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Passing
Feb 04, 2014 (LBO) – Mel was regarded by colleagues as a hard-nosed financial journalist even after she switched to a more lucrative job with an international ratings agency, but few would have known of her other passion – motor sports and classic cars. Our last conversation a few days earlier was all about the […]
Appreciation
Feb 04, 2014 (LBO) One of the most humbling experiences in my professional life is the opportunity I had, to work with Mel Gunasekera for nearly ten years and to build a rewarding friendship.Mel took over the challenge of building LBO at a time most people were skeptical about the future of web as a […]
Obituary Notice
Gunasekera, Melicia (Mel) – Dearly beloved daughter of Marcus and Manel Gunasekera and loving sister of Dayan died under tragic circumstances. Cortege leaves residence 55/4, Gemunu Mawatha, Sri Subuthipura, Battaramulla at 2.30 pm on February 4, 2014 for service at Our Lady of Fatima Church Battaramulla. Burial will be held at Roman Catholic section of […]
Crime
Feb 02, 2014 (LBO) – Mel Gunasekera, a senior Sri Lankan financial journalist and founder editor of Lanka Business Online, was found murdered at her house Sunday, police said.Investigators were working with a bloodstained fingerprint and close-circuit-television-footage, police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said. She was alone in the house, in Battaramulla, while her parents and […]
Tragedy
COLOMBO, February 2, 2014 (AFP) – Former Agence France-Presse journalist Mel Gunasekera was stabbed to death on Sunday after a break-in at her family’s home in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, police said.The body of Gunasekera, who had been working for the international ratings agency Fitch, was discovered by her parents at their house in […]
Arrest
Feb 02, 2014 (LBO) – A suspect had been arrested over the murder of Mel Gunasekera, a senior financial journalist in Sri Lanka who was current working at Fitch, an international ratings agency.Before joining Fitch Ratings, Gunasekera was at the French News Agency AFP. She was the founder editor of Lanka Business Online and was […]
Tata Nano, other Indian small cars fail crash tests: safety body
NEW DELHI, January 31, 2014 (AFP) – The Tata Nano, billed as the world’s cheapest car, and a host of other top-selling small models from India have failed their first independent crash tests, a global safety group said Friday. The five entry-level vehicles — including the country’s best-selling small car the Suzuki-Maruti Alto 800, as […]
Incident
Jan 29, 2014 (LBO) – Harsha de Silva, an opposition legislator and economist said a person who had accused him of assault had withdrawn a complaint made to the police. The person had alleged that de Silva had hit him on the head after an exchange of words when clearing a bare land near his […]
Lawlessness
COLOMBO, January 28, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Buddhist hierarchy and other religious leaders accused police Tuesday of failing to prosecute those behind a recent wave of attacks on Christians and Muslims.A multi-religious group led by Buddhist monks said the country had failed to grasp the threat posed by hate speech and attacks because local […]
IMF rep, UN staff among 14 killed in Kabul restaurant attack
KABUL, January 18, 2014 (AFP) – Taliban suicide attackers killed at least 14 people, including the IMF representative in Afghanistan and three UN staff, in a terrifying gun and bomb attack on a Kabul restaurant popular with foreigners.One attacker blew himself up outside the Taverna du Liban in the upmarket Wazir Akbar Khan neighbourhood Friday […]
Modern cigarettes more dangerous than ever: US health report
WASHINGTON, January 17, 2014 (AFP) – Smoking cigarettes can cause even more health problems than lung cancer, including blindness, diabetes, erectile dysfunction and liver cancer, said a major US government report on Friday.The latest Surgeon General’s findings on the health consequences of smoking were to be formally announced at the White House, in a ceremony […]
‘s Sonia Gandhi stalls son Rahul PM candidacy push
NEW DELHI, January 17, 2014 (AFP) – India’s ruling party was putting on a united front Friday at a mass rally after its leader Sonia Gandhi stalled a push to name her son Rahul as prime ministerial candidate at looming elections.Thousands of Congress party members have gathered in the capital New Delhi for a conclave […]