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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children, as the Native American proverb goes. It is with this philosophy in mind that Jetwing Hotels will be participating in the Earth Hour campaign on 31 March. Jetwing will be the first Sri Lankan hotel chain to do so and ...
- Jetwing walks away with armful of medals at ‘Culinary Art 2011’ (Category: Business)
- 50,000 and rising as Jetwing Hotels reaches fan milestone (Category: Business)
- Jetwing Hotels and Earth Hour 2012 (Category: Business)
With the recent relaxing of the rupee exchange rate and subsequent increase in fuel prices, trade unions and the opposition parties are conducting protest campaigns against the Government, demanding a reduction in oil prices and the cost of living. This article investigates the living conditions of citizens in the recent past and present, quality and ...
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
- The Economic Impact of Exchange Controls (Category: Business)
- Living with debts (Category: Business)
- Strategies on reducing or getting out of foreign debt (Category: Business)
Benito Mussolini, the fascist ruler of Italy, during World War II, said that his brand of fascism ‘should be more appropriately called Corporatism, because it is a merger of state and corporate power’. Compare this with the dictionary definition of capitalism: ‘A system in which a country’s business and industry are controlled and run for ...
- Entrepreneur and the profit motive (Category: Business)
- The rise of State capitalism: new masters of the universe or an ominous portent? (Category: Business)
- State Capitalism: Revitalising underperforming businesses the Mussolini way (Category: Business)
- Governance - Four examples; two bad and two good (Category: Business)
Harsh rhetoric and emotional outbursts before the commencement of the19th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council next week in Geneva have obfuscated the objectives of the resolution to be moved against Sri Lanka at the sessions. The issue on alleged war crimes committed by Sri Lankan servicemen has polarised into a debate of ...
- Activists urge India to vote against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka resolution: Uproar in parliament, India undecided (Category: Breaking News)
- DMK supports US resolution against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- PM: LTTE Sympathizers Trying To Make War Crimes Charges Again (Category: Breaking News)
INSIDE STORY Former Maldivian President appeals for support from Sri Lankan public By Easwaran Rutnam Ousted Maldivian President Mohammad Nasheed says he will not seek asylum in Sri Lanka despite his family being here, but instead will continue his fight for democracy in his country. Speaking to The Sunday Leader yesterday the 42 year old ...
- Nasheed not to seek asylum in Sri Lanka, says media reports (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan Forces playing pivotal role - Maldivian President (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. has noted Nasheed’s resignation and VP’s appointment (Category: Breaking News)
- Maldivian President holds talks with Sri Lanka President (Category: Breaking News)
MALE (Reuters): The former President of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives sat inside his house awaiting arrest on Thursday after being ousted from his post in what he said was a coup at gunpoint. About 200 supporters stood under umbrellas in the pouring rain outside as Mohamed Nasheed spoke to reporters at his ...
- Maldives charges ex-President with Judge’s detention (Category: Business)
- Maldives President resigns after Police mutiny (Category: Business)
- Nasheed demands election, warns of protests (Category: Business)
- India appeals for peace in Maldives (Category: Business)
HAS democracy failed in the Maldives? As chaos engulfs the second closest country to Sri Lanka, it is impossible not to wonder over where this change will lead. Will the country still continue as a democracy or will it fall into extremist hands? What are the lessons that Sri Lanka can learn from what has ...
- Germany concerned over latest developments in Maldives (Category: Business)
- Nasheed Won’t Seek Asylum (Category: Breaking News)
- Maldives charges ex-President with Judge’s detention (Category: Business)
- Ex-Maldives leader not to seek asylum in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
“It is unlikely that in making his overstatement on development that the President was seeking to downplay the achievements of the past by his illustrious predecessors in the governance of the country. In the 1950s there was the Gal Oya development scheme that opened up the vast territories of thick jungle land in the east ...
- US will support resolution on Sri Lanka at HRC sessions in Geneva (Category: Breaking News)
- why is Sri Lanka opposing US-sponsored resolution to implement its own LLRC recommendations? (Category: Breaking News)
- The government, the LLRC and what civil society can do (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Government fears strategy of “Regime Change” through external intervention (Category: Breaking News)
A group of British and Australian Parliamentarians have nominated the controversial Channel 4 video on Sri Lanka for the Nobel Peace Prize, a press statement said on Saturday. British MP Siobhain McDonagh said that she and Australian Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon have made a joint submission to the Norwegian Nobel Committee nominating the team at ...
- C4 to release a new video on SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Second film by Channel Four: Damning new video evidence of war crimes in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Nobel Peace Prize Nomination: UK and Australian MPs support Channel 4 ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Field... (Category: Breaking News)
- New Channel 4 video is unprofessional and propagandist – Dayan (Category: Breaking News)
Sydney Morning Herald: This summer’s tri-series will be played amid a backdrop of a pay dispute which sees Sri Lanka’s players owed as much as $US 5million ($4.71 million) due to a cash crisis within the country’s governing body. As Mahela Jayawardene’s team battle the world
- Funds on the way for Sri Lankan players (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankans put on a gutsy show for free (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka aim to rise above money worries (Category: Business)
- $3 m floor price set for T20 league franchises (Category: Business)
By Manoj Ridimahaliyadda espncricinfo.com: Sidath Wettimuny, the former Sri Lanka batsman, has suggested a radical restructuring of the country’s domestic cricket structure, which involves promoting provinces over clubs. The financial uncertainty surrounding Sri Lankan cricket and the upcoming board elections could, however, overshadow Wettimuny’s proposal. As a member of Sri Lanka Cri...
- Wettimuny proposes revamp of Sri Lankan cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Lorgat for independent review of SLC governance (Category: Business)
- Durban win can’t erase Sri Lanka’s scars (Category: Business)
- SLC suspends all board-run domestic tournaments (Category: Breaking News)
By Victor Ivan This article is meant to analyse the inadequacy of traditional interpretations of the ethnic crisis and point out limitations inherent in them. It is not incorrect to treat this issue as an ethnic crisis. Yet, in my opinion, it is not correct to treat it only as a conflict based
- How Tamil Leadership Failed Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Deadly Symbols, Vibrant Electoral Politics and War Crimes in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- The Need For An Overall Reorganization In The System Of Governanance (Category: Breaking News)
- Fragile State Policy & The Rise Of Muslim Extremism In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
After the recent Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, critics found three new words for the acronym ‘CWG’ – Corruption, Waste and lack of Governance. The Chairman of the Indian National Olympic Committee, who was Chairman of the Organising Committee, is presently in Tihar Jail, in Delhi with many of his acolytes, on charges regarding ...
- CWG bid money not wasted: Cabraal (Category: Business)
- Gold Coast wins CWG 2018 bid (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka hosting CWG would inspire 45 other nations – President (Category: Business)
- A month to go for vote, Govt. says momentum building on Hambantota’s 2018 CWG bid (Category: Business)
Reuters: Italy’s president appointed former European Commissioner Mario Monti on Sunday to head a new government charged with implementing urgent reforms to end a crisis that has endangered the whole euro zone. After a frenetic weekend during which parliament passed the reforms and Prime
- Italy’s Monti defends reform as opposition grows (Category: Business)
- Italy’s Monti sees end of crisis getting closer (Category: Business)
- Crisis in Italy spurs fears of euro zone break-up (Category: Business)
- Out: politicos; in: technocrats (Category: Business)
PARIS (Reuters): France announced 65 billion euros of tax hikes and budget cuts over five years, as President Nicolas Sarkozy seeks to protect the country’s creditworthiness in financial markets without killing his chances of re-election in six months time. The main goal was to protect a top-notch credit rating that allows France to fund itself ...
- Sarkozy details measures for growth, jobs (Category: Business)
- Euro zone barely grows in Q3, recession looms (Category: Business)
- Voting begins in France, economy may doom Sarkozy (Category: Business)
- Euro zone crisis reaches France, turns existential (Category: Business)
The controversial video on the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka produced by Britain’s Channel 4 television was careened at the European Parliament yesterday (Wednesday). Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha said the timing of the screening of the film ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ at the European Parliament ...
- No justice done to Sri Lanka or to the EU�s role - Geoffrey Van Orden (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka needs our support says Europe (Category: Breaking News)
- VIDEO: European Parliament (Category: Technology)
- Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the EU says the Human Rights Sub-Committee is not interested in a bala... (Category: Breaking News)
A COLLEGE drop out and global genius is dead. Steve Jobs was a very private person, eccentric and brash. He was fired from the company he founded Apple and was brought back to resurrect it and make it one of the most valuable and admired companies on earth, its stock earlier this year the most ...
- Competing for FDI: An agenda for Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- More and better jobs: Policy prescription for South Asia (Category: Business)
Banks’ Profits Up 111% The banking industry achieved a considerably high level of profits in 2010. Profit after tax amounted to Rs. 57.5 billion last year, a 111% growth in comparison to a Rs. 27.2 billion profit in 2009. The significant growth in profitability was mainly attributed to a higher increase in fee-based income, a ...
- Market Expects Rate Hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Ceylinco Insurance announces 65% dividend (Category: Business)
- Rupee Strengthens, But Illiquid Status Worsens (Category: Breaking News)
- JKH forges with solid growth (Category: Business)
by Palitha Kohona (Text of a recent speech at Harvard University,USA by Ambassador Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York ) At the outset I would like to state very clearly that what happened in Sri Lanka cannot be characterized as a simple case of countering an insurgency. There was a group, proscribed by most of the democratic world as a ter...
- Sri Lanka emphasises that terrorists suspects cannot be treated as ordinary criminals. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is not being militarized - Defence Secretary (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Cricket denies fixing allegations (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka should address accountability issues on its own: Judge (Category: Breaking News)
By Malathi De Alwis On 18 May 2009, Sri Lanka officially declared the end of a 30-year civil war fought between. Sri Lankan government forces (GoSL) and Tamil militants, namely the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). Such a sea...
- India’s Chinese Bogeymen (Category: Breaking News)
- Cuba out voted at UN Human Rights Council over Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China and India playing the great game in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- For India, Sri Lanka is not indispensable, but for Sri Lanka, India is indispensable (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka “The contest is never over, the field never quite ours.”- Dave Robicheaux in James Lee Burke, ‘The Tin Roof Blowdown’ (2007) Is it only me, or is not sad that there is no review in the Sri Lankan public space, of the first decade of the 21st century and the new millennium? Should we not be looking back at the road that has been travelled by the world, by our co...
- International investor confidence on Sri Lanka improving Minister Amunugama (Category: Breaking News)
- One year on, Sri Lanka still divided (Category: Breaking News)
- One year on, Sri Lanka still divided (Category: Breaking News)
- One year on, Sri Lanka still divided (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr.Harsha de Silva Mr. Speaker, I am glad that important Ministers and Members from the Government side have come to listen to this speech. I must first state that I am happy to have been able to join the...
- "'Mahinda Chinthanaya’ has moved to ‘Mahinda Hinsanaya’ and ‘Mahinda Vindanaya'" (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka In Dire Straits (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition alleges govt. conspiracy to oust CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Actually, The Foreign Ministry Certainly Seems Foreign Now (Category: Breaking News)
by Ranil Wickremesinghe By the 4th century BC, Asia had begun its first cycle of economic growth and power. This was the reason why Alexander the Great decided to travel eastward to establish an empire. At that time there was...
- Asia economy: Consumers to the rescue? (Category: Business)
- Economic power shifting to Asia from the West? (Category: Business)
- No inflation respite for Asia despite fall in food, fuel prices (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
Dr. Muttukrishna Sarvanathan is the principal researcher at the Point Pedro Institute, which is a non-for-profit think tank that provides analysis and advocacy on political and economic issues afflicting the Sri Lankan Tamil population in the north. In an exclusive...
- “I do not think the LTTE can revive” - Thirunavukkarasu Sridharan (Category: Breaking News)
- "The 13th Amendment to the Constitution must be properly implemented": Dharmalingam Siddharthan (Category: Breaking News)
- The defeat of the LTTE is being systematically transformed as the defeat of the Tamil and Muslim... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sarath Weerasekera Thinks The Tamils In Sri Lanka Are Born Slaves (Category: Breaking News)
A newspaper reported on its first page, Monday, October 25, that Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa says the on-going crisis at universities is an international conspiracy. And we need to believe him since he knows what he is talking about and further, he is the third, fourth, or fifth
- University Dons accused of aspiring to put the Government into difficulty (Category: Breaking News)
- PERADENIYA VC READY TO UPROOT RAGGING (Category: Breaking News)
- Omaha's Symone Sanders will be chief spokeswoman for VP-elect Kamala Harris (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Omaha's Symone Sanders will be chief spokeswoman for VP-elect Kamala Harris (Category: USA, Nebraska)
by Eran Wickramaratne Parliamentary oversight on Finance Article 148 of the Constitution gives Parliament full control over public finance. Since President Wijetunga retained the finance portfolio the authority of the Parliament over finance has been usurped, and created a conflict between the powers of the legislature and the Executive. Even though Article 44(2) of the Cons...
- Government tables 2021 budget ; eyes reduction of public debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Government tables 2021 budget ; eyes reduction of public debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Government tables 2021 budget ; eyes reduction of public debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Government tables 2021 budget ; eyes reduction of public debt (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Sri Lanka is a sovereign state which belongs to the international system. It must safeguard its sovereignty as well as its membership of that system. Sri Lanka’s enemies have a main objective – a separate state...
- Saving Sovereignty Or Shaming Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- The resistance to Ban-Ki-moon by Wimal Weerawansa (Category: Breaking News)
- Inaction on Sri Lanka undermines UN Convention: Canadian foreign minister (Category: Breaking News)
- UN On Alert (Category: Breaking News)
Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Sri Lanka is a sovereign state which belongs to the international system. It must safeguard its sovereignty as well as its membership of that system. Sri Lanka’s enemies have a main objective – a separate state – and two subsidiary objectives which are a prelude to the main objective. Those subsidiary objectives ...
- Weerawansas actions may be legal but they endanger Sri Lankas international legitimacy (Category: Breaking News)
- The resistance to Ban-Ki-moon by Wimal Weerawansa (Category: Breaking News)
- Inaction on Sri Lanka undermines UN Convention: Canadian foreign minister (Category: Breaking News)
- World court on Kosovo: Lessons for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By Mangala Samaraweera Mr. Speaker, The Rajapakse administration has shown an uncanny ability to create world records in the last few years; prior to the General Election, Sri Lanka had the dubious honour of having the world’s largest number of...
- Sri Lanka must be concerned how Russia and China let down Sudan at the UN (Category: Breaking News)
- UNSG Panel-Report on Sri Lanka: Revisiting 'Accountability' (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan president at the UN denies war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister Weerawansa began his ‘hostage-taking demonstration’ with the connivance of the Rajapakses (Category: Breaking News)
by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake “Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire, "Fortune is guiding our affairs better than...
- Sri Lanka: War on the diaspora continues to annihilate idea of Tamil Eelam: Dr. Sentas (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka @ 63: The ‘Military business model’ of post-war economic development (Category: Breaking News)
- The Final Report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission – A response (Category: Breaking News)
- Harmonizing our multi ethnic multi religious society without polarization is the way forward (Category: Breaking News)
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