Defence Ministry takes over administration of state institutions – Weliamuna
2011-02-28
Since all state institutions are either directly or indirectly handled by the Defence Ministry, neither the electoral system, the opposition or the judiciary are in a position challenge it, Attorney J.C. Weliamuna says.
A gimmick about building 1,000,000 million houses instead of the 50,000 houses for soldiers
2011-02-28
The government has commenced a programme called Jana Sevena to build 1 million houses in order to address the housing issue in future. This a gimmick aimed at misleading the people.
Shasheendra gets court order to permit the kapu mahaththaya to continue
2011-02-28
Basnayake Nilame of the Kataragama Devala and Uva Province Chief Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa has been ordered by the Mount Lavinia Civil Appeal Court on February 9 to permit Ranjith Adhikaram to continueee in the post of kapu mahaththaya at the devala.
Minister asks for Rs. 30 lakhs to get permission for a cable TV
2011-02-28
A government minister has asked for a sum of Rs. 30 lakhs to get the relevant license and permission for a cable TV network, sources from the Media Ministry said.
Valuable machinery and equipment that belonged to the British Ceylon Corporation (Lanka), which is under the State Resources and Enterprise Development Ministry, has been sold as old scrap iron, it is learnt. A large number of machines that were used to refine coconut oil have also been sold in this manner.
Soldiers sent out with a begging bowl to collect funds to build a gym for disabled soldiers
2011-02-28
Soldiers are being sent to houses and shops in the Homagama, Kottawa and Maharagama areas with Rs. 100 tickets to collect funds to build a physical therapy unit for the disabled soldiers at the Panagoda Army Camp.
Human Rights Council:
Sri Lanka silent at special session on Libya
2011-02-27
The silence maintained by Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the 25th during a special session on Libya has become the talking point among the Council representatives.
The night club at the Wellawatte Global Towers Hotel pays Rs. 3 lakhs every month to Mervyn's lackey
2011-02-27
The owners of the illegal night club that is operating on the 10th floor at the Global Towers Hotel in Wellawatte pays a sum of Rs. 3 lakhs every month to one Minister Mervynnn Silva'underworlddd members known as Maligawatte Ranji alias Donald, a senior officer from the Wellawatte Police said.
Mervyn summons his underworld lackey and shouts in filth
2011-02-27
With the President's Media Unit informing Public Affairs and Public Relations Mervyn Silva about a story published in our website on the 26th morning stating “The night club at Wellawatte Global Towers Hotel pays Rs. 3 lakhs every month to Mervyn's lackey,” an angry Mervyn had summoned Maligawatte Ranji alias Donald.
"CIA spy" Davis was giving nuclear bomb material to Al-Qaeda, says report
2011-02-27
Double murder-accused US official Raymond Davis has been found in possession of top-secret CIA documents, which point to him or the feared American Task Force 373 (TF373) operating in the region, providing Al-Qaeda terrorists with "nuclear fissile material" and "biological agents," according to a report.
The President has used his executive power to ensure that a Rajapaksa is re-appointed as the head of the Kataragama Devala. Shashindra Rajapaksa's term as the Basnayake Nilame of the devale is scheduled to end on March 16, 2011.
SLFP Secretary displeased with Namal being handed over the poll campaign
2011-02-26
SLFP General Secretary and Minister Maithripala Sirisena is displeased with the fact that the President's eldest son, parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has been handed over the UPFA's local government election campaign, it is learnt.
Chandana Kathriarachchi gets money from the SLPA after being released from murder charges by the President
2011-02-26
Former deputy minister Chandana Kathriarachchi, who was released from murder charged by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, had been paid a salary arrears of Rs. 162,000 by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) for holding the post of a port port coordinator.
An illegal financial institution supported by the Central Bank collects Rs. 2,200 million form depositors
2011-02-26
CIFL Finance and Asset Company has collected Rs. 2.2 billion from 3761 depositors since 2006 and has failed to pay any interest for the monies and has not returned the monies to the depositors as well. Although depositors have been complaining about the matter to the Central Bank since 2009, no action has been taken.
Several political racketeers have artificially manipulated the stock market
2011-02-26
A senior Finance Ministry official told Lanka News Web that the Colombo Stock Exchange (SEC) is facing the risk of crashing in the near future due to the artificial manipulation of the stock market by a few racketeers wielding political powers in order to make unwarranted gains.
Chairman of Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka (MBSL), M.R. Shah has provided financial assistance amounting to lakhs of rupees to several of his friends without considering their financial stability, a senior Finance Ministry official told Lanka News Web.
