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Liam Fox postpones his visit to Sri Lanka
Friday, 17 December 2010 - 3:23 AM SL Time
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The Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom and British Conservative Party parliamentarian Dr. Liam Fox has reportedly decided to postpone his visit to Sri Lanka.
According to a report from Channel 4 of UK Dr. Fox has postponed his private visit to Sri Lanka to deliver the Lakshman Kadirgamar memorial lecture scheduled on December 18 at the invitation by the widow of the late Sri Lankan Foreign Minister who was gunned down by the LTTE in 2005.
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Rogues at highest levels going scot free?
Friday, 17 December 2010 - 3:29 AM SL Time
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Two news items appearing in today`s (15th December 2010) The Island reveals (1) how the majority of the 60 odd newly elected MPs from government ranks as well as the opposition UNP have sold their duty free vehicle permits and (2) how the Minister of Health has refused to meet 3 Provincial Councilors of the ruling coalition who are alleged to have solicited and accepted bribes from persons for giving them jobs as sanitary labourers, insisting that he will refer the cases of the provincial councilors to the SLFP Central Committee for disciplinary action.
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Root causes and reconciliation
Sunday, 26 December 2010 - 6:45 PM SL Time
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The strangest polarisation is taking place in perspectives on Sri Lanka`s recent conflict and the way forward, as reflected in submissions to the Lessons Learnt Panel and the debate surrounding them.
One the one hand there are those who say that the roots of the conflict have to be dug up and addressed, if not for which the conflict would recur or reconciliation would not be effected.
This school of thought can be identified by their slogan or clich , that the LTTE did not emerge out of nothing and that it was a response to an unresolved ethnic problem which remains unresolved.
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Importation of coconut is the risk of inadvertent introduction of serious pathogens and quarantine pests of coconut -Agriculture Professionals
Sunday, 26 December 2010 - 6:50 PM SL Time
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As a Professional Body of Agriculturists Sri Lanka Organisation of Agriculture Professionals (SLOAP) express their serious concern and objection for the decision to import coconuts to the country. They sent a letter to the minister Jonston Fernando and copied to The President Rajapaksha. They wish to state that the government decision to import coconut is detrimental to Sri Lankan coconut cultivation (the 5th largest coconut grower in the world) - the reasons are stated in following letter.
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Govt considers fertilizer subsidy
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 - 10:33 AM SL Time
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Coconut industry:
The Government will seriously consider the introduction of a fertilizer subsidy to the coconut industry in a bid to promote coconut production and avert a possible coconut shortage in the future, a senior official attached to the Coconut Cultivation Board told the Daily News yesterday.
He said a 50 Kg bag of fertilizer is to be provided to coconut cultivators at Rs 1,000.
Small, medium and large scale coconut cultivators will benefit from this move, he said.
A high profile meeting representing all stakeholders in the coconut industry attended a meeting to discuss the formalities of this scheme and how fertilizer should be distributed to coconut smallholders at grass root level. The meeting was held on President Mahinda Rajapaksa`s directive, he added.
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It is time that Tamil people must reject the scoundrels like Douglas Devananda.
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 - 2:25 PM SL Time
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TNA must find ways to exclude Douglas and Karuna likes in any negotiations with the government in order to hold on to some credibility in their dealings. Let them be pandered and be panegyrised by the government to extend its agenda against the minorities.
Under enormous pressure following Wikileaks revelation of his degrading conduct, the Minister and paramilitary leader Douglas Devananda has pleaded innocence over his decades old shameful violent conduct.
In his statement in Tamil, Douglas Devananda has claimed: `Neither me nor my party went into politics with the affection for violence, but chose the path of politics to promote the socio-political status of the Tamil speaking people. We entered politics as human rights activists to defend the very precept of right to live of our people.`
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Sri Lanka to get fish canning plants
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 - 4:52 PM SL Time
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Two fish canning plants are to be built in Sri Lanka next year to supply both the export and domestic markets, fisheries minister Rajitha Senaratne said.
`By the end of next year, we aim to have a local canned fish industry,` he told a news conference.
`Two exporters are ready to open two canning factories. They will export part of their production and sell the rest in the local market.`
Seneratne said the government aims to increase fish production to around 500,000 tonnes in 2011 and the increased supply would bring down fish prices.
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What`s on the UN panels Sri Lanka visit agenda?
Thursday, 30 December 2010 - 3:06 PM SL Time
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Maybe it was the spirit of the upcoming yuletide. Nobody is still sure about the reason behind the change of heart. But everyone was sure taken by surprise when the government said it would welcome the UN panel on Sri Lanka with open arms and a prized appointment with the government-appointed Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).
All arrangements will be made, the foreign ministry said, adding that the three-member panel could make a representation to the eight LLRC members. Though the meeting has all the makings of a warm one, it was not immediately clear which panel will give evidence to whom.
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The poultry industry is now setting its sights on the neighbouring Sri Lanka
Friday, 31 December 2010 - 10:14 AM SL Time
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The poultry industry is now setting its sights on the neighbouring Sri Lanka, after benefiting from high egg prices in the domestic market.
Mr P. Selvaraj, Chairman, National Egg Coordination Committee (Namakkal Zone), told Business Line: We started test supplying eggs and day-old chicks in mid-December. So far we have exported four containers (18 lakh) to Sri Lanka.
Despite the announcement of lifting of ban on Indian poultry products by Oman, Bhutan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, there is not much happening on the export front. And hence the trade is exploring newer territories, said sources.
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Global warming the cause of Rajarata kidney disease
Saturday, 1 January 2011 - 6:55 AM SL Time
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Global warming, pollution of water due to stagnation and heavy use of agrochemicals have helped the growth of an algae in Rajarata tanks spreading kidney disease, a recent study reveals.
A team of scholars led by a blood diseases specialist from the University of Peradeniya, Dr. Dhammika Menike Dissanayake, has found that there are 18 types of a poisonous algae by the name `Bluegreen Algae` which spread the kidney disease.
Presenting the findings of the investigation to political and civil society stakeholders on Tuesday at the Anuradhapura Yovun Nikethanaya auditorium, Dr Dissanayake said that more than 2200 kidney patients have already been identified from the North Central Province. Nearly 3000 have succumbed to the disease.
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Sri Lanka Army says Jaffna killings and abductions are nothing really out of the ordinary
Saturday, 1 January 2011 - 7:05 AM SL Time
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`Fear still prevails` in Jaffna
Reports from the main city of northern Sri Lanka, Jaffna, say people there are living in fear because of a current series of killings, abductions and robberies.
Among those killed by unidentified assailants within the past three weeks were a Hindu priest and an education official.
The army, which has a heavy presence there, has expressed some concern while saying it is nothing really out of the ordinary.
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Sri Lanka to scrap visa on arrival
Saturday, 1 January 2011 - 8:17 AM SL Time
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COLOMBO - Sri Lanka has revived plans to scrap the visa on arrival for foreigners, except Maldivians and Singaporeans, and will launch an on-line visa application system, officials said Friday.
The government was to discontinue granting landing permits from October 1, but the scheme was put on hold following objections from the tourism industry. However, the authorities will now implement the system soon, officials said.
An immigration department source said the tourism industry had argued that foreign holidaymakers would be discouraged from visiting if they have to go to a Sri Lankan embassy for a visa before travelling.
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