Opposition Leader (UNP) Ranil Wickremasinghe says that he has a death threat from the owner of a private media institution. Addressing the media at his office in Colombo yesterday, Wickremasinghe displayed a large stone and claimed that it was one of the stones used to attack the UNP headquarters Sirikotha. He said that every person [...]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, two of the world’s most recognizable women leaders, pledged on Friday to work together to bring democracy to Suu Kyi’s long isolated and repressive nation. Wrapping up a historic three-day visit to Myanmar, Clinton held hands with Suu Kyi on [...]
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam leader Vijayakant and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko on Sunday condemned the Indian Coast Guard’s suggestion that the area up to five nautical miles from Indo-Sri Lankan International Maritime Boundary Line could be proclaimed a “no fishing zone” and fishermen violating the ban should be made to face [...]
Six individuals including three army soldiers were arrested while engaged in illegal excavations in search of hidden treasures. Police said the suspects were arrested at a land in Kelegama, Thambuththegama last night following information received from area residents. Five of the suspects are from Gampaha while the other is a resident of Eppawala, according to [...]
Sri Lankan officials think their bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games may have been doomed because of the deeply flawed games held last year in neighbouring India. Hambantota was defeated by the Gold Coast in Friday’s polling in St. Kitts, with members of the Commonwealth Games Federation voting 43-27 in favor of the Australian [...]
The Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat has received a further discovery notice over the weekend from Cairn Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, the operators of Sri Lanka’s second exploration well in the Mannar Basin. Three petroleum bearing formations were encountered between 4067 and 4206m, comprising a gross pay of 24m and containing gas with further indication of liquid [...]
The proposed Revival of Under-performing Enterprises and Under-utilized Assets Act will only be applied to businesses and properties listed in the bill and will not affect those outside it, President Rajapaksa told a group of organization heads representing the private sector. The government will not take over any business ventures or assets of the private [...]
The Sri Lankan living in Perth, Australia, launched a protest campaign against ABC Media Chanel in Perth on Saturday accusing the ABC of biased reporting. Hundreds of Sri Lankans wavig placards and shouting slogans gathered in Perth to protest the ABC media accusing the news service of catering to the Tamil Tigers and requesting it [...]
It’s not so much we are witnessing history unfold, as it is Washington’s hypocrisy unravel before our eyes. Washington is infested with busy-bodies who run from one briefing to the next, one press conference to the next, in a drive to conduct their symphonies of policy and media in a desperate bid to remain relevant. [...]
Sri Lanka’s government on Thursday sought to dismiss war crimes allegations as propaganda from its defeated rivals, as it came under further pressure ahead of a Commonwealth summit. A spokesman for Sri Lankan President Mahendra Rajapakse described the heavy focus on the issue in the lead-up to Friday’s gathering of leaders from the 54-nation Commonwealth [...]
