Special Media regulatory act for print & electronic media »
The government is now planning to take a special media regulatory act to the parliament, highly placed government sources revealed. Amidst the accusations which were thrown at some journalists last week on LTTE connections, now the government is working on to bring this special regulatory act. The act will be made by the information ministry [...]
Weerawansa joins the cabinet? »
Chairman of the Jathika Nidahas Peramuna, MP Wimal Weerawansa will join the cabinet next month, reliable political sources told Lanka News Today. A special discussion on this will take place at temple trees next week and the final decisions on the minister portfolio will be made after the discussion. President Mahinda Rajapakse has invited Jathika [...]
Sri Lanka Minister Amarasiri Dodangoda passed away »
Sri Lankan Minister ofMinister Amarasiri DodangodaMinister Amarasiri Dodangoda Justice and Legal Reforms Amarasiri Dodangoda passed away Friday evening (May 30) after a prolonged illness. He was 67. Mr. Dodangoda first entered parliament in 1983 representing the Baddegama electorate, which he has represented continuously. He had been the Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs [...]
LTTE Sri Lanka will welcome help but resist prescription »
Sun, 2009-05-31 05:02 By Malinda Seneviratne With the end of the war and the defeat of terrorism in Sri Lanka, the focus has shifted to the issue of a ‘political solution’. Sure, we get the usual rant from the British press about non-existent war crimes, rants that are given dignity by ill-informed politicians in Britain [...]
IPL’s about quality cricket, not money – Sangakkara »
Kumar Sangakkara interview Sa’adi Thawfeeq May 30, 2009 Kumar Sangakkara holds the destiny of his country’s cricket in his hands as he takes on his first assignment as captain in an official capacity. He also talks of his experience in the IPL, playing under Mahela Jayawardene and what Twenty20 cricket teaches you as a batsman [...]
Calls mount for Sri Lanka probe »
30 May, 2009 Leading human rights group Amnesty International has called for an urgent inquiry into claims of civilian deaths in the last days of the Sri Lankan war. Responding to a Times newspaper report that more than 20,000 were killed, it also urged the UN to publicise its estimate of the death toll. UN [...]
Obama ‘helped’ Opel rescue deal »
Peer Steinbrueck (centre) talks to reporters The Magna deal was announced in the early hours of Saturday German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed the US president helped swing a deal to save carmaker Opel from the imminent bankruptcy of its parent firm. She said Barack Obama helped clear some hurdles threatening the transaction during a [...]
Pakistan seeks ‘hardcore’ Taliban »
Government tanks move through Lower Dir, north-west Pakistan, 30 May Heavy tanks are being used in the army’s operations in the north-west The Pakistani army says it is preparing to flush “hardcore” Taliban rebels out of the Swat valley after regaining control of the main city, Mingora. “We are going after the leadership and we [...]
