Archive for June, 2012

President for launching PSC without delay

President for launching PSC without delay

| June 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has stressed the importance of setting up the proposed Parliamentary Select Committee in motion to find a workable solution to the national issue without delay, Senior Minister of Scientific Affairs Prof. Tissa Vitharana yesterday told the Daily News. Prof Vitharana said: “The President had asked all political parties to commit to their [...]

Continue Reading

Sri Lanka And Pakistan Desperate for DRS

Sri Lanka And Pakistan Desperate for DRS

| June 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

Pakistan and Sri Lanka plead for DRS Rivals Pakistan and Sri Lanka united Tuesday to demand mandatory video technology after several umpiring howlers in their first Test, placing themselves in opposition to India’s powerful board. The Decision Review System (DRS), which uses ball tracking and thermal imaging to verify umpires’ decisions, was recommended for mandatory [...]

Continue Reading

Arrival of Tourist to be Increased by 2.5 Million by 2016

Arrival of Tourist to be Increased by 2.5 Million by 2016

| June 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

Sri Lanka Tourism expects to increase tourist arrivals by 2.5 million in 2016. In 2011, tourist arrivals increased by 30 percent. During the past six months that number increased by eight percent, Sri Lanka Tourism lecturer Upali Rathnayake said. This was revealed at the media workshop on tourism at the Colombo University Economic Department on [...]

Continue Reading

Recognition Of Young Talents – UK Janahanda Foundation

Recognition Of Young Talents – UK Janahanda Foundation

| June 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

Sri Lanka Janahanda Foundation took another positive step towards the children who performed at their Sri Lankan New Year Festival event on the 9th June 2012. The Festival was held at Lampton School, Hounslow, London, on the Sinhala and Hindu New year day – 14th of April 2012. This felicitation was graced by the Mayor [...]

Continue Reading

Healthy investor interest shown in SLPL franchises

Healthy investor interest shown in SLPL franchises

| June 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

There is a healthy appetite for the privatisation of cricket in Sri Lanka, going by the number of potentially interested investors in the Sri Lanka Premier League. Despite uncertainty about the participation of Indian players in the event, an SLC official told ESPNcricinfo that they have issued 13 bid applications for the seven franchises so [...]

Continue Reading

MS Dhoni tops cricket’s rich-list in Forbes magazine

MS Dhoni tops cricket’s rich-list in Forbes magazine

| June 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

MS Dhini, the India captain, has proved to be just as successful off the field as he has been on the field. Forbes magazine has ranked him as the highest-paid cricketer, as well as the highest-paid athlete in India for the period from June 2011 to June 2012. Dhoni tops not only team-mate Sachin Tendulkar, [...]

Continue Reading

President Mahinda Rajapaksha Meets Pope  to Addresses Post-War Reconciliation

President Mahinda Rajapaksha Meets Pope to Addresses Post-War Reconciliation

| June 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

It was about three years ago, when roughly 100,000 civilians died during Sri Lanka’s civil war. Most of them, were from the ethnic group Tamil. On Friday, Benedict XVI met with Sri Lanka’s president at the Vatican. During the meeting, he asked the president to ‘quickly’ reach an agreement to promote reconciliation. This is the [...]

Continue Reading

CID Conclude’s Baratha Laxman Case Inquiry

CID Conclude’s Baratha Laxman Case Inquiry

| June 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

The CID today submitted a report to the Colombo Magistrates court stating that they have concluded investigations in to the murder of former MP Baratha Lakshman and three others when the case was taken up today. The CID told the court that the government analysts department had also submitted its report. The CID further went [...]

Continue Reading

Channel 4 Reporter Deported From Sri Lanka

Channel 4 Reporter Deported From Sri Lanka

| June 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Shirani Sabaratnam, who works at the London-based Channel-4 TV Station as an editor and a presenter, arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday. On arrival she was detained at the airport by Sri Lankan law enforcement authorities and later deported to Britain, informed sources said. The sources alleged that Ms. Sabaratnam, a former LTTE member, had [...]

Continue Reading