Here, if you make it ‘idiot proof’, someone will make a better idiot” goes a one-liner, in a book of jokes. But that wouldn’t sound a joke here: seems much like a pay-off line for a government project, instead. That, in fact, is how this government and its polity works with each other. That, in [...]
by Gazala Anver President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to make another official visit to China next month, less than a year after he made his last visit to that country. Government sources confirmed to The Sunday Leader that President Mahinda Rajapaksa will pay a state visit to China this August but the exact date is yet [...]
Allegations have been leveled against a jailor in the female ward in the Welikada prison for forcing women guards to contribute money towards an unnamed charity fund, without prison authority approval. By Nirmala Kannangara A woman guard on condition of anonymity told The Sunday Leader that since February 14, 2011, Jailor Mallika had insisted that all women [...]
By Neeta Nicholas The exceptionally talented Akalanka Peiris of St Peter’s College, Colombo is no doubt a budding swimming genius having established four national records at the All Island Inter-school Under-12 swimming meets held recently. He also secured the Under-12 age category Swimming Championship trophy in three of the national events and became the first [...]
“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker; A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker” Buddha The UPFA of President Mahinda Rajapaksa scampered home with another decisive victory at the last mini elections by securing more than comfortable majorities in 45 of [...]
by Janith Aranze The academics who submitted their resignation letters over 3 months ago, decided to call off their trade union action last week and are still waiting for new letters of appointment from the Vice-Chancellors. Spokesman for the FUTA, Dr. Mahim Mendis, has said that if the academics withdraw their resignation letters it will [...]
By Hishan Welmilla Olympic Games 2012 With exactly one year to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially invited the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the world and their athletes to attend the London Games. IOC President Jacques Rogge formally invited the world’s NOCs during a public ceremony in [...]
Host of programme Target, Syed Sheryar Asim, was attacked in Karachi on Wednesday (27) morning. Karachi is the capital of the Sindh province, an area of Pakistan which has experienced a spike in violence. Asim told police and media that he and his brother had been travelling in their car when armed assailants tried to [...]
By David Blacker Last week, I attended a seminar conducted by the Colombo-based Marga institute, a think tank devoted to studying and influencing human development in Sri Lanka. Marga is in the process of putting together a review of the UN Secretary General’s advisory panel report on Sri Lanka (the well-known Darusman Report), which will [...]
KIK Cola announced that it is the title sponsor of this year’s Super 16 Junior Rugby tournament currently underway at the Royal College Sports Complex in Colombo. KIK have signed a three year deal with the organising committee which is made up solely of representatives from each of the nine schools taking part, to be [...]
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