It's never late to get a love-ly makeover

WE have all been witness to women changing for their men. Whether it’s dressing up a little more grown up and glamorous, dressing down or losing weight — women are known to slowly and surely become what their partners’ idea of style and beauty is.

Kate Middleton: A fashion diplomat  |   Shane naturally handsome: Hurley

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Wear sunscreen, skip the shine

SPF is a must year-round. But when high temps trigger oil production, it can be tempting to trade off protection for matte skin. Here's how to have both...

The Pro: Marissa Nemes, a Miami-based make-up artist.

The Prep: Wash your face in the morning to nix the oil your skin produced while you slept

How to Kill a Car

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What does it take to kill a car? Many of you can come up with ways of your own, but let’s look at some of the most common forms of abuse that cause vehicle failure.

NEGLECTING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE

More cars find their way to the junkyard by neglecting basic scheduled maintenance than any other cause. This list includes such things as neglecting oil changes and transmission services, driving too long on the same set of sparkplugs, ignoring check engine lights and charging system or temperature gauges that indicate trouble, turning a deaf ear to brake squeals, belt squeals, clanking, banging, and clunking.

Why you are spooking your boyfriend

Yes, there’s a lot that’s been written on these pages about the diehard habits of a man that can really irritate a woman. So this time we decided to ask men what it was about their girlfriends that spooked them. While it’s easy to get a woman to rattle off her pet peeves, it wasn’t easy to get a man to think about the pros and cons of his relationship. They hemmed and hawed, but finally came out with some rather interesting views. Names have, however, been changed to protect their identities.

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OVERPOWERING PRESENCE

ANUBHAV Sarin, media professional, had barely begun dating Preeti when she started becoming quite an imposing presence in his life. “We were just friendly colleagues and had just gone out a few times to a cafe and a bar.

Sri Lanka launches US$ 1.0 billion bond offering

The Central Bank said on Wednesday that Sri Lanka had launched and priced a US$ 1.0 billion 10-year global bond offering. The transaction priced at a fixed-rate yield of 6.25 per cent, equivalent to a spread of +332.2 bps over the 10-year U.S. Treasury.

This transaction represents the fourth U.S. Dollar benchmark offering in the global bond markets by Sri Lanka since 2007. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland acted as joint bookrunners and joint lead managers on the transaction. Bank of Ceylon acted as the co-manager on the transaction.