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Almost 80 percent of National Football League players are flirting with bankruptcy two years after they retire, according to Sports Illustrated. NBA players aren’t faring much better. 60 percent of former National Basketball Association players end up broke within five years of retirement. Athletes squander millions of dollars due to bad decisions, lavish spending and poor financial planning. Here is …
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Defence University invites vibrant youth, By Sandasen Marasinghe
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Vice Chancellor invited university qualified sporty and healthy youth to join the KDU and intelligent, highly capable and motivated graduates to be officers of the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka. Vice Chancellor Major General Milinda Peiris at a press briefing at the Media Centre for National Security said the University Grants Commission approved …
Read More »Muslims turning to home schooling in increasing numbers, By Tara Bahrampour
On a chilly afternoon in western Loudoun County, a group of children used tweezers to extract rodent bones from a regurgitated owl pellet. A boy built a Lego launcher. A girl practiced her penmanship. On the wall, placards read, “I fast in Ramadan,” “I pay zakat” and “I will go on hajj.” Welcome to Priscilla Martinez’s home — and her …
Read More »DISABILITY IS NOT INABILITY, By AGA Barrie
On the morning of Saturday, February 13th, Z.A.M. Refai and I decided to visit the Islamic Centre for the Physically Handicapped located in Doolmala, Thihariya. Thihariya, predominantly a Muslim village in the Gampaha district and located about nine km’s from the Gampaha town, took a pleasant ninety minutes down the Kandy road to reach. We were welcomed by the President …
Read More »No beer money in Amla’s coffers, By Iqbal Khan
Hashim Amla, the Muslim Protea who does not wear a Castle logo on his cricket shirt, on Sunday said that he did not pocket a cent from his match fee. Nor did he profit from his share of money pooled from awards that the team won in Test matches. But Amla, 26, a veteran of 38 Tests who was granted …
Read More »Islamic Leadership Training & Career Guidance Camp for O/L Students (Sinhala Medium)
Tanweer Academy organizes a 3-day Islamic Leadership Training and Career Guidance Camp for Sinhala Medium Muslim Students who sat for the O/L Examinations in 2009 December. Insha Allah, this program will be conducted from 04th – 07th February, 2010 at Tanweer Academy, Thihariya (Gampaha District). This is a full-time, residential program specially designed to provide a comprehensive knowledge, guidance and …
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