Southern Expressway Galle to Matara was declared open by President

The Second Phase of the Southern Expressway from Pinnaduwa in Galle to Godagama in Matara was declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday.

Construction on the highway began in 2006 and the first phase from Kottawa to Pinnaduwa in Galle was declared open in November 2011.
The expressway will reduce the time taken to travel from Colombo to Matara (161 km) to one-and-a-half hours from the current four hours, and currently reduces the time taken to travel from Colombo to Galle (116 km) to one hour from the three hours taken by the regular Colombo-Matara highway.

5 Rules to remember in Life

Tujhme Rab Dikhta Hai by Shreya Ghoshal live at Sony Project Resound Concert

Tujhme Rab Dikhta Hai by Shreya Ghoshal live at Sony Project Resound Concert

When I'm sad ,i stop beign sad.

Excellent Quotes by Warren Buffet

Coins always make sounds

Coins always make sounds..

but paper moneys are always silent,

So when your value increases ,

Keep yourself silent and humble.

Real Men Dont Love

ASIRI HOSPITAL HOLDINGS, ASIRI SURGICAL - DIVDEND ANNOUNCEMENTS

ASIRI HOSPITAL HOLDINGS PLC 
Company ID: - ASIR 
Date of Announcement: - 13.Mar.2014 
Dividend per Share: - Rs. 0.55 per share (Tax Free - i.e. paid-out of dividends received) / Interim Dividend 
Financial Year: - 2013/2014 
XD: - 24.Mar.2014 
Payment: - 31.Mar.2014 
Share Transfer Book Open 

ASIRI SURGICAL HOSPITAL PLC 
Company ID: - AMSL 
Date of Announcement: - 13.Mar.2014 
Dividend per Share: - Rs. 1.56 per share (Tax Free) / Interim Dividend 
Financial Year: - 2013/2014 
XD: - 24.Mar.2014 
Payment: - 28.Mar.2014 
Share Transfer Book Open

Asiri Central to delist

Asiri Hospital Holdings Plc has announced a delisting move of its subsidiary Asiri Central Hospitals Plc (ACH) at Rs. 275 per share. The announcement was made after the market’s closure. The last traded price of ACH was Rs. 250.10, down by Rs. 8.90 or 3.4%. Net Asset Per Share of ACH is Rs. 91.85 as of 31 December 2013. Asiri Hospitals Holdings Plc owns 99.31% of ACH whilst public shareholding is only 153,296 shares accounting for 0.69%

38 Non Bank Finance Institutions under due diligence study by nine audit firms for mergers

By Shabiya Ali Ahlam A panel of nine reputed audit firms are currently engaged in a due diligence exercise on 38 individual Non Bank Finance Institutions (NBFIs), whose merger or absorption proposals are expected by end of this month. The Central Bank has requested the Panel of Auditors to conduct the due diligence and valuation of business of Category B NBFIs and all other consultants to work with these auditors. These NBFIs are to be merged or absorbed by banks or Category A NBFIs. They could also explore mergers among themselves, so that they fulfil conditions of the Category A NBFIs.

Femina Miss India 2014 contestants arrived in Sri Lanka

Femina Miss India 2014 contestants arrived in Sri Lanka last morning for their pre-pageant tour, which will be covered by over 20 international journalists from all across India. The 25 contestants and four of the current title holders of Femina Miss India 2013 are in Sri Lanka for a week-long tour to both experience the culture and hospitality of the country. The 25 finalists will be first revealed to the world at an event at Cinnamon Bey scheduled to be held this week – Pic by Deepa Adikari.

What can businesses learn from the Royal-Thomian?

• The ‘power’ of two competing ‘brands’ synergising to create an experience much ‘larger’ than either could. Even if businesses cannot stretch their thinking to synergising with competing brands, start with complimentary brands.
• The ‘power’ of tradition (as part of the organisational DNA) – that delivers far more than following a process manual.
• The ‘power’ of alumni affinity and volunteering – that ensures effective project management involving a multitude of diverse stakeholders.
• The ‘power’ of teaming – with no hierarchical organisational structures and associated bureaucracies. Now it’s time to enjoy the ‘power’ of fun!

Basil inspects Galle-Matara Expressway

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa this week inspected the 31 kilometre-long Galle-Matara Expressway to be opened on March 15.
The road begins from Pinnaduwa, Galle and ends at Godagama, Matara. The new road constructed by local engineers under the Highways Ministry’s direction on the advice of President Mahinda Rajapaksa will make it possible for travelers to reach Kaduwela from Matara in one-and-a-half-hours. The maximum speed is 100 km per hour.

Ebay auction to cash in on tragedy with www.MH370.com

The owner of the MH370.com website is looking to cash in on the huge surge of interest online associated with the ill-fated Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.
An auction on eBay was looking for $5,000 in order to secure the url with the seller – called chypriotte – claiming: “Buy this domain today and sell it later on for thousands of dollars. Dozens of companies, families of victims, will want to buy it from you. Pay little money today and make huge profit tomorrow.”
Once the auction was highlighted on social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter, there was an immediate backlash. Some users called the auction “despicable”.
It was subsequently removed from eBay but it was not clear if this was because of a successful transaction or because of user pressure.

15 Habits of Highly Miserable People

The definition of a miserable person is wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable. That is pretty spot on don’t you think? When a person is miserable they never see or expect the good in anything and always try to make those around them feel just as bad and negative as them. Being miserable is a way of life for some people because they get sympathy, constant reassurance from other miserable people and a sense of self, defined by whatever circumstance they find themselves in.
Unfortunately, highly miserable people are much more accepted in society as opposed to someone that is happy and upbeat all the time, who can be looked at as ‘weird’ or ‘strange’.
If you are tired of being miserable and want a happy existence on this planet, I’ve come up with a few habits of highly miserable people. If you can identify and change one around you’ll be well on your way to a good life again!

They are never thankful for anything

Being grateful and thankful for anything in a highly miserable person’s life is a big no! When a person shows gratitude they should doing it from a point of view of happiness and are usually ten times more likely to be thankful for things they already have rather than the things they don’t. If you are a miserable person, you’ll avoid any expressions of gratitude at all costs because it goes against what you believe. You’ll think that counting your blessings is a waste of time and life will always be full of something to be ungrateful about.

They lead a very unadventurous life

Highly miserable people lead a dull, boring and unadventurous life. They ensure that you have a mundane existence, with no fun, no possibility or excitement and then complain about it! When life is unadventurous and boring they’ll start to believe that they are boring and project that upon other people. Life is predictable as far as a highly miserable person is concerned. TV is a big activity in this kind of life coupled with addiction and other mediocre activities such as reading tabloid papers and celebrity magazines, none of which stimulate or invigorate the body or mind.

They live in and glorify the past

We’ve all done it, said things like ‘it was so much better when I was a kid’ except highly miserable people tend to live their lives stuck in the past rather than remembering it fondly and moving on. They’ll talk about what has happened, what they have done and what it was like back then, saying that life has only gone downhill since.  When a highly miserable person vilifies the past, they refer to it as being born in the wrong place at the wrong time or life when they were a kid was unhappy and they never got what they wanted.