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Foreign media have reported that the Sri Lankans have responded in a fitting manner to the world through the election results. This has explicitly displayed the rapport between the Government and the people. The foreign media attributed the Government’s development programme and the resettlement process to the election victory. All India Radio mentioned that President ...
- Aussie fashion 'wearable' (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- FM calls for immediate inquiry in to diplomat�s conduct (Category: Breaking News)
- President briefs foreign media (Category: Breaking News)
- Media drenched (Category: Breaking News)
How focused and efficacious are the current infrastructure investments in Sri Lanka, executed through a public investments programme (PIP)? Take for instance the Chinese funded Norochcholai coal fired power plant, built after obtaining a commercial loan from China, and its subsequent breakdowns resulting in power cuts that will stifle growth and earnings, on top of ...
- Investment Deals (Category: Business)
- Power Projection (Category: Business)
- India tops investments in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- BOI web site removes reference to ‘No FDI nationalisation’ (Category: Business)
Owned and operated by Sri Lanka’s largest blue chip conglomerate, John Keells Holdings PLC and positioned as a star value addition at John Keells Hotels Group, ‘Nature Trails’, the dedicated Wildlife and Adventure Tourism division of Chaaya and Cinnamon Resorts, bagged the award for the ‘Best Nature and Wildlife Service Provider’ at the Sri Lanka ...
- Cinnamon Lodge and Chaaya Wild reign supreme at Sri Lanka Tourism Awards (Category: Business)
- Wildlife parks generate Rs. 300 m revenue annually (Category: Business)
- Chaaya Wild Yala, an epic adventure begins (Category: Business)
- Leisure laughs! (Category: Business)
General Secretary of the Lanka Teacher Services Union has told the Criminal Investigations Department that he is not a teacher although he holds the Post of General Secretary. An enjoining order has been issued on the Lanka Teacher Services Union preventing it from staging protests with the involvement of Grade Five students. General Secretary of ...
- Trade unionist files HRC complaint against Police (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan court bans education sector trade union official from organizing agitations (Category: Breaking News)
- Education sector trade union in Sri Lanka calls on government to annul the Grade 5 Scholarship E... (Category: Breaking News)
- A/L questions pasted on school walls? (Category: Breaking News)
“Where is it written that you can be beaten to death? Which article is it written thus? I am not afraid of anyone. I don’t care who you are. Come and shoot me. I am not afraid. People need justice and the truth. The people who beat my son up are animals. My heart burns. ...
- Practical steps to meaningful reconciliation in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Lasantha Wickrematunge and the role of journalism in a rotten political culture (Category: Breaking News)
- Loss of judicial independence can be traced to the 1972 Constitution – Justice Wigneswaran wh (Category: Breaking News)
- The Fonseka release, Rajapakse strategy and international pressure (Category: Breaking News)
Human rights activists in Sri Lanka say the government must seek UN help in investigating serious violence in jails which has resulted in the deaths of two Tamil prisoners.
The BBC's Charles Haviland reports from Putumattalan, the scene of fighting between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger militants three years ago.
Playing off India against China and vice versa‘The Great Game’ was the name given to a diplomatic and military tussle between the British and Russian empires during the time of the British Raj in India for influence over what constitutes today’s central Asian states. Commonly known as the ‘Stan states,’ they were located along the ...
- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is no pearl on China’s string: President (Category: Business)
- From defence sales to electricity grids, India upgrades Lanka ties (Category: Business)
- India, China militaries ease tensions; to resume joint exercises (Category: Business)
Live the thrills and spills of the London Olympics from the comfort of your home as Dialog Television (DTV); Sri Lanka’s leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) Digital Satellite TV service is broadcasting the 2012 Olympic Games in High Definition for the first time in Sri Lanka on ESPN HD (High Definition). DTV customers who have subscribed to ...
- Sri Lanka’s first HD broadcast launched by Dialog TV (Category: Business)
- L.A. Phil to transmit performances to HD-equipped movie theaters (Category: USA, California)
- Sri Lanka Ranked 97 in HD Index (Category: Breaking News)
- Earth's gravity pictured in 'HD' (Category: Technology)
Government caught lying to defend Defence Secretary By Frederica Jansz Last week, Gamini Abeyratne alias Taxi Abey telephoned me from the United Kingdom. He was agitated and in more than three telephone conversations told me that Hudson Samarasinghe (Chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation) had telephoned him and asked, “if Frederica went with ...
- Media rights groups concerned over threat to Frederica (Category: Breaking News)
- Sunday Leader Editor Sues Media Minister For 50 Million (Category: Breaking News)
- The Judgment On The White Flag Case (Category: Breaking News)
- TNA says Gota should resign (Category: Breaking News)
Gearing up to grab international attention with new song ‘Game Over’Q: What’s happening on your end, Yashan? A: Well I’m working on my third studio album these days. I will be releasing a brand English new song this weekend titled ‘Game Over’. I am also in the process of producing a song for Shanudrie, one ...
- Official event song of ICC World T20 Sri Lanka 2012 launched (Category: Business)
- Video: Maharaja Gemunu Movie - Theme Song (Sanda Payanne) (Category: Video)
- Video: Thaniwenna Ba Aye Jude Rogans (Category: Video)
- Video: Ape Ahinsaka Adare - Amarasiri Peiris (Category: Video)
Wimbledon is special to me not because I played the tennis circuit during my schooling days but for the insights that I get into life and business in general. The 2012 edition in particular was unique, given that a Brit was in the finals of the men’s singles game, that was happening after 74 years. ...
- London: World’s first social media Olympics (Category: Business)
- The brand IPL is about highlighting performance (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Tea in catch-22? (Category: Business)
- The US Open and Sri Lankan policy (Category: Business)
Dialog Television (DTV), Sri Lanka’s leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) Digital Satellite TV service recently announced the introduction of the country’s first HD (High Definition) broadcast, leading Sri Lanka into the era of advance digital media. With enhanced picture quality, vivid colours, sharper images and Dolby digital surround sound; the HD service will enable DTV subscribers to ...
- Sri Lanka Ranked 97 in HD Index (Category: Breaking News)
- Panasonic launches FULL HD 3D Viera Plasma TV in Sri Lanka together with Softlogic (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: Nidahase Inna Umaria n Devashrie Full HD www Music lk (Category: Video)
- Video: Hoda Kale Samanthi Sagarika Full HD www Music lk (Category: Video)
By Cheranka Mendis While the aggressive expansion plans for ports in the country are being commended by many due to the potential they hold for the future, it has not been easy sailing for the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), which has had to face many turbulent waves ever since development work began. SLPA Director ...
- China Development Bank to lend $ 350 m for CMHI-Spence port project (Category: Business)
- Deal signed to build Colombo Port Expansion project’s South Container Terminal (Category: Business)
- Development of ports will accelerate economic growth: SLPA Chairman (Category: Business)
Positioned as the new Asian gateway and one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Sri Lanka’s maritime and logistics initiatives will be given another boost from the inauguration of Sri Lanka Ports, Trade & Logistics two-day Conference and Exhibition that commences on 10 July 2012 at the Hilton Hotel in Colombo. The conference ...
- Para to address Terminal Operators Conference in HK (Category: Business)
- Colombo conference on ‘Sri Lanka Ports Trade and Logistics’, an unqualified success (Category: Business)
A top level Sri Lanka Ports, Trade and Logistics conference and exhibition will be held from 10 to 11 July at Colombo Hilton, organised by industry specialists Seatrade. The multi-stakeholder sponsored and endorsed event will showcase commercial opportunities and development of South Asia’s new maritime hub and logistics centre – Colombo and Sri Lanka. Seatrade ...
- Top Sri Lanka Ports, Trade & Logistics conference and expo starts (Category: Business)
- Colombo conference on ‘Sri Lanka Ports Trade and Logistics’, an unqualified success (Category: Business)
- State-run SLPA wins three prestigious Seatrade awards (Category: Business)
Defence Ministry says raid and arrest over false news By Indika Sri Aravinda Pictures by Thusitha Kumara and Pavithra De Mello The nine employees of the Sri Lanka Mirror website were produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday and released on police bail. They were ordered to appear in court again on July 6, the ...
- CID search office of news website (Category: Breaking News)
- AG’s wrong advice puts CID officers in trouble (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s media groups condemns the police raid on news website office (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka Mirror premises raided-Mangala . (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday was prevented from delivering the keynote address at the opening sessions of the Commonwealth Business Council following a raucous demonstration by Sri Lanka Tamil expatriates and human rights activists opposite the venue of the symposium at Mansion House in London. The morning sessions were cancelled by the organisers ...
- Australia mounts pressure on Sri Lanka over war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- War crime charges filed against Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- British government asks Sri Lanka to show progress or face international pressure (Category: Business)
- David Vs Goliath in Geneva (Category: Breaking News)
“The demoralising, destructive character of the patriotic degeneracy….” Sebastian Haffner (Germany: Jekyll and Hyde) By Tisaranee Gunasekara It was the Oxford Debacle all over again. The events were drearily predicable. Sri Lanka, like every Commonwealth nation, received an invitation for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II. President Rajapaksa, unlike most Commonwealth leaders,...
- Protest stage in London against the arrival of President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- President leaves for UK (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth parliamentary session to be held in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- President cancels speech in London over protest fears (Category: Business)
A senior official from Channel 4 has been expelled from Sri Lanka, the BBC reports. Stuart Cosgrove and his wife Shirani Sabaratnam went on a "blacklist", after Channel 4 News said the country's armed forces may have committed war crimes. Mr Cosgrove's wife was refused a visa
- Sri Lanka High Commission in UK responds: Channel 4 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Kellner: Rights improvement by Colombo imperative to prevent CHOGM disaster (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Kellner: Rights improvement by Colombo imperative to prevent 2013 CHOGM disaster (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expels Channel 4 TV man (Category: Breaking News)
BBC: A senior Sri Lankan official has said that he has no idea about the whereabouts of a disappeared journalist seven months after saying he believed the man was alive and living abroad. Human rights activists say that the remarks of former Attorney-General Mohan Peiris betray insensitivity
- Two years since Ekneligoda disappearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Prageeth’s wife writes to UN-CAT over Mohan Peiris claim (Category: Breaking News)
- Former AG called to give evidence in Ekneligoda case (Category: Breaking News)
- Court summons Mohan Peiris (Category: Breaking News)
The NSB/TFC deal and the General Recent events in Sri Lanka have reconfirmed that though seemingly power may be unlimited, there are in reality constraints which limit the options those in power have. As proof of this fundamental reality, the first event is the purchase by the National Savings Bank (NSB), a State-owned entity, whose ...
- NSB conspicuous by its silence on allegations over TFC buy (Category: Business)
- Not-so-ugly truth of the NSB saga! (Category: Business)
- NSB-TFC deal’s stench spreads! (Category: Business)
- NSB Head gives quit notice (Category: Business)
It was a tendentious move from the outset. The BBC was committed to show the world that that the Tamils in the North of Sri Lanka were threatened by Sinhala settlers.
This country’s history is repeating itself with deadly accuracy. Last week Gotabaya Rajapaksa reiterated what Sinhalese leaders have been saying since the parting of ways with the Tamils in 1958. In an interview with the BBC on Monday (May12) Rajapaksa was asked about ‘a recent local government
- T-junction in the road (Category: Business)
- RajapaksaÂs constitution unacceptable: TNA (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt.: No Sinhala Colonies In The North (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Tamil party oppose proposed constitutional reforms (Category: Breaking News)
By Maryam Azwer Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently said that contrary to what is set out in the 13th Amendment, police powers cannot be given to the North and the East. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) sees this as a violation which it says cannot be justified by a public servant. In an interview with ...
- TNA willing to work with government on resolving key issues: An Interview with TNA MP M.A. Suman... (Category: Breaking News)
- "Prime Minister" Rudrakumaran Announces His Transnational Tamil "Cabinet" (Category: Breaking News)
- TNA ready for a structured dialogue for acceptable Political Solution (Category: Breaking News)
- Doubts Over Govt.’s Sincerity In Finding A Political Settlement (Category: Breaking News)
Research carried out by the BBC Sinhala service has revealed that over the last decade, nearly 110 Buddhist monks have been charged for sexual and physical assaults on minors in Sri Lanka. The BBC report however suggests that according to figures from Sri Lanka's National Child
- CIM Sri Lanka Region celebrates 100 years of marketing excellence (Category: Business)
- Lankan team for U19 World Cup (Category: Business)
- Highest international Twenty20 scores (Category: Business)
- People’s Bank celebrates International Migrants Day (Category: Business)
It is unfortunate that Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa has to give interviews to the BBC and other western media who parachute to Sri Lanka as international media personnel. It is not only the Defense Secretary but even the President of the country has to be involved with these so called international media
- Conrad Black hints at return to media ownership (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Holiday 1 puzzle page (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Holiday 1 puzzle page (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Holiday 1 puzzle page (Category: USA, Indiana)
Reducing military presence in the north is a tricky challenge for the Government. The danger of LTTE sympathisers destabilising the region needs to be counterbalanced by a growing international and political focus on the issue. In such an atmosphere, striking a delicate balance is difficult and often open to criticism and fraction from all sides. ...
- UK calls for reduced military in Wanni (Category: Breaking News)
- Army presence justified (Category: Breaking News)
- Marxist student organization of Sri Lanka asks government to remove military from the North (Category: Breaking News)
- I stress to hold election in the Northern Province: Robert O Blake (Category: Breaking News)
Defence Secretary Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in an interview with the BBC has said it is not appropriate to view the Northern part of Sri Lanka, over which a separatist war was fought, as a predominantly Tamil area.
Earlier before the war all were Sinhalese, in Sri Lanka. It is not appropriate to view the north of the country, over which a separatist war was fought, as a predominantly Tamil area, SL presidential sibling and defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was cited saying by the BBC News that interviewed
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