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(The Island) National Freedom Front leader and MP Wimal Weerawansa, who is engaged in a fast unto death opposite the UN complex in Colombo has offered to resign as a Cabinet minister. He is on good terms with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and, therefore, he has no reason to resign [...]
(CI) Fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been named in the 16-member Sri Lanka squad for the three-Test series against India beginning on July 18, setting him up for a return to Tests after two-and-a-half years . However, there was no place for spinner Ajantha Mendis, who tormented India during their [...]
(Zeenews) Colombo: Maldives on Friday praised the role of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for helping end a stand-off between the government and the opposition-led parliament that had forced the Cabinet to resigned en masse on June 29.
The ministers were reappointed as Rajapaksa undertook a one-day goodwill visit to Maldives on July 7 [...]
(The Island) Zafar Sobhan The Daily Star/ANN
There is nothing on this Earth more conservative than a sports authority, and there is no sports authority that is more conservative than Fifa.
This is too bad, because, while football is without question the sport of the gods, if there is anything that we [...]
(Daily News – by T. Vijayabaskar, Management Department Eastern University Sri Lanka)
Generally in all organizations there are two types of resources being used. They are human resources and physical resources. Between these resources HR is vital for organizational sustainable competitive advantage.
Since among four Ms that is to say, Men, Material, [...]
(LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Sala GIS (Geo Information System) has developed the country’s first GPS (Global Positioning System) map, where a space-based network of radio navigation system satellites can assist motorist find directions and plot routes.
Sala ProSat is the first company to offer GPS navigation that works in Sri Lankan [...]
Socialising with others may help fight cancer, according to research showing that the stress of interaction causes tumours to shrink and even go into remission.
(The Island) By Matthew Moore
Cancer patients who change their lifestyle to keep company with more people could see substantial improvements in their condition, the [...]
(Daily News – by Harshini Perera)
[Profile]
*Name: Kumar Dewapura
*School attended: Thurstan College
*Civil status: Married, has two children
* Experience: 30 years experience in the Apparel industry
* Professional qualification: Textiles technology in Henden
* Sports: Cricket, rugger and Cadeting
The political stability in the country will enable the apparel industry [...]
(JS) The Sri Lankan government has failed to understand the serious repercussions of its decision not to accept EU conditions that would have extended the GSP+ duty-free trade scheme for another six months. The country has been caught up in the politics of the global garment industry, asserts David Birnbaum, and the [...]
The complexity of the English spelling system is to blame for soaring levels of illiteracy among teenagers, according to a researcher.
(The Island) By Graeme Paton, Education Editor
A high number of “inconsistencies” in the way basic words are spelt makes it much harder for children to read and write at a [...]
(Daily News – by Nelum Mudalige)
Out of the songs I have written so far as a fresher to the field, my ‘Earth Song’ (originally I called it the ‘Moon Song’) still fascinates me. I saw a brilliant documentary recently in London, related to “Man’s arrival on Moon”. Some [...]
(AFP) – Sri Lanka said Friday that UN chief Ban Ki-moon had “acted in haste” by recalling his top envoy on the island in response to angry protests over a UN war crimes panel.
Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris said the government had told Ban’s chief representative Neil Buhne that the days [...]
(The Island – By Lucien Rajakarunanayake)
There was a surprise announcement by the spokesman for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at last Wednesday’s noon media briefing.
He said that although the Secretary General had planned to speak to the media on current issues, he was unable to do so because [...]
They can’t get seats on public transport easily:
(Daily News – by Ganga Illeperuma)
She stood. No one gave a seat for her. I looked around, still no one came forward. I couldn’t give her my seat because I sat at the corner of the compartment. She was in the other corner. She [...]
(The Island) By Ajay K Mehra The Statesman/ANN
Rajni Kothari had advanced a significant formulation in 1970: “The alleged casteism in politics is no more and no less than politicisation of castes.” He explained that “by drawing the caste system into its organisational web, politics finds material for its articulation and moulds [...]
(Daily Mirror) The tiger, they say, does not change its stripes. The leopard too won’t change its spots. This inability or refusal to change is certainly true of the four –legged felines. There are some – perpetually paranoid- who would say this is applicable to the near extinct two–legged tiger in Sri Lanka too. [...]
(Daily News – by Malinda Senevirathne) Words such as acceptable are predicated on sets of rules. If there were no rules or norms then everything would be acceptable or else everything would be unacceptable. Norms are notorious for being vague and therefore amenable not just for multiple interpretation but transgression with [...]
(GV – by Chaminda Weerawardane) The point of departure for this note is the fast unto death by a government (cabinet) Minister, hereinafter referred to as VW, in front of the UN’s Colombo office. The protest campaign launched by the said individual, and his decision to fast, are meant at demonstrating his [...]
(Daily Mirror – by Malinda Senevirathne) One day, more than ten years ago, I saw three blind men assaulting a man outside the Fort Railway Station. They were screaming at the victim. Apparently the three men were lottery sellers retailing dreams at the station. The ‘victim’ had robbed one of them. The [...]
THE NOTEBOOK OF A NOBODY (The Island – by Shanie)
Questions have been raised in Parliament about the conduct of some Judges. Judicial independence is the cornerstone of a democratic system based on the Rule of Law. Over the years, the Sri Lankan Judiciary has enjoyed a well-deserved reputation [...]
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