The Sundaytimes Sri lanka || Sunday 08 August, 2010

Relief across the seas for flood victims: With more than 1,500 people feared killed and millions displaced in one of Pakistan’s worst ever floods, Sri Lanka has joined the international community in providing relief to the victims. Picture shows relief items being loaded into an Air Force C-130 transport plane that is scheduled to leave for Pakistan this morning. Pic by Gemunu Wellage.

TOP NEWS

President’s UN visit in the balance

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly on September 22 when more than 150 world leaders are expected to attend a summit meeting to take stock of the successes and failures of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

Sakvithi scam: CID unveils more secrets

The alleged billion-rupee fraudster Chandana Weerakumara alias Sakvithi Ranasinghe, who is accused of cheating thousands of people of their life’s savings operated as a tuition master in Chilaw after slipping back into the country apparently some months ago, a detective said yesterday.

Top-level talks with India next week

Muthurajawela waste under fire

My opponents try to silence me through fraud charges: Gayoom

IDPs call for concrete action

Discussions to ensure safety of Lankan hostages

Two decades of Australian General Elections from a Lankan perspective

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LATEST NEWS

MAGAZINE

Local balladeer

Music fans will remember him as part of the La Ceylonians singing those lilting calypso tunes with his trademark straw hat and guitar. Many years have passed since those memorable tunes and times but Anura Pathmasiri Jayasingha’s musical journey continued, taking him across the world carrying his brand of music to people.

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BUSINESS TIMES

SEC, CSE stop casino-type trades

Colombo’s stockmarket may have exploded in six months time if not for this week’s intervention by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) after the market went into a tailspin with frenzied and casino-type activity, an issue that has worried foreign investors for many months.

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INTERNATIONAL

Hijacking God for the tea party

Where does America put God? Historically, there has always been tension between the separation of church and state that the United States has enshrined in its Constitution and regular upsurges of religious faith, even religious extremism, ........

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EDUCATION

Why are so many people in Sri Lanka left-handed?

If asked "what was the first thing that impressed you about Sri Lanka" I would have to say "the extraordinary large number of left-handed people". In western culture left-handedness has been held in contempt, in spite of evidence of superior intellectual capacity.

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SPORTS

Taking our pictures across the shores

In every sphere of activity there comes a time when your field of specialty becomes the centre of attraction. Then the next sticky question pops in to view. In banner headlines it reads –“Are you ready to take the challenge”?

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EDITORIAL

How to win a case

It may be said that Sri Lanka recorded its first major success on the international stage last week, since the stonewalling at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in the immediate aftermath of the war victory over the LTTE a year ago.

COLUMNS

Eden for Rajapaksa: Ranil gets bad apple again -- Political Column

Earlier that afternoon, at 2 p.m, he said, a meeting had been scheduled with the Opposition UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. That was for talks on the impending constitutional changes. A member of the Buddhist clergy had telephoned him to say it was not suitable to his kethi kaley or an inauspicious moment that was bad or malefic.

He has carte blanche to do as he wishes! -- 5th Column

“Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera said, “I think our country is in for a very prosperous period....”
“Why do you say that, Bindu?” Bindu’s father Percy asked.
“Why, thaaththa,” Bindu said, “we have found new ways of saving enormous amounts of money...”
“How do we do that?” Percy was puzzled.

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PLUS

From Jaffna to Colombo: When a little Guide stood tall

A journey of 100 friends’ to commemorate the centenary of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts this August will culminate in the Guides assisting the Nanapiyasa Library Project of the Disaster Management Committee for libraries, information services and archives set up by the National Library Documentation Centre of Sri Lanka, IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) and UNESCO said Communications Director Shaleeka Abeygunasekara.

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FUNDAY

The invasion of Sitawaka

The Viceroy who was angry over the whole episode, began to employ his officers to harass the government officers of the Kotte Kingdom. They were repeatedly asked where the king's wealth was hidden. They did not know anything. Then the Portuguese officers began to question commander Veediya Bandara.

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IT INFO

Where are you? Hackers are here

Computers around the world are systematically being victimized by rampant hacking. This hacking is not only widespread but is being executed so flawlessly that the attackers can comprise a system steal everything of value and completely erase their tracks within 20 minutes.

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