India take on Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the Commonwealth Bank series at Perth. The two sides have had a poor run of form going for them leading up to this game and it will be a match between teams wanting to end that. The India v Sri Lanka 2 nd ODI can be watched live on either Channel Nine in Australia or Star Cricket The Indians have been on a losing streak on this tour so far, but all ...

It will not draw last tranche of US$800mil due to high interest rate by the global lender Sri Lanka, which is locked in a row with the International Monetary Fund over its exchange rate policy, will not draw the remaining US$800mil of a US$2.6bil loan from the global lender due to the high interest rate, the ...

BERNE (Reuters), Monday - Swiss National Bank Chairman Philipp Hildebrand resigned with immediate effect on Monday, saying he could not prove he had been unaware of a currency trade made by his wife and wanted to protect the integrity of the central bank. Hildebrand's decision to relinquish one of the world's top central banking jobs after just two years came as Swiss parliamentarians met to dis...

Lessons from China or Tunisia? Just few months ago, in response to a public outcry for more accountability and transparency in the use of public funds, the State Council, which is the Cabinet in the Chinese government, directed 98 public institutions including ministries to make public their budgets and expenditure on official receptions, official overseas visits and ...

Piracy The danger of the possibility of oil being pirated from Sri Lanka’s side by India was highlighted by an off shore oil consultant at a seminar on Wednesday. Dr. Amaranath S. Kumara, Consultant, Scandpower AS Norway said that he couldn’t understand why the contract to quest for oil in Sri Lanka was given to ...

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank today came forward to defend the newly enacted “Expropriation Law” which has come under fire from many quarters including International Rating Agencies Fitch and Moody’s. Central Bank issuing a statement said the new act which resulted in Government taking over 37 privately run firms, is only aimed at ensuring the productive use ...

By Richard Browne Dilshan’s honeymoon as brief as it was is well and truly over. Seemingly hindered by having two superstar ex captains swirling around him, a distinct lack of help off the pitch with a dearth of adequate back room staff and a horrible loss of form on it has turned what the bookies ...

  The Symphony Orchestra’s Young Soloists’ concert will be held on July 30 at the Ladies’ College Hall.  This concert, conducted by Eshantha Peiris, features outstanding young violinist Mandhira de Saram performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto number five. The SOSL’s Young Soloists’ concert is once again sponsored by HSBC. The “World’s Local Bank” has been living ...

Sri Lanka’s international sovereign bond for US Dollars one billion at an interest rate of 6.25% oversubscribed more than 7 times, the Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal told Ada Derana.

Moody’s Investors Service, a rating agency has upgraded outlook of Sri Lanka B1 sovereign rating to Positive from Stable, Central Bank Govenor Ajit Nivard Cabraal told Ada Derana. .

Today, we are going to relate to our readers a story that in a nutshell is Sri Lanka. It’s a story of a place called Mouseland. Mouseland is a place where all the little mice lived and died and they lived much as you and I do. They even had a clock tower. As the numbers grew ...

Sri Lanka has recorded an economic growth rate of 8% for the year 2010 the second highest since independence, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal told Ada Derana a short while ago. The Central Bank report for 2010 is due to be released this morning.

New Zealand rugby legends Jonah Lomu and John Kirwan were the star attractions as this year’s HSBC ARFU (Asian Rugby Football Union) Rugby Coaching Tour kicked off in Happy Valley on Wednesday, 23 March 2011, with a coaching clinic for youngsters from the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children (HKSPC) and the Qingdao ...

by Darini Rajasingham Senanayake On 4 February, Sri Lanka celebrated its 63rd birthday. After nearly three decades of armed conflict, it is now one of Southasia’s calmest and fastest-growing countries. Its social indicators, apart from the northeast zone, remain the...

by Ranga Jayasuriya Some key positions of this government have been filled by dual citizens. Gotabaya Rajapaksa - the powerful Defence Secretary is a dual citizen of Sri Lanka and the USA. Basil Rajapaksa - Investment Development Minister has a US Green Card in addition to his Sri Lankan citizenship. Sarath Fonseka, the now incarcerated former army commander is also a Green Card holder. ...

by Prof Carlo Fonseka As someone with a long and close association with the University of Colombo, I am delighted to join Vice Chancellor Prof. Kshanika Hirimburegama, Prof. Samantha Herath and others to celebrate Victor Ratnayake, the greatly loved musician...

by Gamini mWeerakoon Most great cities around the world have public places that have acquired historic sanctity and are left untouched even by eager modernisers who develop an itch to leave behind puny constructions for their immortality. London has those...

Publishers Sri Serendipity Publishing House Suicide Club by Herman Gunaratne By Gamini Weerakoon Malinga Herman Guneratne is  rare not only among the species  of the tea  planting tribe but also with the Sri Lankan community at large. Whereas Sri Lankans tend to hide or be evasive of the misdemeanours of their ancestors, Guneratne regales us ...

Star-studded Sri Lanka recorded a nervous two-wicket win over little-known Nepal while fast bowlers helped Afghanistan crush Hong Kong by eight wickets in the Asian Games cricket quarterfinals Wednesday. Sri Lanka, with at least eight international players in the playing 11, had to bank on its tailenders to see them through after Nepal had reduced them to 56 for eight wickets.

By Ravinatha Pandukabhaya Aryasinha Ananda College Old Boys' Association Olcott Oration 2010...

An Interview with SB Dissanayake by Chamitha Kuruppu Admitting the Government has launched a campaign to eliminate JVP-led student movements crippling the university system in the country, Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake points out such moves should not be...

Times are not propitious for incumbent presidents and prime ministers when pillars that support the economy collapse or are tottering, particularly during election times. This applies mainly to Western democracies and not necessarily to ‘guided democracies’ and other assortments of democracies in the Third World whose leaders invariably scoop up 70 to 90 per cent ...

BY IRIN News KILINOCHCHI, 22 September 2010 (IRIN) - More than two years after she fled her home and 16 months after the decades-long Sri Lankan civil war was declared over, Chandra Jayakumar has one wish. A war-damaged home in...

The story of a beautiful single mother, and how she got there By Ranee Mohamed She had dreams, just like every single girl does. She had fears just like every unmarried girl does. And like all single people, she dreamed of the day she would get married – and look for a cosy home to ...

“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” — Thomas Jefferson Pushpendra Koddituwakku, an automobile technologist today lives in Australia.  He left Sri Lanka in 2007 together with his wife who is also a professional. Neither one of them want to ever return to Sri ...

M.R.’s goal of 2.5 mn. tourists by 2016 The country’s   major hotel operators have planned to build hotel rooms meeting only 6 percent of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s target of getting 2. 5 million tourists by 2016. Hiran Cooray, Chairman Jetwing Group, one of the country’s leading hotel investors, in response to a question, told participants ...

Friday 25th June headline in a daily sent Menika’s heart a-thumping and mind a-reeling. The headline screamed: ‘UN ‘snoopers’ wont get visas to enter SL – Govt.’ Large type had this to say: The three member panel of experts appointed to advise UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on accountability issues relating to Sri Lanka’s war ...

by D.B. Nihalsingha The much touted IIFA awards finally arrived in Colombo with (reportedly) some 2,000 Indian delegates in tow. Prior to that Colombo was agog with urgent preparations at breakneck speed and with much fanfare....

This year, Bridget Halpé completes 50 years of teaching music. She has been dedicated to music since she was six years old, regularly updating her knowledge by practical training and research, both here and abroad. She holds the L.R.A.M. in pianoforte performance of the Royal Academy, UK. To honour her achievement, her senior students have joined [...]

“Ranaviru Week” marking 1st anniversary of victory The National “Rananiru Week” marking the victory of the three-decade long war against LTTE terrorists has commenced. It was an era in which the peoples screamed in fear instead of the sound of religious festivals which emanated from the Temple, the Church and the Kovil. It was era in which the entire North of the motherland was alight due to terro...