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 10 Jun (Island) Malaysia- Microimage, a leader in Human Capital Management software solutions in the region showcased its flagship offerings at the Asia HRD Congress 2014in Malaysia. Microimage partnered with Formis Computer Services SdnBhd at this two-day international conference and exhibition at Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, which commencedyesterday. The Asia HRD Congress 2014 brings international and regional experts onto one stage to address main areas where HR is expected to make a.. |  10 Jun (ST) The Government has decided to establish an Expressway Transport Company (Pvt.) Limited to operate public transport services. The move comes on a recommendation by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is also the Minister of Highways, Ports and Shipping. The fully state-owned company will come under the Treasury. Even the Articles of Association of the new company and the appointment of directors will be subject to Treasury approval. Ministerial sources said yesterday that 15 per cent.. |
 10 Jun (Island) Colombo High Court Judge Ms. Padmini Ranawaka yesterday read out to convict Jude Shermantha Jayamaha the enhanced punishment of death sentence delivered by the Court of Appeal against him for the murder of Yvonne Jonsson at the Royal Park apartment complex in 2005 and the rejection of his appeal to the Supreme Court against the death sentence. Yvonne Jonsson (19), daughter of a Swedish father and a Sri Lankan mother was murdered at the luxury Royal Park Condominium at.. |  22 May (DM) Sri Lanka coach Marvan Atapattu believes his side can derive huge confidence from their Twenty20 win over England ahead of the one-day international and Test matches on the rest of their tour. Previous Sri Lankan sides have found early season conditions in England not to their liking but the reigning World Twenty20 champions showed few signs of discomfort in seeing off England — the only team that beat them on the way to the title in Bangladesh this year — by nine runs at The Oval.. |
 21 May (CI) The world champions, Sri Lanka, began their T20 life without Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara by securing a nine-run victory at The Oval as Lasith Malinga's brilliance at the death ensured Alex Hales, and England, could not repeat the grand chase they managed in Chittagong. It was Hales' dismissal to Malinga in the 17th over by a smart slower ball which made Sri Lanka strong favourites, but with Ravi Bopara in the middle and the equation down to 28 off 12 balls it was far.. |  21 May (Island) The Beta Analytic Institute of Miami, Florida that analysed the soil samples excavated from the ancient Kuragala site in Balangoda, has said it is the oldest archaeological find so far in the Intermediate Zone of the country, according to Director General of Archaeology Dr Senarath Dissanayake. Dr. Dissanayake said that according to the radio-carbon dating done by the US institute using sophisticated technologies, the Kuragala site had five layers of human habitations from.. |
 13 May (CI) New South Wales assistant coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said he is not averse to considering a position with Sri Lanka Cricket, if the board approaches him as it seeks a new head coach. Hathurusingha had forged a reputation for clear, incisive coaching and a firm, even-handed approach, during his time as a coach in Sri Lanka, but he had his SLC contract terminated in 2010 for disciplinary reasons. Hathurusingha has also been highly regarded in Australia since re-launching his.. | |
 13 May (DN) A Sri Lankan student who found more than $ 100,000 while cleaning toilets at Channel Nine’s headquarters has been richly awarded for his honesty. The Melbourne Magistrate’s Court heard Chamindu Amarasinghe, who found hundreds of $ 50 and $ 100 notes stuffed into a sanitary bin at the Dockland office in August 2011, will receive $ 81,597 of the unclaimed cash for his.. |  13 May (Island) The Court of Appeal yesterday directed the Health authorities to suitably amend the regulation to have pictorial warnings printed on 50-60% of the display areas of packets of cigarettes. The application by the petitioner, Ceylon Tobacco, had requested the Court to quash the gazette stipulating that 80% of the display areas of the cigarette packets be covered by pictorial warnings. The Court was of the view that health pictorials warnings should cover 50-60% of cigarette.. |
 5 May (ST) Battery-operated cars have become a popular mode of transport among foreign and local visitors to view the world-renowned Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. Gardens Director General Cyril Wijesundera said although bullock-driven carts were introduced long years ago for this purpose they failed to fall in trot, but the hi-tech eco-friendly cars have probably come to stay. He said some of the Indian-origin bulls that had been brought down for the bullock carts in the past are now aged but.. |  5 May (ST) The Railway Department’s safety precautions are under sharp scrutiny after a head-on collision between two trains in Potuhera this week left 68 injured. After a series of train accidents as well as near collisions during the past few years, questions are being raised over how safe the country’s railways are for travel. The cause of the accident on Wednesday between the Pallai-bound Deyata Kirula Intercity Express and the Matara-bound Rajarata Rajina trains is not yet.. |
| |  1 May (CI) Mahela Jayawardene has played down the impact Paul Farbrace's change of allegiance will have when Sri Lanka tour England this summer. Farbrace was Sri Lanka's coach for a little over three months before he broke his two-year contract to become England's assistant coach shortly before the tour. "I don't think Paul going to England will affect us that much. All the teams know how we play," Jayawardene told the Daily Mirror. "We just have to adapt to the conditions and keep.. |
 1 May (DN) I am pleased to send this message on the occasion of May Day, the most important celebration of working people the world over, states President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a May Day message. The full text of the message: "This occasion is celebrated by the working people of Sri Lanka with enthusiasm and pride. We are indeed fortunate for having established a conducive democratic environment in the country, a peaceful atmosphere in the work place and legal rights of organization and.. |  1 May (Island) The national cricket team will leave for the United Kingdom tomorrow and more than anyone else, Captain Angelo Mathews is excited about the challenge ahead for several reasons. To start with, this is going to be Mathews’ first series as captain after being given an extended run as team’s Test and ODI captain. Last week, Mathews was confirmed as the captain until the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. Then, this will be his first Test tour to England. Mathews so far has played a lot of.. |
 1 May (Island) Seventy five passengers were injured, five critically when Rajarata Rajina plying from Vavuniya to Matara and the Colombo to Palai Deyata Kirula Intercity power set collided head-on outside the Pothuhera Railway Station yesterday morning. Commercial Superintend of Sri Lanka Railways G. W .S Sisirakumara said that a full investigation had been launched into the tragedy to find out whether there had been negligence on the part of anyone and compensation would be paid by the.. | |
 23 Apr (Island) The Secretary to the Ministry of Highways, Ports and Shipping Ranjith Pemasiri said that negations were underway with a Chinese company to Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) the first phase of the Northern Expressway (NE) up to Dambulla. The Expressway would commence from the Enderamulla exit point of the Colombo Outer circular road and proceed via Gampaha, Veyangoda, Mirigama, Kurunegala to Dambulla. There would be four lanes initially, which would be extended to six lanes.. |  Paul Farbrace, the Sri Lanka coach, has resigned with immediate effect in order to take up a role with the ECB, Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed. The development came a day after Farbrace returned to Colombo and met with SLC officials to discuss his position, following reports that he had been approached by the ECB to become assistant coach to Peter Moores, the new England coach.Farbrace had been expected to have further meetings with SLC on Tuesday, but had sent in his letter of resignation.. |
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