G8 leaders tackle Iran and North Korea at Canada summit »
Page last updated at 15:42 GMT, Saturday, 26 June 2010 16:42 UK Protest ahead of Toronto summit, 25 June Activists have converged on the summit venues amid tight security World leaders have been focusing on the disputes with Iran and North Korea on the second day of the G8 summit in Canada, officials say. In [...]
Rivira stops Founding Editor Upali Tennakoon’s salary »
First executive decision by new management – The staff of Rivira Media Corporation are shell-shocked at the decision by the new management of the newspaper group to stop the salary of Rivira Founding Editor Upali Tennakoon. Tennakoon who has been in exile in the United States after he and his wife were brutally attacked by [...]
Sri Lanka and UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon in open battle »
Experts panel taking shape; former IIGEP member to be included By Our Diplomatic Editor An Indonesian and an Austrian are to form the panel of experts to advise UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on accountability issues relating to the last stages of the separatist war in May last year. The move, a prelude to a [...]
SRI LANKA:Can’t stop MP Gen Sarath Fonseka – DNA »
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) plans to inform the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union (CPU) Secretary General about the government’s attempts to prevent General Sarath Fonseka from attending the CPU conference to be held in Kenya. He added that the government has no right to prevent Fonseka from travelling to Nairobi since the Speaker [...]
Dilshan shines as Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh »
June 18, 2010 @ 10:38 pm Tillakaratne Dilshan starred with bat and ball as Sri Lanka trounced Bangladesh by 126 runs on Friday to virtually book their place in the Asia Cup final. Dilshan smashed 71 off 51 balls and claimed three wickets as the defending champions piled up a commanding 312-4 in their 50 [...]
Obama warns G20 leaders on budget cuts »
, Friday, 18 June 2010 15:31 UK Barack Obama has warned against cutting national debts too quickly as it would put economic recovery at risk. In a letter to G20 leaders, the US president said that while it was important to put in place “credible plans” to cut deficits, withdrawing economic stimulus early was dangerous. [...]
Sri Lanka president condemns critics in victory pageant »
, Friday, 18 June 2010 12:55 UK Most people could only see the parade on television President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka has denounced critics of the army at a military pageant to commemorate last year’s victory over Tamil Tiger rebels. In a speech he condemned those who he said were trying to bring the country’s [...]
Govt. decides to take on Karu »
2010-06-18 President Mahinda Rajapaksa has issued a directive to his most trusted members of cabinet that the time had come to politically attack UNP deputy leader Karu Jayasuriya. Meeting with some of his most trusted government ministers at Temple Trees last week, President Rajapaksa said that it was foolish to think that the internal problems [...]
Seventy Years Later, Churchill’s ‘Finest Hour’ Yields Insights »
Andrew Testa for The New York Times Allen Packwood, director of the Churchill Archives Center at Churchill College in Cambridge, looks through some of the 2,500 boxes of Churchill documents and artifacts. By JOHN F. BURNS Published: June 17, 2010 CAMBRIDGE, England — Historians have called it one of the greatest speeches ever delivered in [...]
Sri Lanka biscuit maker gets sales edge with European quality award »
June 16, 2010 (LBO) – A European taste and quality award won by Sri Lanka’s Maliban Biscuit Manufactories should give it an edge in marketing both locally and overseas, officials said. Lucky Weerasuriya, Maliban chief executive officer, said good manufacturing practices and use of imported raw materials helped achieve the quality that won them the [...]
