A Sri Lankan court yesterday punished four persons for torturing and killing an elephant at a state run orphanage.The persons penalized were three mahouts and a security guard who were employed at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Kegalle district.Kegalle High Court judge Menaka Wijesundara sentenced each person for a year and fined Rs. 100,000 each.They were accused of torturing and killing ...
Sri Lanka government says steps have been taken to increase the poverty allowance of the low income groups with effect from April 01.The poverty allowance Samudhi has been increased by 33% in line with a budget proposal of the government, says the Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa.He said that the allowance will be granted in three categories.Accordingly, the category ...
Sri Lanka Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Dallas Alahapperuma says he has initiated a programme to establish country’s first ever Crocodile Park in Matara to terminate crocodile attacks on human and also to promote the tourism in the country.He held a special discussion in this regard at the District Secretariat, Matara on Monday (09). Several state officials including ...
Slain official of the PresidentAt the hearing of the multiple murder case in which Sri Lanka President's official Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was killed, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka Police today informed Colombo Magistrate Court that murder suspect MP Duminda Silva was being treated at Mount Elizabeth Hospital of Singapore.CID further said that a statement had been recorded from ...
By David Rose (Vanity Fair)Earlier this year, Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund, was convicted of conspiracy and securities fraud in one of the biggest insider-trading cases in the history of Wall Street. But there was another reason the Federal Government was interested in Rajaratnam – his alleged financial support for Tamil ...
Sri Lanka's Batticaloa displays an extraordinary development.Recently, an activist of the government coalition Ealam People;s Democratic Party (EPDP) was hacked to death. Police arrested three persons they claimed those who had received military training in Tamil Nadu.However, India rejected the report saying it is baseless.Now, vandalizing of Mahathma Gandhi's and Baden Powell's statues are reported from Batticaloa city. Heads of ...
Benin, a country like a key - a key to open the doors to Canada148 Sri Lankans that were deported from the Benin state of Africa returned to Sri Lanka to yesterday.They arrived in the home country around 2.30 p.m. in a special flight.They have been destitute in Benin after failed attempts to migrate to Canada from there.They have arrived ...
The student wing of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) Socialist Students' Union (SSU) yesterday announced that the former national organizer of the Chamera Koswatta had been removed from the post.JVP central committee member Nalinda Jayathissa who was appointed the new national organizer said to media that Koswatta was assigned to another duty by party and he was not to reveal ...
Sri Lanka Minister of External affairs G.L. Peiris left for Maldives today for a three day official tour. He is to meet new Maldives President Mohammed Waheed and the Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdul Samad Abdulla. This is the first time a Sri Lankan Minister tours in Singapore following the change of rule there. Former President of Maldives Mahammed Nasheed ...
Sri Lanka police fired tear gas, attacked with water cannons and used baton charges to disperse an opposition protest held in Colombo today.The protest against the increase of fuel prices led by United National Party (UNP) was held before the Colombo Fort railway station this evening. Left parties such as the Left Front and United Socialist Party joined the agitation ...
Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva is crying.Her tone has changed to the tone similar to other Tamils, the Diaspora Tamils, the LTTE Tamils or the other disgruntled Tamils. Listen to Tamara! She says, “Removing one of the very few Tamils heading diplomatic missions abroad will allow questioning of the bona fides of the Government’s ...
Ceylon Teachers' Union Chairman Joseph Stalin Fernando says that the delay in issuing of the Z-score pertaining to the university entrance has caused further unrest among the student community.He said that the steps have not been still taken to issue Z-score even a week after the Supreme Court ruling to annul the previous Z-score and compile a new Z-score for ...
Sri Lanka Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage says that the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) has changed the decision to cancel the 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2012.The sports event is scheduled to be held from June 9 to 12 in Sugathadasa National Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka.AAA changed the decision within 24 hours due to the engagement of the Minister of ...
Specialist Children's Nuro-surgeon Anuruddha Padeniya has been reappointed as the President of Sri Lanka Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA).The election of office bearers of the GMOA was held on June 30th in Colombo in a highly competitive environment.However, the incumbent President Padeniya achieved nearly 79% of the votes to elect to the post gain.Specialist doctor Chandika Epitakaduwa re-elected as the ...
Sri Lanka Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage said in the parliament yesterday that a 10 year ban on administration would be imposed on the two former administrative officials who are suspected of providing false information to the Asian Athletics Association (AAA).Answering a query raised by the United National Party (UNP) MP Sajith Premadasa, the Minister of Sports said that a ...
By Uvindu KurukulasuriyaTalking to The Sunday Leader on June 20, 2004, Wijeweera’s wife said; “The late President Ranasinghe Premadasa did a lot for us. He took us into his care at a time when we needed to be looked after. He promised to come and see us in the Trincomalee navy camp on his way to the opening of a ...
Sri Lanka Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka says that the loss to the country's power monopoly Ceylon Electricity Board is Rs. 34 billion. The Minister said that the 23% hike of electricity tariff through fuel adjustment is insufficient to cover the loss.The Minister pointed out that 85% of the electricity generation of the country depended on petroleum. The ...
Sri Lanka Ministry of Transport announced the opening of the entire Southern railway from Colombo to Mathara from April 19.The railway is fully renovated from Colombo to Mathara and now the trains can speed over 100 km per hour easily, says the Ministry.The railway was renovated under an Indian credit line and the contract was carried out by Indian company ...
SiriwardhanaSri Lanka police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd on June 24 at a remote town called Wanduramba in Galle district. Six persons were arrested in suspicion of violence, said the police later.The crowd was attacking a religious center situated in Wanduramba. Around 2000 people led by hundreds of orthodox Buddhist monks were protesting against a new sect of ...
