theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; Readers' Views For the September 4, 2011 edition of the Sunday Leader, its Editor Fredrika Janz, in her column, had written a write-up with the t
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; Minister of Eduation and Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake said that two more private medical colleges, on the lines of the Private Medical College in Malabe, would be set up in the near future. According to the minister, these medical colleges would provide the opportunity for the students who had failed to enter into the state medical colleges. "They can enter into the ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; The following article originally appeared in September 04 (2011) edition of The Sunday Leader Thushara Jayaratne is a name not many may remember. The Law College student was the centre of some controversy last year. He claimed that the questions in an open book Commercial law paper (held December 3, 2010) had been leaked to none other than the President’s ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; US assistant secretary of state Robert Blake was due to arrive in the island last week to issue a final warning to Sri Lanka, ‘Irida Divaina’ claims. He was to tour the country not with the intention of assisting the government, but to demand a war crimes investigation, said the newspaper in its defence round up. The visit by a man who had maintained that the LTTE was ...
theNEWSmaster: KANDY; An environmentalist, who had reported that a rare species of fish had been spotted along the Mahaweli River at Warathenna in Kandy where a private hydro power project had been constructed, said today that some unidentified elements were trying to cause trouble for him. The rare species of fish known as Labeo Fisheri and also called the ‘Gadaya’ was believed ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; Independent Television Network's (ITN) Deputy General Manager and SLFP Organizer for Kurunegala Sudharman Radaliyagoda against whom a warrant was issued last month (July), for his arrest over a Rs 1.5 Million fraud committed by him, had walked into the Talangama police station on August 29th, to 'solve and issue' involving one of his close associates, and had freely walked out of ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; Sri Lanka has introduced new legislation which allows it to continue to detain without charging people who are suspected of terrorism, reports BBC. Justice Minister Rauff Hakim, who was interviewed by BBC had been quoted by the news agency stating that the new laws will be in place with the expiry of similar provisions under the country's controversial emergency laws. Last week ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; The tallest telecom tower to be built in Sri Lanka, will commence its construction work in Colombo before end of this year at a cost US $ 108 million, assures Anusha Palpita, the Director General of TRC (Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) of Sri Lanka. According to Palpita, the basic construction of the re-located Lotus Tower is to commence in November after the Attorney ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; It is reliably learnt that the controversial land case of Ward Place has been faked off using a name of a prominent business person, on behalf of a popular parliamentarian of the ruling party. Sources claim that the said young parliamentarian had purchased the one acre land and the house situated at No. 62 Ward Place, just beside the residence of late President J. ...
theNEWSmaster: TRINCOMALEE; Around 4,000 members of the armed forces are participating in ‘Operation Cormorant’, an exercise on combined action in an emergency situation. The 11-day training had begun on August 24 at the Podovakattu seas off Trincomalee area. According to learned sources, both Air Force attack crafts and Naval vessels are also taking part in this military exercise. A number of top ranking military officials had participated ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; The interim committee that controls Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) says that it will try to settle a dispute over the alleged sale of a Sri Lankan cricket club. Ervin Fernando who insists he is still the president of the Chilaw Marians Cricket Club (CMCC) says that the club has been sold without his knowledge, reports BBC sandeshaya. However, CMCC general secretary ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; The Central Environmental Authority (CEA), which issues the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on any development project in the country, is unaware that more than 60,000 acres of virgin forest land have been cleared by a US based multi- national company for banana cultivation in SriLanka. A group of environmental activists including Piyal Parakrama of the Environmental Foundation Limited (EFL) ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; VIDEO Imprisoned DNA leader and former army commander Sarath Fonseka attended the funeral of a niece at Wedamulla in Kelaniya yesterday (Aug. 28). Sarath Fonseka was granted special permission by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend the funeral of his younger brother’s daughter, as the former army commander's relatives had made such a request from the President, it is learnt. Ministry of Prison Reforms said that prisoners w
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva said he could not be brought before a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) as he retired from service two years ago and that the President himself had given him a letter of commendation for his distinguished service in the Judiciary as the Chief Justice. Addressing a public lecture titled ‘Good Governance and Corruption’ at the ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; Leader of the House Dinesh Gunawardena informed Parliament on Thursday (25), that 14 radio and 12 television licenses were issued in the past six years. Gunawardena was responding to a question raised by UNP MP Ravi Karunanayaka. He also went on to say that licenses for one fixed wireless telephone service, two mobile phone services, two broadband, data, communication and internet services, three satellite transmission services ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; In a surprise development former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva is likely to face a scrutiny after a group of retired judges yesterday met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees and appraised him of what the presidential office said was, “sending them on retirement in an unfair manner” during Mr. Silva’s tenure in office. The former Chief Justice had been ...
theNEWSmaster: COLOMBO; The parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) chaired by senior minister D. E. W. Gunasekara has unearthed a series of white collar crimes in the State Timber Corporation when it was under former Forestry and Environment Minister Mahinda Wijesekara, Daily Mirror reports, quoting parliamentary sources. According to Parliament sources, the Auditor General’s 2001/2002 Timber Corporation Report had revealed that in 2001 the Corporation ...
