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A while ago when the global pandemic Swine Flu reached Sri Lanka the Health officials remarked that Sri Lankans were most likely to die of Dengue. Now dengue has reached dizzying heights and is well on its way to making new records. The current trend of dengue is rewriting history with 140 deaths for this year. It is a marked increase to 2004 which reported 83 deaths and was once deemed the peak year for Dengue. Dengue is on a rampage and most often victims are caught off guard while most Government officials’ getaway with the slogan that prevention was ...
Buried within our subconscious is this everlasting wish to look young and beautiful forever. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of hard work and effort to maintain one’s youthful looks and most people, men and women alike have been turning to plastic surgery and several other medical procedures as the answer to this yearning. However, during a recent seminar conducted on the topic ‘Clinic based medical procedures to reverse the signs of ageing’ British plastic surgeon Dr. Haren Jayasinghe discussed the importance of non invasive medical anti ageing therapy as opposed to the more complex plastic surgery etc. During a quick Q and A ...
The couple used to have major fights. After one particularly vitriolic eruption on both sides, she walked out declaring her intention to divorce him. There was no-one to stop her. The lawyers lapped up the case and a year later, she was Mrs.Ex. A divorce should never be embarked on in anger. So many young couples and not so young couples find it hard to get on with each other and think that divorce is the way out. You may toy with the idea but you should not forget that you married ‘for better or worse, for richer ...
True friendship is hard to find, a friend says. But she knows it when she sees it. And so do many of you. I had a discussion amongst a tight circle of friends what friends really meant and the degrees of friendship we shared. Acts of Friendship Himali was sitting with a big group in the school lunchroom when she accidentally knocked her drink onto her lap. As word spread that it looked like Himali had wet herself, the laughter began to mount. Then she noticed her best friend doing something strange. “She poured water on herself,” Himali said. For some, the defining moments ...
Our cover personality this month is a lady that has brought in knowledge and expertise from world over to share with her motherland on sugar crafts. Dushanthi Madanayake is the youngest daughter of the famous cake decorative specialist Helen Madanayake. Dushanthi ventured into this field at the tender age of six and continued to shine from school days on the decorative art of cakes. This month she shares her secret of success with the readers of LW. As a woman, culinary skills is one particular field that everyone appreciates but only a few women boldly venture into this field and gain ...
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August 29, 2010 | No Comments | Real Lives
The pupils of the School for the Deaf at Ratmalana recently staged a variety show titled “Pipena Piyum” at Ladies College Hall. The evening included a multitude of their inborn talents highlighted by the efforts of the students and teachers. The theme portrays children endeavouring to rise up in life with parental care and proper guidance from their teachers and elders around them. All children...
August 29, 2010 | No Comments | Events
The second budget airline to enter the Sri Lankan market after the 30 year war was Fly Dubai. With the recession that took the whole world by storm more concentration seems to be diverted towards the budget airlines to keep the cost low to give more options to the customer. Speaking on the occasion was the CEO Fly Dubai Mr. Ghaith Al Ghaith, who travelled on the inaugural flight, “We are delighted...
August 29, 2010 | No Comments | Health
When the baby is lying in head down presentation the head stretches the tissues of the birth canal and helps opening of the neck of the womb during the process of labour. As the head is the largest part of the body which is not compressible , the birth canal should be open enough for the head to be born first. During the descent of the head through the birth canal, the head or skull changes its...
August 29, 2010 | No Comments |
The position of the Marketing Manager was filled by Kisani Dahanayake who now marks her 20th year in the industry. Though her qualifications are mostly in the Apparel sector, she had held senior positions in the field of Marketing since the inception of her career, her last tenure being at Emerald International as the Marketing Manager. Oriflame is one of the fastest growing cosmetic brands in Sri...
