* Witness fears for her life, * AG’s Dept mum on witness protection, * UL paid Rs. 415 mn to Kuma Stickers
The national carrier had paid over Rs 415 million to two advertising agencies linked to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for displaying hoardings on behalf of the airline, it was revealed at the Presidential Commission to inquire into allegations of large scale frauds and malpractices in SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering Ltd and Mihin Lanka (Pvt) Ltd last week.Testifying before the Commission,...
Despite media reports, no date has yet been fixed for the Permanent High Court at Bar to commence hearings into major cases of corruption and financial crime, while authoritative sources told the Sunday Observer that sittings may not begin for up to a month.Delays are over practical issues including the failure to appoint a permanent registrar for the new court. Currently the registrar of the Civil...
Private bus owners to become suppliers of buses and to pool...
A new bus policy to consolidate the private bus transport business is expected to begin by year end under the Sahasara Bus Reforms Project following a pilot project carried out in Kandy.Highly placed government sources told the Business Observer, a pilot project in the private bus transport business where owners would become suppliers of vehicles and pool revenues was successful.This project carried out...
TNA Legislator M.A. Sumanthiran, recalls being 19 years old when communal violence rocked the capital city in July 1983. Packed off to Jaffna where the Government thought Tamil families residing in Colombo and other parts of the south would be safer, he recalls an arduous four-day journey in a small cargo ship, with no food provisions on board. The memory of the communal riots has left a lasting legacy –...
MPs M.A. Sumanthiran and Jayampathy Wickremaratne were left...
The 50-odd legislators of the pro-Rajapaksa Joint Opposition (JO) are champion purveyors of misinformation and fear-mongering. Last week, a major uproar inside the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly, chaired by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe gave fodder to ultra-nationalist sections of the Rajapaksa camp who proceeded to attack the constitution-making process that has...
A fairy-tale rise brought her much in life but Thilini...
Sri Lanka women’s rugby player Thilini Senanayake is caught up in two world’s, forced to decide between a modelling career and married life after hanging up her boots.But for Thilini her present situation is nothing strange as she was able to make it to the Sri Lanka rugby team and climb the social ladder overcoming many a hurdle after leaving her village in Anuradhapura as a teenage girl of 16 years.“I am...
