By Raisa Wickrematunge in the Maldives Hulhumale’ is known as the airport island of the Maldives- it’s where tourists from all over the world fly in. But the other section of Hulhumale’ is a world away from the runway. It houses a detention centre, one which takes in migrant workers who have fallen foul of [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge - Pictures by Pavithra Jovan de Mello Last week, the streets of Hatton flowed with milk (literally) as disgruntled dairy farmers protested that private dairy companies were not buying their product. Some even bathed in milk as it cascaded down the road. Some 12,000 litres of milk were reportedly lost due to [...]
By Dinouk Colombage On May 19, 2012 Sri Lanka will celebrate three years since the end of the war, a day the government has labelled “war heroes day” where the public will be treated to a parade by the armed forces. However, many people question how far Sri Lanka has come in those three years. [...]
By Robert Cookson and Paul J Davies, FT.com Financial Times — Hong Kong’s market watchdog threatened to make it easier to prosecute investment banks and their staff if they allow false information to appear in the prospectuses of companies that float on the local stock exchange. The move by Hong Kong to create an explicit [...]
By Dinouk Colombage No arrests have been made regarding the LTTE flag waving which took place at the joint UNP-TNA May Day rally in Jaffna last Tuesday according to police spokesman S. P. Ajith Rohana. Rohana told The Sunday Leader that “the senior D.I.G. of the Northern Province was carrying out investigations regarding these images, but no [...]
By Dinouk Colombage Sri Lanka is bracing itself for “a massive outbreak of dengue in the coming months” according to Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam, Chief Medical Officer at the Colombo Municipal Council. The country has seen over 9,300 cases of dengue reported in the last three months, a threefold increase compared to the same time last [...]
By Imran Khan My generation grew up at a time when colonial hang up was at its peak. Our older generation had been slaves and had a huge inferiority complex of the British. The school I went to was similar to all elite schools in Pakistan. Despite gaining independence, they were, and still are, producing [...]
Five Months After Presenting To Parliament By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The governing United People’s Freedom Alliance led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa is yet to formulate an official stance on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) even five months after the report was tabled in parliament. Albeit making diverse comments about the LLRC recommendations [...]
The Indian delegation makes people sit up and take note of its sincere attempts to gauge the Sri Lankan situation By R.K. Radhakrishnan – In Colombo, Jaffna and Batticaloa MEMBERS of Parliament from across the developed world love Sri Lanka. In just under two months, individual members or delegations from Canada, England and the United [...]
By Easwaran Rutnam – Pictures by Thusitha Kumara A parliamentary delegation from the EU visited Sri Lanka last week, its second mission to the country over the past two years. The delegation was headed by EU Parliament MP Jean Lambert. The visit comes just weeks after the EU supported a Resolution on Sri Lanka at [...]
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