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...
News Room : X-Press Pearl disaster compensation: Time running out – Experts
By Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka could file cases in Singapore over the X-Press Pearl disaster, as the owners of the shipping company were based there, or in the United Kingdom as the relevant insurance company was in London, Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) Chairman/Senior Attorney at Law Ravindranath Dabare told The Island.President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe...
News Room : SJB demands publication of MPs’ asset declarations
By Saman Indrajith Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament yesterday that if Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena gave his consent then assets of all MPs could be published. Participating in the second reading stage debate on Budget 2023, Kiriella said that his party demanded that assets of all MPs be declared. “My colleague Eran Wickremaratne too...
News Room : US President says ‘unlikely’ that missile fired from Russia – 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 : New elephant census next year – 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 accuses President of taking country on 1977 path to disaster – 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...