A government-appointed committee examining the proposed sale of Japanese NTT (Nippon Telecom) stock in Sri Lanka Telecom to Maxis of Malaysia, wants Defence Ministry clearance if the sale was to go through.
Eleven Tamil Nadu fishermen, missing since early March, returned home on Friday evening and confirmed to the police and the media in Chennai yesterday that they had been abducted by the LTTE on March 12 and released two days ago.
Top Sri Lankan intelligence sleuths yesterday launched a full probe in Male on the new route used by the LTTE to smuggle weapons through Maldivian waters, a diplomat said.
For most, the tsunami which hit Sri Lanka in December 2004 with the ferocity of a predator is now only a distant memory. But for many thousands, those terrible waves are as real as if they shattered their lives yesterday.
I called him “Thabu Aiya”. His sudden death on March 15 was a shock to all of us and his beloved wife and two daughters.
Our friendship goes back 14 years. We were both in the Land Commissioner’s Department.
Few people succeed in finding their way to Royal River Resort, which is the way it should be. It's the kind of place that those who know about it like to keep secret.
Montessori teachers of vulnerable villages seen at a passing out parade after they were trained as homeguards at the Mihintale camp. Pic by Athula Bandara
If the government goes ahead and approves the Maxis offer to buy a 25 percent stake in the NTT stock in Sri Lanka Telecom, it would result in a massive turf battle in the local communications industry between two Malaysian telecom giants.
Despite Central Bank investigations into the GoldQuest operation continuing this week, its main marketer Quest International (QI) was adamant that it will continue investing in the Sri Lankan economy.
Another cricket mercenary has come, made up his profile and made his departure. Where was Mr. Tom Moody prior to his acceptance by the hierarchy of Sri Lanka cricket?
CR & FC made their intentions for the season somewhat clear. They easily beat Army by 32 points (two goals, three tries and one penalty) to 3 (one penalty) in their Caltex Segment ‘A”...
Former Sri Lanka medium fast bowler Rumesh Ratnayake -- the first Lankan to hit the big time with a slingy action and who is now attached to the Asian cricket Council as one of ...
A patient is brought to hospital in the middle of the night, with severe pain in the leg, weakness and numbness. There is no pulse in his leg. Blood vessels are occluded; there is no more blood supply to the leg. For a moment both the doctor and the patient share the same question; and their eyes the same expression of anxiety and hope. "Can this limb be salvaged,” is the question.
Mother's day came and went last week and I barely took notice. It seemed almost vulgar that I should do something special on this day alone, for a person who has given me so much of her life; and I don't mean that lightly.
King Gajabahu spoke to his ministers and commanders thus. "We have faced a very serious situation. Two kings have set up camp on either side. Our Velakkara army too is on their side. They are ready to fight against us. This is a crucial hour, when we should act with the right vision.
Global Ecotourism Conference (GEC) 2007' Organized by the International Ecotourism Society (TIES), Ecotourism Norway, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was held in Oslo, Norway last week.