By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island Until 1977, when Kerry Packer set up the World Series Cricket (WSC) tournament, Australia and England took turns to hold the mantle of being the world’s top test-playing team; during this period, the West Indies did, on occasions, challenge the order of supremacy but were never able to be […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today Among all the things the environmentally-conscious superhero, Chairman of the Central Environmental Authority, was supposed to protect, his bank account was not one of them. He was caught red-handed in a dramatic arrest last week when he traded his green cape for what would have been some big bucks (and greener’ pastures) […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි  ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමණි, ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමණි, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රිවරුණි, , ස්වයංව නැගීසිටීමට වෙරදරණ, ජේෂ්ඨ පුරවැසියන්ගේ ගැටළු වලට සාධාරණ පිලියමක් ලබාදෙන්න. . ජීවිතයේ අවසාන භාගයේ දිවි ගමන ගෙවන ජේෂ්ඨ පුරවැසියා,වර්තමාන සමාජක්‍රමය තුල ඉතා අසීරු තත්වයකට ඇද වැටෙමින් සිටින බවත්, ඔවුන් සම්බන්ධව කිසිවෙකුගේ අවධානය යොමු නොවන බවත් ඔවුන්ගේ මතය වී ඇත. එදා දුර දර්ශිව සිතා බලා සිය […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena asked the Sri Lankan envoys to focus mainly on economic diplomacy as the country needs the cooperation of other countries for rapid economic progress of the country.Addressing the 10 newly appointed Sri Lankan envoys at the Temple Trees today (Nov 13), he urged them to showcase Sri […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre •     The procession of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem to the ancient Buddhist shrines in Kirama, Mulkirigala, Kasagala, Kataragama, Tissamaharama and Lunugamwehera. The relics unearthed from the Deegawapiya site during the excavations and the Crest-Gem which are in exposition around the island to […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Captain Anand Mukundan who joined the mission as Defence Adviser (DA) to the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka, called on the Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte today (Nov 14). Gen. Gunaratne warmly received the newly appointed DA on arrival […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) – The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) rebuked Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for following weak processes in performing its activities. It was highlighted that these weak processes had led to the current crisis in cricket. COPE Chairman Ranjith Bandara made this observation after SLC was probed by the […]

By YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) – Those who are not fit to be MPs can be removed once the proposed Parliament Standards Bill is enacted, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said yesterday. The Minister came up with this remark after arguments flared up in the House after SJB MP Chaminda Wijesiri […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Raids and Special Investigations Unit of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has sealed the storage facility owned by a leading sugar importer in Sri Lanka, for hoarding over 250 metric tonnes of sugar. The relevant storage facility was sealed during a series of raids carried out by the CAA in the Peliyagoda […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court today (Nov.14) ruled that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and several others are responsible for the economic crisis that Sri Lanka is grappling with. On that account, the country’s highest court’s judge bench determined that the three Rajapaksa brothers as […]