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  • Tamil film CSK — Life is not a Game stands for Charles Shafiq Karthiga

    Entertainment News: It is the cricket season and Chennai Super Kings CSK is very much in the news with its top-notch performance. No wonder, the forthcoming Tamil film, 'CSK -- Life is not a Game' seems to be getting a lot of attention. But CSK here stands for Charles Shafiq Karthiga. Playing the role of Charles is ...

  • Dilhara Lokuhettige replaces injured Welegedara

    Welegedara has been one of Sri Lanka's premier Test bowlers of late, but the Champions Trophy was to be his first ODI tournament since mid-2010. Injury has repeatedly held him back over the last year; in the last 12 months, he completed only one Test match, and suffered groin, shoulder and hamstring injuries. He was one of four specialist fast bowlers named in Sri Lanka's 15-man squad ...

  • Medical Council to recognize degree from Defence University

    The Cabinet has approved a proposal to allow the Sri Lanka Medical Council to recognize the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence ...

  • 70-year-old man jumps to his death at Hambantota hospital

    A seventy-year old man who was in custody over charges of sexual assault and child molestation, committed suicide by jumping off the second floor of the Hambantota General Hospital while receiving treatment for a minor ...

  • Sri Lanka army to reduce presence in northern Jaffna

    AP In this May 23, 2009, photo, the abandoned devastation is seen in this aerial photo showing part of the former conflict zone on the north east coast of the Jaffna peninsula in Sri ...


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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [DVD]

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [DVD]

Luis Buuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is the kind of film that film critics and fans of Buuel's distinct cinematic style love and most general audiences find confusing and inane. Critics and fans like it because, knowing Buuel and his surrealistic sensibilities, they realize it is a big joke; thus, they are able to enjoy it without any precepts of reality or logic. Most au ... ...

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  • A bloodied childhood in war-torn Sri Lanka

    Sri Lankan Tamil poet and journalist Theepachelvan Pratheepan shares the experiences of his petrified childhood days spent in the war-torn island nation ...

  • Prime Minister of Thailand to address parliament on May 31

    The Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra is set to address parliament on May 31, Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Chandima Weerakkody stated today (May ...

  • Racism at the Heart of Fight among Buddhists and Muslims

    Buddhists and Muslims are clashing with increasing ferocity in Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka where minority Islamic ethnic groups blame racism by majority Buddhists more than religious intolerance."It is like the K.K.K. (Klu Klux Klan) in America during the period of the civil rights movement," said Myo Win, a Muslim activist based in Yangon, Myanmar, comparing recent deadly ...

  • Sri Lanka bourse slip from 19-month high on profit-taking

    COLOMBO: Sri Lanka shares retreated from the previous session's 19-month high as investors booked profits in banking and telecommunication shares after the recent rally pushed the bourse into overbought territory.The main stock index fell 0.39 percent, or 25.03 points, to close at 6,441.64, slipping for the first time in the last five sessions. The bourse hit its highest close since Oct. ...

  • Sri Lankan trade unions claim strike a success govt. calls it a big flop

    While the Coordinating Committee of Sri Lanka's Trade Union Alliance (CCTUA) maintained that their token strike against the electricity tariff hike was successful all round the country, the Sri Lankan government said that overall attendance in public sector institutions had, in fact, increased by 3.5 per cent yesterday. Former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP and Co-convener of the ...

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