Sri Lanka government was finally rescued for the moment by non other than the bitchy western imperialist International Monetary Fund (IMF).US$ 426.8 million is big money and foreign currency the country needs badly. Unless IMF decided to release the seventh tranche of the Stand-by Arrangement, the country would be in a more severe balance of payment crisis that could soon ...
Anti Indian ideas appear to spread in Sri Lanka following the neighboring super power voted for the Us-backed resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC.There are speculations that the prohibitive taxes imposed on motor vehicles target India's motor exports to Sri Lanka in addition to the local economic needs of the island nation.The latest story is on India retraining repatriating terrorists ...
Violent monk threatening the judiciaryBuddhist monks are supposed to be peaceful, compassionate and tranquil persons.But a section of Sri Lankan Buddhist monks are completely different.One such section is led by a robed man called Galagod Aththe Gnanasara.He leads an organization called Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) which means to be a force of Buddhist people. Although this organization is not officially ...
The wife of Sri Lanka's disappeared journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda, Sandhya Ekneligoda said after returning to the island from Geneva that she was insulted by the officials of Sri Lanka's delegation to US Human Rights Council.She said that after participating in a side event at UN Human Rights Council on March19th 4 p.m. in which she spoke about disappeared persons of ...
FSP released this photo of Premakumar following the abductionFrontline Socialist Party (FSP) of Sri Lanka says that the elusive leader of their party Premakumar Gunarathnam and another leader Dimuthu Atigala, a female, have been abducted. Party spokesman Senadheera Gunathilaka said that Gunarathnam stayed in a house in Kiribathgoda last night following a discussion regarding the party convention scheduled to be ...
Mahinda Rajapaksa campaign politician Wimal Weerawansa's website Lanka C News reported today that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa would form a new political party as New Sri Lanka Freedom Party.The symbol of the new party is Wee Karala (pod of rice).The website reported that about 100 MPs of present parliament have agreed to contest under the new party.Share this article
A more serious case is pending against a former Minister who has been arrested for a fraud in an establishment which was under his Ministry.The relevant Minister is also to be questioned in relation to a coup to assassinate former President Mahinda Rajapaksha in connivance with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).Sources say that the ex-Minister has obtained money from ...
Sinhala Buddhist extremists in Dambulla, Sri Lanka reportedly have demolished Masjidul Khaira mosque which has been in Dambulla for over 50 years. However, no photo of the demolition was available in internet. Ada Derana website reported that the Divisional Secretary of Dambulla Lakshmi Senevirathna promised the mob led by Buddhist monks that was occupying the mosque that the mosque would ...
Sri Lanka Ministry of Power and Energy sources say that several days will be needed to reinstate generation of the the Kelanitissa Power Station situated in Colombo.The power station went inactive as a fire broke out early morning yesay. The fire was distinguished immediately.A Ministry spokesman said that the fire occurred in main fuse board of the power station. The ...
President with the assassinA close associate of Rajapaksa family killed a British national tourist at a tourist hotel in the home town of Sri Lanka President himself and also injured the Russian national girlfriend of the deceased.The incident was reported internationally and the tourism industry of the area if not the entire island is taking the brunt of it.The culprit ...
Sri Lanka Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka said that his party had decided to join with any country to fight against US being the hammer instead of anvil. The Minister expressed these views addressing a seminar organized by his party Jathika Hela Urumaya in Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on 12th. The Minister said that Sri Lanka is under ...
Sri Lanka Postal Department trade unions say that the officials of the Department and Ministry of Posts have not taken any action when a building of the department was demolished with equipment and furniture worth millions of rupees.State owned Urban Development Authority (UDA) demolished the building of the Inland Parcel Division of the Postal Department on April 20. The Department ...
Shops were closed in Sri Lanka's Uva Province Passara plantation town today in protest of a mysterious killing. Police Media Spokesperson SP Ajith Rohana said traders had closed shops and several black flags were hoisted to protest the killing of a youth opposite the Pradeshiya Sabha building yesterday. A 20-year-old youth was murdered opposite the Passara Pradeshiya Sabha premises last ...
The President and the MPs of Sri Lanka behaved in a way to suit to the slogan of placards displayed by the opposition as the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance delivered the budget speech.The slogan was SHAME!The government Ministers, Deputy Ministers and MPs assaulted the opposition United National Party MPs.Notorious Mervin Silva, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Rohitha Abegunawardhana ...
Central Bank of Sri Lanka today issued a notice to entities using the word ‘finance,’ financing’ or ‘financial’ as part of its name or description warning them with the improper use.In terms of section 10 of the Finance Business Act, no entity other than a licensed finance company shall use the words ‘finance’, ‘financing’ or ‘financial’ as part of its ...
The writer sent the following news story to a pro-government English website he is writing freelance. It was rejected and the editors comment is not a significant event.Yes, of course. But this is public money.The 29th Chief Minister conference of Sri Lanka is held today and tomorrow at Centuria Tourist Resort, Embilipitiya.The Chief Ministers of eight Provincial Councils, the Chief ...
Sri Lanka Police has decided to import a new stock of tear gas, a local radio reported. However, the police spokesman Ajith Rohana said to the same radio that the imports were part of the routine procurement. The radio reported that the police had to spend a large stock of tear gas in the mass agitations held in the past ...
Chairman of Sri Lanka Motor Vehicle Importers Association Yoga Perera says that the price of reconditioned vehicles will go down by around 20% with the latest relax of import restrictions by the government.Sri Lanka government has decided to relax the restrictions imposed on the imports of used motor vehicles following a discussion between the President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the vehicle ...
Trade union sources of Sri Lanka Electricity Board say that the newly built Lak Wijaya coal plant at Norachcholai remains out of operation owing to technical problems.However, these technical problems also remain unspecified, according to trade unions.A move by the CEB Board of Directors to hand over the management of the Lak Wijaya Power Plant at Norachcholai to a Chinese ...
A senior police official of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka said that an investigation was under way regarding an incident of police Special Task Force (STF) wngaging in treasure hunting in Mahawilachchiya area of the province.Several villagers were injured yesterday as they clashed with a group of armed STF personnel who were treasure hunting in a reservoir bank ...
