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The Silvas are at it again. A week dominated by news of political brats on the rampage once more, this time directing their rage at an Army Major, ended with the soldier recanting his story and the two main suspects in remand being transferred to prison hospital on “medical” advice. The whole incident smacked of ...
- Blake says visit positive, key challenges remain (Category: Business)
- The Ides Of March Comes Around To A Rajapaksa Regime (Category: Breaking News)
- US – India Alliance Puts Pressure On Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Political pickles and quicksilver fortunes (Category: Business)
Commendable achievements Over the years Sri Lanka has gained a considerable reputation for its achievements in social development. It punches above its weight on the UNDP’s Human Development Index. It has also performed very well in meeting the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which focus on indicators related to poverty, health, education and gender ...
- From poverty to sustainability in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Equity and well-being in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- “Connecting People to Prosperity” in Sri Lanka. A reality check with “Mahinda Chinthanaya” (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Divi Neguma’ Dept: Development catalyst, dependency creator or a white elephant? (Category: Business)
It is with great sacrifices that Sri Lanka brought about a victory against ruthless terrorism, which is certainly a feather in the cap of Rajapaksa family. No one can dispute the fact that President Rajapaksa provided the political leadership and ensured that the LTTE was decimated at any cost. The Tamil diaspora and the pro-separatist ...
- Eight Lankan refugees arrested in TN (Category: Breaking News)
- Coast Guard stand on TN fisherman ‘outrageous’: Jayalalitha (Category: Breaking News)
- TN determined to regain Katchatheevu (Category: Breaking News)
- TN BJP will continue to press for retrieval of Katchatheevu: Annamalai (Category: Breaking News)
Non-Americans generally have a patronising, derisive view of American politics. That also applies to this presidential election campaign. Trivia, mud-slinging, bitter partisanship, extremism (particularly among Republicans) and Washington gridlock crowd out sensible debate, reasonable compromise and hard policy choices. That, at least, is the conventional wisdom. But it is wrong in one major respe...
- Romney vs Obama: Leadership and the enemies list (Category: Business)
- Losing ground in Ohio, Romney says his ‘heart aches’ for jobless (Category: Business)
- Obama takes campaign to Latin America, slams Romney (Category: Business)
- Romney, Ryan hit the road in an energised Republican campaign (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera Newly appointed US Ambassador Michele Sison has called on the Sri Lankan private sector to promote entrepreneurship to galvanise partnerships with US companies and foster post-war economic growth. Delivering her first speech since her appointment at the 20th anniversary celebrations of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), Sison was insistent that ...
- New US envoy to prioritise HR in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Obama announces new US ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives (Category: Business)
- Video:New US Ambassador to Sri Lanka plans to promote trade, economic development and business (Category: Breaking News)
- US to appoint new ambassador to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
In yet another initiative towards a greener tomorrow, the Cinnamon Grand Sustainability Division held an energy savings seminar for the hotel’s employees from departments which deal with heavy electricity usage. The Green Forum, aimed at spreading environmental wisdom for a greener future, focused onelectricity preservation, at home and work. Hence, the interactive seminar was one ...
- Cinnamon Grand promotes energy efficiency and sustainable development, all year long (Category: Business)
- Friendly energy costs too much (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Scrapping power plan won't halt rate hikes: study (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Lights off and Earth on at Cinnamon Grand (Category: Business)
I wonder if you can remember the famous World Cup Soccer final some years back where the fourth referee intervened after the great Zinedine Zidane head-butted Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final. It would have perhaps gone unnoticed if not the TV referral. In my view, if this had gone unnoticed, it ...
- From science to commercialisation (Category: Business)
- Will companies overpower countries? (Category: Business)
- Brand Finance launches Nation Brands 100 (Category: Business)
- Interbrand reveals world’s best global brands in 2011 (Category: Business)
The Government has gazetted a Bill, on 27 July 2012, to set up a Divi Neguma Department, which will take over the existing Samurdhi Authority, the Southern Development Authority and the Udarata Development Authority (successor to the Kandyan Peasantry Commission). The Bill will also set up a Divi Neguma Community Based Organisation, Divi Neguma Community ...
- Regulation of microfinance institutions (Category: Business)
- Unregulated microfinance - A high-risk strategy (Category: Business)
- New department to drive ‘Divi Neguma’ (Category: Business)
- Finance: Restrictions on use of the word (Category: Business)
NEW YORK (Reuters): Comparing the Federal Reserve to a rehab clinic offering addicted investors a synthetic high has been a favorite of Wall Street wags ever since the first round of Fed stimulus nearly four years ago. The punch line is that you always need more and more to get the same high and each ...
- Bernanke quiet on next Fed move, stresses job crisis (Category: Business)
- Fed ramps up economic stimulus, ready to do more (Category: Business)
- Time to buy as market has corrected itself enough: Panel (Category: Business)
- World stocks steady near 11-mth lows (Category: Business)
MP Mangala Samaraweera yesterday in a statement has jeered the recent rebound in the Colombo stock market as well as the appointment of the new Chairman at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in addition to being highly critical of the so-called mafia of investors. Following is the full text of Samaraweera’s statement: In an ...
- TISL wants Govt. to strengthen resolve against “stock market mafia” (Category: Business)
- SEC to improve CSE structure (Category: Breaking News)
- Former SEC Chief Tilak insists no overregulation (Category: Business)
- Tilak insists no overregulation (Category: Business)
The new US Ambassador Michele J. Sison presented her credentials as Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka yesterday to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Ambassador Sison is a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor. Michele J. Sison, a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, was ...
- Obama announces new US ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives (Category: Business)
- US to appoint new ambassador to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- New US Ambassador presents credentials to President (Category: Breaking News)
- Obama nominates new envoy to SL (Category: Breaking News)
Speaker of Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Parliament of India, Meira Kumar called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday at Temple Trees. The Speaker was accompanied by Prof. P.J. Kurien, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Ashok K. Kantha, High Commissioner of India, and T.K. Viswanathan, Secretary General, Lok Sabha. The meeting was held in ...
- All demonstrated an abiding faith in democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka continues to be an important partner in India s growth story - Lok Sabha Speaker (Category: Breaking News)
- India calls for greater parliamentary exchanges with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Speaker discusses bilateral relations with Sri Lanka President (Category: Breaking News)
The place isn’t a paradise for minorities but the economy is recovering By Sam Baker Asuasentinel.com: The Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka has probably botched its dealings with the United States, the European Union and the United Nations. Still, the disenchantment with Colombo may be overblown three years after the end of the ...
- Army inquiry a delaying tactic: Human Rights Watch (Category: Business)
- President calls on diplomats to counter threats from pro-LTTE Diaspora (Category: Business)
- NGOs Call on U.S. to Establish International Accountability Mechanism on Sri Lanka at UN Human R... (Category: Breaking News)
- Rejected asylum seekers abused in Sri Lanka, says rights group (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Gunadasa World Socialist Web Site: A scandal over the manipulation of shares on the Colombo Stock Exchange has erupted in recent weeks, after former Sri Lankan Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Thilak Karunaratne accused Government ministers of acting in league with speculators. Karunaratne was pressured by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to quit his position, ...
- Former SEC Chief Tilak insists no overregulation (Category: Business)
- Tilak insists no overregulation (Category: Business)
- Bourse boom awaits boosted brokers after Presidential forum (Category: Business)
- Tilak talks his way out of SEC (Category: Business)
Adlai Stevenson once said that “public confidence in the integrity of the government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for”. Public integrity is one of the salient features of a democratic system of governance, where every action ...
- Ranil fires all cylinders (Category: Business)
- Sports oligarchs in South Asia - Mismanagement in sports administration (Category: Business)
- Right to information: Transformation from a secretive society to transparency (Category: Business)
- Western misconceptions (Category: Business)
UNP MP Karu Jayasuriya yesterday said that the results of the elections for three Provincial Councils last week confirm that a large number of people do not approve the Government and the path it has taken with many burning issues unresolved. Following is the full text of the statement issued by Jayasuriya: The Provincial Council ...
- Case would be file for violating government properties: UNP (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Ruling party council chairman join the opposition to contest PC election (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's main opposition accuses government of using sacred relics for election propaganda (Category: Breaking News)
- Appoint international election monitors: UNP (Category: Breaking News)
It was well past the graveyard shift, but I had to get to Minister Mervyn Silva. Evil-doers had cast a fiendish spell and he had just promulgated his impending suicide. His has been a monumental crusade for the oppressed, goats including. I raced towards Kelaniya. Just then the phone rang. His young son Malaka had, ...
- Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies aged 100 (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Bill Clinton aide Doug Band dishes on family ties to Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell (Category: USA, New York)
- Ex-Bill Clinton aide Doug Band dishes on family ties to Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell (Category: USA, New York)
- Ex-Bill Clinton aide Doug Band dishes on family ties to Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell (Category: USA, New York)
The global escalation of commodity prices in the latter part of last decade impacted Sri Lanka’s rice market, with retail prices showing sharp increases for the consumer. The regulatory forces with a ceiling on consumer prices and guaranteed price for paddy did alleviate this problem to some extent. Today it has taken a different turn ...
- Village as a developmental unit (Category: Business)
- Paddy farmers’ problems (Category: Business)
- Budget 2012’s impact on the export sector (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s stake in the intl. agriculture debate (Category: Business)
The Government, which is juggling several internationally important events at the moment, will have one more ball to deal with as the United Nations Review Team arrives today for what promises to be an interesting tour. The team, which will consist of officials from India, Spain and Benin, will evaluate Sri Lanka’s post-war reconciliation progress ...
- Sri Lanka Donates Tea to Earthquake stricken Türkiye (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka awards $252 mln dam deal to Sinohydro (Category: Breaking News)
- The government intends to make Sri Lanka the region's first green economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka receives 763,000 tourists during the first 7 months of the year (Category: Breaking News)
The new Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka and Maldives Michele Sison, who arrived in Colombo last weekend has met with Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris at the Ministry on Monday. The Ambassador-designate and the Minister have discussed political and economic developments in the island since the end of the conflict, ...
- Lankan ambassador met Swedish foreign minister (Category: Breaking News)
- New US ambassador to meet minister G.L.Peries (Category: Breaking News)
- Ambassador officials float “Bridge-on-demand” (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Departing Iranian ambassador expresses Tehrans appreciations (Category: Breaking News)
On Friday (7) afternoon, the eve of provincial council elections in three provinces, a certain gathering took place at 101, Rosmead Place, which houses the corporate offices of Democratic National Alliance (DNA) National List Parliamentarian, Tiran Alles. Consultations that lasted for hours, took place between Alles and UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa and a few ...
- Towards impunity and democratic erosion (Category: Business)
- Monsoons and elections (Category: Business)
- Election fever grips as political parties begin campaigning (Category: Business)
- Outside conspiracies will not be allowed – Mahinda (Category: Business)
The social media network Twitter erupted on Monday after several people tweeted that a cartoon in a Sri Lankan weekend newspaper depicting Indian Premier Manmohan Singh and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha Jayaram in a crude way was demeaning to women and an insult to India. As is apt to happen on Twitter, the issue ...
- India submissive to SL like a mouse: Tamil Nadu CM (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt rejects allegations of Navy harming Indian fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP: Govt. Needs Firm Policy On Fishermen’s Issue (Category: Breaking News)
- India assures Sri Lankans of safety (Category: Business)
THE Government’s move to use the Labour Commissioner to arbitrate for a solution to the academics strike ended in yet another dead end, prompting questions of whether the Government is prepared to take a serious step to solve the crisis. The offer was rejected for two reasons. One is that the academics insist their grievance ...
- University academics on token srike on Tuesday (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. closes all universities due to ongoing academics’ strike (Category: Business)
- Dimmed hope (Category: Business)
- Save student involvement (Category: Business)
Trinidadexpress.com: UNABLE to convince the International Cricket Council (ICC) to provide an exclusive window for the Indian Premier League (IPL), the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have decided to do it on their own. As their leading players are likely to be engaged in next year’s sixth IPL season of ...
- ICC rules out window for IPL (Category: Business)
- Emirates and Deccan Chargers Nurture Young Cricketing Talent (Category: Breaking News)
- Five IPL cricketers suspended on corruption allegations (Category: Business)
- Emirates contributes to Sri Lanka’s Carnival of Cricket (Category: Business)
It is unfortunate that today many impressions of Sri Lanka in foreign countries are based on unverified facts, and wrong or deliberately manipulated disinformation, carried out by those who once supported the forces of terror. These same elements continue to sow the seeds of division and separatism through various media, and also influence politicians in ...
- Commonwealth is here! (Category: Business)
- President tells Commonwealth delegates that Sri Lanka is steering on the democratic path after e... (Category: Breaking News)
- President tells CPA – “See the truth about Sri Lanka: against barrage of lies by agents of terror” (Category: Breaking News)
By Shanuka Tissera Amendments to the Petroleum Products (Special Provisions) Act have been finalised and approved by the Attorney General. It is expected that both bills will be presented to Parliament shortly for enactment. Pending the enactment of new legislations, the Cabinet of Ministers has appointed the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) as ...
- Lanka Lubricants losing market share at a slower pace: Arrenga Capital (Category: Business)
- In-depth workshop on lubricant industry today (Category: Business)
- The Petroleum Bill – its quiet passage and disquieting politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Caltex unveils ‘Delo Sports Synthetic Blend SAE 10W-30’ (Category: Business)
Conducts training for top military officers from 28 nations in Singapore Following an invitation from the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM), CICRA Consultancies, the premier cyber security training and consultancy company in Sri Lanka, participated in ‘Cyber Endeavour’ Program of the USPACOM held recently in Singapore. CICRA also conducted a full day training session on ...
- CICRA to host two Sri Lankan teams at Global Cyberlympics (Category: Business)
- CICRA, EC-Council sponsor first-ever Hacking Challenge and Information Security Quiz (Category: Business)
- First group of CICRA Certified Ethical Hackers passes out (Category: Business)
PC Polls: A new record in annals of polls “These Provincial Councils elections, which enters the annals of electoral history as the tenth successive election won under my leadership since 2005, have served as a test of national opinion that brought out a wide and clear expression of the thinking among the Sinhala, Tamil and ...
- Voices on the provincial budget (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Doug Ford won't run for provincial Tories (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Nomination papers submission for LC polls commence today (Category: Breaking News)
- Postal voting of the upcoming provincial council election will take place today and the day after (Category: Breaking News)
Ceylinco Insurance, Sri Lanka’s leading Insurer, has been honoured with the invitation to represent Sri Lanka on the Executive Board of the prestigious Association of Insurers and Reinsurers of Developing Countries (AIRDC). The Executive Board of AIRDC constitutes of 15 representatives of full member nations. The Association of Insurers and Reinsurers of Developing C...
- Ceylinco Insurance Emerges As ‘People’s Choice’ For Fifth Consecutive Year (Category: Breaking News)
- Ceylinco Insurance emerges as the People’s Choice for sixth consecutive year (Category: Business)
- Net Margin (Category: Business)
The first Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote 75 years ago: “It would be absurd to say that the profit motive does not appeal to the average Indian, but it is nevertheless true that there is no such admiration for it in India as there is in the west. The possessor of ...
- Corporatism: A step beyond state capitalism (Category: Business)
- The rise of State capitalism: new masters of the universe or an ominous portent? (Category: Business)
- Impunity: Unequal before the law (Category: Business)
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