Sri Lankan Pioneer Businessman Dhammika Perera Life Story

Businessman Kulappuarachige Don Dhammika Perera’s story is somewhat similiar to the success stories of entrepreneurs of the calibre of Maliban Mudalali. Venturing out into business at the tender age of 19 with no entrepreneurial background and not having the right connections nor the right social background as it were, and starting-out...

RIP TouchPad: HP To Shut Down WebOS Operations

After confirming that it is looking into spinning off its PC business, Hewlett-Packard made a more shocking announcement Thursday: it is going to “discontinue operations for webOS devices.” And that’s the end of the line for its just-launched tablet, the HP TouchPad.HP, the world’s largest computer maker, has had limited success with...

PRESIDENT OPENS NEW GALLE BUS STAND....

The Modern Bus stand of Galle, in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka, built at a cost of Rs. 405 Million was declared open this morning by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.  This two storied bus stand is the longest bus stand in Sri Lanka and its length is 161 meters with a width of 10 meters.  Funds for this project were allocated...

Google’s +1 Button Already More Widespread Than Twitter’s Tweet Button

Google’s +1 buttons have only been out for about a month, but they’re already more common than the tweet button on major web destinations.BrightEdge, an enterprise SEO platform provider, analyzed the 10,000 largest sites on the web and found a 33% surge in placement for Google’s +1 button during the past few weeks. The company foundthat...

WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY : 05th JUNE 2011

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that India will be the global host of World Environment Day 2011 (WED) on 5 June.This year's theme 'Forests: Nature at Your Service' underscores the intrinsic link between quality of life and the health of forests and forest ecosystems. The WED theme also supports this year's...

Christchurch lost 65 of Population by the Earth-quack.

At least 65 people have died after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.in New Zealand.  The country's deadliest natural disaster in 80 years struck at 1251 (2351 GMT on Monday), 10km (6.2 miles) south-east of the city.   City Mayor Bob Parker told the BBC: "This is a terrible, terrible toll on our city." "There is...

England had a narrow victory over Canada winning by just 16 runs, mainly thanks to fast bowler Stuart Broad’s match winning performance.

England had a narrow victory over Canada winning by just 16 runs, mainly thanks to fast bowler Stuart Broad’s match winning performance.Canada’s chase of 244 runs was in tatters early on as first five wickets fell for mere 28 runs. None of the top order batsmen could cross ten figure mark as Broad ripped through the top order. Broad took...