Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

Victims` families tell their stories following Nato airstrike in Afghanistan

`I took some flesh home and called it my son.` The Guardian interviews 11 villagers

* Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Kunduz
* guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 September 2009 20.05 BST


At first light last Friday, in the Chardarah district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, the villagers gathered around the twisted wreckage of two fuel tankers that had been hit by a Nato airstrike. They picked their way through a heap of almost a hundred charred bodies and mangled limbs which were mixed with ash, mud and the melted plastic of jerry cans, looking for their brothers, sons and cousins. They called out their names but received no answers. By this time, everyone was dead.

At a meeting at the Lighthouse the Sri Lankan tourism minister appeared clueless when local hotel operators had been asking him about no booze available on the 31rst of December.

Will foreign tourist have to avoid SL during the peak season in order to celebrate new year in order to have no Champagne at midnight ?

Also participants had been wondering, why Mahinda Mama had chosen this honorable minister to promote SL tourism as he is only capable of the Sinhalese language.

`Sorry, the web site you are accessing has been closed by Royal Thai Police due to inappropriateness such as pornography, gambling or contain any information which is deemed to violate national security.`

What a surprise to see this message !!!

Seems like Mr. Brown is testing interstitials.

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Aug 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka`s Marxist party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said that the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa has no moral right to hold another Presidential election as he had already pledged to abolish the Executive Presidency before his term ends.

Sending a special letter to President Rajapaksa, the JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva said that he has neither moral right nor any possibility of holding another Presidential election according to the mandate received at the Presidential election held in 2005.

of Majorca, following a warning purported to be from the Basque separatist group, Eta.

Aug 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka and Myanmar agreed to continue joint and separate actions to curb terrorism that is threatening the regional peace and security and improve the bilateral relations between the two countries.

The two countries agreed to cooperate both bilaterally and at regional and multilateral fora in this regard during the during the second Meeting of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation between Sri Lanka and Myanmar was held in Colombo yesterday (Aug 04).

By Ayesha Wijeratne
Police teams investigating the broad daylight murder of Galle Municipal Council Opposition Leader Deshabandu Dushyantha Seneviratne are yet to make a breakthrough into the killing.
However, the Police said they have received vital information that would lead to several arrests soon.
Three Police teams have been deployed by acting DIG Southern Range Jayantha Kulatillake under the supervision of SP Premathileke Hettiarachchi and Galle Division SSP Keerthi Silva.

Forty-year-old Seneviratne was shot dead in the presence of his children at Beligahahandiya in Galle in the morning of July 22, by an unidentified gunman who had followed him in a motorcycle with another person.

Detectives piece together disturbing picture after Beruwala violence

The Government yesterday launched a manhunt for a controversial South Indian Islamic preacher amidst reports that he was responsible for sparking sectarian violence among Muslims in Sri Lanka.
Immigration Controller P.A. Abeykoon told the Sunday Times yesterday he had sought Police help to locate the preacher named Kovai Ayoob.

Tue, Jul 28, 2009, 06:46 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

July 28, Colombo: Following the suspension of pornographic web sites in Sri Lanka, the government has taken measures to ban all the movies rated `Adults-only` in the country.

The Minister of Cultural Affairs Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said the government will impose the ban as soon as possible on the `Adults-only` movies once the Cabinet approval is obtained.

Additionally, all the commercials telecast on local television channels should be approved by the government before telecast, the Minister said. Advertisements on TV, radio and newspapers will be required to obtain the approval of the Public Performance Board.

$104 for a return ticket between Kuala Lumpur and Colombo is now a reality for Sri Lankans.

From KL they connect to Phuket, Hong Kong, Beijing etc for just a few Dollar.

They are financially very strong and aiming to make Phuket another main hub now.

A great new travel option for all Sri Lankans now.

Mihin Lanka lost Rs. 3 billion



By Kelum Bandara and Yohan Perera

The government owned budget airline Mihin Lanka has suffered a huge loss of three billion rupees for the year ending March 31 last year and 195 million rupees between October 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007, parliament was told yesterday.

Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena revealed these figures when responding to a question by UNP member Ravi Karunanayake and said the airline operated two aircraft obtained on dry and wet lease systems.

While seeking overseas grants and loan facilities to prop up the economy faced with the challenging task of rebuilding the war ravaged areas, the government is going ahead with a mega housing project for MPs.

Well informed sources said that the House Committee had recommended 150 houses for MPs and two additional houses for the Deputy Speaker and for the Deputy Chairman of Committees as well as three official quarters for the Secretary General of Parliament, Deputy Secretary General of Parliament and Assistant Secretary General of Parliament.

Sun, Jul 5, 2009, 09:24 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

July 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka today said that consumer prices increased by 28 percent this year in Sri Lanka due to global crisis including the financial meltdown in major industrial countries.

Consumer Affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardena said that a positive change in the country`s economy next year is based on the developments such as progress in the agriculture industry in the North and East and the transportation of its products to the south.

Fri, Jun 26, 2009, 06:25 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

June 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that the next challenge of the nation is eradication of the drug menace.

Issuing a special release to mark the International Anti-Narcotics Day, which falls on today, President Rajapaksa stressed that his government would take every step necessary to overcome the drug problem in the country as soon as possible.