Archive for October 4th, 2017
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
By Shyam Nuwan Ganewatte and Sarath Dharmasena Courtesy The Island October 4, 2017, 10:53 pm Phone recording of Aloysius mentioning FM’s instructions played before commission Paskaralingam, Samaratunga, Samarasinghe attend meetings Chairmen and senior officials of three major state banks––the Bank of Ceylon, the People’s Bank and the National Savings Bank–– testifying before the presidential commission of […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
By Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror Several text messages extracted from PTL owner Arjun Aloysius’ phone, referring to files maintained at PTL titled as to do list to AM and RK” were submitted before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) yesterday by Additional Solicitor General Dappula De Livera who continued to cross examine former […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
lanka C news ප්රශ්ණගත බැඳුම්කර නිකුතුව සිදුවෙද්දී ඒ සදහා අඩු ලංසු ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නැයි එවකට මුදල් ඇමති රවී කරුණානායක විසින් රාජ්ය බැංකුවලට උපදෙස් දුන්නේ යයි ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් සොයා බලන ජනාධිපති විශේෂ විමර්ෂණ කොමිසමේදී අද හෙලි විය. මහජන බැංකුව, ලංකා බැංකුව, ජාතික ඉතිරි කිරීමේ බැංකුව යන රාජ්ය බැංකුවල සභාපතිවරුන් අද දිනයේ කොමිසම හමුවට කැදවා ප්රශ්ණ කරනු ලැබීය. […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
lanka C news බැදුම්කර මගඩිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පරීක්ෂණ සිදු කරන ජනාධිපති කොමිසම හමුවේ හෙලිදරවු වී ඇති කරුණු අනුව එල්ල වන චෝදනා නිසා අගමැති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාට ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන ලෙසට ඒකාබද්ද විපක්ෂය යෝජනා කරයි. මාධ්ය හමුවක් අමතමින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී මහින්දානන්ද අලුත්ගමගේ මහතා කියා සිටියේ බැදුම්කර නිකුත් කරන ක්රමවේදය වෙනස් කරන්නැයි අගමැති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා උපදෙස් දුන් […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
Dr Sarath Obeysekera October 3, 2017, 11:11 pm Quote President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said that in order to achieve prosperity and development there should be no conflicts among the three main branches of governance the executive, legislature and judiciary. Unquote Statement made above by HE The President needs an amendment ,Thre tree of government should […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
BANGLADESH Militants using secured messaging apps to dodge cops, say Anti-Terrorism Unit officials: Police’s Anti-Terrorism Unit officials said that militant outfits have apparently smartened up and become tech-savvy as they are now using encrypted communications applications or apps more and more to maintain communications online, making it harder for the law enforcement agencies to trace […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
Public Service Management Assistant Union ලේකම් විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය, කොළඹ 01 ලේකම්තුමනිි, ශ්රී ලංකා විදේශ දූත මණ්ඩලවල රාජ්ය කළමනාකරණ සහකාර සේවයේ පුරප්පාඩු පිරවීමේ දී සිදුව ඇති අක්රමිකතාව සම්බන්ධවයි. ඉහත මාතෘකාවට අදාළව 2017.08.21 දින ජනාධිපති ලේකම්ට යොමුකළ ලිපියේ පිටපත් ඔබට හා රාජ්ය පරිපාලන හා කළමනාකරණ අමාත්යාංශයේ ලේකම් වෙත ද යොමුකළෙමු. මේ වන විට රාජ්ය පරිපාලන හා කළමනාකරණ […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය කැෆේ සංවිධානය ආණ්ඩුකාර පාලනය යටතට පත් කොට ඇති පළාත් සභාවන් සතු වාහන හා වෙනත් සම්පත් තම භාරයට ගැනීමට ආණ්ඩුකාරවරුන් හා ලේකම්වරුන් කටයුතු කළ යුතුය. උතුරු මැද, සබරගමුව හා නැගෙනහිර පළාත් සභා සතු වාහන 32 ක් එයට වැඩි ප්රමාණයක් හිටපු ප්රධාන අමාත්යවරුන්, අමාත්යවරුන්, විපක්ෂ නායකවරුන් හා ඔවුන්ගේ කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය විසින් රැගෙන ගොස් ඇත. පළාත් […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
BY PANCHAMEE HEWAVISSENTI Courtesy Ceylon Today Although, Sri Lanka’s Constitution declares that the country is a ‘Unitary State’ some are of the view that the country should be a ‘United State’. Legal experts say that 13th Amendment would affect the sovereign power of the people and it annuls and destroys the unitary nature of Sri Lanka […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
Editorial Courtesy The Island October 4, 2017, 9:51 pm Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe has recently been adjudged ‘Ada Derana Public Servant of the Year’. Public officials of his calibre and integrity with an unfaltering resolution and courage to carry out their duties and functions without fear or favour in the face of political pressure and […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
Courtesy The Island Close on the heels of former Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva moving Supreme Court against yahapalana government causing the postponement of Provincial Council elections by the recent passage of the Provincial Councils Elections (Amendment) Act, attorney-at-law Nagananda Kodituwakku has complained to the Bribery and Corruption Commission against the Attorney General, Speaker, Prime Minister, […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
By PTI | COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s main opposition party, mostly comprising loyalists of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, said today it will stage a protest against the proposed lease of an airport to an Indian company. The Joint Opposition, a political alliance formed by a right-wing faction of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and several left-wing parties, said […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
outandaboutlive.co.uk Worldwide Motorhoming Holidays by the Camping and Caravanning Club has announced a new escorted motorhome tour of Sri Lanka that kicks off in March 2018 Earlier this year, escorted tours of Japan and western Australia were introduced, adding to an already established list of worldwide motorhoming destinations. The new tours proved very popular, with […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
financialexpress.com British American Tobacco Plc’s unit in Sri Lanka says it’s poised to lose its dominant position in the market to leaf-rolled cigars made by small local rivals. The gap between the price of cigarettes and beedis, cheap tobacco wrapped in a coarse leaf, has widened after the government raised excise duties and slapped a […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
AirCargo News Emirates SkyCargo has reported a boom in fish volumes from Sri Lanka to Europe after a ban on their export was lifted by Brussels last year. The airline said it is currently transporting about 100 tons of edible fish a week from Colombo to markets in Europe and the US. In the second half […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
The U.S. Embassy in Colombo is pleased to announce the start of the 2019 Diversity Visa Lottery Program, also known as the Green Card” Lottery. The program will be open for online registration from October 3, 2017 to November 7, 2017. The Diversity Visa Lottery allows randomly selected applicants the opportunity to interview for an […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
BY TATIANA NENOVA Courtesy worldbank Sri Lanka experienced strong growth at the end of its 26-year conflict. This was to be expected as post-war reconstruction tends to bring new hope and energy to a country. And Sri Lanka has done well—5 percent growth is nothing to scoff at. A view of the business district in Colombo. […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
http://theirworld.org A young tech expert is helping children in rural areas to get valuable skills that will be crucial for their future. Winning an award for creating a digital dictionary while he was still in school has inspired Prabhath Mannapperuma to foster a legion of budding young programmers in remote corners of Sri Lanka. Mannapperuma, […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
Las Vegas, NV – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, October 4, 2017 A desire to achieve a common objective is a force that motivates a strong leadership. Success is the outcome of a well-organized plan. Author Daya Gamage, who was a public affairs assistant and political specialist of United States Department of State, shares his own insights on Washington’s overt […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
Muscat Daily staff writer October 04, 2017 Muscat – The horrified parents of Class 11 students of Sri Lankan School Muscat have called for the strictest possible action against a teacher at the school after she strip-searched a student who was accused of stealing money”. The teacher, who is said to be responsible for handling disciplinary […]
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