By Abdul H. Azeez Amidst cries of foul play Milk Industries of Lanka Co. better known as MILCO recently awarded a tender for two massive UHT plants to the highest bidder. The tender was given to an Indian bidder selling a Finnish machine for 4.3 million Euros (approx Rs 700 million). However, sources close to [...]
By Abdul H. Azeez On August 4, 2006 17 members of Action Contre La Faim (ACF or Action Against Hunger) were brutally shot and killed in Muttur in the midst of the war between the Sri Lankan Army and the LTTE. Their young, promising lives were lost in an instant as each of them were [...]
A grand exhibition called “Thun Kal Dekma,” organized by Housing and Construction Minister Wimal Weerawansa has completely destroyed the Parliament Ground, popular among many to engage in recreational activities. The heavy rains experienced during the time washed out Weerawansa’s show that cost millions of rupees. And now, the ground is in a deplorable state and [...]
Government spends millions on country’s richest businessmen By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The jumbo Sri Lankan delegation – an estimated 110 — that traveled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, included ten top businessmen from the country’s private sector – who were part of the Presidential delegation, all at public expense. For the [...]
UNP Member of Parliament and President’s Counsel Mr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, who made allegations of corruption against a certain government minister during Tuesday (17) parliamentary session, refused to disclose names, places and other details when contacted by the Sunday Leader. He claimed that the minister in question demanded a commission against a Japanese entity that offered to [...]
Approximately 20 mediators who were to be appointed as JP’s were suspended under allegations of corruption, the Ministry of Justice said. JP’s are somewhat notorious for charging fees to carry out services that they are supposed to do for free. ‘These people are appointed without proper screening and are mostly political appointees’ said Mr. Suhada [...]
The City of Delhi, India has one of the worst traffic violation rates in the world. Unable to cope up with the sheer numbers of violations occurring on a daily basis, the Delhi Police opened up a Facebook page and encouraged people to contribute ‘evidence’ of traffic violations in order to track down more wrong [...]
By Cassandra Mascarenhas In August 2009, the Director of Environmental Management of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) attempted to illegally obtain environmental approval for the construction of an industrial park in Mirigama from the Central Environmental Authority. The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka commenced an environmental examination of the Mahayaya Estate [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Disregarding the Election Commissioner’s directives, the Urban Development Authority (UDA) has released several vehicles from its fleet for election campaign work in Matale, Deniyaya and Colombo, The Sunday Leader learns. Seven UDA double cabs bearing registration numbers 59-214, 57-4068, 54-7027, 54-7502, 57-4065, 58-7245 and 56-3242, as well as a motor car, registration [...]
By Prof. Charles Ponnuthurai Sarvan Robert Burns claimed that, despite poverty, “A man’s a man for all that.” Those who know the circumstances of his early years will understand the defiant assertion of the song, but poverty means meagre food, if not starvation; inadequate protection from the weather, and shabby, tattered, clothes. It means a [...]
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