Thursday 6th November 2014 By Chamikara Weerasinghe President Mahinda Rajapaksa instructed Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera to submit a report on management companies of estates in which plantation wor ...
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MOU strengthens aviation ties between Sri Lanka and New Zealand
Thursday 6th November 2014 The International Aviation Academy of New Zealand (IAANZ) signed a Memorandum of Under-standing on 3 November with Open Skies Flight Training Limited, a Sri Lankan pilot training academy based ...
69th United Nations Day celebrated
Thursday 6th November 2014 By Ruzaik Farook The United Nations Association (UNA), with the assistance of the Ministry of External Affairs and the United Nations in Sri Lanka, organised the National Observance of ...
MR’s third term: To be or not to be?
Thursday, 6th November 2014 * Supreme Court seeks written submissions by Friday on legality; BASL Chief requests oral submissions too The Supreme Court yesterday sought written submissions from legal experts on the Cons ...
Sri Lanka’s hotspot gets hotter
Tuesday, 04th November 2014 Manash Pratim Gohain The frogman of India, Delhi University professor S D Biju, has another feather in his cap. Biju and his team have discovered seven new species of golden-backed frogs (Ge ...
Media Secy, police spokesman concerned over ‘hasty coverage’
Koslanda landslide tragedy Tuesday, 04th November 2014 By Shamindra Ferdinando Media Secretary Charitha Herath yesterday cited recent media coverage of the Koslanda landslide tragedy as a glaring example of inadequacy ...
Security Forces transform Colombo to a greener place
Sunday, 02nd November 2014 Opinion: By K.M.H.C.B. Kulatunga A little over five years after the eradication of terrorism, Sri Lanka today is one of the most peaceful countries in Asia, and is in the midst of a wide ran ...