Sunday, 22nd February 2015 By Chandani Kirinde When the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) Act was taken up in Parliament for debate on Tuesday, both Government and Opposition legislators welcomed the new laws ...
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Fishing in troubled waters
Sunday, 22nd February 2015 By S. Rubatheesan Navy now looks on while Indians raid our fish bank, say locals Suppaiyah Yogarasan, 58, from Myliddy Jaffna is looking for work as a labourer in order to support his eight-me ...
Twin tussle over trawling: Sri Lanka’s traditional fishermen caught in the net
Sunday, 22nd February 2015 By Steve Creech The conflict is not only over poaching by Indian trawlers, but also over Jaffna’s mechanised vessels The newly elected leaders of India and Sri Lanka renewed their governments’ ...
19th Amendment President Sirisena’s proposals for Constitutional reforms:
Sunday, 22nd February 2015 The 19th Amendment to the Constitution is meant to bring back the 17th Amendment with improvements, while doing away with the arbitrary nature of the 18th Amendment. The 19th Amendment is said ...
No girlfriends on foreign service – Ajith
Sunday, 22nd February 2015 By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan The government will, within the next fortnight, appoint its diplomatic mission heads world-wide and reinstate the diplomats who were interdicted without valid reasons ...
Foreign debt servicing equal to 106% of reserves – Sri Lanka’s obligations amount to Rs 885,151 M
Sunday, 22nd February 2015 By Paneetha Ameresekere Sri Lanka's foreign debt servicing commitments in the 12-month period ending 31 December 2015 is equivalent to 106% of Sri Lanka's total foreign currency reserves, late ...
improvement in Lanka’s DBI
By Zahrah Imtiaz The World Bank's Doing Business Index (DBI) 2015 reported that Sri Lanka's ranking for this year had improved to 99 (out of 189) when compared to the rank of 105 last year. In simple terms it means it i ...