Tag Archives: Asia

Software piracy worsens; Sri Lanka No. 2 culprit

Posted on May 12, 2010 by bunty

Software piracy cost technology companies more than 50 billion dollars around the world last year, with Asia accounting for the largest share of losses, an industry report said. Bangladesh had the highest software piracy rate in Asia, followed by Sri …

Posted in Lead Story, Tech | Tagged Asia, Australia, Bangladesh, China, copyrights, culprit, dollar losses, Georgia, impact of software piracy, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jeffrey Hardee, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Pacific, percent, percentage point reduction, piracy, piracy rate, piracy rates, quot, Singapore, Software, Software piracy, sri lanka, sri lanka software, Suresh Jayasooriya, United States, Vietnam, world, Zimbabwe |

Jaffna / Chavekacheri Travelogue

Posted on May 9, 2010 by bunty

Year and Month December 2009 Number of Days Eight Day Trip Crew 7 Accommodation Friend’s House in Chavakacheri Transport Volvo Bus / Van Activities Exploring / Photography Weather Sunny Route A3 / A12 / A9 Tips, Notes and Special remarks …

Posted in Lead Story, Travel & Nature | Tagged Alfred Duraiappah, Amman, area, Asia, Austin, casurina beach, Chavakacheri, Chief Librarian, exploring photography, Harmony, India, Jaffna, library, Madras, national id card, Paddy Fields, Pedro Road, S.R. Ranganathan, Saraswati, sri lanka, sunny route, town, virgin beach, volvo bus |

Sri Lanka Tourism and CNN Collaborate on Global Campaign

Posted on May 4, 2010 by bunty

The launch of the website www.visitsrilanka-2011.com for the CNN global campaign will be launched tomorrow as part of a wider and comprehensive global communication campaign which began in November 2009. A press release from the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau …

Posted in Lead Story, Travel & Nature | Tagged Achala Jagoda, Asia, campaign, captain Kumar Sangakkara, CNN, CNN global campaign, cnn international, Director, dream itinerary, jetwing eco holidays, Julian Bolling, kumar sangakkara, Minister Achala Jagoda, S. Wijeratne, S.E., SLTPB, sri lanka, sri lanka tourism, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), Suresh, tourism, Tourism Minister, visitlanka, website |

International Motor Race Track in Sri Lanka

Posted on March 29, 2010 by bunty

A plan to construct an international standard motor race track in Sri Lanka has been initiated at Tissamaharama in the Hambantota district. The project is expected to be completed in three phases and the final deliverable, which is an FIA …

Posted in Chill | Tagged Asia, circuit, country, D. A. Rajapaksa, f1 races, FIA specifications, H.E. President, Hambantota Sea, initial feasibility study, Japan, Kirindi Oya, Kuala Lumpur, kuala lumpur international airport, Malaysia, motor, motor race track, Oya Live, project, race, sepang f1 circuit, South East Asia, Southern Eliyakanda Hill, Southern Motor Sports Club, Southern Rally, Southern Super, Speed Road, sri lanka, Tissamaharama, US |

DHL Global Forwarding offers Asia Pacific’s first-ever GPS tracking service to Sri Lanka

Posted on March 29, 2010 by bunty

DHL Global Forwarding, the world’s leading air and ocean freight company, has chosen Sri Lanka as its Asia Pacific launch pad for two of its latest innovations for ocean freight shipping. DHL today launched a GPS Tracking System for its …

Posted in Tech, Travel & Nature | Tagged Amadou Diallo, Ashwani Nath, Asia, Bangladesh, Clas Thorell, Colombo, container routes, DHL, DHL Global Forwarding, Forwarding, freight, Global, GPS, GPS techno, GPS Tracking System, India, LCL ocean, lcl services, ocean freight shipments, Pacific, Pakistan, real time data, South Asia, south asia region, sri lanka, US |

Dengue fever

Posted on July 23, 2009 by admin

In the near recent past,this beautiful island has been plagued by a hemorrhagic fever that has gripped the nation with fear, and untold sorrow with many deaths being reported in many parts of the island.This has prompted the whole issue …