Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

ICL owners prepare for legal action

The ICL owners are ready to issue formal legal proceedings against the ICC, the ECB and the BCCI as early as next month.

The ICL predated its fellow Twenty20 competition the Indian Premier League but it was the latter that flourished into a global phenomenon after it became the preferred domestic competition of both the BCCI and the ICC.

ICL owners Essel Sports Private Ltd, whose fixture programme is currently suspended, believe that both parties - as well as the ECB - have acted in restraint of trade and in breach of competition law in attempting to sideline high-profile players plying their trade in the ICL and deter others from signing in the future.

Telephone call that changed Dilshan`s destiny


Daminda Wijesuriya reporting from Kanpur

Telephone is the world`s best innovation, according to legendary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Sri Lankan opener Tillekaratne Dilshan is someone who would agree.

It all happened due to a one crucial call from Dilshan to his former skipper Mahela Jayawardane. At the time, Jayasuriya was Sri Lanka`s number one opener in both forms of the game.

The President`s eldest son Namal Rajapaksa had told several officials from his Tharunyata Hetak movement that uncles Basil and Gotabhaya were ruining his father`s and his political future, reliable sources said.

Namal had said that it was uncle Basil who was responsible for getting the JVP out of the government and receive the support Wimal Weerawansa after his defection from the JVP and that uncle Gotabhaya was responsible for the rift with General Sarath Fonseka. He had further said that these incidents have resulted in placing the government in an unstable position.

UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya has called on the government to hold free and fair elections and not to resort to its now usual tactics of winning at any cost, as witnessed during the last few days by the disrupting of several opposition meetings by government politicians.

Issuing a statement Jayasuriya says that at this crucial juncture in the country`s history, the UNP implored the government to respect the most fundamental of citizens rights in a democracy the franchise.

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Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo
AP

Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian her insurance AFP/File The logo of social networking website `Facebook` is displayed on a computer screen in London
Sun Nov 22, 1:20 pm ET

BROMONT, Quebec A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.

Nathalie Blanchard has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the last year.

more details in sinhala at

[http://www.lankanewsweb.com/Sinhala/Feature/FEATURE_09_11_20_001.html]

basically,,,,, JHU`s Ratna Thero`s palace,,,,,, he built in on the way to `Dharma Rajya`..... like Cargill`s `Gedera Yana Gaman`......

Wimal Weerawansa is builindg a Rs60mn house in Kaduwela,,,,

wonder, where does the money come from to these guyz.........

found it interresting,,, so sharing

Former President CBK on Board of Directors of Club de Madrid
(Lanka-e-News 19.Nov.2009 2.00PM) The world`s largest forum of former Democratic Presidents and Prime Ministers the Club de Madrid concluded its Annual Conference in the Spanish capital on 12th November. More than 100 former Heads of State and experts from around the world met over two days to discuss `The Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis`.

President Kumaratunga addressed the conference on Employment, Social Welfare, and Democratic Rights and Duties . On the second day Club de Madrid appointed Mr. Wim Kok the former Prime Minister of the Netherlands as its President and Ms Jennifer Mary Shipley, former Prime Minister of New Zealand Vice President. Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga was elected to the twelve member Board of Directors of Club de Madrid.

Decision on the 19th
Who will be more powerful? The First Lady or the Defence Secretary?

The strength of the political powers held by the First Lady and the Defence Secretary will be known on the 19th morning.

While all arrangements have been made for First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa to open the Senehasa School, which is in close proximity to the Manning Town Housing Complex in Narahenpita, established for the soldiers` children on Thursday (19) morning, Major General Shavendra Silva had called the project personnel on Wednesday (18) evening and informed them that the opening ceremony has been cancelled by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

Umpire Decision Review System

Costs involved may derail referral system

Alex Brown and Nagraj Gollapudi

November 13, 2009

The controversial Umpire Decision Review System has come under serious threat, with broadcasters and national boards baulking at the implementation costs. The UDRS will be scrapped for the forthcoming India-Sri Lanka and South Africa-England Test series, and might not be used in Australia.

Sri Lanka in India 2009-10

Tillakaratne Dilshan recovers, keeper`s slot undecided

Cricinfo staff

November 14, 2009
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Prasanna Jayawardene discusses a point with Kaushal Silva, Mumbai, November 9, 2009
Either Prasanna Jayawardene or Kaushal Silva will play the first Test AFP
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Players/Officials: Tillakaratne Dilshan | Prasanna Jayawardene | Kumar Sangakkara | Kaushal Silva

very cheap indeed... hurry up

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yeah,,, looks really bad