15th November 2014

It is learnt that over 400,000 persons island wide could lose the opportunity to lose their chance to exercise their franchise at the next national election. The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says that there are hundreds of thousands of people island wide without a valid ID. CaFFE Executive Director, Keerthi Tennakoon said people could therefore lose the chance to vote at the next national election.  He observed that a mobile programme will be held on the 29th of this month to issue national ID cards to people who do not have them. EPF incurs heavy losses, no income Lanka News Web on Saturday, 15 November 2014 06:46 The parliament has been informed that the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) has incurred heavy losses […]

By Anura Bandara Rajaguru  United National Party MP Ranjan Ramanayake, in an interview with our sister paper Mawbima said, there was a plot to assault him at the Hiru TV debate and he left in order to avoid an unpleasant incident.  Following are excerpts: Q: What actually happened at that television debate? What happened behind the scene? A: I must thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk about what happened. There was a scheme behind the incident. Our intelligence sources scented it. I was aware that my telephone conversations were being recorded. I was under surveillance. My Facebook account was hacked and information extracted. I continued to express my views via television debates and social media. I discussed the budgets of the Head of State […]

Bishop of the Mannar district Irayappu Joseph strongly condemns the death of former LTTE carder at the Wellankulam, Mannar. Former LTTE carder Naguleswaran, supporter of the Tamil National Alliance was shot dead in Mannar yesterday.Group of armed personals willing to re-create tense situation in the Northern Province.Justice defeated in this island. Criminal activities rule this country. International community should take necessary steps to control violence in SriLanka . They need to grant justice and freedom to Tamils in SriLanka. Naguleswaran, father of two was shot dead by group of unidentified personals while at his residence. Earlier he served as LTTE police unit, surrendered to the Lankan and obtained rehabilitation programme. <<Home Print Send Feedback Latest 20 News ‘Democracy Cannot Be Assessed By the Number of […]

Alleging that the government was corrupt, Gunathilake said that he didn’t want to continue with the Rajapaksa regime. by Dasun Edirisinghe One-time JVP heavyweight and presidential candidate Nandana Gunathilake yesterday pledged his support for the on-going Opposition campaign to abolish the executive presidency. Gunathilake made the announcement at a hurriedly arranged media briefing at Solis Hall, Pitakotte, in the morning after having resigned from the post of Chairman of the UPFA-run Panadura Urban Council. Gunathilake said that he had also given up SLFP membership and the post of Kalutara District SLFP organiser. Gunathilake handed over his official vehicle and laptop computer to the Secretary of the Panadura UC Friday morning. Responding to a query, one-time JVP presidential candidate, while pledging his support to Opposition candidate, ruled […]

COPE recommends removal of State Printing and National Paper Company chiefs Rs 391 m squandered at Colombo port Sri Lanka Cricket transaction questioned Taj Samudra refurbishment questioned Inadequacies at Oluvil harbour highlighted By Saman Indrajith The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), the National Paper Company Limited (NPCL) and SriLankan Airlines Limited had suffered a loss of Rs. 40 billion last year, according to the Second Interim Report released to Parliament by the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) yesterday. The CPC loss amounted to Rs. 7,732,818,000 while the NPCL and Sri Lankan Airlines Limited incurred losses to the tune of Rs. 109,684,000 and Rs 32,357,980,000 respectively, said the report of COPE tabled in Parliament by its Chairman Senior Minister DEW Gunasekara. Presenting the report Minister Gunasekara said […]

They say tea exports bring high revenue to our country. For generations we have been slogging in these tea estates day after day, but our lives have not changed in the last 100 years.” “This is where the land slipped,” said Kiruba, a school teacher, pointing to a huge area of reddish soil that a bulldozer was trying to iron out. “All this soil must have slid from there,” he deduced, gazing at an empty patch that stands out from the surrounding green hills. Massive boulders rest where homes of over 60 families once stood. Soiled books, a crushed three-wheeler, ruins of a lone home and a dish antenna peep out of the soil as sole remains from the site’s past. Gripped in shock, fear […]

By Anura Bandara Rajaguru United National Party MP Ranjan Ramanayake, in an interview with our sister paper Mawbima said, there was a plot to assault him at the Hiru TV debate and he left in order to avoid an unpleasant incident.Following are excerpts: Q: What actually happened at that television debate? What happened behind the scene? A: I must thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk about what happened. There was a scheme behind the incident. Our intelligence sources scented it. I was aware that my telephone conversations were being recorded. I was under surveillance. My Facebook account was hacked and information extracted. I continued to express my views via television debates and social media. I discussed the budgets of the Head of […]