The government has planned to establish a special authority to give the powers of the Colombo Municipal Council and several other local government bodies within the Colombo City to Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. As the first step, the authority is to be established by taking under it the Colombo Municipal Council, Sri Jayewardenepura Municipal Council, [...]
It’s cricket fever again all over the country with the ICC World Cup coming alive. Watching television without missing a single moment or peering through local newspapers, many hope that their picture will be published for the world to see. Whether it’s on media or live on the pitch, it’s not just the match people [...]
Sri Lanka is plunging headlong to stage a super colossal sporting event which is considered to be the second biggest sporting carnival in the world after the Olympic Games. Last week the Chief executive of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) was in Sri Lanka to discuss with President Mahinda Rajapaksa the application made by Sri Lanka [...]
A CT scan was carried out on former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka at the Colombo National Hospital yesterday, prison officials said. Retired General Fonseka was admitted to hospital on the instructions of the prison doctor who wanted him to undergo a medical check up. General Fonseka’s wife Anoma said her husband was admitted to hospital [...]
Sri Lanka’s current chicken consumption will increase to 8 kg per person from the current 5Kg next five years, Chairman of the Ceylon Grain Elevators (GRAN), Cheng Chih Kwong Primus said recently reviewing the company’s annual performance. “With rapid development, change in lifestyle and purchasing power, we expect the consumption would increase in such a [...]
Sri Lanka Minister of Civil Aviation Priyankara Jayaratna said measures will be taken to increase the number of flights between India and Sri Lanka to cater to the cricket fans who are flying to India to view the World Cup final. With Sri Lanka’s entry into the World Cup final, a large number of Sri [...]
Two New Zealand journalists had their audio recorders confiscated and were threatened with the withdrawal of their accreditation at the Cricket World Cup following the Black Caps’ semi-final yesterday. Aaron Lawton of Fairfax Media, which publishes Stuff, and Andrew Alderson of the New Zealand Herald are the only two newspaper journalists at the tournament. They [...]
Pakistani police said Tuesday they had arrested another six alleged plotters over the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team that cost the country its World Cup hosting rights. Six policemen and two civilians were killed and seven Sri Lankan players injured when militants launched a gun and grenade assault on the team as [...]
Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lanka captain, says victory in Saturday’s final in Mumbai would be the perfect gift to his compatriots as the country continues to emerge from years of conflict. Cricket has often been regarded as a tool for nation building in Sri Lanka, even during the 26-year civil war, which officially ended in 2009. [...]
Sri Lanka overcame a late challenge from New Zealand to win by 5 wickets and reach the Cricket World Cup final as Muttiah Muralitharan added to his record one-day wicket total in his last match on home soil.Muralitharan took two wickets, including that of the Kiwi’s top-scorer Scott Styris (57) with his last ball, and [...]
UNP Colombo District Leader and head of the party’s international affairs, Ravi Karunanayake has informed party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe that he was ready to accept the post of National Organizer of the UNP, a senior official from the party headquarters, Sirikotha said. The agreement had been reached following a telephone conversation between Karunanayake and Wickremesinghe [...]
Peradeniya University geological science research Professor Athula Senaratne stated that it is possible to forecast an impending earthquake as there is a relationship between the tremors in the bowels of the earth under and the planets above. Along with the researchers of the Peradeniya University geological studies following the collection of information regarding earthquakes during [...]
Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga took three wickets and Muttiah Muralitharan took a wicket with his very last ball on home soil to restrict New Zealand to an unconvincing 217 in 48.5 overs in the first World Cup semifinal on Tuesday. Scott Styris was the only New Zealander to stand out as he hit 57 [...]
The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) today said telecommunication service providers have been requested to encourage parents to prevent underage children from viewing social networking sites on the internet at home. TRC Director General, Anusha Palpita said blocking access to a website would not be effective because underage children would find other ways of accessing the [...]
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