LLTL Board Dissolved On Allegations Of Tender Irregularities
by Nirmala Kannangara Board of Directors of Lanka Logistics and Technologies Limited had been dissolved on Thursday afternoon on the directives of the Minister of Defence President Maithripala...
View ArticleArmy Accused Of Turning Blind Eye On Haiti Rape
by Easwaran Rutnam Military Says Accused Soldiers Dealt With Brigadier Roshan Seneviratne is in the picture The Army came under fire last week over its alleged failure to deal with the soldiers...
View ArticleMeethotamulla Weeps, Blame Game Continues
by Ashanthi Warunasuriya in Meethotamulla The main question on everyone’s mind is who is responsible for this tragedy Since 2011 protests have been staged for the removal of this garbage dump Some...
View ArticleTop School Stumps Fair Play
Accused of fielding ineligible player in prestige battle St Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya stands accused of using an ineligible player in their 43rd traditional limited over encounter with arch rivals...
View ArticleDirty Deeds Surface In Meethotamulla
Text and pictures by Ashanthi Warunasuriya The Meethotamulla residents who lost their houses are facing many issues in obtaining alternative housing from the government Some of the residents had...
View ArticleRTI Request To Police Falls On Deaf Ears
by Nirmala Kannangara Pujith Jayasundara, Jagath Wijeweera and Aplication send to receive information under the RTI Act The Right to Information (RTI) Act doesn’t seems to be in operation with the...
View ArticleFive Years On: Still No Justice For Wasim
by Nirmala Kannangara It is five years since the national rugby player and Captain of the Havelock Sports Club Wasim Thajudeen’s life was snatched away by a killer squad alleged to be following a...
View ArticleCMC, UDA Responsible For Building Collapse
Legal Action Likely Against Officials by Amavasya Sirisena In the realm of the collapsing of a five storied building under construction at Wellawatte, housing a reception hall last week, the quality,...
View ArticleColombo Now A ‘Hard Target’ For Drug Peddlers
by Ifham Nzam Deputy IGP Priyantha Jayakody Colombo has now become a hard target for drug peddlers and this is evident with the number of arrests made by the police over the past several weeks. There...
View ArticleHarrison To Develop His Own Economy With NLDB Funds!
National Livestock Development Board by Nirmala Kannangara Guidelines of Department of Public Enterprises that shows how to utilize eneterprise resources and The unlawful NLDB Board decision on fund...
View ArticleThree Killed, But Brigadier In Turkey For ‘Bravery’
Rathupaswela Shooting Incident by Nirmala Kannangara Brigadier Deshapriya Gunawardena The Brigadier who has allegedly ordered the contingent of army personnel to fire live bullets to disperse the...
View ArticleNational Coffers Lose Billions
Customs Heads ignore President’s directives and ‘help’ spare parts importer by Nirmala Kannangara President Maithripala Sirisena’s order not to give tax or any other concessions to Vehicles Lanka...
View ArticleProbe To Be Expedited On Welikada Prison Riot
by Ashanthi Warunasuriya Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued orders to expedite the investigations pertaining to the 2012 Welikada Prison riot and called on the appointed committees to...
View ArticlePolitical Hand Seen Behind Anti-SAITM Protests
by Ashanthi Warunasuriya Protests continued last week against the SAITM private medical campus in Malabe resulting in public property being damaged. A strike by doctors on the SAITM issue led to...
View Article‘Culprits’ In Weliamuna Report Still Hold Positions
Some SLA Board Members get allowances up to Rs. 4 million by Nirmala Kannangara Ajith Dias and Kabir Hashim Chairman and Board of Directors of Sri Lankan Airline’s failure to take decisions with the...
View ArticleChilling Details Emerge In Vithya Murder Case
‘Swiss Kumar’ hatched plan to video rape and murder by our Jaffna correspondent Chilling details emerged last week over the rape and murder of Sivaloganathan Vithya when the case was heard in the...
View ArticleThoughts For Pride 2017
SOGIESC, Human Rights And Sri Lanka: by Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana In June 2016, the United Nations appointed a Special Expert on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC)...
View ArticleFitness Of Cricket Board In Question
by Nirmala Kannangara Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara All eyes are now focused as to what action Sri Lanka Cricket would take against those who are alleged to be involved in match fixing at the...
View ArticleWater Sources Of Hill Country Going Waste Day By Day
Uma Oya Project: by Ifham Nizam Damaged houses Masses of Bandarawela and surrounding villages organized a harthal last Wednesday in opposition to the ongoing Uma Oya Project. Interestingly, unlike in...
View ArticleTop BOI Official Under Fire!
by Nirmala Kannangara The Board of Investment, the institution assigned to attract investors with the purpose of enriching the country’s economy, is alleged to have changed its stance over the months...
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