President Mahinda Rajapaksa has expressed shock and sadness over the coal mine disaster in Soma, Turkey, about 150 miles south of Istanbul, last Tuesday (13th May 2014), which has up to now claimed the lives of over 280 ...
Daily Archives: May 16, 2014
Sinhala and Tamil New Year Celebrations in Lebanon
by Janaka Liyanaarachchi Sunday, 20th April 2014 Spledour of Sinhala and Tamil New Year in Lebanon. Click here to view ...
Vesak Poya celebrated by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Beijing.
Vesak was celebrated on 14th May 2014 at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, with series of religious activities at the Embassy premises with the active participation of the members of the E ...
Can he tell his elbow from his …. ?
Editorial Friday, 16th May 2014 The NGO world’s frontline charlatan Jehan Perera it seems is also the NGO world’s -- or indeed the world’s -- most embarrassing ignoramus. In a response to our recent editorial he conflat ...
When duplicity nourishes evil
EditorialFriday, 16th May 2014 The abduction by Boko Haram terrorists of about 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria has jolted the world into action. All leading nations have sunk differences, in a spirit of harambee, to help Abu ...
‘Executed’ director of Vanni project in Indian custody: SL seeks access to him
Thursday, 15th May 2014 By Shamindra Ferdinando The chance arrest of Kathiravel Thayapararajah (33) by Indian authorities could help Sri Lankan security services to identify a network of human smugglers with possible c ...
CSG personnel sensitise Tamil refugees to security perception
By A.V. Ragunathan Thursday, 15th May 2014 Costal Security Group personnel interacting with inmates of Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camp at Keezhputhupattu in Villupuram district. The Coastal Security Group (CSG) per ...
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