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Sri Lanka To Host Next G-15 Summit
Written on 19 May, 2010 at 3:04 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
The Policy Research and Information Unit of the President’s Office reported yesterday that Sri Lanka will be hosting the next G-15 Summit in 2012.
Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G. L. Peiris said in a press conference that the country will host the 15th summit, which will see the participation of 17 developing countries from Latin America, Africa and Asia.
The Sri Lankan delegation that travelled to Tehran for the 14th Summit last week saw President Mahinda Rajapaksa elected the...
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Medicine Shortage To End In Ten Days
Written on 19 May, 2010 at 1:21 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
Responding to a question posed by the JVP’s Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said that the medicine shortage faced by Government Hospitals will end in 10 days. Speaking in Parliament, the minister admitted that substandard medicines have been used in the past and from now on, only medicines approved by the Indian Government will be bought by Sri Lanka.
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“People are Strange”
Written on 16 May, 2010 at 13:16 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
- A peek into alternate forms of racism
By Natalie Soysa
Racism in Sri Lanka has been honed into such a finely perfected art over the years that it has paved way for the formation of some rather peculiar sub-genres to manifest in the process.
Internal racism may not be a new concept, but we don’t tend to look at our actions in terms of a...
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The Media: Looking Over The Shoulder In Fear
Written on 16 May, 2010 at 6:02 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
There is a grim continuing multi faceted tragi-comedy being enacted around Sri Lanka’s mass media.
The newest act came on stage soon after ministerial appointments when Mervyn Silva who had been accused of innumerable vile acts against the independent media, was appointed the Deputy Minister Of Media. He did not waste any time, declared himself a protector and lover of journalists and made statements on what he thought the media should be. A few days later came the World Press Freedom...
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Sri Lanka Was Out Played
Written on 15 May, 2010 at 14:15 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
Sri Lanka made it to the Semi Finals of the T20 World Cup only to succumb.I believe that our moment was when we beat India, but, I suspect England watching that game did their home work well.
England will bank heavily on Pieterson
The England team seemed the most balanced of those...
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Ceylinco Life’s Claims Settlement Best Among The Best
Written on 15 May, 2010 at 14:09 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
- Life Insurance Leader Accounts For Just 82 Of 100,733 ‘Claims Outstanding’ At End 2009
The new Ceylinco Insurance Head Office Building
Life insurance leader Ceylinco Life’s record of claim settlement has been confirmed to be the best among the country’s top five insurance companies by the sector regulator, the Insurance Board of Sri Lanka (IBSL).
Figures released by the Board...
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Cash Bonus For 10,000 Ceylinco Life Policyholders
Written on 15 May, 2010 at 14:08 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
Festive cheer will be extended into May for Ceylinco Life policyholders when the life insurance leader distributes Rs 32 million in cash bonuses to them, continuing a practice it introduced to the industry in 2004.
Members of Ceylinco Life’s 5000 strong sales team will home deliver these bonuses to more than 10,000 policyholders. The bonuses will be in the form of immediately encashable cheques, the company said.
A feature this year is that a new segment of policyholders — those...
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No Budget!!!
Written on 15 May, 2010 at 14:08 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
- How “legal” is Public Expenditure without approval by “the People”?
By: Chrishmal Warnasuriya
BA (Colombo), P Dip. (Hons),
LLM (Hons) (London)
Introduction:
In the present backdrop of a “Vote on Account” which we had for a few months instead of a budget last year, (and now what one hears is that there is to be a further delay on the presentation of a proper “Appropriation Bill” for assent...
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Ceylinco Insurance (General) Pays Tribute To Its Staff
Written on 15 May, 2010 at 14:07 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
Ceylinco Insurance Company’s Hall of Fame entrants pose with Deputy Chairman Ajith Gunewardena (right). (From left): Upali Manukularatne, A.M.D. Alagiyawanna, Sathyajith Wijeyapura and Roshan Ranasinghe
The industry’s undisputed market leader for the sixth consecutive year running, Ceylinco Insurance (General), recently recognised and rewarded their dynamic and dedicated team at the Annual Sales Conference and Awards Ceremony 2010.
The glittering event showcased...
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Tamil Tiger Financier Jailed
Written on 15 May, 2010 at 14:06 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
By Gerry Bellett, Vancouver Sun
Prapaharan Thambithurai (middle) arrives at b.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Tuesday. He pleaded guilty for raising funds for the terrorist group Tamil Tigers. Photo by: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun
Former refugee Prapaharan Thambithurai was sentenced to six
months in jail Friday after pleading guilty to raising money for the
Tamil Tigers, a terrorist group dedicated to creating a...
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