Paris launches electric car-sharing scheme »
Electric rental cars will be available to hire across Paris from next week Continue reading the main story Paris is launching its first car-sharing project as it aims to clear its traffic-clogged boulevards. The backers hope the scheme will be a major boost for electric vehicles. The Autolib system is intended to build on the [...]
Scientists Search for the Lost City of Atlantis »
FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today, we tell about efforts to find the lost city of Atlantis. We tell about new evidence that human beings began to influence Earth’s climate eight thousand years ago. And we tell about a [...]
Govt., calls for increase in hotel room rates »
Tuesday, 22 March 2011 00:34 By Athraja de Silva The government has called on all star- class hotels in the capital city to increase their room rates from the current US$ 100 to US$ 125, with effect from April 1. In case rooms of this category are sold below the instructed amount, a tax of [...]
ඉදිරියේ දී හිරු කුණාටු පෙළක් ඇතිවිය හැකි යැයි විද්යාඥයෝ අනතුරු අඟවති »
ඉදිරියේ දී හිරු කුණාටු පෙළක් ඇතිවිය හැකි යැයි විද්යාඥයෝ අනතුරු අඟවති සූර්ය කුණාටුවක් පිළිබඳ පුවතක් පසු ගිය සති අන්තයේ මාධ්ය හරහා හමා යන්නට වූයේ ය. එහෙත් එවැන්නක සේයාවකුදු ශ්රී ලංකාවාසී අපට අපට නම් දැනුණේ නොවේ. එහි දී සිදු වූයේ කුමක් ද? මාධ්ය මගින් බොරු ප්රචාරයක් ගෙන ගියේ ද, එසේ නැති නම් ඒ පිළිබඳ අනාවැකි පැවසූ [...]
Shangri La eying on Yala »
Shangri – La, the Hong Kong based leading hotel group, is now eyeing on Sri Lanka’s wild life paradise Yala Natinal Park for its latest hotel project in Sri Lankan soil, a highly placed source in Economic Development Ministry revealed “Lanka News Today.” Shangri La is now planning to construct another luxurious hotel in Hambanthota. [...]
Chinese manufacturers cash in on royal wedding »
09:35, January 13, 2011 A woman shows a replica of the British royal engagement ring at a jewellery factory in Yiwu, Zhejiang province January 12, 2011. Chinese manufacturers are cashing in on the British royal wedding craze as they churn out tens of thousands of replica royal engagement rings for the world. (Photo/Agencies) Britain may [...]
Space tourism jet work continues »
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Paris The European project to develop a space jet for fare-paying passengers is still very much alive, says EADS Astrium. The plane, which would make short hops above the atmosphere, was announced in 2007 and then almost immediately put on hold because of the global downturn. But Astrium, [...]
Sri Lankans offered Indian medical tourism packages »
Dec 07, 2010 (LBO) – A range of medical treatment presently unavailable in the island will be made available to Sri Lankans in neighboring India at an affordable cost, a newly launched health tourism company said. “Our aim is to offer high quality health care at an affordable cost to middle income families,” Manilal Fernando, [...]
British Royal Wedding Set for April 29 »
By SARAH LYALL Published: November 23, 2010 LONDON — The date and location have been set: the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton is to take place on April 29 at Westminster Abbey. Related * Diana’s Ring Seals Prince William’s Marriage Plans (November 17, 2010) An aide to Prince William said on Tuesday that [...]
Hunting for Looted Art in Paris »
Bettmann/Corbis IN Room 38 of the Louvre’s Richelieu Wing hangs “The Astronomer” by the Dutch master Jan Vermeer. It is an exquisite painting. The stargazer sits before a celestial globe, his fingers spanning the constellation Pegasus. He wears a teal Japanese silk robe, a style favored by Dutch burghers in the late 17th century. He [...]
