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Attempt to Tamed the Leaders of the Seaplane Issue

2010-11-26

A new disciplinary inquiry by the Kelaniya University against CaFFE Director

2010-11-26

The Kelaniya University has commenced a new disciplinary inquiry against the Executive Director of CaFFE and Sri Lanka Human Rights Center, Keerthi Tennekoon. The university has already suspended Tennekoon from its academic staff.

PB gets ready to sell the Colombo Commercial Company land for a pittance

2010-11-26

Finance Ministry Secretary, Dr. P.B. Jayasundera is trying to sell the valuable 11 acre land opposite the Beira Lake that belonged to the Colombo Commercial Company to John Keells Holdings for a pittance, an official from the Urban Development Authority (UDA) said.

Shanmuganathan to replace Alavi Moulana's position as Western Province Governor

2010-11-26

Western Province Governor Alavi Moulana is likely to be removed from his current position as Western Province Governor and one of the President's relatives, Shanmuganathan, is to be appointed to the post, sources from Temple Trees said.

Nine senior ministers to work under one roof

2010-11-26

The President has decided to provide one building to set up the offices of the nine senior ministers who have been appointed, a senior official from the Urban Development Authority said.

Faizer Mustapha in a mess after saying he can't work with Minister Yapa

2010-11-26

Following a request made by the former deputy environment minister Faizer Mustapha from the President, he has now been appointed as the deputy to Technology and Research Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi. Mustapha it is learnt had informed the President that he was unable to work under

Consul takes photogrpah with President Obama after paying US$ 1,000

2010-11-23

Buddhist monks who travelled to the Vatican for Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith's ceremony stranded

2010-11-23

Sources from Rome say that Ven. Dr. Kamburugamuwe Vajira Thero, Ven. Banagala Upatissa Thero and Ven. Ittepane Dhammalankara Thero who had traveled to Rome to attend the ceremony held at the Vatican to elevate Bishop Malcolm Ranjith to the position of Cardinal, have had to return to the country without attending the ceremony, due to several shortcomings on the part of the External affairs Ministry and the Sri Lankan embassy in Rome.

Sri Lanka's Postwar Boom Not Enough to Lure Investors Wary of Corruption

2010-11-23

Immigration cap plan to be revealed

2010-11-23

Commission Calls for Consistent Australian Position on Human Rights

2010-11-23

Brisbane’s Catholic Justice and Peace Commission has urged the Prime Minister to adopt a consistent approach to promoting human rights and democracy in the Asia/Pacific region.

URGENT ALERT (UPDATE) : No confirmed information on arrested journalist

2010-11-23

A London based Tamil journalist who was arrested on Wednesday (17) at the Colombo Airport while he was on his way to visit his family, has now been reportedly seen at a government function in the Eastern Batticaloa district, a Tamil website reported.

Sri Lankan cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga's new mission

2010-11-23

LEGENDARY Sri Lankan cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga was in Sydney last week to talk about everything but the great game.

Sri-Lankan expatriates staged a protest rally against the motion of Mahinda Rajapaksha’s second term as the president in Sri-Lanka.

2010-11-23

'War criminal' gets a UN job

2010-11-23

A suspected war criminal who allegedly played a key role in the slaughter of 40,000 civilians in Sri Lanka has landed a cushy job at the United Nations -- with full diplomatic immunity.

Tissa's attempt to bring Ranil, Karu, Sajith, Ravi on one platform hampered by rains

2010-11-23

Mervyn gets a ministerial portfolio after the Jaguar

2010-11-23

The milk rice prepared for the President aimed at entering the Guinness Book of Records taken away in a dump tractor

2010-11-23

The milk rice that was prepared for President Mahinda Rajapaksa's second swearing in ceremony with the aim of entering the Guinness Book of Records, had reportedly been cleared in a garbage tractor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). The milk rice had to be thrown away as there were not many people to consume it.

ICRC offices in Jaffna and Vavuniya close down

2010-11-23

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has decided to close down their offices in Jaffna and Vavuniya. The ICRC's Mannar office is also scheduled to be closed during the next few weeks.

New Deputy Ministerial Portfolios

2010-11-22

FIFTY-NINE MINISTERS SWORN IN

2010-11-22

Budget deficit in 2011 is Rs. 434 billion

2010-11-22

The budget deficit for next year will amount to Rs. 434 billion which is 6.8 percent of the
GDP in 2011, said president Mahinda Rajapaksa presenting budget 2011 in Parliament today.

According to the president, the total revenue in 2011 is projected at Rs. 963 billion, while recurrent expenditure is likely to be Rs.1,017 billion.

Following is the full text of president Mahinda Rajapaksa's budget speech 2011:

Australian unions Welcome DNA Parliamentarians

2010-11-22

Government cannot take over the students' movement with money
– Inter University Students' Federation

2010-11-22

Massive protest in France calling for democracy in Sri Lanka

2010-11-22

Adishtana pooja in Catania, Italy to invoke blessings on Fonseka

2010-11-22

LLRC should ensure a free and secure environment
where people can give evidence

2010-11-21

The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) – Sri Lanka stressed that Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) should ensure a free and secure environment where people can give evidence without fearing future persecution in its up-coming sessions in
Trincomalee and Mannar.

NAFSO Celebrated World Fisheries Day at Trincomalee: Deputy Minster Says "He is uncertain of his future as dep. minister fisheries from tomorrow onwards."

2010-11-21

Maithripala's doubts over Mahinda's dictatorship comes to an end

2010-11-21

Minister Maithripala Sirisena says that the statement made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa about his retirement at his second swearing in ceremony where he said that after retiring he would return to Medamulana, indicated he was not a dictator.

Defence Ministry launches new programme to teach the JVP a lesson
Intelligence units inquire into a Hisbullah terrorist group

2010-11-21

The CID has commenced an investigation into the President of the Lebanese Democratic Youth Front, who was arrested recently, and the intelligence units have received information about his involvement with the Hisbullah terrorist group operating in Lebanon. These investigations are being conducted to determine the reasons for his arrival in Sri Lanka, sources from the Defence Ministry said.

These Sri Lankan whores! Serve them right!

2010-11-21

Name and shame the whores that act in pornographic films online. Their seedy grainy stuck-between-teeth pictures plastered across newspapers will be the deterrent for other whores who have the same idea.

Designate parks for young people to canoodle in (but ensure someone watches over the canoodlers for we don’t want them to canoodle with naked noodles, for that would be a travesty of our cultural norms and mores).

Record-breaking rice cakes, but at what cost?

2010-11-21

Most performances of Dhananjaya Karunarathne’s brilliant script Last Bus Eke Kathawa (The Story of the Last Bus) are memorable not just because of the acting, but also because the audience becomes, without at first knowing it, part of the theatre. Chewing gum or boiled sweets are distributed to the audience before a performance begins. Most take one. Some take a lot. Everyone takes a bite. It is only at the dénouement of the play that the deeply troubling story behind the sweets is revealed.

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