Dananjaya Hettiarachchi of Toastmasters District 82 has brought honour to Sri Lanka by becoming the winner at the World Championship of Public Speaking held in Malaysia. This is the third World Championship that Sri Lanka has received after the Cricket World Cup in 1996 and the ICC T/20 World Cup this year. This the first…
Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) aims to sell about 30,000 units of its energy efficient vehicle (EEV) model, the Perodua Axia, this year. This is based on the value-for-money package the product range offers, said president and chief executive officer Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh. He described the Perodua Axia as the company’s new benchmark…
Chris Bosh, the six feet 11 inch American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA) was in Sri Lankan recently to ‘shake trunks’ with elephants at Pinnawela. Gone unreported and hence unknown, Sri Lanka was one among the destinations that Chris, his wife Adrienne Bosh and…
Maruti Alto 800 gets a limited edition variant called Maximum with extra features. Limited edition tag is not new to the Alto badge and its always been somewhat the same story on what is offered over usual bells and whistles. Alto 800 Maximum gets body graphics in the form of decals, roof lip spoiler, keyless…
It is an ever happening world. Everyday something new is being created. Some of them stay back while some go unnoticed. Most men today are truly conscious about individual appearance and well being. Look matters a lot irrespective of the gender and there is always a huge market to promote interesting products. This time it…
The last time billionaire James Packer bet on Las Vegas’s casino industry he lost A$1.37 billion (NZ$1.5 billion). Bond risk on his Crown Resorts has risen to a six-month high as he prepares to spin the wheel again. Crown is the worst performer in the iTraxx Australia index of credit-default swaps in the past three…
The Perodua Axia is expected to launch in Malaysia this month in three variants. The Perodua Axia, a rebadged Daihatsu Ayla for the Malaysian market, has been captured without any camouflage by Funtasticko’s reader Mr. Eric. The latest spyshots confirm the car’s name is indeed Axia. To be positioned below the Myvi hatchback, the entry…
China’s anti-monopoly investigation into foreign car manufacturers has spread to Toyota. The Japanese company said that Chinese regulators were looking into its Lexus luxury brand. Audi, Chrysler and Mercedes-Benz are among carmakers and parts suppliers already under scrutiny for as-yet unspecified anti-competitive issues. A Toyota spokesman said the company was “co-operating fully with the queries…
Malaysia Airline System Bhd. will be privatised as part of a restructuring plan to keep the carrier in business after its two plane disasters this year. The carrier said its majority investor, state-run Khazanah Nasional will offer 27 sen for each share in the company it does not own, amounting to nearly 1.4 billion ringgit…
Here are the pictures of the similarities between the father-son duo Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan is now a big boy and he is certainly a splitting image of his father. Look at these pictures above and you will definitely agree with us. Looks like SRK was very nostalgic for he posted this picture on…
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