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The week that passed saw considerable political activity related to the forthcoming presidential election that must be held late next year in accordance with the constitution. Connected events included business magnate Dhammika Perera’s declaration that he is willing to run for president provided

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- colombotelegraph.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.03204026

[…]The post Sri Lanka – Survive Or Perish? – An Open Letter To The President appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.

- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.09062354

Launched under a year ago, CSN offers high quality sports entertainment as a fixed option for the deserving television (TV) viewer. Following are excerpts of an interview held with CSN Director Marketing & Promotions Prasanna Jayasundera. By Ashwin Hemmathagama Question (Q):  Sri Lanka is a small nation with comparatively limited number of TV viewers. So, ...

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.053400435

New release from Dr. Gunadasa A. Not often do English readers get a chance to enjoy a Gunadasa Amarasekera classic. Just out in bookstands is ‘Death by the Pool’ – a translation of his latest collection of short stories, ‘Vil Thera Maranaya’ described as the final episode and memories of a man facing his destiny. ...

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.30123255

As Sri Lanka-Japan bilateral discourse completes 60 memorable events, Japan has become our seventh largest international trade partner. “The total bilateral trade turnover between the two nations has grown to $ 1,250 m in 2011. Japan, our seventh largest trade partner in 2011

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.042720348

Japan continues to be a top partner of Sri Lanka as our bilateral trade with the Land of the Rising Sun topped $ 1.2 b in 2011 and knowledge transfer of Japanese manufacturing practices to Sri Lanka has helped improve quality of manufacturing here. “Japan has always been a key trading partner as well as ...

- lankastandard.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.053400435

A Governance Analysis of Frequency Allocation & TV Rights in Present Sri Lanka Frequency Allocation- A Grand Corruption? Understanding the state capture by Kleptocrats does not require a dedicated study; it is easily recognizable. For the benefit of keen students of governance, let me begin this article with the definition of Kleptocracy: “A form of political and government ...

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.120831385

By T. Farook Thajudeen Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) sought time to file objections against the enjoining order obtained by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) preventing the ABU from granting broadcasting rights of 30th Olympic Games within the territory of Sri Lanka to any other person other than Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. Senior Counsel Harsha ...

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.085440695

Vesak is a time to revisit and refocus on the core of Buddhism. It is also the time to see how Buddhist principles of truth, peace, honesty and kindness can be promoted in the country. At the start of the week, just a cursory glance at the newspapers reveals many things that could do with ...

- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.085440695

  The sports minister in Sri Lanka says that exclusive broadcasting rights of 2012 Olympics obtained by state-owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) will not be sold to private channel as reported by media. The Sunday Leader newspaper said the Carlton Sports Network (CSN), reportedly owned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s family, has sought the broadcasting ...

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.06408052

By D.C. Ranatunga “We bear a very heavy responsibility to build up this service with great care, vigilance and intellectual integrity so that the people of this country belonging to different ethnic groups, believing in four different faiths, of diverse economic groups, living in varying environments, urban and rural, with different levels of literacy and ...

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Sri Lanka’s most popular children’s television programme ‘Muthuhara’ broadcasted by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) selected Cinnamon Grand’s Nuga Gama (the Village in the City) for its first  live broadcast  on 1 January. This is the first time a hotel has been selected as a venue for this renowned children’s programme, since its inception 30 ...

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.075519614

By Dinali Goonewardene Prathilaba was telecast on Rupavahini on Sundays at 10 a.m. The TV documentary, a studio discussion on investing in the stock market was commissioned by the Securities and Exchange Commission and panellists from the stock market industry participated. These included stock brokers, research analysts, fund managers and officials from the Colombo Stock ...

- lankastandard.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.064744584

OCTOBER 17, 2011: Status: Not Free Legal Environment: 23 Political Environment: 30 Economic Environment: 18 Total Score: 71 Despite the end of the government’s long-running war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel group in May 2009, media freedom remained restricted in Sri Lanka, with journalists subject to myriad forms of legal harassment and physical intimidation. Altho...

- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.060415693

By Ranjit Jayasundera Sensational evidence has come to light that demonstrates beyond a shadow of doubt that in Sri Lanka fortune favours not necessarily the bold but certainly the favoured. Carlton Sports Network (CSN) a company incorporated on 10th February 2011 has won the rights to broadcast the Australian Cricket tour of Sri Lanka next ...

- srilankacricket.lk - Category : Sports - Relavancy : 0.053400435
- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.037380304

UNP Settles Internal Strife Last Thursday was Ranil Wickremesinghe’s 62nd birthday. It was yet early morning when he received a telephone call from President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He first wished Ranil for  securing his leadership position  of the UNP at the Working Committee meeting held the day before. Secondly, he wished him a happy birthday. Ranil ...

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by Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka "A social group dominates antagonistic groups, which it tends to ‘liquidate’ or to subjugate perhaps even by armed force; it leads kindred and allied groups.” - Gramsci The massive WikiLeaks detonation took place in the wake of a significant conjunction of events

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