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Breaking News From Srilanka :Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:55:05 -0400 Negligent Lahore police blamed in Sri Lankan team terror attack reportA Lahore High Court judge has blamed the city's police for being ill-prepared, poorly equipped and incompetent in their efforts to prevent last year's terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team bus. Pak Sports Ministry says no request by PCB to clear Sri Lankan team terror attack report The Pakistan Sports Ministry has said that it has not received any report from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over last year's terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore. Vessel carrying Lankan Tamil refugees heading for Canada A vessel believed to be carrying over 200 suspected Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers could arrive in British Columbia in the next three weeks. Sri Lanka, Hawaii sites get world heritage status BRASILIA (Reuters) – Sri Lanka's central highlands and a protected marine area in Hawaii, the only habitats of several endangered plant and animal species, have been added to UNESCO's li... Sri Lanka, Hawaii sites get world heritage status BRASILIA (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central highlands and a protected marine area in Hawaii, the only habitats of several endangered plant and animal species, have been added to UNESCO's list of World He... Sri Lanka, Hawaii sites get world heritage status BRASILIA (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central highlands and a protected marine area in Hawaii, the only habitats of several endangered plant and animal species, have been added to UNESCO's list of World He... UNESCO adds new heritage listings in Sri Lanka, Hawaii, Tanzania Tanzania to the world's list of cultural treasures.Meeting in Brasilia, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted to make Sri Lanka's central highlands a natural heritage... Colombo sweeps overall awards — Photo: M. Karunakaran Rowers from St. Thomas College and Bishop's College, both of Colombo, pose with the overall trophies. Break for Sachin after groin scare Colombo: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been silent, but The Telegraph understands that a sore left groin made Sachin Tendulkar request the selectors to keep him out ... 41 Sri Lankan workers stranded in Riyadh RIYADH: Forty-one Sri Lankan workers, all of them women, have been stranded in Riyadh since March because they were not given their assigned jobs by their local sponsor. Hidden Hand Behind Siyatha Attack Scenes after the attack on Siyatha TV, Friday morning The directors of Voice of Asia, the broadcasting company of Siyatha TV and radio, suspect a hidden hand of a would-be competitor of the company, o... IDPs To Sit For Exams Around 1921 exam centres will accommodate the candidates Hundreds of young IDPs and the newly resettled, will be sitting the Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations this year. A representative from t... Meet The Parents… The Rector And Our Readers… A safe environment is needed for school children We received several responses to the article titled “Fractured Discipline” by Ranee Mohamed in our issue of July 25. We publish below a few respons... The War Is Over. Or Is It It is 27 years since Black July – and just over one year since the war ended… in a remote mangrove in the North. Gowri was 19 years old, her father was a clerical hand. It had taken Shanmugam 40 ... The Legend Of Chinaman Chinaman is the great Sri Lankan novel, about a hundred pages too long and a year late. Like any great Sri Lankan, it has shown up as the party’s nearly ended — drunk, disheveled, yet full of humo... The S-Coup That Never Was How else can one explain the ‘Scoop Of The Year’ award which went for the first time ever to a ‘news desk’ at The Sunday Times for apparently having published a series of articles over a perio... The Early Days Of The World’s Greatest Bowler Everyone speaks about Murali these days, but this is all about how he started cricket at St. Anthony’s College Katugastota. Muttiah Muralitharan learnt his cricket in Kandy. Though he lived at Kun... Commercial flights from KIA to Palaly by year end by Shirajiv Sirimane Commercial flights between the Colombo International Airport and Palaly will be launched by the end of this year. Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dayasritha Tissera sa... Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Domestic Maid By Judge Concern is emerging over the investigations into the case of a 20 year old domestic maid who alleges that she was abused by the master of the house – a judge of the Court of Appeal. A complaint w... UN Panel Of Experts On SL To Commence Official Sessions The UN Panel of Experts appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Sri Lanka, is to commence official sessions in the first two weeks of August. Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary Gene... Strangers In The Night Who are they? The warning comes from a 58 year old woman, Andrea — an educated divorcee who says that she was flattered by the attention of a young man during an outing in the night. Living alon... Towards A Savvier Public Sector Sri Lanka’s public sector is not popular, except perhaps among those who work for it. A onetime finance minister recently quipped that the bloated public sector was rampant with corruption and inef... Council Chairman On The Mat Chairman of the Maharagama Urban Council (MUC) has been accused of flouting the monetary ordinance of the Urban Council, Vice Chairman of MUC Senaka Kalubowila told The Sunday Leader. In order to res... Tax Reductions In Budget Budget 2011 would see a reduction in both corporate and income tax rates, a Minister said. Deputy Finance Minister Dr. Sarath Amungama speaking at a function on Thursday said that that would benefit ... Go Slowly Lovely Moon One has to take a mirror and look at one’s own life to fathom and appreciate this book. Vinita wrote her words while sitting on a wheel chair; being fed by a tube and talking to people through a com... Tamil Nadu, a Catholic NGO's struggle against child labour Between 85 and 100 million working children in India. The Hand in Hand Association is active since 1984 and works in four states in the country. Committed to the fight against poverty, it has eradicat... Tiger driver surrenders to Trinco police A person claiming to have worked as a driver for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has surrendered to the Trincomalee police, said Police media spokesman SP Prashantha Jayakody. Dhoni criticises pitch after draw India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was critical of the Colombo pitch after the second Test against Sri Lanka petered out into a predictable draw.The tourists were dismissed for 707 to take a first-inn... Fire breaks out close to St Annes's Church A forest fire is currently raging close to the Thalawila St. Anne’s Church where more than hundred thousand devotees have gathered to celebrate the annual St. Anne’s Church festival on August firs... IUSF complains to HRC on student t killing A complaint has been lodged at Human Rights Commission (HRC) by Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) against the killing of Susantha Bandara, a 3rd year student of Ruhuna University. Time to reconvene APRC, says Tissa Vitarana Now is the opportune time to reconvene the All Party Representative Committee (APRC), Technology and Research Minister Tissa Vitarana told Adaderana this evening (July 31). Searches in Colombo instill fears among Colombo resident Tamils The re-commencement of registration of Tamils with the police and targetted search operations have created a renewed sense of insecurity and injustice amongst the larger Tamil population that is detri... United States condemns attacks on Sri Lankan TV station and radio broadcaster COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The U.S. Embassy on Saturday condemned attacks on a Sri Lankan television station saying such acts imperil media freedom in the country. A dozen men armed with assault rifles and... Tendulkar rested for Sri Lanka tri-series Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh have all been rested for the tri-series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand that kicks off on August 10. Yuvraj Singh makes a return to the 15-man sq... 101 complaints of abductions made to SL police in 7 months Sri Lanka police have received 101 complaints of abductions since January to the end of July in various parts of Sri Lanka and 93 of them are related to ransom demands, SL police spokesman Preshantha ... UNP MP Cader Disciplined For Voting With Government The UNP has said it had suspended Kandy District UNP parliamentarian A R M Abdul Cader from the party’s Working Committee. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake had informed Cader of the party’s... Energy Exhibition August 3-8 The Power and Energy Ministry has organized a national energy exhibition, an energy week and the National Energy Efficiency Award ceremony from August 3-8 at the BMICH in Colombo. Power and Energy Mi... US appeals to WikiLeaks against more postings WASHINGTON: The White House on Friday implored the website WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents and the Pentagon pressed its investigation of the leaks, bringing a soldier charge... More rehabilitated persons leave centres Some 3,000 persons suspected to have had links with the Tigers and undergoing rehabilitation have been permitted to leave the centres to any place of their choosing, Commissioner for Rehabilitation Br... Indian Navy investigating SL Navy activities The Indian Intelligence unit is in the process of investigating the Sri Lankan navy personnel’s activities, as they are in the practice of intruding to Danushkodi, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, during af... Gambhir, Yuvraj fit for final Test Colombo: Good News for both the Indian and the Sri Lankan camp as both have a full complement of players to choose from ahead of the final Test scheduled to begin from Monday at the P Sara Oval. Container load of substandard drugs at Port The police have questioned Dirusha Ruwanga Dassanayake, General Manager of the SPM regarding the recent detection of a container load of sub standard drugs at the Colombo port.Investigators say the dr... Port workers on work stoppage A work stoppage by prime mover drivers of the South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd., (SAGT) in Sri Lanka's Colombo Port has crippled the container traffic in the port. The SAGT is the largest contai... Second Test between India- Sri Lanka ends in a dull draw Colombo, Jul 30 (PTI) The second cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka meandered to a tame high-scoring draw here today with a staggering 1478 runs being scored over five days on a track which prov... |
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