Day: February 17, 2023

TECH ADVANCES

FINDING THE PERFECT MATCH Ruwandi Perera wonders if AI can help human beings find their soul mates Men and women have been searching for romance since time began. People have been enjoying Valentine’s Day since…

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‘MALL OF THE METAVERSE’: DUBAI ANNOUNCES FIRST VIRTUAL SHOPPING CENTRE

Khaleej Times – 4 February 2023 Dubai’s first virtual mall has been announced. The Mall of the Metaverse will represent Majid Al Futtaim in Decentraland, one of the most advanced metaverse platforms. After multiple stages…

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2013

Sri Lankan Swimmer Bags Six Golds at SAG Highest tally of South Asian Game medals Reading through Matthew Abeysinghe’s track record tells a story in itself – about an American-born swimmer who underwent a sea…

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2013

Sri Lanka Hosts First Commonwealth Meet CHOGM 2013 about challenges and chances When people look back to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Sri Lanka in 2013, many of them – mostly…

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2012

Sri Lanka Hosts a World Twenty20 Contest Cricketing first for the Asian continent Sri Lanka’s previous opportunity to host one of the major tournaments in the cricketing cosmos – the 1996 Wills World Cup –…

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ACCARIO GALAXY NIGHT

Australian based tech-enabled outsourcing solutions provider Accario held its annual Accario Galaxy Night recently bringing together its 190 strong team from

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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION

The Better Work Sri Lanka programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) recently concluded a three

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2011

Southern Expressway Opens for Traffic E01 brings Colombo closer to Galle For motorists in heavy traffic, they say happiness is six green lights in a row. Now try 111 kilometres in an hour and 20…

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2010

Muralitharan Takes His 800th Test Wicket Spin wizard aces scalps record in ODIs too When cricketers stir up controversy, they’re usually team captains – think Douglas Jardine and the infamous ‘bodyline series’ or ‘Captain Cool’…

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2009

The 26 Year War Comes To an End Security forces secure military victory It had been called Sri Lanka’s ‘unwinnable war.’ On the basis that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) could not be…

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