Friday, 20th February 2015 By Saman Indrajith The previous government had paid Rs. 95,592,244 to a multinational law firm to carry out tasks that Sri Lanka Embassy officials in Washington could have carried out at ...
Daily Archives: February 20, 2015
Repealing executive presidential powers, electoral reforms should happen together – Zuhair
Friday, 20th February 2015 The proposed constitutional amendments for repealing the executive presidential powers must go together with electoral reforms to replace the current proportional representation with th ...
Sri Lankan declines Indian offer of borderless fishing
Friday, 20th February 2015 Modi to visit Sri Lanka next month by Zacki Jabbar Sri Lanka had declined an offer by India for borderless fishing between the two countries, it was revealed yesterday. Health Minister Ra ...
PAFFREL to benchmark criterion for politicians
Friday, 20th February 2015 BY Ruwan Laknath Jayakody Election monitoring bodies will present a document, outlining the necessary criteria for persons wanting to be representatives of the people, to the clergy and p ...
Sri Lanka, India nuclear agreement is a demonstration of mutual trust: Champika
Friday, 20th February 2015 An agreement between Sri Lanka and India on Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy was signed early this week in New Delhi by Minister of Power and Energy, Patali Champika Ranawaka, ...
Witness Protection Bill finally comes to Parliament
Friday, 20th February 2015 By Ashwin Hemmathagama Our Lobby Correspondent Despite the best efforts of the Opposition to scrap the ‘Assistance to and protection of victims of crime and witnesses’ Bill, which is popularl ...
Chinese will beat traditional UK market
Friday, 20th February 2015 By Ravi Ladduwahetty Ceylon Finance Today: Tourism and Sports Minister Navin Dissanayake has told Hilton International chain's Vice President – Operations for South East Asia William Cost ...