The Fisheries Ministry has released satellite photographs that clearly show the presence of Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan waters. The pictures taken by the Sri Lanka Air Force track the movements of the Indian fishermen, who are first seen fishing within India’s territorial waters, then entering Sri Lankan waters by late afternoon, and completely crossing [...]
General Sarath Fonseka, in an obvious reference to the removal of the term limit on the presidency, Friday (Feb. 25) warned President Mahinda Rajapaksa that in spite of changing the Constitution he couldn’t remain in power eternally. A smiling former Army Chief told the press at the Appeal Court that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi whom the [...]
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 [...]
Higher Education Minster S.B. Dissanayake told parliament yesterday universities would soon resume their external degree programmes after restructuring and revising them in keeping with the requirements of the modern day job market here and broad. The universities have at present suspended the registration of students for external degree programmes. Democratic National Alliance (DNA) parliamentary group [...]
The External Affairs Ministry has contacted Indian officials and diplomats to arrange for Sri Lankans in Libya to travel onboard an Indian ship heading to Malta, the Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Ministry said yesterday. Meanwhile the External Affairs Ministry said there were no plans to close down the Sri Lankan Embassy in Tripoli due [...]
A senior Finance Ministry official told Lanka News Web that the Colombo Stock Exchange (SEC) is facing the risk of crashing in the near future due to the artificial manipulation of the stock market by a few racketeers wielding political powers in order to make unwarranted gains. He said that the purchase of stocks The [...]
Anyone still out there who thinks Pakistan are not dangerous contenders for the World Cup may want to think again after the tournament came alive with a mesmeric exhibition of high-quality cricket from Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Saturday. Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan propelled Pakistan, who were on a tricky 105 for 2 in the [...]
SLFP General Secretary and Minister Maithripala Sirisena is displeased with the fact that the President’s eldest son, parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has been handed over the UPFA’s local government election campaign, it is learnt. A senior official at the SLFP headquarterss said that although the previous election campaigns were operated at the SLFP headquarters, the campaign [...]
Last month (January), Canada seized all properties and bank assets of World Tamil Movement worth millions of dollars raised through illegal means including extortions, debit/credit card scams and human, narcotics and arms trafficking. Canada’s World Tamil Movement was registered as a non-profit organization claiming to be engaged in Humanitarian work, but they funded and provided [...]
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By Saroj Pathirana BBC Sinhala Service The president of Sri Lanka has called for a new financial order to prevent future world financial crises. President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the industry had been mainly focusing on regulating institutions since the 2008 downturn. But he said the emphasis needed to move to managing economies that had a [...]
The current Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke is to retire on Monday, February 28, from 33 years of exemplary service to the country. The current Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Logistics, Air Vice Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama is to succeed Goonetileke as the 13th Commander of the SLAF. [...]
Facebook, we all use it. Even your tuk-tuk driver is probably on it. It’s such a popular, useful social networking platform that it has attracted millions of users globally as well as in Sri Lanka. There are more than half a billion Facebook users globally and an estimated 2 million of them are Sri Lankans. [...]
China is taking the unprecedented step of dispatching a navy ship to protect its citizens being evacuated from conflict-ridden Libya – underscoring the navy’s growing capabilities and Beijing’s need to protect its citizens abroad. The missile frigate Xuzhou was ordered to break off from anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden and is sailing toward [...]
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