The United National Party (UNP) today called on the government to provide the masses with a salary hike of at least Rs 15,000 in the upcoming budget and warned of an uprising similar to that which recently took place in several Middle Eastern nations if it failed to do so. UNP MP John Amaratunga stated that there is an issue pertaining to the none payment of salaries to employees of the Sri ...
Health Min. foils plans to mix sleeping pills with toddy
Inquiries carried out by the Ministry of Health have uncovered that the large a consignment of sleeping tablets recovered from an individual in Kosgama recently was meant to be used for the manufacturing of liquor. The drugs were to be misxed with toddy by a relative of the suspect, the director of the Cosmetic Devices and Drugs Regulatory Authority (CDDRA), Dr. Hemantha Beneragama said.He ...
Highway to change Rebuilding of A9 highway symbolises development in North Sri Lanka
Little can explain the tremendous change in Sri Lanka like the A9. This crucial highway, connecting the Tamil North with the rest of the island, was ravaged by war, littered with mines and held by the LTTE for two decades - almost ensuring that the land held by the Tigers was actually a separate nation.Today, miles of gleaming surface stretch from the centre of the country all the way to Jaffna- ...
President summons 275 PS Chairmen
The Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to take tough disciplinary action against local government members who have brought disrepute to the President, government and the party by their unwarranted actions, said the party General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena.President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who presided at the CC meeting at Temple Trees on Friday evening has ...
Woman held for illegal possession of python turtles and eagle
A woman has been arrested in the Kattankudy area for the illegal possession of a 10-foot-long python, 6 turtles and an eagle. The woman was taken into custody along with the animals, following a joint operation carried out by the police and wildlife officers. The woman was produced at court and released following a warning while the animals have been handed over to wildlife officers to be ...
Sangakkaras best in 350th game for Sri Lanka knocks South Africa out
South Africa by 180 runs in the first one-day international on Saturday. The veteran left-hander's 16th one-day century steered Sri Lanka to a commanding 320 for five after the hosts were sent in to bat in the day-night game at the Premadasa stadium. South Africa were shot out for 140 in reply, the innings lasting just 31.5 overs, to leave Sri Lanka with a 1-0 lead in the five-match ...
Sri Lankan woman attempt suicide in front of lover?s home
A Sri Lankan woman, aged about 23, consumed poison in front of her ...
Five held over kidnapping ransom attempt
Three army soldiers and one army deserter are said to be among five men arrested under suspicion of demanding a ransom of Rs 500,000 after kidnapping and threatening an individual. The suspects were arrested near the Makola Gale Temple after they abducted a person from Natuduwa, Enderamulla in an attempt to collect ransom money. Sapugaskanda Police said the suspects are being held and ...
Death of democracy and freedom of expression in Sri Lanka
by Pearl Thevanayagam (July 21, 2013, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) Today marks 20 years of independent journalism among severe government censorship. Lasantha Wickrematunge was murdered for his daredevil style of reporting who dared to start Sunday Leader 20 years ago today with nary a penny to his ...
ENOC insists diesel cargo to Sri Lanka was as per specs
Emirates National Oil Co (Enoc) has said an investigation of its diesel cargo to Sri Lanka, which was alleged to be not as per contractual specifications, has found the shipment to meet all specifications, Gulf News has reported. "Further to the concerns raised on the gasoil cargo for Ceylon Petroleum Corp (CPC), Enoc would like to reiterate that independent sample testing undertaken has ...
Five Point Plan To Achieve Sustainable 8 Growth
Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy Sri Lanka needs to achieve five goals if it wishes to achieve a sustained 8% growth for the next 10 years, an economist said. Those are to have an unwavering strategic development plan for the next 10-15 years where economics takes precedence over politics; the need to get the country's macroeconomics right; improved productivity; education reforms and training in ...
Lone Battle By JKH
By Paneetha Ameresekere John Keells Holdings plc (JKH) drove up the market in the last two days of trading last week, buttressed by foreign buying on Thursday, and Sohli Captain and family, the stock's largest shareholder, the following day, sources told this newspaper. These gains are in the backdrop where the market slumped to its lowest turnover figure for the year to date on Wednesday ...
Poor Regulation Cause Of Collapses
Millan Christopher De Silva Apropos the article which appeared on the business pages of this newspaper in its last week's issue under the heading "Engineers, Architects Can Do The Job," CEO, MILCRIS (a construction management consultancy), Millan Christopher De Silva told this reporter that the reason why buildings are collapsing in India is not due to the fault of quantity ...
Rs. 3000 Paid For Perch Worth Rs. 100000 In Land Acquisitions
Sri Lanka has laws to protect "victims" of land acquisitions in the name of development, but a number of such victims don't know their rights. This was stated by National Water Supply & Drainage Board (NWSDB) Greater Kandy Water Supply Project, Project Director, P.H. Sarath Gamini. The occasion was a seminar on "private land acquisitions for development" organised ...
In Praise Of Big Companies
(From Left): Gayathri Gunaruwan, (Chief Economist ? CCC), Dr. Saman Kelegama, (Chairman, Evaluations Board), Samantha Ranathunga, (Vice Chairman - CCC) and Harin Malwatte, (CEO/General Secretary ? CCC) The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce's (CCC) "best corporate citizen's" award scheme is more suited for the larger corporates. The awards presentation to be held later ...
Sri Lankas external sector stable - Central Bank
Fishermen pull their boat to ashore after a night-long fishing expidition at the Nandikadal lagoon in the Mullaitivu district. The lagoon is rich in marine resources. Today the Mullaitivu district is a hive of activity following resettlement, rehabilitation and reconstruction of infrastructure facilities. Pic: Susantha ...
Moral Power Is A Corrective To Bad Government
The continued leaching of the opposition's support base can be seen in two of the three provinces in which provincial council elections are scheduled to be held. In both the Central and North Western provinceslocal level members of the opposition parties are lining up to obtain membership in the ruling power. They are presumably not anticipating an opposition victory, and are hoping by ...
Private Media Forced To Tow Govt Line ? Sumanthiran
TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran speaking at theSri Lanka Journalists' Trade Union forum last week.Picture by Saman Kariyawasam Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Member of Parliament M. A. Sumanthiran says some private media institutions are being forced to tow the government line in order to survive. Speaking at a discussion on a Code of Ethics for the Media organized by the Sri Lanka ...
No Constitutional Amendments Before September PC Elections ? Susil Premajayantha
UPFA General Secretary and Environment Minister Susil Premajayantha expressed confidence in recording victories at the forthcoming provincial council elections. He observed that the governing party would not name chief ministerial candidates for the elections, but would name group leaders. Referring to the proposed amendments to the 13th Amendment, Premajayantha said that the amendments would ...
The Importance Of Activism Sachin Parathalingam
At first glance, Sachin Parathalingam might look like any other young student. A past pupil of Stafford International School (where he was head boy), he will soon be off to Cambridge to study Law. Ironically, though in school Sachin studied pure Science subjects like Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Economics. His parents envisioned him becoming a doctor ? but after just a couple of ...
Sampur The Battle For Energy
The Sunday Leader reliably learns through senior CEB sources that the Sampur coal power plant that was to be constructed through a joint venture between India and Sri Lanka has hit several snags, casting doubts on whether the Indians are in fact having other interests in this location. When open proposals were called for the setting up of a private coal power plant in Puttalam, where the Ceylon ...
Hype And Hoopla Over Three PC Elections
There is much hype and hoopla generated about the forthcoming provincial councils elections to the North, North Western and Central provinces even though there is a rising tide of opinion that these councils should be abolished. On Thursday, a banner headline in a morning newspaper said that the Mahanayakes of the Malwatte and Asgiriya Chapters had called for the abolition of all provincial ...
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