Burger King Worldwide, Inc. announced the opening of three BURGER KING® restaurants in Sri Lanka by the brand’s new master franchisee, Softlogic Restaurants (Pvt) Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings PLC. These restaurants, the first in Sri Lanka, opened on December 28, 2013 and are located in Rajagiriya, Mount Lavinia and Colpetty. “Establishing the BURGER KING®...

Casa Colombo recently inaugurated Casa Club, the next generation of Members Club in Sri Lanka.  An exclusive Club, within a grand boutique hotel, Casa Club offers its members exceptional privileges that transcend present day hospitality services in Sri Lanka. Handpicked, unique and expertly curated, whether it’s an evening of relaxed entertainment or a night of beverage appreciation that...

People walk past decorations on a street ahead of Christmas day celebrations in Colombo – REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte ...

apan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order to supply Sri Lanka’s first highway traffic management system (HTMS), the company said.The system, slated to go on-stream by the end of 2014, will also be MHI’s first installation of the company’s full-scale traffic management system for expressways.The HTMS will be installed on Southern Expressway, Sri Lanka’s first...

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More than Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Lady Gaga or Lorde, it was Miley Cyrus who owned 2013. At least, according to MTV. After stealing the spotlight at not one but two MTV awards shows, starring in an MTV documentary and taking over the network on her 21st birthday, MTV has crowned Cyrus as its best artist of the year....

Paul Walker may be gone, but his fans will still be able to remember him when one of his final movies,Hours  is released worldwide, in two days. The movie centers around a father (played by Paul) who fights to keep his infant daughter alive following the devastation from Hurricane Katrina. Hours also stars Genesis Rodriguez and with the tagline,...

It is a well known secret that Gayesha Perera, beauty queen, presenter, dancer and model, and singer Hasanjith Chathuranga, who became popular with his ‘Obai Mage Jeewithe’, are lovers. Their affair is likely to end next year with marriage. In the meantime, Gayesha’s mother cornered a third being who had gone uninvited to her room recently. We also...

The most looked forward to event by the drivers, riders and motor racing fans the third edition of the annual Colombo Night Races 2013 is set for December 15 (Sunday). The previous two editions were real successes according to organisers as well as all motor racing fans.The event organised by Carlton Motor Sports Club (CMSC) along with Asian...

Sri Lanka's newest radio channel Fox 91.4 FM launched officially. This is the newest English Radio channel managed by Asset Radio Broadcasting which also operates Neth FM. The channel has managed to secure prominent radio personality Jimmy Deen. The on-line webcast of this channel is available at http://www.fox914.com/ We wish the management of Asset Radio Broadcasting the very best...

Popular video streaming site YouTube has been reportedly down since early today. When users try to access the site the error message reads ‘500 internal server error’. “Sorry, something went wrong. A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation. If you see them, show them this information...," it further reads.  Viewers are...

Paul Walker, an actor perhaps best known for his roles in the "Fast and Furious" films died today in a car crash, his rep told ABC News. He was 40 years old. "Sadly I must confirm that Paul did pass away this afternoon," Ame Van Iden said in an email. Though the rep gave no more details, a...

Sri Lanka’s Radhika Gunawardena was incidentally awarded the Gold Medal for the Best National Costume. Radhika Thilini Gunawardena was awarded the Gold for Best National Costume in a tight contest between beauties from over forty countries including the USA, England, China and Russia.  The pageant opened on November 14 and was held for ten days.  Speaking to News1st of...

Sony Music Entertainment launched Music Unlimited on Thursday in Sri Lanka. Music Unlimited provides music lovers access to millions of songs and videos available for download at an unmatched, low price. Newsfirst’s Mahina Bongso caught up with Shridhar Subramaniam, President of Sony Music Entertainment for India and the Middle East to find out more about Music Unlimited. ...

An Irish legal expert has shot a “political” glamour calendar to draw attention to the work of whistleblowers. The proceeds will help fund WikiLeaks and other activist organizations. Dr Roslyn Fuller, who specializes in international law, explained why she decided that a selection of provocative photos would do more to help Assange, Manning and others than her direct...

Living by its credo of ‘We Care. Always.’ the National Mobile Service Provider, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has introduced another life-style convenient service to its customers called ‘mCash’. ‘mCash’ will be available for all Post-Paid and Pre-Paid Mobitel customers by registering for a ‘mCash’ account via #111#. Customers can make monetary transactions and withdraw money from their ‘mCash’...

Three female sex workers were arrested with three other managers for operating a mobile brothel using a three-wheeler by the Panadura-Walana Anti Vice Squad in Mt. Lavinia last night, police said.Police said the suspects are to be produced before the Mt. Lavinia Magistrate today. Further investigations are being carried out by the Mt. Lavinia Police. ...

Voice call charges on fixed lines and mobile phones will be increased by 5% in line with the telecom levy increase proposed in the budget.Prices of used vehicles will be increased by Rs.3 Lakhs upwards as depreciation value for used motor vehicles revised from the budget. ...

Tourism Information Centre has been opened under the patronage of Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. The Information Centre is siituated opposite the Tourism Development Authority at Galle Road, Colombo 3. This Information Centre which will be open round the clock will provide an efficient and speedy service for tourists. Investment Promotion Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana, Economic Development Deputy...

Thirty three contestants who qualified for the Miss France 2014 Finale along with reigning Miss France Marine Lorphelin who is also the first runner up in 2013 Miss World arrived in Sri Lanka today on a tour.This is the first time that final contestants of a Miss France contest visited Sri Lanka although they had visited countries like...

In an interview with popular gossip website  'Gossip Lanka News' Popular actress Gayesha Perera has revealed that she is going  to contest the upcoming Western Province Provincial Council polls under the UPFA ticket. Noting that she does not intend to join 'fake politics' of the the present lady representation in politics, Gayesha said that she would join a...

A 25-year-old model with a 42-inch bottom has been crowned Brazil's new Miss Bum Bum. Dai Macedo, who represented the central state of Goias in the nationwide search for the woman with the most bodacious butt in all of Brazil, was chosen from among 15 finalists by the contest's grand jury in Sao Paolo this week. "It's a...

The Exotic babe has been signed on to be the latest face of Guess – and the first Indian model for the brand – and she looks smokin’ hot in the latest ad campaign for summerwear. Priyanka Chopra is the latest face of Guess and her shoot for the ad campaign is totally droolworthy. The photographs captured by...

The vehicle of the UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe had been attacked by some protesters it is reported. During the attack he had not sustained injuries but there had been some minor damages to his vehicle. This attack had been made by a group of ‘Samagi Balawegaya’ who had made a protest against the human rights summit and exhibition...

A satellite has run out of fuel and will plunge back to the earth within the next 24 hours was disclosed by the European space Agency. The scientists  of the European space agency have revealed that by the time it enters the atmosphere of the earth from outer space most of its parts may have got burnt and what would...

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in Pakistan has won the Sri Lanka Identity Card project.Various international IT firms participated in this international competitive bidding process. The mega project shall involve data collection of all eligible citizens’ biometric, biographic and digitization of the same, thus transforming it into a National Persons Registry . This data will be...

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday officially declared open Sri Lanka's first PC computer manufacturing plant in the southern port city of Hambantota. Microsoft OEM partner, EWIS Computer Assembly Plant at Sooriyaweva in Hambantota is expected to bring the country another step closer to its goal of becoming the IT hub of Asia as outlined in the Mahinda...

Several roads in and around Colombo will be closed from time to time on November 15,16 and 17 for security reasons in view of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), police stated. The police released the above schedule which lists the roads that will be closed and the times during which they will remain closed during these...

Sri lanka prime Minister D M Jayaratne says that as the rumors there won’t be taxes imposed to cover the cost of CHOGM. He further said that the cost of the summit will not affect the people and taxes will not be increased.He said this participating as the Chief Guest of awareness programme to school children regarding the...

Lady Gaga is streaming her new album a week early after leaks, but she hinted on Wednesday at an out-of-this-world publicity splash with its official launch - a concert in space.The multi-platinum-selling pop diva's third album, "Artpop", went up without warning on iTunes after a trickle of leaks in recent days on the Internet. The first official release...

The Department of Education states that the results of the Advanced Level Examination will be released before December 24. In the meantime, Examinations Commissioner General W.M.N.J. Pushpakumara stated that the final round of paper-marking of the G.C.E Ordinary Level Examination papers is currently underway. This year's G.C.E Ordinary Level Examinations were held from  August 5 - 31 A total of...