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Bopathella waterfall
The Bopath Falls cascades in the shape of a bo (Ficus religiosa) tree (hence its name) and is the most comprehensively studied fall in Sri Lanka. Its source is the Kurugana River that later joins the Kaluganga River at Kurugaomaodara.The average temperature of the area is 26.9 - 27.8 degrees Celsius and the annual rainfall of the fall’s catchment area is 5080mm. The mean speed of the flow is 6 cubic metres per second. The upper reach of the fall is made up of granite and biotite virin, and is covered by sand. The water from the fall irrigates the paddy fields of the Udakada and Kuruwita areas.

BAMBARA KANDA FALL
TheThis fall, due to its sheer drop of 241m, is the highest in the whole of Sri Lanka. Set amid an evergreen forest, it is formed by the Uduweriya Haputale mountains’ Kuda Oya (river), a tributary of the Walawe River. It cascades in a torrent (especially in the wet season) from a rocky outcrop into a deep, basin-like pool. To the left of the fall, centuries of wind and rain have formed what is said to resemble two embracing lovers out of the rock.

Bambarakanda Falls is situated in the Badulla District, Handumulla PC. From the Colombo - Badulla highway, turn left for Weerakoon village and continue for 5km to the fall. The terrain is relatively difficult, so a four-wheel drive vehicle is recommended. Belihul Oya rest-house is 18km away, and Koslanda rest-house is 27km. World’s End, another of Sri Lanka’s major natural tourist attractions, is just 18km away.

DUNHINDA FALL This is considered to be one of the most enchanting falls in Sri Lanka and is in close proximity to Badulla town. The water resembles a thin cloud as it cascades 63m downwards into a large pool. The backdrop to the fall is known as ‘Dunhinda Adaviya’. ‘Dunhinda’ translates to ’spraying/vapour waterfall’ - the word ‘dun’ means ‘gave/was given’, while ‘hinda’ means ‘evaporate’.

both native and foreign visitors. On the approach to the fall, there are a large number of unauthorized pitches put up by traders. Visitors who patronize these stalls often carelessly throw away rejected food, polythene and other refuse on the site surrounding the fall. To aggravate the problem, illicit logging is carried out in the reserve causing an environmental nightmare. Urgent conservational measures are required. Dunhinda Falls is 5km from Badulla town and from the main highway it is a tortuous 1km walk. The Ella rest-house is 29km away.

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Bakers Waterfalls
Baker's waterfall is one of very beautiful waterfalls in Sri Lanka.
This waterfalls is height about 22 meters. It is very beautiful because in various corners we can see various sceneries. The waterfall like steps, In top side we can see a pool and this point fall divide more than thousand of parts and made beautiful scenery in middle of the fall. Below the middle of fall there has another waterfall. It also very beautiful. Include all things and fall become the most beautiful waterfallin Sri Lanka.

There has the tree which inside of Baker's Waterfall. It gives more valuable to fall. You can't take a photo without this tree. This fall is situate at Horton plains If you travel to visit Worlds End via Horton plains don't miss to visit this place. Some person has missed to visit this place because they don't think there has very beautiful and very big this type of waterfall. How we believe this.
Bakers waterfall is Not a one and only waterfall of Horton plains. It is a most beautiful waterfall of Horton plains. Don't bath at this waterfall. You can travel any season of the year to this. You can camping at inside of Horton plains. First you should get permission from wild life department of Colombo.
Some young go to bath in this place and they lost there valuable life. Mr. Samuwel Bakers who is British hunter had come to this place at 1845 AD. There fore this waterfall identifies Bakers waterfalls. There is a deep hole at the middle of this waterfall. There fore don't try to bath in this waterfall because many young's are dead at this place.

Dhuwili Waterfalls
Dhuwili Ella of Balangoda Sri Lanka is a very high and a beautiful waterfall in Sri Lanka. Dhuwili Ella is at Kalthota which is Hambegambuwa road of Balangoda. There are about 27 kilometeres from Balangoda town and you have to walk 3kms from Kalthota. Dhuwili Ella is situated at below of Samanala Wawa Wally. Samanala Wawa means Wally which is like a butterfly. Main entrance of Samanala Wewa is at Belihuloya and Pambahinna. Samanala Wawa is situated at 8km Distance from Sabaragamuwa University. University of Sabaragamuwa Sri Lanka is also at Kumbalgama road which is direct to Samanala Wawa. Dhuwili Ella waterfall is very beautiful and large amount of water falls down from it every second. There fore not suitable to bath at this waterfall. Belihuloya has the No.01 in World pure waterways. There are many sub waterfalls at this region. Denagama, Denagamoya, Imbulpe, Uggala Kalthota and Uggal Aluth Nuwara are some other places seen at this region.How to get thereYou can reach Dhuwili Waterfalls from Balangoda - Kalthota road. 27 Km from Balangoda.

Diyaluma Fall this is the third highest fall in Sri Lanka. The torrent of water cascades down to the Koslande Plateau and during rain it is a spectacular sight. Sadly, this enchanting fall visible from the Koslande highway may disappear due to frequent landslides. On one side of the fall the land is covered in deciduous plants. Wildlife found in the area include lizards. The fall is located along the Koslande - Welawaya road in the Badulla District. Koslanda is the nearest town to the fall, 6km away, and Welawaya is 13km away.

Devon Waterfall Devon waterfall of Sri Lanka is one of very beautiful waterfall of Sri Lanka and which is situated at Thalawakale of Sri Lanka. This falls is high above 1159m from sea level. This falls at between Thalawakele and Hatton and situated at about 7km from Thalawakele town. This waterfall is height about 98m. Easily view this waterfall from main road (A7) of Thalawakele to Hatton. .
Devon waterfall is at Pathana area of Thalawakele and very closed to St. Clair waterfall. Mlesna tea center is at closed to Devon waterfalls and there are no more rest places at Thalawakele place.
There are two main view points at A7 road of Thalawakele. Lower view point is special because both St.clair and Devon falls can be viewed from same place. In Railway viewing point is at Watagoda place which is at 10km from Thalawakele to Nanuoya side.
Devon is very beautiful waterfall and don't dirt this place
LAKSHAPANA FALL
This very popular 129m fall is thought to derive its name from the presence of iron ore (laksha) in the rocks over which the water flows.
The fall was said to house a labyrinth of tunnels, one of which still exists. Superstitious villagers tell how during Halloween, a golden melon bobs up and down in the water.


The Laksapana Reservoir, where the fall is found, is used by power stations at New Laksapana, Canyon and Polpitye Samanala resulting in a certain amount of water depletion. A number of villages including Laksapana, Pathana, Kiriwaneliya, Muruthatenna, Kottalena, Hunugala and Belumgala surround the fall.
The fall is 660m above sea level in the Nuwara Eliya Ambagamuwa Korale at the Ginigathhena Divisional Secretariat. The most convenient route is the Hatton - Maskeliya road. Take this road for 18km from Hatton, where a footpath leads down past the Pathana village to the fall. Alternatively, take the Laksapana road from the Kaluganga River junction for 14km to the Laksapana Temple. The fall is just 2.5km from here. The closest town is Ginigathhena, and the hotels of Dick Oya are 50km away
St. Clair Waterfall St. Clair waterfalls is at Thalawakele Sri Lanka. It is very beautiful and wide waterfall of Sri Lanka. Some tell that St. Clair as little Niagara. St. Clair has several stairs. St. Clair is at St. Clai estate of Thalawakele. There fore waterfall also identified as St. Clai. Devon waterfalls also at closed to this waterfall. St. Clai is at 4km from Thalawakele town to Hatton road. There are main view points at main road although you can go down to the tea estate for beautiful views. This falls can be viewed clearly on the railway also. Some tourists visit this waterfall on the way to Nuwaraeliya.

Ravana waterfall

Ravana waterfalls is one of very beautiful of Sri Lanka and which is situated at Badulla district and you can visit it Near Ella place. This waterfall is situated near the Bandarawela-Wallawawaya road. When you travel along this way you can see nice waterfall called Ravana falls.
Ravana means ancient story of India and Sri Lanka. We can identify that this fall also has long history. Without special reason the name isn't kept. There fore we can't think that Ravana falls hasn't long history.
Middle of the Ravana fall there is a tunnel. People cant though it but in King Walagamba's time they might through it. Some people tried to through it although they couldn't get permission. Near Ravana falls there is a Temple called Dova Temple. This temple also has same tunnel. Some says that those tunnels are not two those are only one. Some says that there are tunnel system to protect king and others. Various places of Badulla district has these type of tunnels. Dova Temple was made by King Walagamba in 13th Century.
Dowa king Walagmba ancient Temple and there were very secret tunnel system at between those places. In now some tunnels are there. Through the tunnels is some what dangerous.
Dova Perahara at every year to Kumbalwela and Bandarawela.

Ramboda waterfall
Ramboda waterfalls is situated at Ramboda of Nuwaraeliya district of Sri Lanka. Ramboda is at between Nuwaraeliya and Gampola towns. There are about 35km to Ramboda from Gampola town. Ramboda waterfall is at downside of the main road and it cannot see from the main road. You should you down to the main road at Ramboda bridge of Nuwaraeliya Kandy main road and then you can visit the Ramboda waterfall. Ramboda waterfall is not a single waterfall and it has two staires. Up side of the main road of Ramboda place, There is a another waterfall. Most of tourist dismiss the waterfall and they visit up side waterfall and go away. But dont forget to visit Ramboda main waterfall at downside of the Ramboda of Nuwaraeliya Sri Lanka.

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IBM Makes Plastic From Plants

iBM researchers announced they have discovered a way to make Earth-friendly plastic using organic catalysts from plants.

The new plant-based plastic could quickly replace petroleum-based products that are tough on the environment because they are so slow to degrade.

The plastic research breakthrough promises biodegradable plastics made in a way that saves on energy, according to Chandrasekhar “Spike” Narayan, a manager of science and technology at IBM’s Almaden Research Center in Northern California.

Almaden and Stanford University researchers said the discovery could herald an era of sustainability for a plastics industry rife with seemingly eternal products notorious for cramming landfills and littering the planet.

“This discovery and new approach using organic catalysts could lead to well-defined, biodegradable molecules made from renewable resources in an environmentally responsible way,” IBM said in a press release.

The “green chemistry” breakthrough using “organic catalysts” results in plastics that could be repeatedly recycled, instead of only once as is the case with petroleum-based plastic made using metal oxide catalysts.

Plant plastics could also be made “biocompatible” to improve the targeting of drugs in bodies, such as cancer medicines aimed at killing cancer cells but sparing healthy ones, according to IBM.

“We’re exploring new methods of applying technology and our expertise in materials science to creating a sustainable, environmentally sound future,” said Almaden lab research director Josephine Cheng.

IBM is working on a way to put the discovery to work in the recycling of plastics used in food and beverage containers.

“We are really starting to scratch the surface of what we can do with it,” Narayan said of the process that has been demonstrated in the lab.

Plant plastics for things such as car parts could be made at lower costs than petroleum-based plastics, while biodegradable plastic materials of soda bottle quality are “competitive” on price, according to Narayan.

U.S. Government links farmers to new markets

Farmers in Kebithigollewa, northern Anuradhapura District, are earning more money from their fruits and vegetables, thanks to an USAID project that linked farmers with new markets.

The U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) has developed new markets for farmers in Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura District to sell their produce, raising incomes for farmers and creating new long-term partnerships with Sri Lankan food companies.

USAID, the development agency of the U.S. Government, rehabilitated the Ulpatha Fruit and Vegetable Collection Center, creating a central collection location for Kebithigollewa area farmers. USAID also linked local farmers with John Keells Supermarkets and Plenty Foods, providing technical training to prepare 200 farmers to sell directly to the companies. These new relationships have given farmers a stable market for their products at higher prices and have increased their incomes.

Sunethra Priyaradshani, a benefiting farmer said, "There was an abundance of fruits and vegetables in our village, but we did not get a reasonable price for our produce from the middlemen. Thanks to USAID, now we get a better price for our yield."

Rebecca Cohn, USAID Mission Director, noted the long-term benefit of this partnership. "USAID developed this new relationship between private sector companies and area farmers, and this partnership will continue after our project is completed. The improved Collection Center is reducing processing and transportation costs and increasing farmers’ incomes. Food companies have access to a consistent supply of quality produce, consumers have more choices, and farmers receive a stable, fair price for their fruits and vegetables. Everybody wins from this partnership."

The Center is the first of its kind in the area, benefiting not only the participating farmers, but also the 3000 members of the Kebithigollewa Integrated Rural Development Organization (KIRDO) through increased revenues and training. "I see a major change in the thinking pattern of the farmers in the villages since USAID intervened to provide training and to encourage them to improve their income. I am grateful to USAID for helping the farmers of Kebithigollewa, in making their lives better," said U.P. Rajakaruna Basnayake, the head of KIRDO.

The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, have provided development and humanitarian assistance in developing countries worldwide for nearly 50 years. Since 1956, USAID/Sri Lanka has invested nearly $2 billion to benefit all the people of Sri Lanka.

UN renews war crimes charges against Sri Lanka

UN renews war crimes charges against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has strongly opposed a move by the UN to reveal the findings of an analysis of the authenticity of the "Channel 4 videotape" containing footage from northern Sri Lanka during a special briefing at the UN on January 7.

Foreign Secretary Romesh Jayasinghe has, in a communiqué to Professor Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions, requested him not to make a public statement without giving the Sri Lankan government adequate time to study what Alston called a technical note containing opinions expressed by three foreign experts retained by the UN.

The controversial footage, allegedly taken by a soldier last January, was aired on August 25, 2009. Interestingly, Alston quoted Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS), widely believed to be based in Germany as his source which asserted that the video had been made last January.

Based on the opinion obtained from experts in forensic pathology, Forensic video analysis, and firearm evidence, Alston informed the Sri Lankan government on Wednesday (January 6) of his decision to issue a public statement the following day.

Emphasising that experts hired by him had invalidated most of the arguments of Sri Lankan experts, including two, who worked for the armed forces, Alston called for an independent inquiry into war crimes charges as well as other serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law.

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told The Island that the government had received the technical note at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday and it would be unreasonable to go public the following day before the Sri Lankan government could study the issue. Such a course of action would be unfair and considered another example of biased pre-judgement, the Minister said.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් චන්ද්‍රිකාවක්‌

අමල් උඩවත්ත

"ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට චන්ද්‍රිකාවක්‌ නිපදවන්න හෝ මිල දී ගන්න හෝ හැකියාවක්‌ නෑ. හේතුව චන්ද්‍රිකාවක්‌ නිපදවීමටත් ගුවන්ගත කිරීමටත් අධික මුදලක්‌ වැය කිරීමට සිදු වනවා වගේම දැනුම තිබෙන මානව සම්පත්වල හිඟකමයි. මේ වගේ කටයුත්තක්‌ සිදු කිරීමට රජයේ පූර්ණ අනුග්‍රහය අත්‍යවශ්‍යයි. ඉන්දියාව ආර්ථික අපහසුතා තිබුණත් රාජ්‍ය අනුග්‍රහය ලැබුණු නිසා මේ අභියෝගය ජයගත්තා" යනුවෙන් මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ විද්යුත් හා විදුලි සන්දේශ අධ්‍යයනංශයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය ආචාර්ය කිත්සිරි සමරසිංහ විදුසර සමග කළ සාකච්ඡාවක දී පැවසී ය.

මෙහි දී තවදුරටත් අදහස්‌ දැක්‌වූ ආචාර්ය සමරසිංහ "ශ්‍රී ලංකාව හැරුණු කොට ආසියාවේ බොහෝ රටවලට අයත් චන්ද්‍රිකා හා අභ්‍යවකාශ වැඩසටහන් තිබෙනවා. මේ රටවල් චන්ද්‍රිකා තාක්‌ෂණයෙන් ලෝකය ජයගත්තේ අවුරුදු 10ක්‌ තරම් දිගු සාර්ථක අභ්‍යවකාශ වැඩසටහනක්‌ ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ නිසයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ චන්ද්‍රිකා තාක්‌ෂණය දියුණු කරන්න කාලය දැන් ඇවිත්. ඒ සඳහා තිබෙන බාධක අදින් වසර 2කට පමණ පෙර රජයට ඉදිරිපත් කළා. වත්මන් රජය දැන් මේ පිළිබඳව අවධානය යොමු කරලා තිබෙනවා. ඒ නිසා විදුලි සංදේශ නියාමන කොමිෂන් සභාව සහභාගී කරවාගෙන පළමු අදියර සඳහා කළ සාකච්ඡා සාර්ථක වී තිබෙනවා.

මෙහි දී එංගලන්තයේ සරේ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය සමග ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන්න බලාපොරොත්තු වෙන්නේ. මෙම වැඩසටහනේ ප්‍රධාන අරමුණ අනාගතයේ දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ චන්ද්‍රිකාවක්‌ නිර්මාණය කිරීමයි. රටකට මේක ලෙහෙසි පහසු කාර්යයක්‌ නො වෙයි. ඒ නිසා මුලින් ම කළ යුත්තේ සරේ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් පර්යේෂකයන් යවා දැනුම හා පුහුණුව ලබා දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ගෙන්වා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල මට්‌ටමෙන් පර්යේෂකයන් හා ගුරුවරුන් පුහුණු කිරීමයි. ඒ වගේ ම විදෙස්‌ රටවල චන්ද්‍රිකා පර්යේෂණ හා නිපදවන ආයතනවලට අපේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින් යවා ඔවුන්ට උපාංග නිපදවීම පිළිබඳව අවබෝධයක්‌ ලබා දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ මේ උපාංග නිපදවීමේ කර්මාන්ත ආරම්භ කර ඒවා විදෙස්‌ ආයතවලට යවා ලැබෙන විදෙස්‌ විනිමය චන්ද්‍රිකා නිපදවීමට යෙදවීමයි.

NASCAR Notables 2009

ආසියාතික රටවල් චන්ද්‍රිකා තාක්‌ෂණයෙන් දියුණු වුණේ මේ ආකාරයටයි. ඒ වගේම අනිවාර්යයෙන් ම කළ යුතු දෙයක්‌ තමයි පාසල් ගුරුවරුන්ට මේ දැනුම ලබා දී පාසල් මට්‌ටමෙන් දරුවන්ට දැනුම ලබා දීමේ ක්‍රමවේදයක්‌ සකස්‌ කිරීම. මේ සඳහා සුදුසු ම ක්‍රමවේදය තමයි පාසල් විද්‍යා විෂය ධාරාවේ තාක්‍ෂණ විෂයට චන්ද්‍රිකා තාක්‍ෂණය විෂයයක්‌ ලෙස ඇතුළත් කිරීම. මේ සඳහා රාජ්‍ය අනුග්‍රහය ලබා දීම අත්‍යවශ්‍ය වන්නා සේ ම විදෙස්‌ ආයතනවල ද අනුග්‍රහය අවශ්‍ය වෙනවා. ඒ කියන්නේ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල මට්‌ටමෙන් මේ විෂය ක්‍ෂේත්‍රයේ ආචාර්යවරු පර්යේෂකයන් පුහුණු කළ යුතු සේ ම පාසල් ගුරුවරුන් ද පුහුණු කළ යුතුයි. මේ සඳහා වසර 10ක තරම් දිගු සාර්ථක වැඩසටහනක්‌ තිබිය යුතුයි. එහෙම වුණොත් ඉදිරි දිනක දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් චන්ද්‍රිකාවක්‌ නිර්මාණය කර ගුවන්ගත කිරීම අපහසු වෙන්නේ නෑ".

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Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu at the launch of Filmfare cover issue in April 2009.
Born	January 7, 1979 (1979-01-07) (age 30) New Delhi, India
Occupation	Film actress, model
Years active	2001 – present
Domestic partner(s)	John Abraham (2002 – present)
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Bipasha Basu (Bengali: বিপাশা বসু, Hindi: बिपाषा बासु) (born 7 January 1979) is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films and a former model. She was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest for 1996 and is currently one of the mainstream actresses in Bollywood.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Basu was born in New Delhi, India, to a Bengali family. She is the second of three daughters to her parents, the elder being Bidisha, and the younger—Vijayeta. Although she was born in New Delhi, her family later moved to Kolkata.

According to her, she had come into modeling and acting quite by accident, because initially she had planned to study medicine.^[1] Basu studied science till the 12th standard at Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir and later took up commerce at The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College, an undergraduate college affiliated with the University of Calcutta. In Kolkata, she did modelling and rampshows partime. Although, as pointed above, she intended to become a doctor, her aversion for dissections made her opt for chartered accountancy.^[2] However, in 1996, she met well-known model Mehr Jessia in Kolkata; the latter suggested that Basu take part in the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest. She eventually participated, and won the contest.^[1]

Career

After winning the Ford Godrej Cinthol contest, Basu was flown to New York by the Ford Company, where she had a successful modelling career at the age of 17.^[1]

Basu made her film debut in Abbas Mustan's Ajnabee, with Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol and Kareena Kapoor. She played a married woman who goes all out to woo her husband’s married friend, and eventually won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance.

In 2002, Basu starred in Telugu movie Takkari Donga opposite Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu and Vikram Bhatt's thriller Raaz. Raaz was a big commercial success and surfaced as the biggest hit of that year.^[3] For her performance in the film, she received her first Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare. One review in The Tribune noted, "...it is Bipasha Basu who steals the show with her fine performance."^[4] She appeared as Sonia Khanna in the 2003 hit movie Jism alongside John Abraham. The movie earned her a Filmfare Best Villain Award nomination.

Besides acting, Bips, as she is fondly called, did the famous video "Tu" for Sonu Nigam's album, Kismat back in her early days before she became an actress. She also made a guest appearance in Jay Sean's music video Stolen.^[5]

In 2006, she won popular acclaim for her performance in an Item number during the song Beedi in the film Omkara. The song was a national hit, and Basu's picturisation was appreciated.^[6]

In 2008 Basu starred in Race, her second collaboration with duo Abbas Mustan, with whom she debuted in Bollywood. Co-starring Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, the film performed well at the box office, and Basu's performance was appreciated by critics. Taran Adarsh of indiaFM described her performance as "her best work so far. She’s superb".^[7] She also received good reviews for her role in Bachna Ae Haseeno opposite Ranbir Kapoor. She completed the year by appearing in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in the song Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte.

In 2009, Bipasha was rumored to sign onto her first Hollywood venture Chaimera alongside Billy Zane.^[8]

Personal life

Basu with boyfriend John Abraham at the launch of the Filmfare magazine (2007).

Basu is currently dating actor John Abraham.^[9][10] The couple have been together since late 2002 and have been referred to as a supercouple in the Indian media.^[11] She previously dated fellow Bollywood actor Dino Morea.^[12]

In 2006, Basu claimed to have been harassed by certain organizers of the India Day Parade in Edison, New Jersey. Basu was initially scheduled to lead the parade on 13 August 2006. Basu eventually appeared on stage late, according to her, because of the harassment. She said, "I wanted to attend the parade, but I could not." She explained that she was harassed physically and mentally in the car by two people who were taking her to the parade.^[13]

In 2005 and 2007, UK magazine Eastern Eye named Basu the "Sexiest Woman in Asia".^[14]

Lanka Hospitals sets
standards in Sri Lanka

For the first time in the country, hospital laboratory achieves ISO: 15189 Standard

In keeping with their vision of being the foremost and preferred private health care facility in the country, serving the nation and its people to build a healthier community, and fulfilling its mission to be recognized as one of the best facilities in the region, Lanka Hospitals has become the first hospital in Sri Lanka whose Laboratory is certified with the ISO: 15189 standard - an internationally renowned set of quality standards, specifically designed to facilitate and affirm particular requirements for quality and competence in medical laboratories.
Medical laboratory services are an essential part of patient care and therefore along with being reliable and accurate, have to meet the needs of all patients and the clinical personnel responsible for the care of these patients. From the beginning steps of patient preparation identification and collection of samples etc. to the end result of releasing patient results, Lanka Hospitals works according to this international standard and uses it as the basis for all their activities, thereby ensuring patients receive results that are accurate and those which guarantee the highest quality. The ISO standard provides a level of quality that can be measured globally and is maintained by the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board (SLAB) locally. The ISO :15189 standard differs from other standards by not limiting its judging to just management standards, but by also dealing with the technical aspect - providing advice to those who not only use the Laboratory services, but also collect samples from patients and interpret the test results. In addition to these, the standard also gives guidelines on acceptable turn around times, how to provide testing in a medical emergency and also the laboratory’s role in education and training of health care staff.
In their aim to ensure this high level of quality and reliability, Lanka Hospitals Laboratory maintains internal standards of receiving advice on a regular basis from experts in relevant fields and through participating in external quality assurance programmes in clinical laboratory testing such as RIQAS, National STD/ AIDS control programmes, National Blood Transfusion services, Bacteriology EQAS programmes of MRI, Inter Laboratory comparisons and PT with the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board (SLAB). To meet with SLAB standards and receive the ISO: 15189 accreditation, members of the Lanka Hospitals Laboratory team underwent external workshops and training courses carried out by SLAB on quality management and internal courses to update their knowledge in various fields - thus reiterating their team as a group of well experienced, qualified and competent individuals capable of handling all aspects of laboratory practices. With the training they received, the laboratory staff involved with examination activities are now familiar with the ISO: 15189 quality documentation, and therefore assure the patient that the relevant policies and procedures are implemented at all times, resulting in controlled and monitored procedures for even the procurement of laboratory equipment and reagents. Lanka Hospital’s strict adherence to laboratory ethics, discipline and quality assurance lead to high quality results that can be trusted by patients.
Stated Lakith Peiris, CEO of Lanka Hospitals, “We are indeed proud to have the first ISO: 15189 certified hospital laboratory in Sri Lanka here at Lanka Hospitals. This milestone, whilst being a vast achievement, further emphasizes our passion for providing patients with quality health care that cannot be surpassed. We are blessed with committed and dedicated employees whose hard work has been the key to all our achievements and successes. Our new direction together with our precious people will certainly place us amongst the best in the world. We are committed to break many more barriers and achieve much more in the health care sector of Sri Lanka in the years to come.”

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