The Un-Divorced »
By PAMELA PAUL July 30, 2010 At first, it wasn’t clear what would happen next. Would she follow him? Or would they end up divorced? The answer: neither. “After a few months,” Mr. Frost said, “we both realized we liked it this way.” Technically, the two are married. They file joint tax returns; she’s covered [...]
Sri Lanka inflation slows to 4.3-pct in July »
July 30, 2010 (LBO) – Consumer prices in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo rose 4.3 percent in July 2010 from a year earlier, down from 4.8 percent in June, the fifth straight monthly fall, the government statistics office said. But the 12-month moving average, which is a lagging indicator spread over two years and has been [...]
Pak Police “failed Sri Lanka team” during terrorist attack »
Saturday, 31 July 2010 08:48 Senior Pakistan police officers have been heavily criticised in a report for being ill-prepared, poorly equipped and incompetent in their efforts to prevent a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team bus last year. Calling one officer a lazy coward, Shabbar Raza Rizvi of Lahore High Court identified more [...]
Foreign mediated efforts won’t bring reconciliation:KP »
July 29, 2010, 12:00 pm by Shamindra Ferdinando The late LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s successor, T. S. Pathmanathan aka KP says Sri Lanka should strive to deal with domestic issues on its own without involving external elements. Former head of LTTE procurement section, the soft-spoken, KP points out that all previous attempts by foreign governments [...]
UK troops launch Operation Tor Shezada in Afghanistan »
30 July 2010 By Ian Pannell BBC News, Helmand A soldier from the Brigade Reconnaissance Force prepares for Operation Tor Shezada Military chiefs said Operation Tor Shezada got off to a “successful” start Hundreds of British soldiers have launched an operation against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. Operation Tor Shezada began early on Friday morning in [...]
War against media in Sri Lanka continues – Siyatha TV & radio studios attacked »
2010-07-30 Media Freedom in Sri Lanka (MFSL) condemns the arson attack on Siyatha TV and Radio studios of Voice of Asia Network in strongest terms. This incident which took place on early morning 30th July 2010 in the heart of Colombo, walking distance form major military intelligence office is a clear indication that war against [...]
Mrs. Banadaranaike: The world’s first woman Prime Minister »
July 21st, 2010 by D.B. S. Jeyaraj Hello Friends Today July 21st is the 50th anniversary of Mrs. Sirima Bandaranaike becoming Prime Minister of Sri Lanka then known as Ceylon. Needless to say she made history then as the world’s first woman prime minister and put the Island nation on the global map. I thought [...]
Sri Lanka needs to do more »
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 18:09 By Easwaran Rutnam US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake says Sri Lanka needs to take more steps to encourage greater reconciliation and greater democracy and also noted the need for improvements in media freedom. Blake noted that achieving reconciliation will be a key [...]
Eran Wickramaratne, Member of Parliament and former CEO National Development Bank speaks on some aspects of the budget »
Parliamentary oversight on Finance Article 148 of the Constitution gives Parliament full control over public finance. Since President Wijetunga retained the finance portfolio the authority of the Parliament over finance has been usurped, and created a conflict between the powers of the legislature and the Executive. Even though Article 44(2) of the Constitution provides that [...]
