Apple Founder Steve Jobs dies
The Apple chairman and former Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs passed away on Wednesday after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer.
[Views:139] [Thu, Oct 06, 2011] [Full Article]

Where will German satellite fall to earth?
A German Plunging Satellite is set to crash to Earth next month and follows the Pacific Ocean space debris dive of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) NASA Satellite, but where will it land?
[Views:93] [Thu, Sep 29, 2011] [Full Article]

Cardiovascular disease rising
During an umbilical cord test conducted in Sri Lanka for the first time in the world it was revealed that excess consumption of salt and oily foods by soon-to-be mothers could cause their unborn children to develop non-communicable diseases such as heart disease before they are born, the Health Ministry said today.
[Views:228] [Sat, Aug 27, 2011] [Full Article]

Minnesota Wi-Fi hacker gets 18 years in prison for terrorizing neighbors
Minnesota hacker Barry Ardolf was sentenced to an 18-year term in a federal prison this Tuesday. Ardolf had terrorized a neighboring family for two years through a carefully planned campaign involving a hijacked Wi-Fi network to harass, frame and embarrass the next-door neighbors in every facet of their lives.
[Views:256] [Thu, Jul 14, 2011] [Full Article]

SRI LANKA ASSISTING US TO TACKLE ‘EXPANDING’ LET
Washington, April 13: A top US general has expressed concerns about the expanding reach of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), warning that the militant group had expanded its tentacles outside South Asia.
[Views:450] [Wed, Apr 13, 2011] [Full Article]

Solar eruption won't affect SL
A powerful solar eruption that triggered a huge geomagnetic storm has disturbed radio communications and could disrupt electrical power grids, radio and satellite communication in the next days, the US space agency NASA said.
[Views:533] [Sat, Feb 19, 2011] [Full Article]

Ranil invites Wimal
UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe today in parliament invited Minister Wimal Weerawansa to attend the UNP convention and witness the proceedings on December 12th.
[Views:448] [Wed, Nov 17, 2010] [Full Article]

Govt. given time to resolve wage crisis
The decision made by university lecturers to refrain from administrative duties from tomorrow (August 30) if their salary demands are not met has been postponed till 07 September. The Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA) stated that this was decided after the government had called for more time to resolve the issue.
[Views:513] [Mon, Aug 30, 2010] [Full Article]

Lanka to utilize indigenous medicine for oral hygiene: Health Minister
The Asian Pacific Dental Congress which met in Colombo today conferred its chairmanship to Sri Lanka’s Professor Prasad Amaratunga.
[Views:593] [Sat, May 15, 2010] [Full Article]

Lanka tells US not to dictate
The government claims that US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian affairs Robert Blake has no right whatsoever to dictate terms to Sri Lanka on its judicial process adopted on the allegations against General Sarath Fonseka adding that Sri Lanka is capable of handling the issue according to the law of the land.
[Views:685] [Wed, Feb 24, 2010] [Full Article]

Sri Lanka regulator checks advertised broadband speeds
Sri Lanka’s telecom regulator has begun investigations on broadband speeds advertised by telcos after a private research study found them exaggerating available bandwidth to surfers, a senior official said.
[Views:774] [Wed, Dec 30, 2009] [Full Article]

Sri Lanka to launch a cyber security program- TRC
Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) is to put in place a cyber security program in Sri Lanka before the end of the year. The program will seek to protect the internet from outside attacks, TRC Director General Priyantha Kariyaperuma told Daily Mirror.
[Views:919] [Fri, Oct 02, 2009] [Full Article]

Former Treasury Secy asked to notice respondents
The Supreme Court yesterday directed former Treasury Secretary P.B. Jayasundara to notify the respondents in the Lanka Marine Services Ltd, (LMSL) rights application before supporting his motion seeking to relieve him from an affidavit.
[Views:862] [Wed, Jul 15, 2009] [Full Article]

Lankans in US unite against terrorism
Sri Lankan nationals and supporters across the United States held a rally in Washington to urge the US Government to put pressure on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to release innocent civilians held by the LTTE as human shields.
[Views:1022] [Mon, Feb 23, 2009] [Full Article]

Tamil Tiger head may have fled Sri Lanka: army chief
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The elusive leader of the Tamil Tigers may have already fled Sri Lanka with the army charging fast toward the separatist rebels' final strongholds, Sri Lanka's army commmander said.
[Views:1144] [Mon, Jan 19, 2009] [Full Article]

Six-party nuclear talks set to go ahead
KOREA: Six-nation talks on scrapping North Korea’s nuclear programme are expected to resume Monday as scheduled even though host China has not confirmed the date, South Korea’s foreign minister said Thursday.
[Views:1070] [Fri, Dec 05, 2008] [Full Article]

iPoint Media in Sri Lanka cellular deal
Sri Lanka-based CNT will offer iPoint's 3G solutions to mobile operators and TV broadcasters.
[Views:1253] [Tue, Jul 29, 2008] [Full Article]

Bunkering, tank farm at Hambantota Port gets approval
The unsolicited project proposal for construction of the bunkering facility and the tank farm at the Hambantota Harbour forwarded by the China Huanqiu Contracting Engineering Corporation has been given approval after thorough evaluation by the Project Committee and the Cabinet Appointed Negotiations Committee. Cabinet approval was granted for this project.
[Views:1394] [Thu, Jun 19, 2008] [Full Article]

Karuna released in UK
Vinayagmoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman was released yesterday following his imprisonment for possessing false documents, contrary to Section 25 of the Control of Identification Documents (offences) Act 2005.
[Views:1384] [Sat, May 10, 2008] [Full Article]

Lankan, German researchers develop new method
COLOMBO: German and Sri Lankan researchers have developed a new method for measuring the impacts of species on local biodiversity. It makes it possible to determine whether a certain species promotes or suppresses species diversity.
[Views:1191] [Fri, Feb 22, 2008] [Full Article]