Five persons including four Belgian nationals were injured and hospitalized after the van they were traveling in crashed into the railings of bridge in the Batuoya area in Minneriya.Police said the accident took place last evening and that the wounded foreigners have been admitted to the Polonnaruwa Hospital.Four Belgian nationals of the same family, a mother, daughter and two sons, area among ...
Sri Lankan President saddened by Bodh Gaya explosions Official
Mahinda Rajapaksa has been shocked and dismayed by the news of serial explosions in internationally renowned Mahabodhi temple in India, a place of religious significance for the Buddhists. "President Rajapaksa was shocked and dismayed by the news," Presidential media coordinator Wijayananda Herath said. The official said the president had spoken to the chief incumbent of the Mahabodhi ...
Tamil Nadus caste politics swallows Ilavarasan
It is a story that reminds one of Shakespeare's immortal classic, Romeo and Juliet - a story of star-crossed love that ends in tragedy. But in Ilavarasan and Divya's case it was not the enmity between the families but the caste politics that played a villain. For while Ilavarasan was a Dalit, Divya was a ...
Two dead scores injured as Boeing 777 jet crash lands in San Francisco
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft crash landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, US aviation authorities said, with images showing the cabin of the plane almost completely burned out.Two people were reported killed and 73 to 103 injured in the crash landing, a city fire department dispatcher said.Most of the injuries were minor, but reports were continuing to come in, the ...
Sri Lanka diplomats twitter tirade jeopardizes British PMs CHOGM visit
Sri Lanka's self-proclaimed "new school diplomat" and consul-general in Sydney, Bandula Jayasekara's twitter attacks against the Channel-4 film maker and British national, Callum Macrae, may have potentially embarrassing diplomatic fallouts in UK ahead of the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled to be held in November this year, political sources in ...
A ccording To Mathew set for Hollywood
Wellawatte and Horana are abuzz as film crews move up and down creating sets for a Hollywood movie billed to be controversial for the character it ...
Fishermen asked to remain vigilant
Fishing and naval communities warned to be vigilant as the wind speed may increase up to 70kmph in sea area off the coast from Puttalam to Hambantota via Galle, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) ...
Multiple blasts at Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya 2 injured
The reports also suggest that the explosions were caused by crude bombs which were kept in a bag at a particular point inside the temple ...
Drug trafficker Pannunzi deported Italy after arrest in Colombo
Colombian police said that they have arrested the world's most wanted drugs trafficker, Roberto Pannunzi, on Friday in Colombia, news agency STT reported quoting AFP on ...
Gladiators and Kings reign supreme on first day
Nothern Gladiators and Central Kings dominated the first day of the Carlton sevens second round in Nawalapitiya winning all four games in their respective group whilst the winners of the first tournament Southern sharks came in second with three wins from four matches. Western Warriors too were impressive coming second in their group. Sadly the conditions under foot on the first day did not aid ...
Lions roar to test series triumph trouncing Wallabies 41-16
The British and Irish Lions roared to Test series glory at ANZ Stadium as they ended 16 years of hurt in unforgettable fashion. An awesome display of scrummaging power built an unshakeable victory foundation, with England prop Alex Corbisiero scoring an early try, fly-half Jonathan Sexton, wing George North and centre Jamie Roberts also touching down and brilliant full-back Leigh Halfpenny ...
A rally was staged in Maharagama
A rally was staged in Maharagama last week against the 13th Amendment. The JHU and Bodu Bala Sena were among the political parties and groups who took part in the rally. The participants of the rally pledged allegiance to a statement that was delivered. Picture by Lalith ...
Ceylon Tea campaign to kick off shortly
Sri Lanka expects to enhance tea export revenue from current US$ 1.5 billion to US$ 2 billion within two years of the launch of the global Ceylon Tea campaign shortly. Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said, the Ceylon Tea Global Promotion Campaign in the Middle East will be kicked off in UAE during the Sri Lanka-Pakistan cricket series by end of this year, outlining ...
Colombo Ports first deep water terminal commissioned
By Gamini Warushamana The first deep water container terminal in the Port of Colombo, owned and operated by Colombo International Container Terminals Ltd (CICT) launched operations last week. General Manager of CICT, Tissa Wickramasinghe said that this is a significant milestone in the history of the Port of Colombo, where a green field project has been constructed, equipped and made ...
Foreign Remittances Likely To Take A Hit
Alarm bells have begun ringing that the new Saudi Nitaqat Law may lead to a drop in foreign exchange earnings. Remittances by Sri Lankans working abroad are the country's top foreign exchange earner. Reeling from an 8 percent drop in export earnings in the first quarter of this year, a drop in foreign remittances too is likely to have far reaching ...
All A Committee Can Do Is Make Recommendations ? Susil Premajayantha
This week The Sunday Leader attempted to speak to the Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy Susil Premajayantha about state level corruption. The minister, instead, cunningly avoided the issue altogether and decided to talk about how companies like Ceylon Petroleum corporation incurred huge losses. Below are excerpts of the ...
Rajapaksa Govt Pushed Back By Internal Split And Indian Pressure
Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, Salman Khurshid and Shiv Shankar Menon Regardless of the many unresolved issues faced by the country, the Mahinda Rajapaksa government has been efficient in one aspect - coming up with deviating tactics to temporarily avoid being held accountable for its failures. The operative word in this scenario is 'temporary.' The Rajapaksa government has thus ...
Chicken Don?t Eat Their Own Soup
There were no codes of ethics, 'sacred manifestos of political leaders' or the maddening amount of human rights regulations to protect the interests of the people or the nation, a few decades ago. Sri Lankan children from the kindergarten stage and thereafter were taught by their parents and school about lajja and baya (shame and fear) about doing things that are 'not good' ...
MILCO Factory Facing Closure
Sunil C. Wickramasinghe Controversy surrounds the manner in which the Milk Industries of Lanka Company Private Ltd (MILCO), which was once a profitable institution, has been converted into a cash strapped establishment. Accusations have also been levelled against Livestock and Rural Community Development Minister Arumugam Thondaman for using MILCO funds for his personal benefit and for allowing ...
Tamil University Part II The Tamil University Movement
Sir Vaithilingam Duraisamy,Speaker, State Council, The elegant lady Sellachy Ammal Ramanathan - Deserted, Prof. A. W. Mailvaganam, Physics student of Nobel Laureates C. T. R. Wilson and Earnest Rutherford and Ramanathan: Touring America with mistress on right The World of Learning, covering education worldwide, announced that "Navalar Hall Colombo was founded in 1957 as the first Tamil ...
No Code Of Ethics For Rambukwella
Ramith Rambukwella Another ministerial offspring is in the limelight again and this time bringing disgrace to the country in the eyes of the world because he was unable to distinguish between a cabin door and a toilet door due to being under the influence of liquor. Ramith Rambukwella, son of Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella has not only brought humiliation to the ...
The Face Of Lois London Radhika Perera-Hernandez
Radhika Perera-Hernandez is a British-born Sri Lankan whose label, Lois London took the fashion world by storm. "I think I always possessed a natural passion to create, whether it is art or clothes," Radhika says. Asked how she was drawn into the world of fashion, Radhika says that she loves working with her imagination and hands, so fashion design was her calling once she reached a ...
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