Several students from the Sri Jayewardenepura University have been suspended by the administration for allegedly supporting the trade union action launched by university lecturers demanding a salary hike. The Marxist JVP backed Sri Jayewardenepura Students’ Union says the two students and two student monks have been suspended for supporting the university lecturers’ union action. Ven. [...]
Two international trade unions have extended their support to the trade unions in Sri Lanka and have called on the government to protect the rights of the country’s working masses. The international unions have objected to the labour crisis in the Katunayake free trade zone (FTZ) recently where the police attacked the protesting workers. Head [...]
The Defence Ministry has once again launched a programme to register civilians claiming it to be part of a national security programme. However, the registration programme is not mandatory and is a voluntary process. Photo shows a group of policemen carrying out the registration process under the Bo Tree in Fort. Photo by Asoka Fernando
Which category of advice imparted by Abraham Lincoln does President Mahinda Rajapaksa believe in: You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time? His latest proposal of a Parliamentary Select Committee to [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge A ‘red notice’ issued by a court in Chennai, India for the arrest of Kumaran Pathmanathan in April this year remains dormant as both India and Sri Lanka pussy-foot around the court order despite knowing that India’s most wanted “terrorist” is currently residing in Sri Lanka. Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam (alias Kumaran Pathmanathan) [...]
By Ranee Mohamed Princey Mangalika had been a housewife for as long as she could remember. From reading about life in her school books, Mangalika took a greater stride thereafter to face the realities of life in the paternal home of her husband in Siyambalagoda, Polgasowita in Piliyandala. A handsome husband working overseas and a [...]
By Dinouk Colombage England won the toss and elected to bat England 136 for 9- E. Morgan 47 off 32, L. Malinga 2-15 off 4 overs Sri Lanka 137 for 1- M. Jayawardene 72 off 57, J. Dernbach 1-18 off 3 overs Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets with 16 balls remaining Sri Lanka put [...]
By Indika Sri Aravinda The Sri Lankan government is in the process of going through the paperwork to file legal action against the Channel 4 British television station. Justice Minister Rauf Hakeem said that the Sri Lankan government has also requested Channel 4 to hand over the original video aired by the TV station on [...]
By Indika Sri Aravinda Despite telling the local media that Sri Lanka will not respond to the summons issued on President Mahinda Rajapaksa by a US court, the government has now decided that a lawyer in the US will watch the interests of the President. Justice Ministry Secretary Suhada Gamlath told The Sunday Leader that [...]
In the era gone by, a water bottle did not pour forth exciting news. Then came Nishantha Delgoda, with SPEED and its advancement came speedily too. Managing Director and Owner of SPEED Water Systems Nishantha Delgoda is an enigma. He forged ahead with SPEED which began to branch out both in terms of quality and [...]
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