva was elected to represent Colombo District in the Western Provincial Council.[3] He defected from the United National Party to the United People's Freedom Alliance in November 2007.[2] The UNP accused Silva of defecting to the UPFA in the hope that the criminal cases against him won't be pursed and so that Asia Broadcasting Corporation's broadcasting licences will restored.[4]Silva was re-elected at the April 2009 provincial council election.[5]At the April 2010 parliamentary election Silva was elected to represent the Colombo District in Parliament.[6]

Child rape
An underage girl was allegedly abducted and raped by Silva and others at a Mount Lavinia hotel on 8 July 2003. On 9 June 2005 Silva, Mohommed Nisham Hansil Ishar and Dilkushan Marlon Francis Kuruppu were indicted before Colombo High Court on charges of abduction and rape.[7] Silva pleaded not guilty and was released on bail. The case sagainst Silva was dropped on 11 October 2010 after the victim complained that it was causing her "emotional distress".[8] Silva was discharged on 24 March 2011.

Abductions
Silva was accused of abducting Roger Allan Francis and Chaminda Sumith Kumara Dunusinghe on 6 August 2004 from Francis' office in Bambalapitya.[10] Silva, 30, had been having a secret relationship with Francis' eldest daughter, 20. When Francis found out he objected to the relationship due to the age difference. The daughter moved out of the family home and moved in with Silva. On 6 August 2004 Silva and his gang went to Francis' office and demanded that his youngest daughter be given to Silva. When Francis refused he and his aide were abducted by Silva and his gang and taken to Malabe. The two were returned to the office later. Silva was charged and tried at Colombo High Court in 2008. Silva had been in a relationship with actress and Southern provincial councillor Anarkalli Aakarsha. Aakarsha claimed that the relationship ended when Silva started physically abusing her. She claimed that on 18 June 2008 Silva threatened to kill her and her mother if Aakarsha refused to marry Silva.[12] In July 2008 Aakarsha lodged a complaint with Kollupitiya Police that supporters of Silva tried abuduct her and her mother from Aakarsha's home on Swarna Road, Wellawatte on 3 March 2008.The case was heard at Mount Lavinia Court. On 23 September 2010 Aakarsha appeared before the court and tried unsuccessfully to withdraw her complaint.[15] The case against Silva was dropped on 18 November 2010 because the Attorney General claimed there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute Silva.

Assaults

Silva was arrested in 2006 for allegedly asaaulting Western Provincial Council Minister Hector Bethmage in Talangama.On 26 May 2006 Silva allegedly assaulted a female American sailor and two other American security officers from the US Embassy at a nighclub in Colombo.Silva was arrested and borught before Colombo Magistrates.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duminda_Silva&oldid=449253244

Negombo New Bus Stand

2011-10-05T20:40:00.001-07:00

Negombo gets a modern Bus Stand

Mobitel Abans Special broadband offer for University new entrants

2011-09-26T01:10:00.001-07:00

Dear all,

Mobitel have initiated a new project with the partnership of Ministry of Higher Education to provide Mobitel high speed internet dongles on a student loan scheme to new entrants for the l

The special scheme is as follows.

· Ministry of Higher education with the partnership with several banks provide a special student loan to purchase a laptop and an internet dongle (Mobitel is not involved in this process)

· Student after being approved for the student loan visits an Abans show room to collect the laptop (Mobitel is not involved in this process)

· Student visits a Mobitel location to collect the dongle (The payment is processed through banks so student does not have to pay anything)

· The student package is as follows.

o Dongle purchase price – Rs.1,930 (E173)

o Refundable package deposit – Rs.1,000

o Eligible packages – BB240, Zoom475, Zoom590

o Connection fee – Free

o Minimum contract period – 12months from the connection date

For further details please refer the attached FAQ.

Also please note that this offer is not available as a standalone product and is only provided in partnership with the Ministry of Higher education after the student loan is approved by the bank.

Therefore students who are not eligible for this offer cannot use this offer. The eligible students will be notified by the Ministry of Higher Education Only.

More info (FAQ)

Mobitel/ Abans Offer for the University New Entrant Students

1. What is the Mobitel promotional offer for University students?

a. Modem issued for Rs. 1930/- [Huawei E173]

b. SIM free

c. Refundable deposit of Rs. 1000

d. Broadband packages; BB 240 Zoom 475 & 590 offered

e. 12 months agreement to stay in the network

2. What are the Mobitel Broadband packages available for this offer?

Package	BB240	Zoom 475	Zoom 590
Monthly Subscription	Rs.240	Rs.475	Rs.590
Free Data Bundle	1GB	2GB	3GB
Downlink Speed Up to	1 Mbps	1 Mbps	1 Mbps
Additional Usage Charges per 10 MB	Rs.2	Rs.2.00	Rs.2.00
Connection Fee	FREE	FREE	FREE
Refundable Deposit	Rs.1000	Rs.1000	Rs.1000
Initial credit limit	Rs.1000	Rs.1000	Rs.1000

All rates are subject to Government taxes and levies. Conditions Apply.

3. Are package changes allowed in this offer?

Yes. If the customer wishes to upgrade to Zoom 890 or 1290, the customer has to settle the balance deposit amount

Package	ZOOM 890	ZOOM 1290
Subscription (Rs.)	890/=	1290/=
Free bundled data	5GB	8GB
Down link speed up to	1 Mbps	3.6 Mbps
Up link speed up to	1 Mbps	1.98 Mbps
Excess usage charge	Rs. 2 per 10 MB	Rs. 1.50 per 10 MB
Connection fee (Rs.)	NA	NA
Minimum refundable Deposit (Rs.)	1,500/=	2,000/=
Initial credit limit	1,500/=	2,000/=

4. What is the USB Modem available for this package?

Huawei E173

Down Link Speed = 7.2 Mbps

Up Link Speed = 1.98 Mbps

5. How can a customer obtain this offer?

· After collecting the Lap Top from Abans, the Student has to visit the nearest Mobitel Touch Point along with the following mandatory documents. ( Pls. refeer the Attached List for Details of the closest Mobitel Touch Point to the Abans Location)

§ Purchase order received from bank (approved copy)

§ Mobitel Voucher approved by Abans

§ NIC of the customer

§ University ID / Bank pass book or any equal ant Billing Proof

· Customer has to sign a Mobitel agreement committing to stay with the network for 12 consecutive months from the date of activation

6. Can the Broadband connection get connected to a third party/family member of the original customer?

No. This offer is only valid for the original customer; University student

7. What if the student has an outstanding for connections registered at Mobitel for his/her NIC number?

The customer has to settle the previous outstanding prior to obtain the new connection

8. How many connections can a customer obtain for this offer?

A customer is eligible to obtain one Broadband modem & connection

9. Can a customer obtain this offer on cash basis?

10. Are package changes allowed in this offer?

Yes. If the customer wishes to upgrade to Zoom 890 or 1290, the customer has to settle the balance deposit amount

11. Can a customer disconnect the connection before 12 months?

Yes but the customer cannot obtain the refundable deposit of Rs. 1000. It will be forfeited

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Mobitel launches free chat SMS with Gmail !!!

2011-09-07T21:38:00.001-07:00

---------- Forwarded message ----------

All Gmail users can now send FREE SMS to their Mobitel user contacts through their Gmail chat window!

To use this feature all what a Gmail user has to do is,
1. Log into your Gmail account. In the Send SMS box, enter the Mobitel number of the person you want to contact.
2. In the dialog box, enter Contact name of the SMS recipient. Then, click Save.
3. Type the message in the chat window and hit Enter.

The message will then be sent to the Mobitel number as a SMS sent from the mail address of the Gmail user. If the Mobitel user replies, the text message response will appear as a reply in Chat and the conversations will be stored in the Gmail user's Chat history just like regular chats!

Reply SMS will be charged at just 10cents (+ tax) for the Mobitel user.

If you are a first time Gmail chat user, you would need to enable a Chat application to enjoy this feature. To find out how and for more details, just visit www.mobitel.lk and click on the 'FREE SMS with Gmail' banner on the home page.

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Compulsory - Seat Belts Sri Lanka

2011-09-04T20:33:00.001-07:00

Every person travelling in the driving seat or the front passenger seat of every Motor Vehicle specified
in the Gazette attached hereto shall be required to wear a seat belt with effect from 1st October 2011.

The provisions of these regulations shall not apply to–

(a) Persons whose height does not exceed of 1.5 meters;
(b) Persons who are exempted from wearing a body restraining seat belt on the recommendation of a Registered Medical Practitioner.
(c) The drivers of vehicles, while performing manoeuvres which include reversing;
(d) Any person holding a valid Medical Certificate substantially in the form specified in Schedule II to these regulations,
signed by a registered medical practitioner stating that it is medically inadvisable for such person to wear a seat belt.

This medical certificate shall be first registered at the RMV.

Any person who contravenes these provisions of these regulations shall be guilty of an offense and shall on
conviction be liable to the penalty specified in section 224 of the Motor Traffic Act,

Penalty would be 1st conviction fine not less that 1,000/ and not more than 2,000/
2nd conviction fine not less that 2,000/ and not more than 3,000/
3rd conviction fine not less that 3,500/ and cancellation of the driving license

Anonymous Sri Lanka Attacks Apple,Facebook & Others

2011-08-31T20:35:00.001-07:00

A hacker group calling itself Anonymous Sri Lanka announced this week that it had successfully launched a DNS Cache Snoop Poisoning attack against Apple, Facebook, and other high-profile tech companies. In a post to hacker hangout and repository Pastebin, the group released the primary DNS name server records associated with those companies, listing hundreds of entries, some of which these companies may not have intended to make public.Anonymous Sri Lanka (ignoring the irony of the lack of anonymity such specifics impart) posted lists of all of the name server records with names like, “APPLE.COM - World’s Largest Consumer Electronics Leader DNSi,” and “FACEBOOK.COM - The World’s Social Media Giant - DNS R00T3D, Fuck3D and Leaked.”To that effect, the group offered a (vaguely literate) mini-manifesto to explain its attack against Facebook, writing:Yo Facebook Assholes - If you want to run a Social Network - do it as it is as a real guys. Don’t try be smart asses. You are the most stupid and notorious fuckheads ever. The way you control and treat to your members are not acceptable under any circumstances.But we don’t care who you are and what you do. Do not BLOCK the people and do not CONTROL them. Where is your fucking FREEDOM or the SOCIALISM. Censorship = Freedom (Don’t try to change the meaning of the wordings). Let the people have their own freedom on the social networks. This is hack against your fuckhead censorship.The group offered no such commentary on Apple.In the headers of their post, they claimed that, “Primary DNS Server Hacked with DNS Cache Snoop Poisoning.” They offered no proof of the cache poisoning, but did provide proof of the snooping in the form of listing Apple’s DNS name servers.For most of us mortals, there’s not a whole lot in the information in that list. The group found the company’s DNS name servers, showed that it tried to perform a zone transfer on those servers (it failed), and then listed hundreds of individual servers such as:•17.254.3.16 gidget16.apple.com•17.254.3.65 customer.apple.com•17.254.2.108 testswupdate.apple.comAs we said, that doesn’t seem all that interesting. What it does, however, is provide a starting point for others to probe these individual servers for vulnerabilities. Even that may not seem like a big deal, especially for a domain like customer.apple.com, which was already known to exist.For the rest, servers like jobsws2.apple.com, the starting point could be seen as valuable to the bad guys and a nuisance to Apple and its cyber security team. Plus, it’s fun to conclude that that stands for “Jobs Work Station #2.”Then there are listings such as icloudstatus.apple.com, which could suggest that Apple is working on a monitoring tool for iCloud status. The company provided such tools for .Mac and MobileMe, and doing so for the much larger iCloud is logical.Similarly, webcast.apple.com does resolve to a page with the image below. ZOMG! Is that an unannounced product? Our guess is that it’s an internal tool for meetings, but it’s another example of the bad guys having a new starting point.

All buses from Horana on Strike again

2011-08-09T20:56:00.000-07:00

Private buses operating all routes from Horana including the Horana-Mathugama route have launched an indefinite bus strike from this morning.

President of the Lanka Private Bus Operators Association (LPBOA) Gemunu Wijeratna told US that the strike was launched after an unauthorized 2 route permits was issued by the authorities. skhñ; l%shdmámdáfhka neyerj wod< ud¾.h i`oyd kj nia r: follg n,m;% ,nd§u fuu j¾ckhg fya;=jhs'

Sri Lankan air hostesses

2011-07-31T23:54:00.001-07:00

in action see picture

20 Sri Lankan actresses are prostitutes

2011-07-26T20:06:00.000-07:00

The Sri Lankan police said on Tuesday that they are on the hunt for more than 20 local television actresses who are believed to be part of a prostitution ring.

Over the past few weeks, police have arrested four actresses who were involved in prostitution at various locations in Colombo and areas most frequented by tourists, Xinhua reported.

Police said the arrest of popular local actresses involved in prostitution had blown the lid on what is believed to be a major prostitution ring.

The Sri Lankan police have now sought public assistance to locate the whereabouts of 20 actresses who have gone into hiding.

Apart from local prostitutes, Sri Lanka is also known to have foreign sex workers working in clubs which mainly cater to tourists.

A recent US State Department report said Sri Lankan women and children are subjected to sex trafficking in brothels in the country, especially in the Anuradhapura area in north central Sri Lanka.

In 2009, Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority estimated that approximately 1,000 children were subjected to commercial sexual exploitation within the country although some agencies believed the actual number was between 10,000 and 15,000.

Hikka Fest 2011

2011-07-21T02:53:00.000-07:00

Hikka Fest 2011

on Friday 29th July - 31st July 2011

At Hikkaduwa Beach

With YVES LAROCK | EDELE ANDAYA | BEN DAVITT | DANIEL SUWENDA

Find old parties..
http://about-lanka.blogspot.com/2010/07/hikkaduwa-festival-2010.html

What happened in Hikka 2009-Tourism Promotion Minister

This year's festival will focus on what everyone truly loves about Hikka. The freedom, the drummers, the fire dancers, the roti and so much more. Sri Lanka's first ever Roti festival will also be held on Saturday showcasing the famous, mouthwatering chocolate banana roti and so much more.

Party it up on friday night with some insane beats, chillout on the beach and throw a ball around on saturday and feast on some amazing roti, recharge and RISE UP again on saturday, and wind down on Sunday with some smooth funk and all day brunch, Hikka style.

Useful three wheeler/cab contact numbers and rates in Sri Lanka

2011-07-18T20:57:00.001-07:00

This may be useful to you and others who wants to use Cabs/Trishaws. Pls share it with intended users.

Cab/Three wheeler rates

Company name	Contact #	1st km rate	2nd km onwards per/km	Waiting charges	Accept credit cards	Vehicle type	A/c
Air taxi	0771-991990/0113053053	Rs.50	Rs.30 (charging per meter Rs.3)	Per minute Rs.1.50	No	Three wheeler	No
Budget taxi	117299299	Rs.50	Rs.30	Per minute Rs.1.50	No	Three wheeler	No
Care taxi	7588599	Rs.50	Rs.30	Per minute Rs.1.50	No	Three wheeler	No
Nano cab	2676767	Rs.50	Rs.45	Per minute Rs.3	Yes	Car	Yes

Ace cabs	2818818	Rs.64	Exceed 65 km per km Rs.36	20 min free after Rs.300/hr	No	Car	Yes
Kangaroo cab	2588588	1st 2.5km Rs.230 minimum	After 2.5 km per km Rs.70	30 min free after Rs.420/hr	No	Car	Yes
Kangaroo cab	2501501	1st 7 km Rs.460	After 7 km per km Rs.48	30 min free after Rs.420/hr	No	Van	Yes

Sanga's Lords speech

2011-07-05T03:37:00.000-07:00

Kumar Sangakkara Speech at Lords :

http://mcc.sportslinemedia.co.uk/cowdrey-lecture.html

Former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara launched scathing attack against the cricket establishment in the country for indulging in corrupt practices which he feels needs to be eradicated at the earliest. In an hour-long speech during the MCC's Spirit of Cricket lecture at the Lord's, Sangakkara charted the unique history of cricket in his country, and called on Sri Lanka Cricket to root out its corrupt practices, and recognise the huge role that the sport now needs to play in promoting reconciliation at the end of a 30-year civil war. Terming the 1996 World Cup victory as something that unified the country Sangakkara feels the historic event changed the dynamics of the SLC. He said that change happened as it turned "from a volunteer-led organisation run by well-meaning men of integrity into a multimillion-dollar organisation that has been in turmoil ever since." Although he didn't take Sanath Jayasuriya's name, but he did express his displeasure at how Jayasuriya who is a sitting MP was recalled into the team for a one-off T20 and the first ODI. Without naming names, Sangakkara voiced his concern at the direction the sport in his country is now heading. "Players from within the team itself became involved in power games within the board," he said. "Officials elected to power in this way in turn manipulated player loyalty to achieve their own ends. At times, board politics would spill over into the team causing rift, ill feeling and distrust," he was quoted as saying. .

Sri Lanka proves the fake nature of the Channel Four Video at the UN

2011-06-22T21:39:00.000-07:00

It has been emphasized to act swiftly and efficiently by the diplomatic missions to defeat international conspiracies such as Darusman report and Channel Four video. Aan international expert on eradication of terrorism Prof. Rohan Gunarathne points out that the LTTE which was militarily defeated in Sri Lanka is now actively engaged politically abroad . He says that the LTTE seem to be using human rights organizations and media as a cats paw to achieve their aimss. Prof.Gunarathne said that UN permanent representative and his deputy were able to prove that the Channel Four video was a fake. Therefore he said that this example should be followed by other diplomatic missions abroad. However he pointed out the need to create a mechanism to response to the propaganda of pro-LTTE elements. Lakbima news Chief Editor Rajpal Abeynayake says that information to nullify such charges against Sri Lanka could be found from the international arena. He says that Sunday Times of London has revealed the fake nature of the Channel Four video. Mr. Abeynayake further said that by communicating such information to other countries Sri Lanka can eliminate false rumours about the country. Chief editor of the Island News Paper Shamindra Ferdinando says that diplomatic service has to respond first to reference ot the co-untry abroad. He says that Sri Lanka should device a method to communicate such information to other countries with the active participation of the diplomatic service. He appreciated the efforts taken by Deputy UN Representative Major General Shavendra Silva to prove the fake nature of the video with clear evidence. He further pointed out that Sri Lanka’s permanent UN representatives and his deputy were able to prove with evidence the contradictory series of incidents shown in the video.

-article from Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation

Resign who cannot agree - Minister SB

2011-05-10T21:47:00.000-07:00

Horana Sripali will be definitely attached to Aesthetic University. Resign if cannot agree; SB has said to Lanka C News. Further Mr S.B. Dissanayake the Minister of Higher Education, says that, Horana Sripali Campus which is currently functioned under the University of Colombo,will be attached to the Aesthetic University.

‘Anybody who cannot accept the decision or against it, could resign’. he mentions.

Mr Dissanayake further says that, steps which are being taken on behalf of the development of a university could not be stopped by uttering various logical arguments.

පබලු ඉවරයි - end of Pabalu drama

2011-05-05T23:40:00.001-07:00

පබලු ඉවරයි - සතියෙ දිනවල රැ 8ට ITN එකෙ විකාශය වුන "පබලු" නාට්ට්යෙ අවසන් කිරිමට යන බව තතු දත් අරංචි මාර්ග වලින් දන ගන්නට ලබිනි.
මෙ අනුව ජුනි 6 වෙනිද වනවිට "පබලු" අවසන් කර වෙනත් මෙගා නාට්ටියක් ගෙන එමට ITN තීරනය කර ඇත.

මෙ ආරධනාව මෙ බ්ලොගය කියවන "පබලු" බලන අයට.. "පබලු" අවසනය කෙසෙ වෙද යන්න ඔබෙ අනුමානය අපිට කියන්න...

Hashan Tillakaratne said...

2011-05-02T22:47:00.001-07:00

Hashan said,

“Match fixing is something which has been in this country over a period of time. This has spread like a cancer today,”

“There were threats of this issue being exposed at various times. But it was kept quiet by giving money to various people.

“If the people who were responsible for that are listening to this, I state this today with great responsibility, I will shortly reveal the names of those responsible,”
Tillakaratne was quoted as saying by Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror newspaper on Friday.

"Why was (Ajantha) Mendis removed to put another spinner? Kapugedara (Chamara) was never among runs but he was chosen to replace Chamara Silva. It is not fair, is it? But anyway, match fixing is something which has been in this country over a period"
-on April 30

"I can tell this in agreement with my conscience. Match fixing is not something that started happening yesterday or today. According to my knowledge, it happened since 1992. I say this with great responsibility," Tillakaratne said.
-on April 29

Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga said he would "reveal more details" that is likely to substantiate Hashan Tillakaratne's match fixing allegations.

"I am planning to hold a press conference soon and will reveal more details on this," Ranatunga said from Colombo yesterday after his former teammate Tillakaratne revealed.

"I am suspicious about at least two matches. Sri Lankan players had no money then," he said. When asked why he did not disclose the information for 20 years, he said: "The truth would not have come out even now had this not been revealed by Tillakaratne."

By the way yesterday Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage has requested the police chief, Inspector general of Police Mahinda Balasuriya to investigate the match fixing claims made by the former Test Cricket Captain Hashan Tillakaratne

IPL and Sri Lanka Cricket

2011-04-17T20:11:00.000-07:00

Chairman of the National Selection Committee Duleep Mendis has told all members of the Sri Lanka Cricket team , currently playing in the Indian Premier League are required to return to Sri Lanka by May 5.

He said that their arrival date in Sri Lanka was important in the light of the team leaving for England on May 10 during which they will play Three Test matches, Five One day Internationals and a one off Twenty20 match.

Meanwhile Mahela Jayawardene said that his country's cricket board (SLC) and the BCCI are likely to meet on Monday for a "dialogue" over the return of the players taking part in the IPL midway in the Twenty20 league for a tour of England at Kochi. Jayawardene said in the end the Sri Lankan players will have to abide by the decision of their board. "We are supposed to return to Sri Lanka by May 5. That is the direction we have been given. Dialogues are happening between the two boards. There is likely to be a meeting tomorrow," said Jayawardene. "Hopefully, I will get to stay longer." Mahela said.

Mahela Jayawardene fail again

2011-03-29T20:18:00.000-07:00

Yesterday(March 29th) in ICC Cricket World Cup, Sri Lanka v New Zealand played 1st semi final..

Happily Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

Congratz Sri Lanka!!!

We hope you guys all the best and good luck to win Finale and bring the Cup to Sri Lanka!

However our main batting hope fails again in needed time, Mahela Jayawardene was beaten in flight by a beautiful dipping delivery from Daniel Vettori and nailed plumb lbw for 1 !!!

Jayawardene scored easy century in this World Cup when he made 100 off 80 deliveries against Canada( poor team).

Best place for a couple to go sri lanka

2011-03-10T00:06:00.000-08:00

Kandy, Unawatuna, Tangalle, Yala National Park, Arugam Bay ,Henarathgoda Botanic Gardens Gampaha anything else?

I hope these links will help you to find good destination..

www.infotravelsrilanka.com

http://www.srilankanrooms.com/

http://www.godparadise.net/

http://natureloversinn.com/

http://www.aitkenspencehotels.com/ramada/index.html

http://www.ambalamalanka.com/

http://www.ranmalholidayresort.com/

http://www.bolgodaresort.com/

If you guys know better places please be kind enough to share with all!

Angelo Mathews promotes the importance of reading

2011-03-03T18:46:00.000-08:00

Sri Lanka star and Room to Read Ambassador Angelo Mathews played his part in promoting the importance of literacy and access to books on Wednesday at a special reading event in Colombo.
Mathews met with children from across Sri Lanka who benefit from the work of Room to Read, one of the ICC’s social legacy partners for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

Mathews took part in a series of literacy based activities, before reading a passage from a cricket themed book to the children, before answering questions on Sri Lanka’s chances at the tournament.

“I really enjoyed having the opportunity to meet children from Room to Read and learn about how the organisation’s work is helping young people across Sri Lanka, said Mathews.”

“Room to Read is doing a lot to help young people have the chance to improve their literacy skills and benefit from an education and I think it is very important that we are raising awareness of these issues at the ICC Cricket World Cup. By providing young people with an education, they can then go on to play an important role in their own communities.”

A series of player appearances to promote the importance of reading are planned throughout the tournament as part of a wide range of activities to promote the event.

Reliance Life Insurance, in a first-of-its-kind initiative – ‘Boundaries for Books’ – will contribute Rs. 25,000 for every six hit during the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

This donation will be made to Room to Read, towards establishing libraries and providing local language and English books to disadvantaged children. Every single six will ensure that at least 30 children get access to fully functional libraries with books and trained teachers.

Fans can also support the campaign by going to www.roomtoread.org/worldcup

source: iccworldcricket.net

Monath Perera: Real Hero......!!!!!!!

2011-03-02T20:17:00.001-08:00

Flight Lieutenant Monath Perera

This is a real hero .......
We salute you .......................
Brave hearts ..........

NEW S 11 Power set at Dematagoda Railway Centre

2011-02-28T02:10:00.001-08:00

The 20 Billionaires of Sri Lanka’s Stock Market

2011-02-09T20:06:00.000-08:00

A group of 20 investors, led by businessman Dhammika Perera, drive the Colombo Stock Exchange's top 40 quoted companies and have holdings collectively worth Rs. 122 Billion.

The group of 20 investors, led by the Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and former Chairman of the Board of Investment, Dhammika Perera, have been identified as driving and riding the fortunes of the Colombo Stock Exchange. The Exchange's top quoted companies have produced phenomenal results with rising stock prices after the war and the group now have capital gains collectively worth over Rs 122 Billion.

Our examination of the data from the Colombo Stock Exchange revealed that businessman Dhammika Perera easily led the way with the value of shares owned by him at over Rs. 36 Billion. Second to Perera is Sohli Captain whose investment in John Keels Holdings alone is valued at around Rs. 30 Billion.

The top 20 Billionaires also have huge wealth in terms of ownership of property here and abroad as well as investments in privately owned companies in Sri Lanka and abroad.

The list does not include hundreds of others who have their wealth in privately owned companies and in fixed assets. Some well known mega rich are not on the list as their wealth is either privately held or because their share ownership is through front or related companies are Harry Jayawardene and his warehouseman from Stassens, Ronald Perera spring to mind. Others include Sumal Perera, the two Selvanathan brothers Hari and Mano and Thirikumar Nadesan to just name a few. Dhammika Perera has had a meteoric rise within this country's financial establishment. His investments are in some of the top listed blue chip companies:
Hayleys, Connaisance Hotels, LB Finance, Pan Asia Bank, Sampath Bank, Amaya Leisure, Fortress Hotels, Vallibel Power, Vallibel Finance, Royal Ceramic and Vallibel One.

When we contacted Mr. Perera to ask if he agreed with our estimate Mr. Perera laughed it off saying he would call us later.

For our calculation we took into consideration shareholdings made in companies listed on the main board of the Colombo Stock Exchange, held in the investor's own name, valued as of 30th September 2010 based on the last traded price. All values relate to Capital gains whether realised or not.

We used as a benchmark a minimum entry level requirement of Rs. 1 Billion or approximately US$ 10 Million.

Number two on the list Sohli Captain, is the largest Sri Lankan share holder in John Keells and Ceylon Industrial Chemicals. His daughter Liza Captain who is at number 10 on the list has her shareholding valued at close to 2.5 billion rupees. Muzaffar Ali Yasin who is a major garment exporter is number three on the list with his wife Lorraine at number six.

The total value of their shares is a mammoth 11 billion. At number four is the owner of Indra traders – Ishara Silva - who started as reconditioned car importers. Ishara Silva has a diversified portfolio with capital gains recorded at Rs 7.2 Billion, principally invested in the banking sector with holdings in NDB, HNB, Sampath Bank, Nations Trust Bank and Commercial Bank. At number five is RM Nanayakkara owner of Green Lanka, a shipping company.

There are three Pages, on the list. They own among many others, Millers and Cargills, Food City chain of super markets, Cinemas, and shopping Malls. Three of the family members are worth a huge nine billion rupees. The declared share holdings of the three come close to 10 billion rupees. Jayantha Dharmadasa the Deputy Chairman of Nawaloka Group and the eldest son of Nawaloka Mudalali is valued at 3.7 billion while the value of the declared shareholding of the Chairman of Brandix and former Chairman of John Keells – Ken Balendra – is valued at close to Rs 2.5 billion.
London based Dr. Sena Yaddehige who controls Richard Peiris is at number 13. Number 13 cannot be an unlucky number for him – with his declared shares valued at nearly two billion rupees.

Following Yaddehige is G.C. Wickremesinghe formerly of Aitken Spence who is also valued at close to two billion. He is followed by Ishara Nanayakkara of the Lanka Orix Leasing Company (LOLC) at 1.7 billion.

Mrs. T. A. Selvaratnam represents "old money" and her shareholding at Ceylon Theatres records a capital gains figure of Rs 2.3 Billion.

The founder of Royal Ceramics who sold his majority holding to Dhammika Perera, A. M. Weerasinghe has capital gains of Rs 1.5 Billion – and continues as Chairman of Royal Ceramics.

Ajith Devasurendra – known as the "King of Bonds" – has diversified holdings including Browns and Asian Hotels showing capital gains of Rs 1.03 Billion and is listed at number 20.

THE TOP 20 RICH LIST
1. Mr KDD Perera 36,892,919,197
2. Mr S E Captain 30,397,447,305
3. Mr Muzaffar Ali Yaseen 7,364,172,125
4. Mr YSHIK Silva 7,275,380,383
5. Mr RM Nanayakkara 4,197,805,870
6. Mrs Lorraine EM Yaseen 4,018,908,000
7. Mr A Page 3,972,111,444
8. Mr HKJ Dharmadasa 3,790,563,260
9. Mr VR Page 3,416,297,561
10. Ms L A Captain 2,465,677,826
11. Mr K Balendra 2,451,630,582
12. Mrs TA Selvaratnam 2,340,725,010
13. Dr Sena Yaddehige 1,941,566,790
14. Mr GC Wickremesinghe 1,902,063,149
15. Mr JC Page 1,828,986,401
16. Ms MM Page 1,740,422,298
17. Mr IC Nanayakkara 1,714,508,688
18. Mr AM Weerasinghe 1,575,421,959
19. Mrs KU Amerasinghe 1,500,866,000
20. Mr A Devasurendra 1,038,519,980

Courtesy - The Sunday Leader

Kasbawa-Boralla Rail Track Making ....

2011-01-31T02:10:00.001-08:00

දුර සේවා බස් හා හොටෙල් මාෆියාව

2010-12-28T23:01:00.001-08:00

ඊයෙ පෙරෙද දවසක මාත් ගියා බදුල්ලෙ මගෙ යාලුවෙකුගෙ ගෙදර නත්තල් සමරන්න.. කොහොමින් කොහොම හරි ඔන්න මාත් උදෙම ගෙදර එන්න බදුල්ල කොලොම්බ බස් එකකට නැග ගත්තා.

දුර කතර ගෙවාගෙන බස් එක කොලොම්බ බලා එද්දි 'ලෙල්ලොපිටිය' කියන හරියෙ හොටෙලෙකින් නවත්තුව 'තේ බොන්න'..
එ වගෙ කඩ වලින් මම කැම කන්නෙ නැති නිසා මම ගිහින් ඉල්ලුව කිරි පකෙට් එකක්.. කඩෙ හිටපු කොලුවෙක් කිව්ව "Rs40" ‍යි කියල, මම බලුව පැකෙට් එක .. එකෙ ගහල තියෙයෙනව උපරිම සීත කල මිල Rs 30ය් කියල.. මම එක පෙන්නුව. කොල්ල කියපි මෙහෙ එ ගාන තමා කියල. මම මට එප කියල අපහු ඩුන්න..
වඩෙ මෙකනෙ.. බස් 4-5කින් ආපු ගොඩාක් ඩෙන කඩෙ කොල්ලො කියන ගනන් වලට කාම බීම ගත්ත..

එත් කවෘවත් අසාදරණ ගනන් ගන හ්ම්ම් කිව්වෙ න.

බස් එකෙ ඩ්ඩ්‍රිවර් සහ කොන්ඩොස්තර මහත්තුර්න්ගෙන් නම් සල්ලි ගත්තෙ න.

මෙක බද්දුල්ල කොලොම්බ විතරක් නෙමෙ දුර ගමන් බස් සෙව හම එකෙම වගෙ වෙන මාෆියාවක්..
පාරිබොගික අඩිකාරිය හරි වෙනත් වග කිව යුතු ආයටහන අඉ මෙවට විරුද්දව පියවර ගන්නෙ නත්තෙ?
සින්හල බ්ලොග් ලියන කියවන අපි අපිවත් මෙ ගන කත කරමු.. හඩක් නගමු..

Tax reduction on imported vehicles for state employees

2010-12-14T19:50:00.000-08:00

State sector employees will receive a 50-70 percent import duty reduction on brand new vehicles up to USD 25,000 or equal in value.

The tax reduction will be in effect as of December 15. The maximum capacity for imported petrol vehicles and diesel vehicles will be 2000CC and 2600CC respectively in order to be eligible for this concession.
The proposed tax cuts to be effective from December 15, 2010 are for state sector officials who have served in a senior position for over six years.

Military officers above the ranks of lieutenant colonel, commander and wing commander are entitled to the tax concession.

Professionals attached to the armed forces such as engineers, lawyers, doctors and accountants are also eligible, according to the circular obtained by lbr.lk, our sister news website.

Senior university academics with 12 years services are also eligible to the permit.

Child Assumed Dead In Tsunami Is Found !!!

2010-12-12T23:11:00.001-08:00

Sri Lanka Child Assumed Dead In 2004 Tsunami Is Found After Six Years !

A six-year-old Sri Lankan girl previously believed to have been lost or killed during the 2004 tsunami has been found after six years.

According to Anoma Dissanayake of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA), the girl, believed to be from the southern town of Galle, "was not legally adopted and her identification papers were falsified. We will now be conducting DNA tests to find her real parents."

The child's foster-father claims she had been bought for about $20 from a worker at a hospital devastated in the disaster, which killed over 30,000 people. "It was obvious their story was untrue," Dissanayake told. "You cannot buy children off the streets in Sri Lanka as if you were buying mangoes." The foster-father has since been arrested, although police are continuing to search for his wife.

"Until her real parents are traced the girl will looked after by us," Dissanayake said.

Sri lanka old money notes

2010-10-20T20:19:00.000-07:00

These notes are available for your viewing pleasure only!
Dont use these for printing since it is illegal in Sri Lanka!

Sri Lankan banknotes are unusual in that they are printed vertically on the reverse. Banknotes are currently printed by "De la Rue Lanka Currency and Securities Print (Pvt) Ltd", a joint venture between the Government of Sri Lanka and Thomas De la Rue, a British banknote and securities printer.

Current banknotes are issued in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 2000 Rupees. The note of 200 rupees was issued in 1998 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Independence for Sri Lanka. The 200 Rupee note was only intended to be in circulation for a short time, but due to its popularity it remains in circulation to today. On 17 October 2006 a new note of 2000 Rupees was issued. Older Sri Lankan and Ceylon banknotes remain legal tender.

Sri Lanka method - for World

2010-10-18T23:29:00.000-07:00

"The Australian" magazine says governments around the world are studying the "Sri Lanka method" for dealing with internal conflicts as an example that is used to justify similar occurrences in future.

Governments around the world are studying the "Sri Lanka method" for dealing with internal conflicts, but the prospect should fill us with alarm.

Respected independent observers including the US State Department and the International Crisis Group have drawn attention to credible allegations of war crimes against both the Tamil Tiger rebels and the government, leading to thousands of civilian deaths. If Colombo can get away with it -- by beguiling western media, for example, into focusing elsewhere -- then it sets a dangerous precedent.

read the article here: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/dangerous-precedent/story-fn558imw-1225940387693

Sri Lankan Air Line girls

2010-10-14T20:24:00.000-07:00

The national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines changed its crew attire and introduced new menus and onboard entertainment to lure more tourists to Sri Lanka after the end of country's 25-year civil war. Sri Lankan Airlines flight stewardesses display their new attire in Colombo recently.

fly so many airline travels with actually beautiful air hostess in Sri Lankan air flight...

MP Ranjan Ramanayake arrested

2010-10-14T04:11:00.001-07:00

UNP Rathnapura district MP and film actor turned politician Ranjan Ramanayake has been arrested by Police this afternoon. The reason for his arrest is not yet known.

as reason for the actor’s arrest was not clear, but the spokesperson said it was probably over a complaint of fraud made by a woman some time ago.

The actor was picked up from a friend’s home in Colombo around 3.15 pm he added.

Tribute to Manju Wanniarachchi

2010-10-14T00:08:00.000-07:00

Manju Wanniarachchi of Sri Lanka (L) lands a blow on opponent Sean McGoldrick of Wales during their bantamweight 56kg boxing bout for the gold medal at The Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on October 13, 2010. Wanniarachchi won 16-14. The Commonwealth Games are taking place in the Indian capital from October 3-14.

Manju Wanniarachchi of Sri Lanka (2L) kisses his medal as he celebrates victory over opponent Sean McGoldrick of Wales (L) silver medallist, as they pose with bronze medallists Tirafalo Seoko of Botswana (2R) and Louis Julie of Maurituis (R) during the medal ceremony after their bantamweight 56kg boxing bout at The Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on October 13, 2010. Barnes won 8-4. The Commonwealth Games are taking place in the Indian capital from October 3-14.

Sri Lanka’s Manju Wanniarachchi, 30, was given the verdict on countback after the two fighters had finished deadlocked 7-7 at the end of the three-round contest.

Sri Lanka boxing coach Dian Gomes paid tribute to McGoldrick, who he thought his man would defeat comfortably.

“We thought we could easily beat him (McGoldrick) by a big margin but I must say he was very good,” he said.

Inflation Rate of Sri Lanka

2010-09-23T23:49:00.000-07:00

Inflation for the month of August recorded an 0.7% increase to 5% compared to 4.3 % for the month of July.

(Source :www.cbsl.gov.lk)

Rubber Prices
Rubber prices have fallen by ~ 11% to LKR 469.50 from 526.00 for TPX 1X rubber , and the price of skim rubber has marginally declined by around 0.35% .
(Source: Ceylon Rubber Traders Association )

Tea Prices
Prices of low grown tea has increased by 6% medium by 7% & high grown by 5% .increasing the average tea production to 367.33 for the month of August comparative to only 344.37 for July which is an increase of
7% mainly due to Russian winter buying & Middle Eastern presence.

(Source: Tea Surveillance, Bartleet ProduceMarketing,LBO)

In economics, the inflation rate is a measure of inflation, the rate of increase of a price index (for example, a consumer price index). It is the percentage rate of change in price level over time. The rate of decrease in the purchasing power of money is approximately equal.

Sri Lanka blocks over 100 Sex websites

2010-08-26T23:25:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka blocks over 100 porn websites from 26th August 2010

Sri Lanka has blocked over 100 porn websites that allegedly feature local men and women, the government said Thursday, in its biggest yet Internet censorship move.

The Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has been asked to prevent users in the country accessing some 107 adult websites, the government information department said.
The move followed complaints heard at Colombo's Juvenile Court that children had free access to the websites, which featured Sri Lankan men and women.

Other adult sites featuring non-Sri Lankans will remain available, however.
In July last year, the TRC blocked 12 other porn websites, including redtube.com, an adult content sharing portal.

Sri Lanka already maintains an unofficial ban on websites of dissidents by getting local Internet service providers to block access to those portals. However, users can still access those sites by using proxy servers abroad.

Hikkaduwa festival 2010

2010-07-20T04:08:00.000-07:00

Hikkafest 2010

One of the largest festivals of its kind on Asia is back, yes, “Hikkaduwa Beach Festival" will vibrate to the exciting rhythms of DJs, dancers, and musicians.

“Hikkaduwa Beach Festival” promises to be event that thril you!

Location:

Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka

I AM SRI LANKA

2010-07-19T04:12:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has launch new marketing campaign called "I AM SRI LANKA"

Sri Lanka's 15-million user mobile market is mainly shared between Malaysia's Dialog Axiata, Dubai's Etisalat, Sri Lanka's Mobitel ,Hong Kong's Hutchison and Indian Airtel.

We are Sri Lankans!" – A collective thought. Today, we have to individually realize that I am Sri Lanka.

Ishanka Mudurasinghe Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Universe 2010

2010-07-05T23:54:00.000-07:00

TNL Radio Network presented the Revlon Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Universe 2010 finale at the Hilton Colombo Ballroom last night (July 4) dedicated to 12 of Sri Lanka’s most beautiful women.

Tickets for the pageant were sold out with many of Colombo’s finest gracing the event, dressed to the nines, to support and cheer on their favorite participants.

The show kicked off with the gorgeous contestants strutting thier stuff on the ramp dressed in vibrant saris designed by the renowned Chryss Fernandopulle. Later, they wowed the crowds with sexy designer swim wear and elegant evening dresses.

Several awards were handed out during the show to the contestants for Miss Photogenic, Miss Healthy Hair, Miss Personality and Miss Healthy Skin.

Each contestant received return air tickets from Mihin Lanka to Dubai and a gift hamper from Revlon providing them a 3 month supply of Revlon beauty products.

Second runner up Onella Gunasekara was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 15.000/- and a silver gift hamper from Revlon while 1^st runner up Ishara Abeyewikrema received a cash prize award of Rs. 25.000/- and a Gold gift hamper from Revlon for a 6 month supply of Revlon products.

After an electrifying night of pomp and pageantry, the title of Revlon Miss Universe Miss Sri Lanka 2010 was awarded to Ishanka Mudurasinghe.

Ishanka, who was a favourite at the Ford Super Model Sri Lanka contest, seemed the obvious choice with her grace and ease in front of the audience.

The beauty received a return air ticket to Las Vegas, a wardrobe for Miss Universe, a Revlon gift hamper providing her with a year’s supply of Revlon products, plus an all expense’s paid 3 week stay in Las Vegas where she will represent Sri Lanka in the Miss Universe pageant and hopefully go on to be crowned Sri Lanka’s first Miss Universe. (Daily Mirror online)

මේ මාසේ Salary slip එක බැලුවද

2010-06-29T06:00:00.001-07:00

හොදට බලන්න PAYE tax එක වැඩි වෙලාද කියල..

මහින්ද මාමා නොකියම පඩි packet එකට ඇරල වගෙ...

සිංහලයා එදා සහ අද

2010-05-24T19:48:00.000-07:00

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උපුටා ගැනීම අනඳ මිණිමුතු ග්‍රන්ථයෙන්

බදු තවත් ඉහළට

2010-05-17T02:57:00.001-07:00

බදුකරණය පිළිබඳ ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභාවේ යෝජනා මගින් රජයේ බදු ආදායම සැලකිය යුතු මට්‌ටමින් ඉහළ නැංවීමට යෝග්‍ය ක්‍රියාමාර්ග යෝජනා කෙරෙනු ඇත.

දැනට පවතින බදු ක්‍රමය අධ්‍යයනය කිරීමට සහ බදු ආදායම් සැලකිය යුතු මට්‌ටමකින් ඉහළ නැංවීමට යෝග්‍ය ක්‍රියාමාර්ග යෝජනා කිරීම සඳහා ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් මෙම ජනාධිපති බදු කොමිසම පත්කරනු ලැබීය.

ඒ අනුව නවක බදු ගෙවන්නන් එක් කරගැනීම සදහා ඉදිරි මාස 3 තුළ විශේෂ වැඩ පිළිවළක්
ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට නියමිතය. දැනුවත් කිරීම් මගින් නවක බදු ගෙවන්නන් හදුනා ගැනීමට කටයුතු කරය.

පසුගිය වසරේ (2009) රජයේ බදු ආදායම රුපියල් කෝටි 77910 ක්‌ දක්‌වා ඉහළ නංවා ගැනීමට රජය මුලින් අපේක්‌ෂා කළ ද සංශෝධිත ඇස්‌තමේන්තු අනුව බදු ආදායම රුපියල් කෝටි 65780 ක්‌ දක්‌වා රුපියල් කෝටි 12130 කින් පහත වැටිණි.

Wedding of Piumi Shanika Botheju

2010-05-17T02:10:00.000-07:00

පුංචි තිරය නරඹන ඔබට පියුමි ශානිකා ආගන්තුක චරිතයක් නොවේ. යොවුන් නිළි පරපුරේ ආකර්ෂණීය තාරකාවක වන පියුමි, පබා ටෙලි සිත්තමේ හිමාලිගේ චරිතය තුළින් අසීමිත ජනාදරයක් හිමි කර ගත්තාය.

කෙටි කලකින් කලා ලොවේ ජයග්‍රාහී කඩඉම් රැසක් සනිටුහන් කළ ඈ සිය පෞද්ගලික දිවි මඟෙහි ද සුවිශේෂ අවස්ථාවකට පසුගිය දා පිය එසවූවාය.

යෞවනයේ සොඳුරු සිහින පැතුම් සැබෑ කරමින් පසුගිය දා ඈ යුග දිවියට එළඹුණේ කලා ලොවේ සහෘද හිතවතුන්ගේ සුබ පැතුම් මැදිනි. ඇයගේ අත ගත් සහකරුවා වූයේ ජපානයේ පරිගණක වැඩසටහන් ඉංජිනේරුවරයෙක් ලෙස සේවය කරන චමල් මාන්නගේයි.

කොළඹ ගංගාරාම විහාරස්ථානයේ ඉතා චාම් අයුරින් පැවැත් වූ පියුමිගේ විවාහ මංගලෝත්සවය අපේ ඡායාරූප ශිල්පී ටෙනිසන් එදිරිසිංහගේ කැමරා කාචයේ සටහන් වූ අයුරුයි මේ.

- ප්‍රසාද්

Ajantha Mendis Opa Dupa....! ඕප දුප...!

2010-05-11T20:14:00.001-07:00

Ajantha Mendis with his girl friend photos

ඕප දුප....

පංච කළ්‍යාණය

2010-05-10T19:29:00.000-07:00

හැමොම පංච කළ්‍යාණය ගන කතා කලට එකෙ කළ්‍යාණය 5 ඩන්න අය ගොඩාක් අඩුයි

අනේ පංච කළ්‍යාණය දන්න කවුරු හරි ඉන්නවනම් කොමෙන්ට්(comment) එකක් දාල කියන්න බලන්න

Performance at General Election 2010

2010-04-11T09:50:00.000-07:00

Performance of actors/actresses and sports stars/journalists

Winners
• Sanath Jayasuriya (UPFA/Matara)
• Upeksha Swarnamali (UNP/Gampaha)
• Rosy Senanayake (UNP/Colombo)
• Ranjan Ramanayake (UNP/Ratnapura)
• Jeevan Kumaratunga (UPFA/Colombo)
• Buddika Pathirana (UNP/Sirasa TV/ Matara)
• Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam (UNP/Sirasa TV/ Nuwara Eliya)
• Manusha Nanayakkara (UNP/Swarnavahini/ Galle)
Losers
• Geetha Kumarathunga (UPFA/Galle)
• Susanthika Jayasinha (UPFA/Kegalle)
• Susil Kindelpitiya (UNP/Sirasa TV/ Colombo)
• Sudarman Radaliyagoda (UPFA/ITN/ Colombo)

Top losers from among Tamil politicians

• Shivaneshathure Channdrakanthan (TMVP leader/Batticaloa)
• V. Putrasigamini (N'eliya, Deputy Minister)
• Vadivel Suresh (Badullla, Deputy Minister)
• H. Sachitthananda (Badullla, Deputy Minister)

Most unlikely winners

• Nishantha Muthuhettigama (UPFA/Galle – first in the list)
• Mervyn Silva (UPFA/Gampaha)
• P.H.P. Piyasena (ITAK/Digamadulla)

Top losers

UNP
• Vajira Abeywardana (Galle)
• Sagala Rathnayaka (Matara)
• Renuka Herath (Nuwara Eliya)
• Ranjith Aluvihare (Matale)
UPFA
• Nandana Gunathilaka (Split from JVP => NFF=> SLFP)
• Rohitha Bogollagama (Crossed over from UNP => UPFA, Colombo)
• Milinda Moragoda (Crossed over from UNP => UPFA, Colombo)
• Mahinda Rathnathilaka (Crossed over from UNP => UPFA, Ratnapura)
• Piyasiri Wijenayake ( Split from JVP to NFF and contested from UPFA)
JVP
• Bimal Rathnayaka (Kurunegala)
• K.D. Lal Kantha (Anuradapura)
• Nihal Galappatthi (Hambanthota)
• Wasantha Samarasinghe (Anuradapura)
• Ranaweera Pathirana (Anuradapura)
• Chandrasena Wijesinghe (Galle)

By the way UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe explained that approximately 80 % of the registered voters generally cast their votes at parliamentary polls, while this time it was only 56 %, despite there being peace in the country with the end of the war last year.

Wickremasinghe said that while 2.6 million people who would have cast their votes have refrained from voting, 3.1 million have voted against the government.

ලංකාවෙ ලොකුම මොඩයො ඉන්නෙ ගම්පහ

2010-04-09T21:52:00.000-07:00

ලංකාවෙ ලොකුම මොඩයො ජීවත් වෙන්නෙ ගම්පහ දිස්ත්‍රික්කෙ කියල කිව්වොත් මගෙ ගමපහ යලුවො ටිකයි ගම්පහ about-lanka readersල ටිකයි මාත් එක්ක තරහ වේඩ මන්ද...

එත් ඉතින් කවදවත් නැතුව මටත් හිතුන මෙ පාර ඡන්දෙ ප්‍රතිපල ගැන කථා කරන්න...

ගිය පාර "දකුණ දිනන සටන" තිබුන වෙලවෙ අපෙ "අනර්කෙළී" නංගිව දිනවල ලොකුම මොඩයො ඉන්න දිස්ත්‍රික්කෙ කිරැළ ගාල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කෙ දිනා ගත්තනෙ..

එත් මෙ පාර වෙච්ච ලැජ්ජාව වහ ගන්න ගාල්ලෙ කට්ටිය "ගීත කුමරසිංහ" පරාද කරල .. යාන්තම් නම්බුව බේර අරගෙන..

එකටත් හරි යන්න ඔන්න ගම්පහ කට්ටිය කොරල තියෙන්නෙ.. මේ පාර කිරුළ යන්නෙ ගම්පහට

දැක්කද මනප ප්‍රතිපල?

UPFA: Mervin Silva - 151,085

(පාතාලයා මං.. ලොකුම මැරයා මං...)

UNP: Upeksha Swarnamalee - 81,350

(ඩුබායි ඉදල ලංකාවට ආව පබා නංගි මං... )

හැබැයි ගම්පහ හැමොම දන් කියන්නෙ තමන් ඔය දෙලක්ශ තිස් දෙදාහට අයිති නෑ කියල..

පිටින් ආපු ජනපති මල්ලි (බැසිල්) ලොකු කර ගත්තු එව ගන මම කත කරන්නෙ නෑ..

මේ මනාප ප්‍රතිපල ඩකින මගෙ බ්ලොග් එක කියවන යාලුවන්ට මට වඩා ඩෙයක් හිතෙනවනම් ඔන්න කොමෙන්ට්ස් දාන්න..

U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka to use new online form for visa applications

2010-03-03T18:54:00.000-08:00

The U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka will soon start requiring the use of the newly-developed DS-160 non-immigrant visa (NIV) application which incorporates existing NIV forms into one interactive, online form.

A press release issued by the Embassy says for all NIV appointments starting March 17, 2010, applicants will need to fill out the DS-160 form, which will be available online March 12, 2010.

The U.S. government is introducing this new application worldwide as part of a larger effort to use new technologies to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the visa application process. Over the past two years, select U.S. Embassies have used the DS-160 on a test basis. It is now being deployed at U.S. Embassies worldwide.

Visa applicants in Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives will need to access the Consular Electronic Application Center website (https://ceac.state.gov/GENNIV) to complete a new DS-160 application form. With the new form, the applicant will also be required to upload a visa photograph. The DS-160 will eliminate the need for paper application forms because visa applicants will submit the application electronically.

With the DS-160, applicants will print just a confirmation sheet to bring to their interviews. Currently, applicants complete their forms online but must print them out before their interviews.

The Consular Section reminds applicants that providing accurate and complete information on the DS-160 application before submission is essential. Incorrect or missing information will cause a delay in completing the interview. Applicants should save an electronic copy of their DS-160 application in case changes are necessary.

The requirement to use the DS-160 applies only to non-immigrant visa applicants. Persons applying for immigrant or fiancé visas should continue to use the existing application process.

The U.S. Embassy emphasizes that only the visa form and the way applicants submit it has changed. Eligibility and documentary requirements for all visas remain unchanged. Applicants must still demonstrate that they are qualified for a visa under U.S. immigration law.

More information about the DS-160, as well as links to the new application, can be found on the U.S. Embassy Colombo's website http://srilanka.usembassy.gov/

Anna Hoyanawa........!!!

2010-03-02T22:01:00.001-08:00

ඉරිදා ලක්බිම කතෘ ලිපිය

2010-02-03T21:28:00.000-08:00

ඉරිදා ලක්බිම කතෘ ලිපිය ඔබගෙ අවධානයට යොමු කිරීමට සිතුවෙමි ..

Former Miss Sri Lanka Bollywood actress Jacqueline is to impress with Marathi

2010-02-01T18:57:00.000-08:00

Former Miss Sri Lanka-turned- Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez is all geared to impress with her Marathi soon.

And the person brushing her linguistic skills is none- other-than her Aladin co-star Riteish Deshmukh.

Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez is all geared to impress with her Marathi soon.

The two actors are being paired once again in 'Jaane Kahaan Se Aayi Hai' and sources in the unit say that Riteish specially takes time out between shoots to teach his co-star, fondly known as Jackie, his mother tongue.

"Jackie is new to the industry and is making a conscious effort to improve her Hindi and to learn Marathi. Riteish was nice enough to teach her. In fact she is quite fluent in Marathi now," sources close to Jackie say.

Jackie's Marathi is getting better than her Hindi and the sources say the actress has put a lot of effort into learning a new language.

The comedy film produced by Mukesh Talreja and Nikhil Advani and directed by Milap Zaveri is currently being shot in umbai and is slated for a mid-2010 release.

Sri Lanka is taking measures to launch first geostationary satellite

2010-01-04T18:28:00.000-08:00

Sri Lanka is taking measures to launch the country's first geostationary satellite in the near future as a prelude to the setting of its space agency.

Sri Lanka has invited two top Malaysian companies Maxis Communications Berhad and Telekom Malaysia to invest in the US$150 million maiden satellite project, a Malaysian news agency report said.

Both telecom companies which already have operations in Sri Lanka, have expressed interest in the project and to invest if the project is viable, Priyantha Kariyapperuma, director general of Sri Lanka's Telecom Regulatory Commission has told the Bernama news agency.

According to Kariyapperuma the deal is still in the preliminary stages and nothing constructive has emerged yet from the two companies. He expects a more sound response from the two telecom companies later this year.

Sri Lanka signed a deal with the United Kingdom-based Surrey Satellite Technologies Limited (SSTL) last December to launch the satellite.

Source- Jan 04, Colombo:colombopage.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 !

2009-12-31T19:39:00.000-08:00

Dear About-Lanka readers,

Wish you a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!

About-Lanka team.

ලංකාවෙ ක්‍රිකෙට් සහ ජනතාව

2009-12-15T08:27:00.000-08:00

මේක අද හවස කොච්චියෙ එද්දි මට ඈහුන දෙබසක්.. කතාවෙ වගකීම කතා කල දෙන්නටම බාරයි.
A: මචං අද ලංකාව match එක පරදුනෙ හිතලමඉ නෙඩ?
B: පිස්සුද බන් එහෙම හිතල match පරදිනවද?
A: නෑ බං ඔය wrestling match pre-plan එවලුනෙ.. මට හිතෙන්නෙ දන් cricket උනත් එච්චරයි..
B: උබ අයි එහෙම කියන්නෙ?
A:මෙකනෙ බං, අද match එකෙ අපෙ කශ්ටිය එච්චර batting pitch එකත් වෙලත් උන්ට ගහන්න ඩුන්නෙ අයි?
B:උබ කියන්නෙ සන්ග සල්ලි අරන් කියලද?
A: එක මම දන් නෑ.. එත් බං ඔවර 45ට 383ක් ගහපු team එකට අන්තිම ball 30කට ලකුනු 31ක් ගහන්න බරි උන කිඋය්ල විස්වාස කරන්න පුලුවන්ඩ? සල්ලි තම බං..
B:කැත කතා කියන්න එපා සිරා, ඔය ලක්ශෙකට දෙකකට අපෙ කොල්ලො ක්‍රීඩාව පවල ඩේ ඩ?
A:උබලට ඔව තෙරෙන් නෑ ඩො, පොඩි ගනන් නෙමෙ කෝටි ගනන් එහ මෙහ වෙන්නෙ... සෙල්ලම අද උන වගෙ ලගට ගිහින් පරදුනාම තම ඔට්ටු අල්ලන උන්ට වාසි..
B: අඩො තො තව එක වචනයක් හරි කිව්වොත් ඇදල දාන්නෙ රෙල්ලුවට!
දෙන්නගෙ කතාව ටිකක් රන්ඩුවක් මට්ටම එන්න ආවම සද්දෙ වදි උන.. මෙ අතරෙ හිට ගෙන අඩ නින්දෙ උන්නු uncle කෙනෙක් ගස්සිල නගිටල අහපි " පුතෙ, අඩ match එකට මොකද උනෙ?"
මම: ලංකාව පරාදයි!

Kegalle District overall champions while Colombo in second place.

2009-12-07T18:41:00.001-08:00

Six new meet records were established on the final day of the fourth Kegalle District Open Masters Athletic Championship concluded at Kegalle Public ground yesterday. Altogether a total of 13 new records were set up at this meet which was conducted by the Sri Lanka Athletic Association.

Kegalle District emerged overall champions while Colombo District finished in second place. Gampaha and Kandy Districts ended in third and fourth places respectively.

The meet was conducted under the patronage of Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa Province Maheepala Herath. M.M.P. Kanthilatha (Gampaha) set a new record for the Javelin Throw in the 45-49 age group (Women’s) event with a distance 24.42m to erase the old record of 20.54m set by I. Warnakulasooriya of Anuradhapura District in the year 2008.

S.H.R Silva (Colombo) set a new record for the 1,500m in the 62-64 age group (Women’s) event with a time of 7.17.8 secs to improve on his own record 7.20.8 secs set up this year.

S.H.R. Silva (Colombo) also set up a record in the 3,000m under 45-49 age group (Women’s) event with a time of 16.23.2 sec. The earlier too was held by her district mate S.H.D Silva in 2008, clocking 21.54.4 secs

Malkanthi Sachithananda (Colombo) set a new record for the Discus Throw in the 70-74 age group (Women’s) event with a distance 10.35m to improve on her own record 9.93m set in 2008

W.J.C.Q. Fernando of Colombo set a new record for the Shot Putt event (65-70 age group - women’s) event with a time of 12.50.3 secs. The earlier record was established by Austin Samarasundara - 20.51.8 secs.

The other records established were W.C. Premaratne of Colombo in the 5km walk (50-55 age group - Women’s) - 35.28.4 secs, (old record 37.11.1 secs), I. Karunarathne of Gampaha in the Long Jump (60-64 age group - Women’s) - 3.69m. (old record 3.46m), K.M. Karunaratne of Kandy in the 400m (70-75 age group - Men’s) - 1.14.7 secs, (old record 1.14.19 secs), N.L.W. Narasinghe of Kandy in the 3,000m (70-75 age group - Men’s) - 14.18.9. (old record 14.26.24 secs), J.M. Punchi Banda of Kegalle in the Long Jump (70-75 age group - Men’s) - 4.38m. (old record 3.98m), R.A. Gunasekara of Kegalle in the Shot Putt (75-80 age group - Men’s) - 6.28m. (old record 4.66m).

Source- DAILYNEWS ONLINE

Missing Lankan teacher in HYDERABAD

2009-11-11T18:34:00.001-08:00

'Missing' Lankan teacher, returns home!

Police of Hyderabad heaved a sigh of relief when they were informed that the missing Sri Lankan teacher.

According to Uppal inspector B Bhaskar, Gamini Silva was home sick and left the lodging facility at Don Bosco school in Ramanthapur without notifying the English and Foreign Languages University (Eflu) officials, where he had been attending special training-cum-English proficiency classes.

Other Sri Lankan members of the programme panicked after learning that Gamini did not return to the lodging on Sunday night and alerted the university authorities.

The Uppal police tried searching for the 44-year-old teacher at all hospitals in the city and alerted all police stations in Hyderabad and Cyberabad commissionerates. Meanwhile, other participants in the training programme kept in touch with relatives of Gamini back home.

The immigration authorities at the RGI airport were also alerted.

As the search was on, Gamini's family members called up Sri Lankan teachers here and informed them that he had safely reached home in Makola near Colombo in Sri Lanka.

"University officials confirmed that the teacher safely reached his home. From Hyderabad, he went to Chennai and took a flight to Colombo from there," the inspector said.

Horana-Colombo Highway (120 route)

2009-11-08T23:10:00.001-08:00

Agamathi ai Akamathi?

Horana-Colombo Highway (120 route)

හොරණ කොලඹ අධි වෙගී මාර්ගය...

අගමති ඇයි අකමති?

Picture near to Gonapola junction on 9th ,November, 2009

Comments are welcome!

FW: Sri lanka Pls Dnt Allow to Bring Cell Phones to School Girls

2009-11-08T21:11:00.000-08:00

This is one act only!

VIP Vehicles

2009-10-28T19:47:00.000-07:00

Source-Sri Lanka Guardian

Not a day passes without a road accident, often serious ones resulting in deaths, caused by speeding so-called “VIP Vehicles”. The most recent incident involving a VIP vehicle caused the death of a motorcyclist who was killed by a speeding VIP back-up vehicle.

Our President and others are shouting from every rooftop that the 30-year war has come to an end. Well, if that is the case, then why do we go on putting high-security convoys at the disposal of Provincial Councillors, MPs and Ministers who were not involved in the war in the first place?

Meanwhile, those providing the VIP security escort behave as if they were appointed by the Lord Almighty.

You have only to step into the streets of Colombo to see VIP vehicles whizzing past like bullets, while the ordinary citizens have to literally drive their vehicles off the roads. If you are a pedestrian, you are forced to stay as far from the road as possible and usually end up in a drain or ditch.

The question we would like to ask our President is whether all this VIP security is necessary now? It must be only in Sri Lanka that you find not-so-very-important persons, such as Provincial Councillors and Nation Building Ministers, and MPs supplied with elaborate security escort, and all paid by the tax-payer.

Mr. President and the Honourable Secretary of Defence, should you not now consider putting your foot down and ensure that the general public is not treated in this manner, as we are aware of some of the antics of these gentlemen enjoying such security.

The people are gradually getting fed up with the current situation. A clear signal was the recent apathy of the Southern voters, who did not turn up to vote at the Southern Provincial Council elections (a little over 60 per cent). One cannot sit on one’s laurels for too long.

It is time to reduce the security and implement a code of conduct/discipline for the officers comprising VIP security escort. It is also time to open the closed roads in Colombo.

There is no point in talking about “freedom of movement” in the North and the East if we cannot move about freely in Colombo, the country’s capital, as important roads in the city continue to be closed.

Note:

(VIP stands for Very Ignorant People or Very Idiotic Persons.)

Sri Lanka Gazette

2009-10-25T06:28:00.000-07:00

sri lanka gazette notifications
So many people try to find a web location they can view Government gazettes of Sri Lanka,so i thought post suitable links here..
Department of Government Printing has published all GAZETTES, BILLS, ACTS and Gazette Extraordinary of Government of Sri Lanka at its web site for public access.
You will be able access them though those below links; GAZETTES GAZETTES Are published on every Friday.See PART I-SECTION(I)for proclamation, appointments etc.
For Tenders and Auction sales please see the SECTION(IIB) SECTION(IIA) is for Exams,Vacancies etc.

2009 GAZETTES : http://documents.gov.lk/gazette/2009/Jan.htmor http://documents.gov.lk/gazette/2009/Dec.htm
2008 GAZETTES : http://documents.gov.lk/gazette/2008/Jan.htm
2007 GAZETTES : http://documents.gov.lk/gazette/2007/Jan.htm

Also The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. publish Sinhala and Tamil versions..
www.dailynews.lk/2001/pix/gov_gazette.html

If you know better web page please comment!

New TV series "Robin Hood" in Rupavahi

2009-10-17T08:50:00.000-07:00

You people might wathing on Sri Lanka Rupavahini in every Sunday at 7pm

a new series of Robin Hood..

I was interested about it and thought to share some details with you..

by the way can you remember the my old post about old Robin Hood

robin hood, freya, tv series, series 3, theme

Robin Hood

Location: nottingham, United Kingdom

Robin Hood, Robin Hood films, Robin Hood television, Robin Hood resources, Robin Hood outlaw, Robin Hood blog, Robin Hood website, Robin Hood pictures, Robin Hood information.

BBC's new Robin Hood cast list and pictures

The new Robin Hood was filmed in Hungary rather than England as locations there can be more readily made to match medieval England. Of course it also affords a little more secrecy than filming at home.

There is still no sign of a Friar Tuck character, OR an arabic outlaw, but it is my personal opinion that both could be introduced in a subsequent series. Regarding the rest of the cast Robin Hood fans should be exited at the news Keith Allen will play the Sheriff of Nottingham. That fact alone should have you on the edge of your oak branch!

In pictures Jonas Armstrong (Robin Hood), Lucy Griffiths (Maid Marian), Keith allen (Sheriff of Nottingham) and Richard Armitage (Guy of Gisbourne)!

Jackie Fernandez

2009-10-14T19:34:00.001-07:00

Pictures of Jackie Fernandez

Me oyage ekada?

2009-10-14T04:23:00.001-07:00

මෙ ඔයාගෙ එකද?

Sri Lanka Army Exhibition 2009(pics)

2009-10-13T00:40:00.001-07:00

Great exbhi !

Nice signs and banners in Sri Lanka

2009-10-06T02:30:00.001-07:00

ලන්කවෙ අපිට මෙව අමුතු නති උනත් බලල සතුටු වෙන්න පුලුවන්... මට ලබුනෙ ඊ-මේල් එකකින් .. ඔයට ලබුන් නත්නම් මෙකෙ බලන්න...

Mama oyata adarei (i love you)

2009-10-02T01:29:00.000-07:00

මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි, i luv uuuu, man oyaata godaak aadarei.. mage pana mama oyata aadarei..

what is the way you say it?

Adare Ananthai Sagare se Ananthai Hadawatha Gahena Ridmayai..

if like to share plzz commnet?

I Just Want To Say I Love You

I Just Want To Say I Love You – Ways To Express Your Feelings And Love

say it in all languages possible...

german Ich liebe dich
english I love you
romanian te iubesc
french je t'aime
Dutch Ik hou van jou
Dutch Ik ben verliefd op je
Ecuador Quechua canda munani
English I love you
German Ich liebe Dich
Greek s'ayapo (spoken s'agapo, 3rd letter is lowercase 'gamma')
Gujrati Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
Hawaiian Aloha I'a Au Oe
Hindi Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
Hindi Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
Hindi Main Tumse Prem Karta Hoon
Hindi Mai Tumhe Pyar Karta Hoon
Hindi Main Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon
Hindi Mai Tumse Peyar Karta Hnu
Hindi Mai tumse pyar karta hoo

If you are a Sri Lankan please comment here telling how you say "i love you" or "mama oyata adarei" (මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි) ?

Mobitel is Introducing Senehase Upahara Package

2009-10-01T03:10:00.001-07:00

Subsequent to the revolutionary launch of Upahara last year, Mobitel together with Sri Lanka State Trading (General) Corporation (STC) is proud to announce the introduction of 'Senehase Upahara'. This offer will enable customers who subscribed to the Upahara package and customers who wish to acquire Upahara to receive 5 supplementary connections of "Senehase" UPAHARA and a special priced high speed internet package.

This latest offer will facilitate members within the 'Senehase' UPAHARA group to enjoy low call rates. The package will further strengthen UPAHARA's aims of bringing mobile telephony within reach of hundreds of thousands of State sector employees & pensioners based across the island by continuously driving down their monthly expenses and gravitate towards more connectedness.

19 pound baby born!

2009-09-25T01:08:00.000-07:00

This is not in Sri Lanka, but in Indonesia.. Can we have your attention please? To everyone who likes to brag about giving birth to 8, 9, even 10-lb. babies, we advise you keep quiet around Ani from Indonesia. The woman recently delivered a 19.2-lb. bruiser, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the Indonesia.

Ani's epic delivery scored a lot of attention in all search engines . After the "Today" show ran a segment and Al Roker and Matt Lauer made some lighthearted jokes, lookups on "19 pound baby," "indonesian baby," and "heaviest baby ever" all spiked immediately.

And pictures? Oh my, the baby's pictures were also hugely popular. Queries for "19 pound baby photos" jumped from nil into the thousands, and photos within Yahoo! News are drawing big clicks. Not surprisingly, the baby is said to require "near constant feeding."

For those wondering if this baby boy (as of yet unnamed, but we suggest "Hulk") is the heaviest newborn in history, the answer is no. The record belongs to an American infant born in 1879. He weighed 23 pounds, 12 ounces. Sadly, he died a few hours after being born. An ABC station reports that the heaviest baby to survive weighed 22 lbs., 8 ounces. We sure hope the big guy was always extra-nice to his mother.

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Adam & Eve are Sri Lankans

2009-09-24T00:48:00.001-07:00

An Englishman, a Frenchman and a Sri Lankan Economist, are viewing a
painting of Adam and Eve, frolicking in the Garden of Eden.

"Look at their reserve, their calm?" muses the Englishman. "They MUST be
English!"

"Nonsense," says the Frenchman. "They are both naked and beautiful. They
MUST be French!"

"You are both wrong," says the Sri Lankan Economist. "They have no
clothes, and no shelter. They have only one apple, for both of them to
eat. Yet they are being told, that they are in Paradise. Clearly, they
ARE Sri Lankans!"

KELLO කෙල්ලො ( Pictures of Sri lankan actresses)

2009-09-23T20:34:00.000-07:00

KELLO කෙල්ලො ( Pictures of Sri lankan actresses)

This is other photos i promise to pulish on the post
Monday, July 20, 2009
Photo collection of Sri Lankan girls..

this is collection of beautiful pictures of Sexy Sri Lankan girls..
sexy Sri Lanka actresses Lankave lassana kello sexy sri lankan girls pictures lanka sexy kello sri lanka kello beautiful and sexy girls in sri lanka lankakello lankawe kello nice girls in Sri Lanka... Whichever the word you say it is it, enjoy!

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කොළඹ කොටස් හුවමාරුව කොටස් මිලදි ගන්නේ මෙහෙමයි

2009-09-19T10:31:00.001-07:00

කොටස්‌ වෙළෙඳ පොළේ ලැයිස්‌තුගත සමාගම්වල සුරැකුම් පත් ගනුදෙනු සඳහා විවෘත සහ පාරදෘෂ්‍ය වෙළෙඳපොළක්‌ සපයන ස්‌ථානයක්‌ ලෙස කොටස්‌ හුවමාරුව හඳුන්වාදිය හැකිය. කොටස් වෙලදපොලේ ගණු‍දෙණු කිරිමට නම් ඹබට යම් අවබොධයක් තිබිය යුතුයි.බොහොවිට මෙයට සම්බන්ධ වන්නේ නාගරික ආයෝජකයන්ය.ඵයට ‍හේතුව ග්‍රාමීය ප්‍රදේශවල ආයෝජකයන් ‍මේ පිලිබද අඩු දැනුවත් බව හා කොටස් වෙලදපොලේ ගණු‍දෙණු වලදි අතරමැදිව කටයුතු කරන තැරැව්කාර සමාගම් නගර ආශ්‍රිතව පිහිටිමයි. එම නිසා කොළඔට කිරි ගමට කැකිරි වේ.

වැදගත් වන්නේ යම් ආයෝජකයෙකු සමාගම් කොටස්‌වල ආයෝජනය කරන්නේ කෙසේද යන්නයි. ආයෝජකයකුට ප්‍රාථමික වෙළෙඳ පොළින් කොටස්‌ මිලදී ගැනීමට හැකියාවක්‌ තිබෙන අතර ඒ සඳහා සමාගමක්‌ නව කොටස්‌ නිකුතුවක්‌ කරනතුරු බලා සිටීමට සිදුවේ. නමුත් ද්විතියික වෙළෙඳ පොළින් කොටස්‌ මිලදී ගැනීමට එවැනි අවශ්‍යතාවක්‌ නොමැත. මෙහිදී ද්විතියික කොටස්‌ වෙළෙඳ පොළ ලෙස හඳුන්වන්නේ ප්‍රාථමික කොටස්‌ වෙළෙඳ පොළින් ලබාගන්නා කොටස්‌ තැවතත් එකිනෙක ආයෝජකයන් අතර හුවමාරු කරගන්නා වෙළෙඳ පොළයි.කොටස් මිලදි ගැනිමට ඔබට එතරම් ලොකු මුදලක් අවශ්‍ය නැත.ඔබ අවු:18ට වැඩි නම් ඔබටත් දායක විය හැක.ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් ප්‍රාථමික කොටස් වෙලදපොල හා ද්විතික කොටස් වෙලදපොල පවති.

තැරැව්‍කාර සමාගම්‍

ඹබට සහායට තැරැව්‍කාර සමාගම්‍ CDS ගිණුමක් ඇරම ඇතුළුව කොටස් මිලට ගැනිම හා විකිණිම පිළිබද සියලු කටයුතු වනුයේ කොටස් තැරැවිකාර සමාගමක් මගින් පමණි. මෙම ද්විතියික වෙළෙඳ පොළ කටයුතු විධිමත්ව සිදුවන කොළඹ කොටස්‌ වෙළෙඳපොළට යම් ආයෝජකයෙකුට සම්බන්ධ වීමට අවශ්‍ය නම් සිදු කළ යුතු මූලිකම පියවර වන්නේ මධ්‍යම තැන්පතු ගිණුමක්‌ විවෘත කිරීමයි. මෙම ගිණුම විවෘත කිරීමට නම්, ආයෝජකයකු අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම කොටස්‌ තැරුව්කාර සමාගමක්‌ හා සම්බන්ධ විය යුතු වෙයි.

මෙසේ මධ්‍යම තැන්පතු ගිණුමක්‌ විවෘත කිරීමට ආයෝජකයාට කිසිඳු මුදලක්‌ අවශ්‍ය නොවන අතර මෙය තැරැව්කාර සමාගම විසින් නොමිලේ සපයන සේවාවකි. මෙම ගිණුමක්‌ විවෘත කිරීමට ආයෝජකයෙකුට අවශ්‍ය වන්නේ ජාතික හැඳුනුම්පතේ ඡායා පිටපත් දෙකක්‌ සහ විදුලි බිල්පතක්‌ හෝ මාසික බැංකු වාර්තාවක්‌ වැනි සිය ස්‌ථිර ලිපිනය සනාථ කිරීමේ ලියවිල්ලක්‌ පමණි.

වෑඩි විස්තර ඕන නම්..
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Sri Lanka forex reserves US$3bn

2009-09-14T20:33:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka's central bank on Friday said its foreign exchange reserves hit a record $3.9 billion after it received its share of a $250 billion International Monetary Fund allocation.

The 875 million US dollar flow from a "US-based fund" will increase the maturity profile of government debt, Central Bank governor Nivard Cabraal said.

"This is a result of a road show we did in the US recently," Cabraal said. "Investors are expecting interest rates to fall further so they can lock in profits." Government rupee bonds now yield about 13.0 percent.

Cabraal said total investments to rupee bonds would rise to the equivalent of about 1,250 million US dollars by Friday. The current ceiling for foreign rupee treasuries’ purchases was about 2.0 billion US dollars, he said.

The country had record high reserves of $3.56 billion by August 2008, pushed up by foreign purchases of government securities that were yielding over 17 percent.

But by year's end, they had plummeted by half with the central bank defending the rupee against depreciation and the withdrawal of more than $600 million after investors cashed in government securities as global financial markets crashed.

Those factors prompted Sri Lanka to reverse political course and pursue IMF assistance.

Sex edu for Sri Lankans

2009-09-14T19:58:00.000-07:00

For us Sri Lanka there are few sources where we can learn about sex, I mean ‘good’ side of sex( having sex with your partner)

1. Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find that when women make love they produce amounts of the hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and skin smooth.

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2. Gentle, relaxed lovemaking reduces your chances of suffering dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. The sweat produced cleanses the

pores and makes your skin glow.

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3. Lovemaking can burn up those calories you piled on during that

romantic dinner.

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4. Sex is one of the safest sports you can take up. It stretches and tones up just about every muscle in the body. It's more enjoyable than swimming 20 laps, and you don't need special sneakers!

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5. Sex is an instant cure for mild depression. It releases endorphins

into the bloodstream, producing a sense of euphoria and leaving you

with a feeling of well-being.

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6. The more sex you have, the more you will be offered.. The sexually

active body gives off greater quantities of chemicals called pheromones.

These subtle sex perfumes drive the opposite sex crazy!

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7 Sex is the safest tranquillizer in the world. IT IS 10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.

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8.. Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourages saliva to wash food from the teeth and lowers the level of

the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up.

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9. Sex actually relieves headaches. A lovemaking session can release

the tension that restricts blood vessels in the brain.

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10. A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.

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This post publish for good luck in sex for ALL blog readers of About-Lanka. !

Menna lankawe kellange wada..

2009-09-13T22:12:00.001-07:00

ලන්කාවෙ කෙල්ලන්ගෙ වඩ තමා

Channel 4 video about Sri Lanka

2009-09-10T00:45:00.000-07:00

Channel 4, a British TV channel released the video last week - and it appears to show two bound and blindfolded prisoners being shot in the back of the head as the gunmen laugh.
The footage, taken with a mobile phone camera, also shows another six men who appear to have been executed in this way.
The Sri Lankan army says the video is a fake, designed to discredit the security forces.
But special UN representative Philip Alston told Radio Australia's Connect Asia program: "The responsibility is on the government of Sri Lanka to demonstrate that a video of this quality and this apparent authenticity is, in fact, a fake." But now scientific evidence proves it was a fake!
The Channel 4 apparently engaged in a deliberate propaganda campaign against Sri Lankan citizens, has come up with its latest canard about the island nation. A video footage of very poor quality showing two persons clad in combat uniforms shooting down two others has been given a huge publicity by the Channel 4 TV claiming it to be of Sri Lankan soldiers "summarily executing Tamils".
Then comes the scene of a man wearing an olive-green overall shooting a naked and loosely blindfolded man with his hands tied behind his back. The victim is shot at point blank range at the back of the head. Then the one with the camera turns at several other males lying on the ground apparently dead. The 1:02.781 (minute) video footage ends showing another man shooting the second blindfolded man in the same fashion as the earlier one. The only difference was the shooter was clad in a camouflaged combat uniform. Throughout the video, several men were heard shouting in Sinhalese and thundering blasts were clearly heard in the background as if the video was taken under heavy fire.

Finally, the whole affair about the video indicates nothing but the dearth of genuineness on the part of the human rights activists in Sri Lanka. Jonathan Miller is certainly an unknown figure to Sri Lankans despite his pretence as an expert in Sri Lanka's affairs. Yet, the people who feed information to Miller, the so-called Sri Lankan rights activists, are well known to all discernible citizens here. Portraying these individuals as rights activists before ordinary Sri Lankan citizens is certainly a laughable matter for everyone knows that it is just a good business for them.

What happened in Hikka 2009-Tourism Promotion Minister

2009-09-08T20:10:00.000-07:00

Tourism Promotion Minister Faizer Mustapha says that there was no indecent behaviour displayed at the recently concluded Hikkaduwa Beach Festival, in spite of pictures to the contrary depicting semi-nude women, circulated in the media and via email.

Speaking to Media, in particular on the reports of semi-nudity the Minister said "It is a complete fabrication; it did not happen at the Hikka Festival". He said that the Tourism Ministry had been very conscious of its responsibility to the country's culture and heritage and those measures had been taken to ensure that no indecency prevailed during the course of the four-day extravaganza. The Minister added that given that such stringent measures were put in place that he had been both surprised and shocked at the adverse stories circulating in the media.
Source :Daily Mirror

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ලංකාවේ සර්කස් කළාව කොයිබටද ?

2009-09-07T01:03:00.000-07:00

Future of Sri Lankan circus.... සර්කස් එකක්! Yesterday I went to see 'Circus show' near Pokunuwita(Horana). The circus was named as 'Circus Pasipriya'. At the end of the show i thought to post something about the future of Sri Lankan circus. Also share some videos with you guys. සර්කස් ත‍්‍රාසය, භීතිය හා කුතුහලය සපිරුනු එක්තරා කි‍්‍රඩාවකි. කඹයක් මත ඇවිදීම මොනතරම් භයානක දෙයක්ද දන්නේ සර්කස් කණ්ඩායම් වල අය විතරයි. සර්කස් යෙදුනු කණ්ඩායම් බොහෝ ගණනක්(සර්කස් පැසිපියා, කමලා සර්කස් සහ ශෂිකලා සර්කස් ...) දක්නට ලැබුනත් අද මෙහි නිරතවන්නේ සීමිත පිරිසකි. “No government has worked to continue with this sport for the future. They have not even launched an insurance scheme or a compensation scheme for those engaged in this risky sport,” he added. ‘‘සංදර්ශන ඉදිරිපත් කරන්න ගියහම අප ගැටඵ ගණනාවකට මුහුණ දෙනවා. ඉඩකඩක් තියෙන ස්ථානයක් සොයා ගැනිම හරිම අපහසුයි. ඇතැම්විට ප‍්‍රාදේශිය සභාවලින් අයකරන බදු නිසා අපට ලැබෙන මුදල් මදි. බදු ඉවත්වුනාම අපට ලැබෙන්නේ ලැබෙන ආදායමෙන් 40%යි. ඉතිරි මුදල සංවිධායක කමිටුවට යන්නේ. ඇතැම් අවස්ථාවල ලැබෙන මුදල මදි සේවකයන්ට පඩි ගෙවන්න.” සර්කස් අයිතිකරු පවසන්නේය. සර්කස් පෙන්වද්දී වැටී ආබාධිත වූ සර්කස් කලා කරුවෙකුට ආබාධිත කලා කරුවෙකුට රජයෙන් ගෙවන රුපියල් 3000/- (තුන් දාහක) දීමනාවවත් නැහැ. As they hightlight very near future Sri lankan circus will be no more!Even though shows are not attractive as chinese shows we must do something to protect this people and the art!

Pictures of Sunil Perera's daughter (Daddy Gayan's-sister)

2009-09-02T01:26:00.001-07:00

Manisha Perera : She is blessed with a sweet voice and takes part in many activities . Daddy's girl, Manisha says that "people tell me I look like my father and my friends and others tell me 'your father sings, so you should sing for us as well'." Her parents help her in her singing and her father listens to her singing. "But when all the time teachers force me to go for competitions I sometimes feel fed up."

Lingerie secrets... She is featuring "Triumph" products.. She is working for 'The model network'

Barber in New York!

2009-09-02T01:19:00.001-07:00

Barber in NY
There was once a very good barber in NEW YORK , who gave Free Haircuts to everybody who came into his shop to have their haircuts.

One day a florist went to him for a haircut.
After the cut, he wanted to pay the barber, but the barber replied:
'It's alright, I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service.'
The Florist was happy and left the shop.
The next morning when the barber went to open his shop,
there was a thank you card and a dozen roses waiting at his door .

A policeman went for a haircut and he also wanted to pay the barber after the cut.
But the barber replied: 'I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service.'

The cop was happy and left the shop.
The next morning when the barber went to open his shop,
there was a thank you card and a dozen donuts waiting at his door.

A Sri Lankan software engineer went for a haircut and he also wanted to pay the barber after the cut.
But the barber replied: 'I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service.'
The SL software engineer was very happy and left.

The next morning when the barber went to open his shop, guess what he found there.............

Can you guess?

Come on, think like a Srilankan....

have you got the answer ........... ?????

come on .............

guess

guess............ ........................................

A dozen of Srilankans waiting for free haircuts!

Oyata ekak thiyanavada ???

2009-09-01T19:20:00.001-07:00

ඔයාට එකක් තියෙනවද?

Jaffna Train Station

2009-08-31T00:27:00.001-07:00

Photos!

Jackie Fernandez in Bollywood Movie (Miss Srilanka-2006)

2009-08-27T00:52:00.001-07:00

Jackie Fernandez in Bollywood Movie (Miss Srilanka-2006)

This will be Jacqueline Fernandez's first stint in acting and Aladdin seems to be a really good debut for the lass. Back in Sri Lanka, she was working as an anchorwoman in a business programme called Lanka Business Report and also wrote a weekly column for a top newspaper.

Aladdin stars Amitabh Bachchan playing the genie while Riteish Deshmukh essays the title role. Sanjay Dutt is also a part of this film. Vishal and Shekhar are doing the music.

නිකම් සල්ලි හොයන ලංකාවේ Google Adsense පිස්සුව

2009-08-24T22:48:00.000-07:00

නිකම් ඉඳළ සල්ලි හොයන්න කැමති, Blogging පිස්සුව හැඳුන, සිංහල කියවන්න දන්න අයට 'වැදගත්' ලිපියක්..

Google Adsense කියන පිස්සුව (Author නුවන් චින්තන)

ලංකාවෙ අයගෙ හැ‍ටිනෙ. හැමදේම විකුනණව!
හොද ලිපියක්., වැඩිය එපා දන්න කියන සීයකට දෙසීයකට විතර කියන්න !!!

R E A L I T Y - Word from Lord Buddha!

2009-08-24T20:00:00.000-07:00

Click on images if you cant read it fine...

Neil Armstrong cha wechcha davasa

2009-08-24T19:59:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Sampath!

Appachchi kohomada man allanne?

2009-08-24T19:53:00.001-07:00

Natasha Perera

Middle class of Sri Lanka

2009-08-20T20:44:00.000-07:00

It is now time for you to make up your mind. There is an important topic you have avoided discussing so far, and it is high time you did it now.

So in Sri Lanka today, we have a generation of young men and women who ‘dream’ of become a 'Star',go to Italy, get a goverment-job and Cricket, but there are few signs of environmental lawyers, quality journalists and film-makers, professors with Sri Lanka-specific research interests and politicians from the middle class. So what about young generation who are trying to be 'Stars' made by televition networks?

Understanding middle Sri Lanka’s relationship with English is crucial. Knowledge of English, together with mass media and the internet puts middle Sri Lanka in a very interesting position. It is in some sense, ‘pre-western’. The combination of comfort with English, combined with the relatively liberal political and media environment of Sri Lanka, is resulting in a huge American influence on this middle class.

I am accusing you, the middle-class Sri Lankan, with good reason. Usually the reason for the existence of idiotic laws is that some interest groups benefit from them. This is true of laws related to agricultural land too. Corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and land sharks derive their power from this rule. Industrialist prefer to grab land through politicians rather than buy it and leftists use the opportunity to extract their pound of flesh in the name of protecting the interests of the poor. And people like you who have no idea of village life, whose parents or grand parents have abandoned a lifestyle in favour of city dwelling, still continue to insist on romanticizing the village and agriculture. It is this attitude that makes it almost impossible to find any columnist or editor who will say that farmers should be allowed to sell their land.

Sri Lankan porn websites block

2009-08-20T03:17:00.000-07:00

A Sri Lankan court has ordered a dozen websites to be blocked for allegedly containing pornographic material involving local women and children.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi said the censorship order was issued following a police complaint that some videos contained Sri Lankan women and children and that the free access to the sites corrupted society.

The websites' owners have 14 days to respond and if they do not, the TRC has been asked to continue blocking those sites, the magistrate was quoted as saying.

Porn is now banned,Already you can feel the tension in the country as boys (and some girls) keep hitting F5(Windows refresh key) in the hopes that it is a temporary error, but alas, it is not. These sites have been announced as being banned:

www.lankasexclips.com, www.ambalk.co.cc, http://lankasexlalk.com, www.sexylk.com, www.lankasexonline.com, www.redtube.com, www.tube8.com, www.adultfriendfinder.com, www.livejasmin.com, http://www.xnxx.com, and http://xhaster.com http://zvideos.com

Basically Internet providers like to prevent access to these websites. Education and corporate networks such as offices, college, school networks or public libraries and even Internet cafes - anywhere that might have filtered Internet connection. so you may wondering how to access these websites?

BUt some people say it is an 'The Undemocratic Ban on Porn'!

Your comments are welcome!

Pramudi Karunarathne- PUNCHI PANCHI

2009-08-13T19:35:00.000-07:00

Look she is changing... එයා දැන් ලොකු ළමයෙක්...
Punchi Panchi (Pramudi Karunarathne) has grown .....

නින්දෙන් ගෙරවීම රෝග ලක්ෂණයක්

2009-08-13T03:42:00.000-07:00

නින්දේදී ගෙරවීම රෝග ලක්‍ෂණයක්‌ලූ
පර්යේෂණ කිරීමට විශේෂ ඒකකයක්‌

නින්දෙන් ගෙරවීම රෝග ලක්‍ෂණයක්‌ බැවින් ඒ ගැන පර්යේෂණ කිරීම සඳහා කොළඹ ජාතික රෝහලේ විශේෂ ඒකකයක්‌ ආරම්භ කර ඇති බව සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය නිවේදනය කර සිටී.

ඇතැම් පුද්ගලයන් නින්දෙන් ගෙරවීම සාමාන්‍ය තත්ත්වයක්‌ යෑයි බොහෝ දෙනා විශ්වාස කරති. එහෙත් නින්දෙන් ගෙරවීම මාරාන්තික රෝග ලක්‌ෂණයක්‌ බව වෛද්‍යවරුන් විසින් හඳුනාගෙන ඇත. නින්දේදී ගොරවන පුද්ගලයකු නිදාගත් විට ඔහුගේ පෙනහලුවලට සැපයෙන ඔක්‌සිජන් ප්‍රමාණය අවම වේ. මේ තත්ත්වය නිසා සිරුරට අවශ්‍ය ඔක්‌සිජන් අඩුවීම හේතුවෙන් මරණය පවා සිදුවිය හැකි බව වෛද්‍ය මතයයි.

එහෙත් නින්දේදී ගොරවන සෑම පුද්ගලයෙක්‌ම මෙම රෝගයෙන් පෙළෙන්නේ නැත. නමුත් බහුතරයක්‌ මෙම රෝගයට ගොදුරු විය හැකිය. කෙසේ වුවද මේ සම්බන්ධව පරීක්‍ෂා කිරීම සඳහා නින්ද පිළිබඳ පර්යේෂණාගාර හෙවත් Sකැeච ඛ්ඉ පහසුකම් රෝහල්වල ස්‌ථාපිත කළ යුතුය. ලෝකයේ බොහෝ රටවල මෙවැනි පර්යේෂණාගාර රෝහල් ආශ්‍රිතව පිහිටුවා ඇති අතර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ද පළමු වරට අත්හදා බැලීමේ මට්‌ටමින් එවැනි පර්යේෂණාගාරයක්‌ කොළඹ ජාතික රෝහලේ කන, නාසය හා උගුර පිළිබඳ ඒකකයේ මේ වනවිට ස්‌ථාපිත කර ඇත. මෙම පර්යේෂණාගාරය මගින් සිදුකරන ලද මුල්ම රෝගී පරීක්‍ෂණය පසුගිය සතියේ කන, නාසය හා උගුර පිළිබඳ විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය චන්ද්‍ර ජයසූරිය මහත්මියගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ආරම්භ කරන ලදී. මේ සඳහා එම අංශයේ වෛද්‍ය ආර්. පී, දයාසේන සහ වෛද්‍ය එස්‌. පී. පෙරේරා යන මහත්වරු දායකත්වය සපයා ඇත.

කොළඹ ජාතික රෝහලේ උගුර, කන, නාසය පිළිබඳ ඒකකය තුළ මේ වනවිට මෙම රසායනාගාරය ස්‌ථාපිත කර තිබෙන අතර සඳුදා, බදාදා සහ සිකුරාදා දිනවල අදාළ සායන පැවැත්වේ. මෙහිදී රෝගීන්ට ප්‍රතිකාර ලබාදීමේ ක්‍රමවේද දෙකක්‌ අනුගමනය කරන බව විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය චන්ද්‍ර ජයසූරිය මහත්මිය පවසයි.

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