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.
“[In the past] [...]

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 armed forces into [...]

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 English, and surely one [...]

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 ‘Superior [...]

President using Executive Presidency only to perpetuate himself in power, not for people’s progress »

(Lanka-e-News, June 17, 2010, 6.30PM) UNP M P and Deputy leader Karu Jayasooriya speaking to the media at UNP media Headquarters said, he is reminded of what late Dr. N M Perera warned, that is, if this Executive Presidency power is seized by a politician who subordinates people benefits and country’s progress to his personal [...]

SRI LANKA:Reveal amendments to the constitution »

Wednesday, 16 June 2010 01:36
By Kelum Bandara
Opposition UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called upon President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne to place the proposals for constitutional reforms before the country instead of keeping them in secret.
Addressing the media, Mr. Wickremesinghe said the entire country including some government ministers had been kept [...]

Senior Tigers in Malaysia »

Wednesday, 16 June 2010 07:24
The Malaysian police say they had detected the presence of several senior leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who were reportedly using Malaysia for shelter and logistic base, PTI reported.
According to the report Malaysian Home minister Hishammuddin Hussein has confirmed this adding that that militant groups, both [...]

Gen Fonseka’s Kenya visit prerogative of Courts: Keheliya »

By Shamindra Ferdinando
Will DNA leader General Sarath Fonseka be allowed to go on an overseas sojourn, with a parliamentary delegation?
The government says Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader General Sarath Fonseka, MP will have to clear his impending overseas visit with the judiciary as he remains in detention, though Parliament has sanctioned his visit.
Media Minister Keheliya [...]