I introduced Thomas back in this entry and I’ve just received some new pictures of him. I hope my kids are this cute!! This is part of why I need an attractive wife…see? I’m not only thinking about myself! I’m thinking of my children!! :PAnyway, here…
i m like fucking busy today. its the first day at work without verangi.. and i miss her already. .
In the last 10 years i’ve moved house a whopping 8 times! It’s not that i’m trying to get the police off my trail or that i pissed some minister off and i don’t want him to find me. I think i owe most of the numbers to my uni days: Moving once at the e…
Well we all have our friends, best ones, good ones, ones we just know and ones we would even give our lives for ( excuse the over dramatisation). I was indeed surprised when i was reunited with a friend that i hadn’t spoken to for almost 6 years. After…
By far, one of the most fascinating people I have ever met in my life. One of the most well read and extremely opinionated people I have come across. He is the axe murderer, the Nerd, the Cripple.First year - Spent the first year of university obssessi…
This man, he searches high and low for “the perfect band machang”. He is very picky and takes time to decide. He plays guitar and apparently sings interesting songs on stage when intoxicated.After weeks of constant badgering and coming up with the same…
You stood there among the tax collectorsWhile they sang and made merryYou were watching themAnd I watched youWatching themWorried that their sin wouldMar your perfectionAfraid that your God’s own imageWould be tarnished by them around youThe light of…
I would give anything. I would pay another grand to watch him again. I laughed for one and a half hours straight. I thought it would repeated jokes from Outsourced but there was nothing old. Everything was brand new and funnier than ever. He was in his…
I’m gonna try and do the ballot thingy a little differently this year, scrapping the pretty pictures and names and instead try to illustrate why I’ve chosen each of the films in each categories. Starting with Costume Design.The Devil Wears Prada, Patri…
When I read the, once “Highly Confidential” - but now public (as a result of the Iowa anti-trust case), email thread from Redmond, it just cracked me up.Sounding much like a bunch of kids fighting over who’s daddy is better, this is further proof that …
Admin : There are rumours saying that LBN is financially wrecked. We know that a seven month shutdown can have a very bad negative impact on a company financially. How would you explain the present situation at LBN?
Shirantha : Whilst LBN has had to contend with a massive loss due to this issue we are in no way wrecked. Financially we are in a position to continue operations and expand the network as well as continue to improve on the services we provide.
Admin : When is the expected commercial relaunch of LBN?
Shirantha : We hope to commence commercial operations shortly.
Admin : Has the transmission network of LBN being damaged badly due to the shutdown. If not why has there been an extended period of testing?
Shirantha : There was extensive damage to the network. We have rectified most of the damage and have reconnected a majority of the customers who had changed to local antennas.
Admin : Should we expect an increase in the monthly rental of LBN packages and also the initial installation cost?
Shirantha : There will be no increase in the monthly charges for existing customers for at least the next six months. We are in the process of reevaluating the pricing in view of the new content we are introducing. If there is a revision this will apply to new customers only.
Admin : Will LBN be broadcasting the ICC World Cup tournament live? Dialog TV is said to have obtained exclusive rights for this on the pay television platform.
Shirantha : Dialog has got exclusive satellite rights and we are in discussions with the broadcaster. If Dialog has paid a premium to stop other platforms and deny non dialog customers from watching the world cup we will not be able to broadcast the world cup on LBN. This is yet to be finalized.
Admin : What else can we expect from LBN in the future?
Shirantha : We have already launched two sports channels. Namely Neo Sports and Neo Sports PLUS. We are in the final stages of discussions with HBO to launch HBO Family and HBO Hits. In addition we will also be adding Discovery, Animal Planet and Discovery Travel and Living. Very shortly. However the most exciting thing in the future is the introduction of High Speed internet. The license for this has already been given by the TRC and we hope to launch this in the 2nd half of 2007. Whilst the digital signal is available at present we will formally launch the digital services shortly. There appears to be a common misconception that digital is only available on satellite.
So it looks like LBN subscribers are in for a treat with the upcoming launch of HBO Hits, HBO Family and Discovery Communication Channels. Not to mention high speed internet which seems to be the best thing that can happen to LBN subscribers. Even if LBN does not show the ICC World Cup the planned channel lineup as well as the internet plans will make up for it.
We like to thank Mr. Shirantha for taking time to answer the above questions.
I’ve been in Toronto for the last 2 weeks at the SAP Sales and Distribution academy. I have a week in Montreal and then I’ll be heading back for another 2 weeks this Sunday to complete the course. Immediately after the course I will write the certifica…
I read a very interesting article in the ‘World Review’ supplement in The Island of 15.02.07 which published an [...]
thanks for coming.
sorry if we pissed you off with our incessant posts about the show - but that’s how we had to maintain interest for the play.
reviews here and here and here.
Some breathtaking scenery of SL…It is a truly an enchanted land like no other. We count ourselves lucky for living here. The only problem is the people running it…These pics were taken by a very good friend of mine, DW.
An Overview of the “Training of Trainers on HIV/AIDS and Young People’s Sexuality”
Held on the 19th and 20th of February, the Training of Trainers Programme (ToT) on the 19th began with a presentation done by Dr. Sujatha Samarakoon, Director, National HIV AIDS and STD Control Programme, Ministry of Health on the topic biological and [...]
i seem to have got myself into a kind of funk lately. i think it all began when i tore a contact lens on sunday morning…then i had to go teacher-fy at Co-MUN that afternoon and be front of house-ing also. i wore my glasses. i look…well different with them on and my face constantly [...]
Today I realized that it has been a long time since I posted on my blog when my buddy Charith asked why I didn't post anything on my blog. What can I say? Things have been a bit on the slower side but I really can't give a valid reason. Too much work? Lazy to make a blog post? Nothing happening? might be the questions you might ask me but a mixture of these questions are actually the answers.
I was down with continuous migraine headaches last month. I consulted a neurologist whom I did consult when I had similar headaches couple of years back. So I was more on the recovery phase and things are better now. I did miss few weeks of playing cricket but after that I got back into playing mode. Then got injured my leg while running between wickets. ahhh.. Too many things to worry about. I can walk but when I try to run I get the pain. Should look into it.
A lot has been happening around the Cricket world. Couldn't get my blog updated with Cricket updates. Specially when the Englishmen beat the Aussies to win the Commonwealth Bank Series. The World Cup is around the corner. Guess who will win?
Got a chance to go to Riverston this weekend with my colleagues. It was really fun but was raining and a lot of mist there on Sunday. So changed the plan a bit and went to Sigiriya. It was a good break after a while. Hopefully I will keep things posted ![[Wink]](http://www.nazly.net/smiles/icon_wink.gif){kind=icon}
how you view something, pov of someone, how you place urself. lately i’ve lost the perspective in my life. when someone leaves you to be far, the perspective changed. to me its been changing for as long as i’ve known. how does perspective affect yours? when there is uncertainity of the path thats laid before you becomes blurry or unstable, when u thought everythin has been set out, somethin along
how you view something, pov of someone, how you place urself. lately i’ve lost the perspective in my life. when someone leaves you to be far, the perspective changed. to me its been changing for as long as i’ve known. how does perspective affect yours? when there is uncertainity of the path thats laid before you becomes blurry or unstable, when u thought everythin has been set out, somethin along
I am now officially the Head Prefect of Vidura College for the Year 2007. This is another totally unexpected and an unwanted event that happened to me on the Month of February and in the first two months of the year. It looks like this year is going to…
Kareem’s, Jumma MasjidCalcutta cab rideTaj Mahal, AgraJaisalmer Express, RajastanMain Street, Jaisalmer Fort, Rajastan
Burn burnburn in helldrown downmy big wellthe waters closing in on youtheres hardly anything you can do.your arms are reaching out for helpall i can say is ” go to hell”i shall wait to see you drownand on my face will be an evil frownall the pain that …
LAW & SOCIETY TRUSTPresents‘Out of the box’: A forum for young scholarsThis is an attempt to provide a forum for the presentation of new work in the sphere of socio-legal research.Our Topic:”Language of illness”- Voices of Tamil women on perceived …
The first public meeting of the coalition against corruption was held in Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on 8th of February 2007. The meeting was organized with the principal objective of forming a broad coalition against corruption in the island. The coalition aims at:
Preventing abuses of public funds, wastages, inefficiency and extravagance of public finance in [...]
My second attempt at my own blog. Hopefully this time it’ll last.This time though, thanks to a few ideas, there is some purpose behind it. Hopefully this might even produce some results.The other night i found my self enthusiastically heading towards M…
YouTube Broadcast Yourself™ chathuranga99 wants to share a video with you Video Description i was fired for a poem at the apple talent show. "think different," indeed. here’s the story! Personal Message…
why do ppl make lame excuses? why can’t ppl tell the truth? what happened to honesty? i have had it with ppl messing around and keeping things low key.everytime i try to talk to him, he gives me a ” lame excuse” like, ” i’m out trying to buy fags ” WHY…
I have installed Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit version in my computer few weeks ago. This is my finding for the moment of the Microsoft so called New operating system.Graphics Very good graphics features with the new windows Aero function it p…
Was just wasting time looking around YouTube and came across this hilarious video. The clip is about this dude who recited his poem at the Apple Computer talent show and got fired as a result. The poem itself is quite funny… Check it out…and make s…
This topic has been going round for ages, but now we are reaching the climax of the situation. Will Comet Cable (Ruhuna Multivision 2001) manage to solve its current problems? Will Comet ever go Digital? Will Comet subcribers ever know the truth about …
It’s been a year since the last Bangladesh festival - a fantastic exchange of ideas, a celebration of culture & Diversity and foundations of a few eternal friendships.
All things in the experience are worth a revisit, the dance, the fun, the music and the serious issues we managed to discuss and act on in-between. The [...]
“Good morning, Dad. What’s up?”“What a question, Son! If you really want to know what’s up, you must be one of the very few persons who are blissfully unaware. Inflation is up!”“Oh, no! Not again! What’s happening, Dad? Why are prices c…
Here I am in the deep end of the poolWaiting for you to come join me,Yet, you prefer to remain in the shallow watersAfraid you might drown your shallow soul,I call out to you; I reach out to pull you by your handYet you would rather stay far,As I swim …
“Welcome back, Dad. How was work?”“It was fine, Son. How was your day? I notice you’re watching TV. Does that mean you’ve finished your homework?”“Not yet, Dad. I don’t feel like doing homework.”“Son, on a few things, there’s no c…
“Happy Anti-Corruption Day, Dad!”“Same to you, Son… Did you know that today is three years since the UN signed the International Convention against Corruption? My guess is that several persons in positions of power, in many countries, have been…
“Dad, the objective of business is to make oodles of money for its shareholders, isn’t it?”“Business is certainly about making profits, Son - but it’s not only about making profits. How profits are generated is as important as how much is gen…
“Dad, I’m confused about the ways of the government.”“It’s the prerogative of governments to keep their citizens guessing, Son – a kind of perpetual exercise to keep people mentally agile, I guess… But what have they done now, to befuddle…
“What’s up with you, Son?”“Nothing much, Dad. I’m just reading the newspapers… What is this budget thing that everybody has been talking about lately?”“The government prepares a statement of income and expenditure, Son, just like we do …
The ballroom was an appropriate setting as Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe earlier this week waltzed through a speech on “Maintaining the balance of peace building and economic development: the way forward”.He emphasised that the national proble…
Soon after we were informed last week that Prof. Noriyuki Shutto was in Colombo, the Sunday Times FT succeeded in catching up with him at the Cinnamon Grand. At an exclusive tête-à-tête, Prof. Shutto expounded on the Japanese way of communication an…
An aura of optimism mingled with the aroma of chicken biriyani when India’s High Commissioner Alok Prasad emphasized that India wants Sri Lanka to “get maximum benefit out of the growth process in India.” At a luncheon meeting held at the Taj Sam…
20th February, 2007
Dear Valued Customer,
After seven and half long months of closure by the authorities, we have now been permitted commence operation and are now conducting test transmissions. Our network has suffered immense damage during the period of closure. We are in the process of restoring the network.
If you are not receiving our transmission, please call our Customer Service Hotline 5 300 300
We greatly value your patronage and wish to thank you very sincerely for your patience during this difficult period and having kept faith in LBN
LBN MANAGEMENT
It is not surprising that LBN may be having some financial problems due to the closure but this is said to be a more serious issue. We again stress that this is an unconfirmed story.
Only LBN management will be able to tell us the truthfulness of the story and also why the test transmission message is still on the website. Another unconfirmed story is that in certain areas commercial transmissions have resumed but in certain others they are still on test transmission mode.
In other news, even though “Dialog TV” have been awarded exclusive rights to broadcast the ICC Cricket World Cup it seems that other operators such as LBN are also in with a chance to carry to out the broadcast. Please read “Will the Dialog TV broadcast of the ICC World Cup really be exclusive” for more on this subject.
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