Sunday, 12th October 2014 View(s): I took oaths on November 21, 1990, as the senior most Cabinet Minister of the Chandrashekhar-led Janata Party government with two portfolios—Commerce and Law and Justice. As the party ...
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Nandani ‘Rape’ story wins her asylum in UK
Sunday, 12th October 2014 Witness’ accounts on Sri Lanka asylum seekers: Sri Lanka's Unfinished War a BBC Documentary presented by Frances Harrison fulfilled every criteria of an attention-grabbing piece of fiction. Unf ...
Sri Lankan fishing boats drift towards Myanmar waters
Fishermen to return this week: Sunday, 12th October 2014 By Manjula Fernando Nearly 200 fishermen and their 41 boats drifted to Myanmar due to the cyclonic weather near Andaman island waters are expected to be sent ba ...
Witness Protection Bill to compensate crime victims
Sunday, 12th October 2014 The Witness Protection Bill now before Parliament proposes a special fund to compensate victims of crime and also the setting up of a special division under the IGP to provide speedy assistance ...
The LTTE Swiss Network
Sunday, 12th October 2014 By Camelia Nathaniel The widow of Ponniah Selvanayagam Kajeepan (alias Gobi), Kajeepan Sarmila, was detained at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake, last Sunday (5), ...
The little known work of a well-known Saint (to be)
(A SELDOM REPEATED PART OF THE HEROIC STORY OF FATHER JOSEPH VAZ’S VISIT TO BATTICALOA) Sunday, 12th October 2014 by Shirley. W. Somanader Exemplary endurance and lofty heroism of a young celibate priest, determined to ...
Outlook for SL positive: World Bank
Saturday, 11th October 2014 Sri Lanka’s short-term macroeconomic outlook remains positive overall, the World Bank says. In a report released this week on the economic outlook in South Asian countries, the World Bank sa ...