By Hafiz Marikar Lesley de Zoysa, a well known figure in rugby administration is the new secretary of the Kandy Sports Club. He takes over from Mahesh Weerasinghe who has stepped down due to pressure of work. Lesley, as he his known by his friends, is a long standing committee member of the club. Lesley [...]
The Sport Fishing Club, which has been in the fore-front of angling activities, once again organised its Annual Trolling Competition March 21. The event this year has been restricted to members of the Sport Fishing Club and Ceylon Sea Anglers Club. The club celebrated its 21st year with this mega event, which has generated a [...]
This is material for the publication of Sri Lanka’s “Believe It Or Not” booklet. With the parliamentary elections hotting up we can listen to various speeches made by the candidates and their supporters. On February 25 film star Geetha Kumarasinghe in a speech said that she came forward as she could not remain silent and [...]
Nations Trust Bank (N.T.B.) C.E.O. Saliya Rajakaruna, in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Leader cautioned on the ensuing repercussions the high N.P.L. and provisioning milieu could pose on the lending portfolios, permeating through to bottom lines by eroding interest margins and profitability. While acknowledging that macroeconomic conditions in Sri Lanka are certainly improving, with [...]
I respond to the letter titled “In Defense Of Ranil” in your newspaper of March 14. Although its contents merit no reply I do so only because of the various references therein to an article written by me earlier and will certainly not continue on this matter any further. Mr. Naveen Jayasinghe, without doubt a [...]
Formar National Player Lalith Priyantha and Ira Ruwanpathirana won the mixed doubles championship in the all Island tournament conducted by the Veterans’ Table Tennis Association. In the finals they beat M.M.M. Lafeer and Nilmini Swarnakanthi.
By Kalana Senaratne Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva, PC, one of Sri Lanka’s most controversial former Chief Justices (and a budding politician) provided a compelling legal argument against the arrest of General Sarath Fonseka, in an article titled ‘Arrest And Detention Of Gen. Fonseka: A Legal Perspective’ published in weekend newspapers. It is ‘compelling’, [...]
By Ranee Mohamed Much water had not flown under the bridge since Amila Sandaruwan Fernando who was thrown into the river in Kalutara by his mother on March 11 met with suffering and death after a murky journey downstream; before the scene was replayed from over another bridge across Halwathura River in Thalgasgoda, Ambalangoda. Interestingly, [...]
By Aaron Jude Weinman Widely considered to be one of the worlds best ‘Pound-for-pound’ fighters, Manny Pacquiao, on the advice of his Mother, is contemplating retirement. Arriving in Manila on Monday, hundreds of supporters welcomed the boxer home en-route to him paying his respects at a local Catholic Church. After retaining his WBO welterweight belt [...]
Democracy buried under a tsunami of illegal propaganda By Cassandra Mascarenhas The build-up towards the upcoming general election has so far had more than its fair share of illegal campaigning and propaganda and its seems that close to no attempt has so far been made by any of the relevant authorities to curb these flagrant [...]
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