News Room : Is Pensions Dept. suffering from ‘Vestosis’ fit for purpose? – The Island
In view of the UGC Chairman’s latest announcement of a digital university to be set up in the coming academic session, it is time to mention that the spectre of Coronavirus haunted the policymakers of education. By A K GHOSH | In view of the UGC Chairman’s latest announcement of a digital university to be set up in the coming academic...
News Room : Giant squirrels, monkeys eat up 107 million coconuts each year – The Island
GL asks govt. to secure int’l assistance to recover stolen money By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (07) suggested that the government seriously consider securing UN support for the recovery of stolen public assets. Addressing the media at the Nawala Office of ‘Nidahasa Jathika Sabhawa’ consisting of 13 rebel SLPP MPs, Prof. Peiris said the UN’s Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR),...
News Room : SJB alleges CPC declined to answer RTI queries to protect crooks – 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 : 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...