Jaffna shooting | Policeman injured:Two Police Officers escorting Jaffna High Court Judge M. Ilancheliyan, who is currently presiding over the Vidya Sivayoganathan case, was shot at yesterday evening in the vicinity of the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil.Speaking to the media after the incident, Judge M.Ilancheliyan said the attack was a threat to the judiciary of the country. “The assailant appeared to be...
Major General K.A.D Amal Karunasekara has been appointed as the new Chief of Staff (CIS) of the Sri Lanka Army.Karunasekara joined the Sri Lanka Army as an Officer Cadet in the year 1981. He was thereafter commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Sri Lanka Light Infantry Regiment of the Sri Lanka Army in 1984 subsequent to the completion of his initial Officer Cadet training at the Sri Lanka Military...
Highly-respected international economist, the Lankan-born Razeen Sally has been appointed as the Senior Advisor to the Finance Ministry by Minister of Finance and Media, Mangala Samaraweera.Razeen Sally is an Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He is also Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka’s leading economic-policy think-...
Plans to reduce indirect tax from 80 to 60%
Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, who held the first media briefing after assuming duties in the new ministry, pledged that the current direct to indirect tax ratio will be changed to bring about an equitable tax system in the country.The move that is expected to see the light of day in three years time, according to the minister, aims at reversing the present tax system of 20 percent direct and 80...
Two dead on Kos as hundreds of tourists hurt amid tsunami:
July 21: At least two tourists have been killed and more than 500 others injured after a powerful earthquake shook the Greek Islands and Turkish coast, triggering a small tsunami.The 6.7-magnitude quake struck in the Aegean Sea on Thursday night south of the Turkish city of Bodrum and east of the small Greek island of Kos - both areas popular with British holidaymakers.It sent a building crashing...
Asanka Gurusinha returns to stage after 32 years as chief...
Tuesday will be another red letter day in Sri Lanka’s first-ever school cricket awards show – the Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year unveils its 39th edition at the Grand Ballroom of the Galadari Hotel,Colombo commencing from 5.30 p.m.Since its humble beginnings at Nawarangahala in 1979, Sri Lanka’s first and the premier school cricket award show has come a long way, inspiring the next...
