The Sundaytimes Sri lanka || 20-06-2010

Now no devil in the deep blue sea

The Navy which played a vital role in the war victory is seen displaying its fast attack craft during Friday’s victory anniversary parade. The Navy’s hi-tech firepower helped eliminate LTTE terror in the northern seas and herald the final victory and Navy officers monitoring the drill at sea. Pic by Lasanda Kurukulasuriya

TOP NEWS

Lanka and UN Chief in open battle

The move, a prelude to a possible UN investigation into alleged war crimes, both by troops and Tiger guerrillas, is to be announced in New York in the coming week. This is after Lyn Pascoe, UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs, who was on a three-day visit to Sri Lanka, briefs the UN Secretary General tomorrow.

Govt. silent now, but Rambukwella hits out

The Government will give its response after an official statement is made on the UN Secretary General’s appointment of an experts panel to advise him on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, the External Affairs Ministry said yesterday – but a senior minister described the move as a plot with a hidden hand behind it.

IIFA row hits Batti in dramatic scene

Moves to tap earth’s heat for electricity

Consumers hit hard in the stomach

Vehicle sales moving into top gear

‘Illegal’ Dambulla Economic Centre deals: state losing Rs1bn

Preventing marine pollution our task: MEPA head

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LATEST NEWS

MAGAZINE

Game for everything

How do you run a race when your legs have been amputated? How do you begin on time when you can’t hear the gunshot? How do you cross the finish line when you cannot see it? If you’ve ever assumed that being disabled equals less than capable, a trip to the Sunshine Games will change your mind.

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BUSINESS TIMES

LTTE wipe-out curbs ‘Hawala’ trade

The end of Sri Lanka’s bloody conflict not only brought peace to the country but has almost wiped out the ‘Hawala’ or illegal banking channel that Tamil rebels used extensively as a means of raising money for their cause, a top banker said this week.

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INTERNATIONAL

When a woman doesn't want sex…

A pink pill that acts on brain chemicals has helped women with low sex drive, its German manufacturer said on Friday, arguing for the first U.S. approval of a drug to boost women's libido

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EDUCATION

Summer fun at the British Council

The British Council's Summer School is back for its second year in Colombo. Taking place again this year in Royal College's Skills Centre, each 2-week summer school session allows young learners between the ages of 8 and 13 to learn, practice and improve their English communication skills. Classes will take place in the mornings or the afternoons.

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SPORTS

The Bradby express

Many Royalists of yore would recall, to this day, to their children and grandchildren the annual pilgrimage to Kandy every Royalist looked, and still looks forward to. But in the days of old, where Royalist traditions were followed with enormous pride and tremendous passion, the annual trip to the Bogambara stadium was one full of adventure, colour, and festivity.

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EDITORIAL

Concerted effort to counter war crimes charge

When one reads this week's debate on Sri Lanka in Britain's House of Commons, one is sent in a virtual time capsule to a bygone era when Andrew Bonar Law was the British Secretary of State for the Colonies informing the Honourable Members of the 'Mother Parliament' of developments in Ceylon, one of its many colonies at the time.

COLUMNS

Pascoe fiasco dampens V-Day -- Political Column

The rosy media accounts enriched by glossy spin failed to hide what was clearly a major diplomatic disaster for Sri Lanka in recent decades. That it came in a week when the nation was celebrating the first anniversary of the military victory over Tiger guerrillas added insult to injury and spawned humiliation.

Don’t let next week rob us of this week’s joy! -- 5th Column

“Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “is it true that the tourist industry is booming?”
“Some people claim that the number of tourists coming here has increased,” Bindu’s father Percy agreed, “but why do you ask?”

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PLUS

A place they can call their own

Sgt. Major W.P. Ariyaratne is a happy man. He is eagerly looking forward to moving into his newly built house with his wife and three children, at the end of this month after long years of roughing it out with parents and in rented housing, while serving at the warfront.

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FUNDAY

A sage appears on a hilltop

On the full moon day in the month of May/June – traditionally known as Poson – in 247 B.C., a person dressed in a yellow robe appears on top of Ambastala in the Missaka mountain at Mihintale –11 kilometres north-east of Anuradhapura, the capital city. There are four others with him.

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MEDISCENE

Battling the bug

It hits you suddenly…….high fever strikes you down with lightning speed and aches and pains of the body confine you to bed in addition to a wracking cough that remains long after you assume that you have fought that bug.

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