Fashion show to feature trends through the ages
The much awaited fashion show – ‘XXV by Johann’ on Tuesday, October 22 at the Hilton Colombo will be a gala celebration of Johann Peries’s 25 years in the industry. Produced and choreographed by Lou Ching Wong it will feature some of the best known names in the fashion industry. The specially choreographed production, will [...]
CHOGM: Our guests
Starting this week, the Sunday Times will carry profiles of world leaders who are expected to be in Sri Lanka for the November Commonwealth summit, the biggest conference hosted by Sri Lanka since the Non-Aligned summit in 1976. We start with the African Continent where Commonwealth values such as fair elections, good governance, justice and [...]
Wings for women
Wings for Women 2013 -The 12th Zonta District Conference of District 25 will be held in Sri Lanka from October 25- 27. The conference aims to strengthen the bonds between the member countries of the district forging friendship and understanding. The conference is organised by Zonta International District 25, Sri Lanka. India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, [...]
An obsession with painting
“Am a banker by profession, Art though has been my passion. Almost nearing obsession, And now it’s part of my daily session.” This is how artist Selvie Samarajeewa introduces herself. A banker, who retired for medical reasons she has been drawing and painting since she was a toddler when she wrote nursery rhymes and drew [...]
Art exhibition and competition
The Victoria Range Home Owners Association residents organised an art competition and exhibition to celebrate ‘World Children’s Day’. Children aged two to 18 participated in the competition held on October 12. Every child received a gift and the three winners received additional merit certificates. The highlight of the day was a workshop conducted by artist [...]
Vaccine Forum annual symposium
The Vaccine Forum of Sri Lanka will hold their 4th Annual Symposium on Vaccines for doctors on October 21 from 8.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the main auditorium of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7 on Sunday October 27. The highlights of the symposium include: ‘Challenging trends in prevention of Dengue [...]
FH Studio launches range of menswear
The FH Studio aims to take menswear in Sri Lanka to new heights with the launch of ‘Concept 2014′ tonight -Sunday, October 20, at the Hilton Colombo, with ten collections ranging from casual, sport, smart casual, fusion, office, ethnic, red carpet, formal to semi-formal ranges on the ramp. As the first show of its kind [...]
S. Thomas’ College to stage ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’
When Adam’s flesh and Adam’s bone Sits at Cair Paravel in throne, The evil time will be over and done.” A land frozen in an eternal winter… a country waiting to be set free from the hand of evil… After two intense and exciting months in the making, the clouds of war have finally arrived. [...]
Maid’s story of torture shines light on India slave labour
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Sitting on a hospital bed with a thick bandage around her head, an Indian teenager recounts what she says was four months of horrific torture at the hands of her employer. “She would pull my hair out, violently hit me over the head… most of the times she got angry out [...]
Police force postponement of Maldives presidential vote
MALE, Maldives, Oct 19 (AFP) – Police in the Maldives forced the postponement of today’s presidential polls, declaring the vote illegal in a decision that sparked international concern. The Elections Commission just hours earlier had announced the vote would go ahead as planned despite 11th-hour court challenges by two candidates who were expected to lose [...]
A solution to poaching crisis
Anybody can make a claim to the fish in the open sea. But, once caught, it becomes the property of one who caught it. However, the Law of the Sea 1982, provides the proprietary country the exclusive right to its natural resources, including fishery resource within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 200 nautical miles [...]
Anger grows over aid delays among cyclone survivors
BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) – Anger over the slow and patchy delivery of aid is growing amongst survivors of a fierce cyclone that battered India’s east coast almost a week ago and the delays have sparked protests and looting in some areas, aid workers said on Friday. Cyclone Phailin battered the coastline of Odisha state [...]
China, India near pact aimed at keeping lid on border tension
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and China are close to an agreement to stop tension on their contested border touching off confrontation while they try to figure out a way to break decades-old stalemate on overlapping claims to long stretches of the Himalayas. The border defence cooperation pact that diplomats are racing to finalise ahead [...]
Booker goes to youngest ever winner
LONDON (Reuters) – New Zealand author Eleanor Catton won the 2013 Man Booker prize for English fiction on Tuesday for her novel “The Luminaries”, to become the youngest winner in the award’s 45-year history. The 28-year-old novelist poked fun at the size of her 848-page tome about the 19th century New Zealand gold rush and [...]
A good night’s sleep really does clear the mind
We spend a third of our lives doing it. Now scientists have finally discovered why we need to spend so much time sleeping – it helps clear the mind of the day’s chemical clutter. While our body is at rest, the brain is hard at work removing toxins produced during our waking hours. Left to [...]
In praise of debt ceilings
MUNICH – The wrangling about raising the US government’s borrowing limit — now thankfully over, at least for a few months — underscores the hazards posed by excessive state indebtedness. Governments nowadays are essentially running gigantic redistribution machines that steer funds from taxpayers to transfer recipients and other beneficiaries of public expenditure. The latter permanently [...]
US has killed far more civilians with drones than it admits, says UN
A new report from a special UN investigator says drone strikes have killed far more civilians than US officials have publicly acknowledged – at least 400 in Pakistan and as many as 58 in Yemen – and chides the U.S. for failing to aid the investigation by disclosing its own figures. UN Special Rapporteur Ben [...]
