By Nirmala Kannangara Allegations have been leveled against Navy guards and officials based in the western part of the Wilpattu Park for slaughtering animals for food and even as a hobby. “I have been going to Wilpattu very often over the past two years and have seen the vast decline in animals in the western [...]
by Janith Aranze In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Leader via email, the Channel 4 journalist featured in the new footage released this week, Jonathan Miller, has steadfastly stood by the credibility of the eye-witnesses featured in the film. Miller who conducted the interviews with the two eye witnesses is in no doubt of [...]
By Hafiz Marikar Vidyartha College Kandy revived memories of their past glory with a string of memorable performances in the recently concluded “B’ Division Schools Rugby season. Vidyartha ended the season with 844 points in 11 games putting behind them many seasons of dismal performance and redeemed some of their lost prestige. Looking back a [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The opposition political parties that suffered a massive defeat at last week’s local government polls say that the results could not be considered a reflection of the true public opinion. The UNP and the JVP were unable to secure a victory in any of the local government bodies where polls were [...]
Credit to private sector in May by the country’s banking system grew by 33.3% YoY to Rs. 1,664 million. Credit to corporations during this period increased by 20.4% to Rs. 123.8 billion (Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka).
By Dinouk Colombage Lewis Hamilton stunned his critics when he surged home to only his second victory of the season as Formula one reached the half way mark of the season at Nurburgring last week. Hamilton, starting behind Mark Webber on the grid stole the lead from the Australian at the first corner, while Fernando [...]
International airfreight rates out of Asia moved up to the highest point in six months in April. According to the Drewry Air Freight Price Index, it showed average pricing grow 5.7% from the month before. But the index was off 16% in April compared to the same month a year ago, the sixth straight year [...]
LOLC is the first commercial building to have the largest solar panel installation with 2,000 solar panels which provides 15% of our monthly energy needs at our head office – LOLC Group Deputy Chairman Ishara Nanayakkara
Export earnings grew by 34.3% in May 2011 to US$ 832 million, while import expenditure increased by 67.9% to US$ 1,764 million. Accordingly, the trade deficit expanded to US$ 932 million. Imports comprised 212% of exports. Cumulative trade deficit increased by 49.68% year on year to US$ 3,463.10 million in the first five months of [...]
Young and talented Best Actress of 2008 Signis OCIC Awards and Best Supporting Actress of 2007 State Tele Drama Awards recently won another award. This was not for her acting but for her academic skills. The New Zealand qualified engineer who studied at the University of Auckland won a scholarship to study Law at University [...]
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