News Room : Lochana and Gayathri win triple crowns
Uva Province Open Badminton Championship Lochana de Silva and Nadeesha Gayathri clinched triple crowns at the Uva Province Open All Island Badminton Championship conducted by the Uva Provincial Badminton Association under the auspices of the Sri Lanka Badminton on Sunday. At the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Sports Complex in Bandarawela, Gayathri beat Anjalee Jayasundara in the women’s open final (21-12, 21-12)...
News Room : Some teachers bid adieu to sari
by Rathindra Kuruwita A number of female teachers across the country reported for duty yesterday (21), wearing clothes other than the sari. A number of teachers said that they had done so as the prices of saris had increased. Given the current economic crisis, and the difficulties in transport, it had become hard to wear saris to work, teachers said. The Ministry of...
News Room : Human trafficking racket: CID arrests female suspect
By Norman Palihawadane The CID took into custody a woman wanted in connection with the human trafficking ring involved in the alleged sex slavery racket of Sri Lankan women in Oman. Police headquarters sources said that the CID had issued summons to the woman as part of the ongoing investigations into the human trafficking ring. Police said the 49-year-old woman had been arrested after...
News Room : Who sold urea plant? Wajira ducks Vasu’s question – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando General Secretary of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) Vasudeva Nanayakkara, MP, yesterday (20) said that the UNP had sold the urea plant at Sapugaskanda to a foreign buyer who set it up in an Arab country.Having brought the machinery as scrap iron the buyer had re-installed the machinery and today Sri Lanka procured urea from that facility,...
News Room : Treasury bond racketeers trying to creep into CBSL – Sajith – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando General Secretary of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) Vasudeva Nanayakkara, MP, yesterday (20) said that the UNP had sold the urea plant at Sapugaskanda to a foreign buyer who set it up in an Arab country.Having brought the machinery as scrap iron the buyer had re-installed the machinery and today Sri Lanka procured urea from that facility,...
News Room : SL foreign service involved in flesh trade? – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando General Secretary of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) Vasudeva Nanayakkara, MP, yesterday (20) said that the UNP had sold the urea plant at Sapugaskanda to a foreign buyer who set it up in an Arab country.Having brought the machinery as scrap iron the buyer had re-installed the machinery and today Sri Lanka procured urea from that facility,...
News Room : Another water tariff hike in the pipeline? – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando General Secretary of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) Vasudeva Nanayakkara, MP, yesterday (20) said that the UNP had sold the urea plant at Sapugaskanda to a foreign buyer who set it up in an Arab country.Having brought the machinery as scrap iron the buyer had re-installed the machinery and today Sri Lanka procured urea from that facility,...
News Room : Mahathir loses in Langkawi, his first electoral defeat since 1969 – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando General Secretary of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) Vasudeva Nanayakkara, MP, yesterday (20) said that the UNP had sold the urea plant at Sapugaskanda to a foreign buyer who set it up in an Arab country.Having brought the machinery as scrap iron the buyer had re-installed the machinery and today Sri Lanka procured urea from that facility,...
News Room : Historic ‘loss and damage’ fund adopted at COP27 climate summit – The Island
(Al Jazeera) Countries at the United Nations COP27 climate summit in Egypt have adopted a final agreement that establishes a fund to help poor nations cope with the extreme weather events caused by global warming. Following tense negotiations that ran through the night, the summit’s Egyptian presidency released a draft text of the overall agreement early on Sunday and also...
News Room : Self-righteousness ire of Sirisena
Monday 21st November, 2022 Former President Maithripala Sirisena, MP, like all other Sri Lankan politicians, never misses an opportunity to make himself out to be a knight in shining armour on a mission to slay the dragon of corruption. Pontificating about the virtues of honesty, he has claimed that some years ago his fight against corruption even brought him on...