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Shiranthi to launch cancer treatment unit construction

2012-01-27 18:43 (Island)

First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa will lay the foundation stone on Sunday 29 at the auspicious time of 8.45 a.m. to launch the construction of the proposed Rs. 650 million multi-storeyed building for the Kandy General Hospital’s Cancer Treatment Unit. The ten-storeyed building when equipped with the theatres and apparatus will be the second largest cancer treatment unit in the island. The first being the Maharagama Cancer Hospital.

Charith Senanayake new Sri Lanka team manager

2012-01-27 18:41 (DM)

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will be appointing Charith Senanayake as the Sri Lanka Team Manager today for the forthcoming tour of Australia, ending days of speculation who would take over the post from former Sri Lanka skipper Anura Tennekoon. This would be the second time Senanayake will take over as the team manager having first taken the post in 2008. Senanayake, 49, played three Tests against New Zealand on the 1991 tour, and

Comments on TNA’s response to LLRC report

2012-01-27 18:41 (Island)

The response below is limited to issues raised by the TNA that have a bearing on Accountability. Paragraph ii of the TNA response states: "The Commission falls dramatically short of international standards applicable to accountability processes". If, as assumed by the TNA, "international standards applicable to accountability processes" exist, the need for the UN Secretary General (UNSG) to appoint a panel to advise him "on the standards,

Murali: To play IPL 'with whole heart'

2012-01-27 18:39 (ES)

Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan said he is ready to give his best for any team that opts for him in the Indian Premier League auction to be held on February 4. "I have to be chosen in the auction. I don't know what will happen in February. We will see. If I am chosen, I will play. "I will play for any team with whole heart in the IPL," said Muralitharan, who used to play for Chennai Super Kings. Recalling Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup victory,

‘Local code of media ethics will be introduced’

2012-01-27 18:33 (DN)

“President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is a true Sri Lankan from Medamulana will not accept a code of media ethics imported from the UK, as suggested by the Opposition Leader. A local code of media ethics formulated by Sri Lankan journalists, academics etc to match local requirements is to be introduced this year,” Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. He said that the govt will not introduce a code of media ethics by force

Some scribes on LTTE payroll – govt.

2012-01-27 18:28 (Island)

Some journalists were funded by the LTTE and details about them would be revealed soon, the govt said yesterday. Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told the weekly cabinet press briefing in Colombo, that certain NGOs acting on behalf of the LTTE had paid the said media personnel through a ‘social welfare fund’. When a journalist asked why the govt did not want to identify the persons referred to, the Minister said that some names had been mentioned earlier.

Shavendra appointed to UN advisory peacekeeping group

2012-01-27 18:26 (DM)

Major General Shavendra Silva - Deputy Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations has been selected to the Special Advisory Group on Peace Keeping Operations established by the UN Secretary General to advise on rates of reimbursement to troop-contributing countries and related issues. This is the first time that a Sri Lankan has been appointed to such a prestigious post relating to peace keeping operations

Mahela admits pressure to quit after World Cup

2012-01-27 18:24 (DM)

Lanka cricket team captain Mahela Jayawardene required a lot of time and words and was at pains to admit that he and Kumar Sangakkara had to resign as captain and vice captain after the 2011 world cup due to pressure from outside. He was vague at times but admitted that he could not openly say the truth about what really happened. “Sometimes we probably won’t be able to express ourselves the way we want to or on various other occasions.

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Mahela compelled to accept captaincy: UNP

2012-01-25 18:20 (DM)

Opposition parties charged that Mahela Jayawardene’s appointment as the Sri Lanka cricket captain was politically motivated. UNP western provincial councillor Niroshan Padukka told a news conference that for mer captain T.M. Dilshan had been pressured to resign and make way for Mahela. Mr. Padukka said it had never been the practice to appoint a cricketer who was approaching the retirement stage as captain of a team. He asked whether India had re-appointed Sachin Tendulkar as the captain of their side.

More than 70 recently passed out docs have left the country

2012-01-25 18:19 (Island)

Over 70 doctors who were given appointments last month have already left the country without informing the Health Ministry. Ministry spokesman said yesterday that many leave Sri Lanka after obtaining the five year MBBS medical degree at the tax payers expense. The spokesman said foreign countries benefited from their expertise and service while the government and people who paid for their education were the losers.

We will fight to release SF: Karu

2012-01-25 18:17 (DM)

“We will fight to release General Sarath Fonseka. They have taken revenge from him and he has lost everything. We will fight for his right to be free,” Karu Jayasuriya says at the press conference which was held at the Bodhi Ranasinghe Foundation. Jayasuriya also stated that the civilized world agrees that former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka is a political prisoner. “We are able to walk freely today with no fear of terror

Sri Lanka Nov 2011 exports up 12-pct

2012-01-25 18:17 (LBO)

Sri Lanka's export earnings in November 2011 rose 11.6 percent to 879.3 million US dollars from a year ago, driven mainly by industrial and machinery exports, the central bank said. Imports in the import-dependent island shot up 78 percent in November 2011 to 1,980.5 million dollars from the previous year mainly because of higher spending on petroleum and investment goods. The trade gap ballooned 239 percent to 1.1 billion dollars in November 2011

SB caught telling a "terminological inexactitude"

2012-01-25 18:16 (Island)

A preeminent expert in the education field denied the Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake’s recent claim that Prof. R.O. Thattil of the Peradeniya University was not involved in introducing the Z–score system. Former Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education Prof. R.P. Gunawardane confirmed Prof. Thattil’s involvement in formulating the Z–score system in 2000/2001. Minister told Parliament last week that the Z-score formula was only a mathematical formula

Mendis content despite losing selection job

2012-01-25 18:15 (DM)

Lankan cricket legend Duleep Mendis was dragged through the mud in recent times by critics who incessantly questioned the judgment of his team of selectors for the recent string of losses the national team suffered, and has paid a heavy price just for doing a great job, but is a contented man today though he has lost his job. “I have no regrets. I knew all along that I was doing the right thing.

Nuwara Eliya torn between extreme weather patterns

2012-01-25 18:15 (ST)

The unusual drop in temperature in Nuwara Eliya has had widespread repercussions, with people finding it difficult to cope with the extreme weather, damage to crops and drop in water levels. Last Monday (16), the temperature in Nuwara Eliya dropped to 2.7 Celsius accompanied by ground frost. In 2009, the temperature dropped to 2.6 Celsius. Similar temperatures were experienced in 1929 and 1953.

Solving ethnic issue: UNP willing to cooperate with govt but ...

2012-01-25 18:14 (Island)

The UNP said yesterday that it was willing to co-operate with the govt to find a political solution to the ethnic issue, but the the latter should stop its dilatory tactics such as the proposed Parliamentary Select Committee on the national question. General Secretary of the UNP, Tissa Attanayake said that numerous Committees had discussed the ethnic issue and the Rajapaksa regime had even discarded the recommendations of the APRC.

Sri Lanka Customs to go High-tech from February

2012-01-25 18:13 (DN)

Sri Lanka Customs implementing electronic submission of Cusdec and manifest in February. The system in use generates a large amount of paper work and document handling. This also requires a lot of space for record storage. This generates an additional problem of providing security for archival records. Further the handling of physical documents subject them to damage and perishing which will not be present in the electronic system.

DMK Warns UPA on Attacks Against TN Fishermen

2012-01-25 18:12 (PTI)

Lashing out at the Centre for continued attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen by their Sri Lankan counterparts and the island nation's navy, key UPA coalition partner DMK today warned that neither such incidents nor delay on govt's part to intervene can be tolerated. In a strongly-worded statement, DMK chief M Karunanidhi said the latest attack, where Sri Lankan fishermen hurled petrol bombs at Indian fishermen came days after External Affairs Minister

Armed men on nocturnal terror visits to deter students’ struggle

2012-01-25 18:11 (ST)

It was around 10.20 p.m. on Monday this week, when a group of students had just finished their dinner and were preparing to call it a day, when it all happened. A group of around 15 to 20 persons, some of them masked and armed with assault rifles and hand guns, stormed the hostel situated in Homagama, and informed the occupants that they were searching for an ‘underworld leader’. The armed men immediately went around searching

Fishing in Palk Bay in turns a solution: Kalam

2012-01-25 18:11 (Hindu)

Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen could fish in the Palk Bay in turns to avoid the current problems, or switch to deep sea fishing for better returns, Former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said. He suggested that deep sea fishing and fishing in turns in the Palk Bay, are solutions to resolve the contentious fisheries issue that India and Sri Lanka have been grappling with for the past few years

Rowdyism at Rameswaram by Tamil Nadu ‘activist’ mob

2012-01-25 18:09 (DBSJ)

Rameswaram (Rameshwar)in the South of Tamil Nadu state in India is revered by Hindus all over the world as a place of tremendous religious significance. The Island town was the scene of an ugly rumpus on the tenth of this month when a well-known Sri Lankan Tamil businessman visiting for a religious purpose was victimized in a deplorable act of rowdyism. He was apparently targeted because of his relationship to President Rajapaksa through marriage

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