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Latest News HeadlinesNew British High Commissioner for Sri LankaBritain has appointed John James Rankin, a career foreign officer of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), as the new High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Non-Resident British High Commissioner to the Maldives. He will be replacing Dr. Peter...
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Indian Foreign Secretary asks Tamils in Northern Sri Lanka to look to the futureThe visiting India n Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao today told the Tamil people in Northern Sri Lanka to look to the future when she and her Indian delegation began their tour in the war-battered region. Rao, who is on a three-day visit to the ...
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U.S. military team concludes humanitarian mission in Sri LankaUnited States service members who arrived in Sri Lanka along with the representatives of Mongolia, and the Maldives concluded Operation Pacific Angel-Sri Lanka a six-day combined medical and engineering training mission with the Sri Lankan governmen...
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party celebrates the 59th Anniversary todayEarly in the 1950s when a mere 3812 elite urbanites of the then population of 7.5 Million enjoyed more than of the country s income a group of patriotic intelligentsia met at Madampe and adopted a set of resolutions aimed at changing the course of ...
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SLFP for common good of people - PMIf there is any political party which has united independent thinkers in Government and Opposition ranks for the common good of the people it is the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. I can clearly state so with pride and humility as one of its pioneer member...
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Leasing Association partners Asia Microfinance ForumThe Leasing Association of Sri Lanka (LASL), the Apex body of the leasing industry in Sri Lanka has teamed up with the Banking With The Poor Network (BWTP) as a Supporting Partner for AMF 2010. AMF 2010 will be held from October 12 to 15 and wi...
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I need five more, door open Sri Lanka President Saturday, 28 August 2010 - 10:14 PM SL Time President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday stated that he only needed five more members to complete the 2/3rd majority in parliament. He added that before the door was closed however now it is open for anyone who wants to join the government.
President said this at the 28th annual general meeting of the Public Adminis-tration Service Association at the BMICH.Following is the speech delivered by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Annual Convention of Sri Lanka Administration Service at BMICH yesterday
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Sri Lanka to withdraw visa on arrival: public notice Saturday, 28 August 2010 - 5:12 AM SL Time The Sri Lankan government has decided to withdraw the on-arrival visa facility to tourists from September 30, 2010, a public notice said.
The Department of Immigration & Emigration website said on-arrival visas will be given only to visitors from countries that reciprocate. No reason was given for the change and immigration department officials were not immediately available for comment. Tourists from all countries except Singapore and Maldives will be required to obtain prior entry visa before their arrival in Sri Lanka either from the Department of Immigration & Emigration in Colombo or from the Sri Lanka missions abroad.
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Sri Lanka President tells Opposition he ll seek a third term Wednesday, 25 August 2010 - 2:33 PM SL Time President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday told UNP leader Ranil Wickremsinghe, MP and SLMC leader Rauf Hakeem, MP that he would seek a third term, though they had earlier discussed the possibility of replacing the executive presidential system with executive premiership.
The announcement was made at Temple Trees, when President Rajapaksa met a group of UNP and SLMC MPs to discuss proposed constitutional reforms. Ministers Prof. G. L Peiris, Basil Rajapaksa, Susil Premajayantha, UNP MPs Joseph Michel Perera, Lakshman Kiriella, Tissa Atthanayake and Rauf Hakeem took part in the discussion.
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New British High Commissioner for Sri Lanka Thursday, 2 September 2010 - 10:11 AM SL Time Britain has appointed John James Rankin, a career foreign officer of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), as the new High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Non-Resident British High Commissioner to the Maldives. He will be replacing Dr. Peter Hayes who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment, the FCO announced Wednesday. Rankin is to take up his new appointment in February 2011. `I am delighted and honoured to be appointed as High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. The United Kingdom and Sri Lanka have close and long-standing links, and I look forward to furthering the partnership between our countries,` Rankin has said.
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Indian Foreign Secretary asks Tamils in Northern Sri Lanka to look to the future Wednesday, 1 September 2010 - 10:22 AM SL Time The visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao today told the Tamil people in Northern Sri Lanka to look to the future when she and her Indian delegation began their tour in the war-battered region. Rao, who is on a three-day visit to the island to observe the progress in resettlement of displaced Tamils, began her tour with a visit to Vavuniya, Kilinochchi, and Jaffna.
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U.S. military team concludes humanitarian mission in Sri Lanka Tuesday, 31 August 2010 - 9:41 AM SL Time United States service members who arrived in Sri Lanka along with the representatives of Mongolia, and the Maldives concluded Operation Pacific Angel-Sri Lanka a six-day combined medical and engineering training mission with the Sri Lankan government. The Pacific Angel team along with the military and civilian representatives of the Sri Lankan government completed a number of medical and engineering missions at various sites in and around Anuradhapura and Puttalam.
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party celebrates the 59th Anniversary today Thursday, 2 September 2010 - 10:17 AM SL Time Early in the 1950s when a mere 3812 elite urbanites of the then population of 7.5 Million enjoyed more than of the country s income a group of patriotic intelligentsia met at Madampe and adopted a set of resolutions aimed at changing the course of government and ushering in real freedom to the oppressed masses and to safeguard the national values of the country, and the independence of the people. The outright rejection of these resolutions by the UNP government made the late Mr. S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike to resign his ministerial portfolio and crossover to the opposition on the Budget Day in 1951 with the late Mr. D.A.Rajapakse, father of President Mahinda Rajapakse heroically taking the lead to follow him. Later 4 other UNP MPs and two independent MPs joined the duo.Subsequently after much discussion among the patriotic intelligentsia a decision was taken to form a new party to emancipate the oppressed masses, to strengthen racial amity and national harmony, to confer prime place to national values and liberate the nation from the shackles of imperialist bondage. A notice calling for the formation of this party on 2nd September, 1951 was issued with the signatures of 44 eminent personalities of that time, which included persons of all religions and all races.
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SLFP for common good of people - PM Thursday, 2 September 2010 - 10:02 AM SL Time If there is any political party which has united independent thinkers in Government and Opposition ranks for the common good of the people it is the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. I can clearly state so with pride and humility as one of its pioneer members and Senior Vice Presidents, said Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne in a message to mark the 59th anniversary of the SLFP. The message said: The SLFP had its origin in historic Senkadagala city under the leadership of late Prime Minister S W R D Bandaranaike on September 2, 1951. It is to further the cause of this party that I shed blood, languished in prison and went to courts over its long journey. The strength and courage offered by past leaders such as late S W R D Bandaranaike, late Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike and former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga for the progress of the SLFP was so much that it could not be expressed in mere words.
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Constitutional amendments should have Constitutional Council sanction - SL UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella Wednesday, 1 September 2010 - 10:24 AM SL Time * Only hope of referendum now lies with the judiciary * Tinkering with 17th Amendment a retrograde step Constitutional amendments have to first be approved by a Constitutional Council, in keeping with the peoples mandate, UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday. He, told The Island that before the 1971 Republican Constitution was enacted, the then government established a Constitutional Council which sought the views of a cross section of Sri Lankans, including parliamentarians, religious leaders and civil society members.
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Leasing Association partners Asia Microfinance Forum Wednesday, 1 September 2010 - 10:20 AM SL Time The Leasing Association of Sri Lanka (LASL), the Apex body of the leasing industry in Sri Lanka has teamed up with the Banking With The Poor Network (BWTP) as a Supporting Partner for AMF 2010. AMF 2010 will be held from October 12 to 15 and will bring in the whole of Asia as well as from other parts of the world over 550 delegates, among them who would be leading practitioners, investors, policy makers and other capacity builders. The Leasing Association of Sri Lanka (LASL) represented by Commercial Banks, Development Banks, Merchant Banks, Registered Finance Companies and Specialized Leasing Companies in the island takes this important step of partnering the Asia Microfinance Forum. In the past few years the Leasing Association of Sri Lanka has developed the leasing industry while facilitating stakeholders with the ultimate objective of contributing towards the economic development of the country. By being a Supporting Partner of the conference, the Leasing Association of Sri Lanka will inspire its memberships greater involvement in the Microfinance industry in Sri Lanka.
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Lanka geared to handle global shipping industry Tuesday, 31 August 2010 - 10:52 AM SL Time Port development projects have the highest level of private public partnerships in developing resources at national level. The other sectors need to take a cue from the shipping industry in developing different sectors to contribute to the overall growth, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Chairman Dr. Anura Ekanayake said. He was speaking at a seminar on Sri Lanka: Connecting to compete - Port of Colombo - What are the prospects/threats? held yesterday in Colombo.
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Gujarat opens door for Lankan companies Saturday, 28 August 2010 - 9:58 AM SL Time Gujarat opens door for Lankan companies Charumini DE SILVA Sri Lanka and India have recorded positive economic growth when Western economies have recorded negative growth, Acting Indian High Commissioner Vikram Misri said. With the restoration of peace Sri Lanka is heading to a new era. The country is now addressing on equity, development, enterprises, and India being a close friend of Sri Lanka is ready to assist the emerging economy of the country, Misri said speaking at the presentation and discussion on the fifth Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit (VGGIS) to be held in Gujarat, India.
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Hanging thieves of poor man`s drugs Wednesday, 1 September 2010 - 10:17 AM SL Time Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena is in the news these days, not so much because of his politics but because of his Herculean project to clean the Augean stables that are the state health institutions. If he could achieve his lofty goal, one of the biggest problems the country is faced with would be over. His desperation is reflected in the desperate remedies he is proposing for the health sector ills. It has now been established that some vital drugs meant for government hospitals find their way into private pharmacies, while the poor patients who seek free health care are turned away without proper treatment. This racket has been going on for a long time with the connivance of high ranking officials of the Health Ministry among others. If a hospital orderly steals an egg from a patient, which is very common, he or she gets interdicted and even sacked but those who rob large stocks of drugs and thrive on shady deals with the pharmaceutical Mafia go scot free.
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A rusty nail in our conscience Tuesday, 31 August 2010 - 10:06 AM SL Time A protest was staged in Colombo yesterday against the brutal torture of a Sri Lankan housemaid, L. P. Ariyawathie, in Saudi Arabia. Last Friday, a team of doctors at the Kamburupitya Hospital performed a three-hour surgery and removed pins and nails from her body but had to leave some mettle pieces embedded in her flesh as their removal would have damaged her nerves. The government has launched an investigation into the incident, we are told. The poor woman who opted for slavery in the Middle East to keep the wolf from the door must be duly compensated and the perpetrators of torture brought to book.
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Crawling out of the woodwork Monday, 30 August 2010 - 9:53 AM SL Time President Mahinda Rajapaksa has cleared all the obstacles to the passage of his constitutional reforms to be presented to Parliament shortly. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has affirmed its support for the President. The SLMC`s U-turn has raised many an eyebrow. It is now all out to help President Rajapaksa secure a third term, among other things, though in 2005, it did not want Mahinda as President even for a single term. That was why it threw its weight behind the then UNP presidential candidate, Ranil Wickremesinghe, in a bid to defeat Mahinda at the presidential election in that year. Thereafter, it sided with President Rajapaksa but tried to bring down his government in December 2007 by defecting on the eve of a crucial budget vote, where defeat would have marked the end of not only the UPFA government but also its military campaign. Giving reasons for its pull-out, the SLMC characterised the Rajapaksa regime as being unfriendly towards the minorities. It also made a frantic effort last January to ruin President Rajapaksa`s chances of securing a second term. It backed Gen. Sarath Fonseka to the hilt in the presidential race.
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Sri Lanka moves up from sixth to third in ODI rankings Thursday, 2 September 2010 - 9:46 AM SL Time With preparations for next year s ICC Cricket World Cup in full flow, Sri Lanka has moved up three places on the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table following its successful hosting of the tri-series involving India and New Zealand. Kumar Sangakkara s team had been placed in sixth position prior to the series but now sits proudly in third, level on points with India and South Africa. Sri Lanka is just behind India, which clings on to second place, and just in front of South Africa, which drops to fourth, when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
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Kandy Whites, Kingswood SC hockey champions Wednesday, 1 September 2010 - 10:16 AM SL Time Kandy Whites (Women) and Kingswood Sports Club (Men s) became champions at the inaugural Men and Women seven-a-side hockey championship organized by the University of Peradeniya and worked off at Peradeniya. In the men s final Kingswood Sports Club scored a hard fought 2-1 win over Peradeniya Sports Club after leading 1-0 at the breather. The champion Kingswood sports club obtained both their goals through M. Mulaffer. Peradeniya SC obtained their solitary goal through S. Tharindu. Indika Jayawardena and Duminda Fernando umpired. In the semi finals, Peradeniya Sports Club beat Kingswood Old Boys 2-1 and Kingswood Sports Club beat Peradeniya University 2-0.
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Sri Lanka ruggerite Anuranga Walpola admits Tuesday, 31 August 2010 - 10:04 AM SL Time Kandy Sports Club and Sri Lanka ruggerite Anuranga Walpola has admitted taking a banned substance Tetra Hydro Canabinol Carboxylic Acid (Cannabis) a few days before the Clifford Cup semi-final against Air Force at an inquiry conducted by the SLRFU yesterday. Walpola had confessed that he had eaten a piece of cake at a party a few days before the semi-final at Bogambara on July 24 which would here contained the banned drug at the inquiry at which the Chairman of the National Anti-Doping Organisation Dr. Githanjan Mendis, Dr. Seevali Jayawickrema of the Sports Medicine Unit and Acting Secretary of the SLRFU Kiran Atapattu were present.
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