By Easwaran Rutnam The government says it will use former LTTE chief arms procurer Kumaran Padmanathan alias KP as a “state witness” if the need arises. Government spokesman and media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told The Sunday Leader that there are provisions in the legal system to use a suspect as a state witness. The Minister [...]
By Janith Aranze It is often said ‘never underestimate the heart of a volunteer’, and in a small tucked away corner of Colombo, evidence of this statement is clear for all to see. The National Council for Mental Health: Sahanaya, was established in 1982 as a non-profit, non-governmental organisation working in the area of mental [...]
A new investor seeking virginal markets would look at indicators such as the World Bank’s (WB’s) logistics ranking of a country before making their investment decision, a representative of a multinational logistics provider told this reporter. Sri Lanka has a poor score logistics score (see page 37). Mark Woodcock, TNT’s Sales & Commercial Director Middle [...]
British Parliament cites Sri Lanka-Libya Diplomatic Relations Calls for Probe into Sri Lanka By Easwaran Rutnam A motion has been presented in the British Parliament calling on the UN to establish an independent, international mechanism to ensure truth, accountability and justice in Sri Lanka. The motion by ruling Conservative party MP Scott Lee, which had [...]
During the financial year ended March 31, 2011 LOLC sought Central Bank of Sri Lanka approval to not to renew its leasing license to facilitate the Company’s intention to move to a holding company structure. In line with this, all leasing business done under the LOLC Company previously is now booked under Lanka ORIX Finance [...]
Pressure by Japan for Colombo to toe the UN line..? “Tokyo has made no such decision thus far,” Embassy of Japan’s Economic Cooperation Section Head Suguru Minoya told this reporter when asked. Recently Tokyo in a statement requested Colombo to cooperate with the UN Panel report which charges Colombo of alleged human rights abuse in [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge The ward was dimly lit. 30 uncertain school children shuffled behind the doctor, who led us to a bed in the middle of the ward. In solemn tones, he told us that unless the seven-year-old lying before us received two injections (each costing around Rs. 8000) he would die. The boy’s eyes [...]
map by Janith Leanage, text from www.indi.ca I used to take the bus. It was like six rupees from Battaramulla into Colombo, a bit more if you wanted to take the A/C | BO private bus back. I liked it while I was off-tempo, but once you get into the working beat its miserably crowded [...]
from http://jestforkicks.blogspot.com/ Java Jones had written something on the last round of Wikileaks revelations. He felt that the leaks were helpful, I disagreed and wrote a reply that kept growing longer so I decided to post it on my own blog instead. I had not read his blog for some time, so this reply is [...]
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