News Room : Let the selectors not fool us
by Rex Clementine Are you not surprised that after Danushka Gunathilaka’s arrest in Sydney no one has resigned. Ideally, the National Selection Committee and Team Manager should have stepped down, but they are hanging on as if nothing happened. The team management clearly lost control of the players during the World Cup and it remains to be seen the outcome...
News Room : Lankan civil war drama lifts joy above trauma – The Island
A new play that combines two great pillars of literature – the Mah?bh?ratha and Antigone – with the untold histories of the Sri Lankan civil war to forge a new story about surviving loss, discovering love and building a path to justice, by Lankan origin Australian writer and director S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack is a soaring achievement, says The Guardian. The play staged at...
News Room : ‘Free market Uncle’s’ policy framework egged – The Island
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to hold presidential election before any other polls after November 16 2023, three sources close to him said, as he seeks a $2.9 billion IMF loan to consolidate the economy which is on a slow recovery path from a crisis. Wickremesinghe was elected as the president in the 225-member parliament on...
News Room : US faces triple epidemic of flu, RSV, and covid – The Island
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to hold presidential election before any other polls after November 16 2023, three sources close to him said, as he seeks a $2.9 billion IMF loan to consolidate the economy which is on a slow recovery path from a crisis. Wickremesinghe was elected as the president in the 225-member parliament on...
News Room : Private member’s motion on King Ravana – The Island
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to hold presidential election before any other polls after November 16 2023, three sources close to him said, as he seeks a $2.9 billion IMF loan to consolidate the economy which is on a slow recovery path from a crisis. Wickremesinghe was elected as the president in the 225-member parliament on...
News Room : Derailments increase due to neglect of railway tracks – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita A private steel and cement manufacturer was planning to excavate 256 acres of the Pettigala Mountain, a part of the Galbokkayaya Mountain range, to extract calcite, Sajeewa Chamikara of Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) said.Calcite is used as a building material, abrasive, agricultural soil treatment, construction aggregate, pigment, pharmaceutical, and other applications. “The company with the...
News Room : FSP Leader invites erstwhile comrades in JVP to join common front to topple govt
‘We must take the struggle out of parliament’ By Saman Indrajith Frontline Socialist Party leader Premakumar Gunaratnam has called on his erstwhile colleagues in the JVP to close ranks and topple the government.Addressing a FSP meeting held at the Kegalle Town Hall, Gunaratnam said: Both the JVP and we know what we could do together in a situation like this. People...
News Room : Another forest reserve to be raped – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita A private steel and cement manufacturer was planning to excavate 256 acres of the Pettigala Mountain, a part of the Galbokkayaya Mountain range, to extract calcite, Sajeewa Chamikara of Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) said.Calcite is used as a building material, abrasive, agricultural soil treatment, construction aggregate, pigment, pharmaceutical, and other applications. “The company with the...
News Room : Danushka Gunathilaka granted bail in sexual assault case – The Island
Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka has been banned from using Tinder and his social media accounts after being granted bail while awaiting trial on charges of sexual intercourse without consent.Gunathilaka, 31, was arrested in the early hours of November 6 at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency Hotel, where he was staying while the Sri Lankan team were in Australia for the...
News Room : China Development Bank team here to discuss debt related issues – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita A private steel and cement manufacturer was planning to excavate 256 acres of the Pettigala Mountain, a part of the Galbokkayaya Mountain range, to extract calcite, Sajeewa Chamikara of Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) said.Calcite is used as a building material, abrasive, agricultural soil treatment, construction aggregate, pigment, pharmaceutical, and other applications. “The company with the...