POLITICS
Looking at the present Sri Lankan Cricket team, I do have some concerns and worries for the future, If I’m been brutally honest one has to question our near future and what to expect. 1. Do we have a bowling attack that can take 20 wickets in a test match? 2. 5 players over 35 [...]
Hours before the National Museum in Colombo was robbed, nearly four months back, several luxury vehicles were seen in the area, according to a statement made by a security officer of the Art Gallery situated nearby. Stanley Liyanage, 40, was on duty at the Art Gallery on March 16 – the night the museum was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for Thailand today (Tuesday 29) as a guest of the Royal Thai government. During his visit to Thailand, the President will hold bilateral talks with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Prime Minister Shinawatra will host a luncheon in honour of President Rajapaksa, according to a release issued by Presidential Spokesman [...]
Sri Lanka’s defence secretary has said it is not appropriate to view the north of the country, over which a separatist war was fought, as a predominantly Tamil area. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who many credit with defeating Tamil rebels, also told the BBC there were few civilian casualties in the war’s closing phase. Human rights groups [...]
The Rajapakse regime had decided that in future Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva is no longer permitted to take part in the UN Human rights Commission (UNHRC) in Geneva, according to reports. It is learnt that this is the result of Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa sneaking on Nimal Siripala to the President that he did [...]
A Cabinet Minister has rejected the proposed site selected for a domestic airport in Kandy on the grounds that the location was one of the country’s most fertile grounds needed for agricultural experiments. Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told the Sunday Times that the site selected was considered a ‘national treasure’ which had been initially [...]
We cannot be complacent: Mathews
We cannot be complacent: Mathews The preparation has been good, but it is crunch time now, says the Sri Lankan skipper Click Here To Watch Live Cricket Angelo, even in the best days with Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricket had a reputation for being strongest at home. In recent times you got really good results in [...]
ICC Champions Trophy 2013 Live Cricket Streaming
ICC Champions Trophy 2013 Live Cricket Streaming The ICC Champions Trophy 2013 is a 2nd biggest cricket one-day tournament scheduled to take place in England in June 2013. It will be the 7th mini world cricket series. The 2013 ICC Champions Trophy will be contested by 8 Test teams which have been ‘seeded’ and divided [...]
London Hounslow 2013 Sinhala And Tamil New Year Celebrations 2013
Organized by London Hounslow Janahanda Foundation ජනහඬ අවුරුදු උළෙල ජයටම ලන්ඩන් නුවර හවුන්ස්ලෝ ශ්රීලංකා ජනහඬ පදනම ශ්රී ලාංකික ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන් අවුරුදු 8 ක කාලයක් තිස්සේ නොකඩවා ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද සිංහල සහ දෙමල අලුත් අවුරුදු උත්සවය, ලන්ඩන් බක් මහ උළෙල, මෙවරත් ඉතා උත්කර්ෂවත් අන්දමින් පසුගියදා පවත්වන ලදී. ලන්ඩන් බෞද්ධ විහාර විහාරාධිපති මහා බ්රිතාන්යයේ ප්රධාන සංඝ නායක [...]
