News Room : Cricketer Danushka arrested in Sydney for sexual assault – The Island
‘We are surprised by BASL’s decision on FR petitions’ By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) alleged that the cash-strapped Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) had declined to answer questions it posed in keeping with the Right to Information (RTI) Act.Colombo District SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman said that the CPC move was meant to suppress continuing waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement at...
News Room : Nearly 6 million Lankans need humanitarian assistance – Red Cross – The Island
‘We are surprised by BASL’s decision on FR petitions’ By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) alleged that the cash-strapped Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) had declined to answer questions it posed in keeping with the Right to Information (RTI) Act.Colombo District SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman said that the CPC move was meant to suppress continuing waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement at...
News Room : Silverwood pleased Mendis has turned a corner – The Island
Rex Clementine in Sydney Although Sri Lanka failed to progress beyond the Super 12 stage of the ICC T-20 World Cup, there were quite a few positives for Dasun Shanaka’s team. Sri Lanka’s campaign ended in Sydney following their four wicket loss to England on Saturday. Although a win wouldn’t have been sufficient for the team to go through...
News Room : UK Parliament to discuss HR violations in SL – The Island
‘We are surprised by BASL’s decision on FR petitions’ By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) alleged that the cash-strapped Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) had declined to answer questions it posed in keeping with the Right to Information (RTI) Act.Colombo District SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman said that the CPC move was meant to suppress continuing waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement at...
News Room : Imran Khan says Pakistan PM Sharif involved in plot to kill him – The Island
‘We are surprised by BASL’s decision on FR petitions’ By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) alleged that the cash-strapped Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) had declined to answer questions it posed in keeping with the Right to Information (RTI) Act.Colombo District SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman said that the CPC move was meant to suppress continuing waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement at...
News Room : Ranawaka asks MR to retire – The Island
‘We are surprised by BASL’s decision on FR petitions’ By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) alleged that the cash-strapped Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) had declined to answer questions it posed in keeping with the Right to Information (RTI) Act.Colombo District SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman said that the CPC move was meant to suppress continuing waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement at...
News Room : Why we should worry about a nuclear winter
On 16 July 1945, the world witnessed the mind-boggling destructive power hidden inside a nuclear bomb. After seeing the catastrophic might of the bomb, at the Trinity Test Site, in Alamogordo, New Mexico, Robert Oppenheimer, Director of the Manhattan Project, famously invoked a quote from the Bhagavad Gita, “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” By QUAMRUL HAIDER On...
News Room : Trousers and robes in tussle over sari – The Island
Some news stories published in the front page of our stablemate, The Island, on Friday together with a letter to the editor on an inside page deserves deep reader reflection. The news stories were a convocation address at the Sri Jayewadenepura University by Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda and Prof. GL Peiris’s warning that the necessary procedures to hold local government...
News Room : New research reveals human tendency to hit the snooze button – The Island
Greed is a burning desire, unquenchable thirst, a craving and lust. People who are greedy want the objects of their desire to provide them with lasting satisfaction so they feel fulfilled, whole, and complete. Greed creates an inner hunger so that that they always seem to be striving towards an unattainable goal. They mistakenly believe their happiness is dependent...
News Room : Police arrest Krrish CEO over financial fraud links
ECONOMYNEXT –The head of the controversial Krrish development, Janaki Siriwardhana, was arrested Friday in connection with a multi-billion-rupee fraud that also involved sex, lies, video tapes and blackmail.A top police source said Siriwardhana was arrested following extensive investigations into a scam operated by her close associate Thilini Priyamali who is already in remand custody. Hours before the latest arrest, police...