Sri Lanka's former Chief Justice says parliament has no powers to investigate a retired judge

Sri Lanka's former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva said to media today that the parliament had no powers to investigate a retired judge. He made these comments speaking on the the request by 75 MPs submitted to the speaker to appoint a parliamentary select committee to probe his tenure. Highlighting President Mahinda Rajapaksa himself had given him...

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Sri Lanka major opposition party appoints a diciplinaty committee to probe charges against two members

Sri Lanka's major opposition United National Party (UNP) says that a disciplinary committee has been appointed to probe the charges against UNP Mathara district MP Buddhika Pathirana and Western Provincial Councillor Shiral Lakthilaka. The diciplianry committee was appointed at the UNP working committee meeting held yesterday. The disciplinary...

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Sri Lanka to increase price of fuel

Sri Lanka government sources say that focus is on increasing the price of fuel. Sri Lanka Petroleum Corporation says that the loss from petrol is Rs. 2, the loss from diesel is Rs. 27 and the loss from kerosene is Rs. 39. The loss to the Corporation is reportedly increasing and the government is under pressure for increasing the price, sources say. Sources...

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Sri Lanka's Norochcholai coal power plant out of operation

Trade union sources of Sri Lanka Electricity Board say that the newly built Lak Wijaya coal plant at Norachcholai remains out of operation owing to technical problems. However, these technical problems also remain unspecified, according to trade unions. A move by the CEB Board of Directors to hand over the management of the Lak Wijaya Power Plant...

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82 doctors idling in the Ministry of Health while 47 medical centers shut in Sri Lanka due to doctor shortage

A spokesman of Sri Lanka Ministry of Health said to local Sinhala newspaper The Diavaina that 92 doctors were idling in government hospitals while 47 medical centers were shut island wide due to shortage of doctors. These doctors are attached to the Ministry of Health without assigning them proper duty, the spokesman says pointing out that they are...

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Jobs had Google phones in crosshairs: biographer - LANKA BUSINESS REPORT

Jobs had Google phones in crosshairs: biographer - LANKA BUSINESS REPORTvar addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":tru...

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What Gadaffi said before he was killed

Gaddafi's Last Words as Rebels Dragged Him Through Street "Do you know what's right or wrong?" He is heard to say: "What you're doing is wrong, guys. What you're doing is wrong. "Do you know what is right or wrong?" As they continued to drag the 69-year-old through the street he whispered: "What are you doing? It's haraam [forbidden]. "It's not...

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A denunciation of the 'Rat Man' (A review on The Meaning of Sarkozy by Alain Badiou)

Wangees Sumanasekara has translated this book into Sinhala. The launch is organized and addressed by former X Group members and their current mentors. We adopted this review because of it.  Nicolas Sarkozy once spoke admiringly of Tony Blair and...

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Media under attack in Sri Lanka fights back

Lasantha Ruhunage, the Secretary of Sri Lanka Working Journalists' Association has complained to the Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya against the alleged election malpractices of Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Ruhunage a journalist of Ravaya newspaper says “Defence Secretary requested the people to assure the victory of Milinda Moragoda...

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True story of recovering oil from Sri Lanka's Mannar Basin

By Reuters Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday said natural gas has been found off the Indian Ocean island nation in the Mannar Basin, in a well Cairn India Ltd. said required more exploration to see if it is commercially viable.Cairn, a subsidiary of London-listed Cairn Energy Plc , said the find was Sri Lanka's first confirmed...

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How Raj Rajarathnam was trapped by FBI

By David Rose (Vanity Fair) Earlier this year, Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund, was convicted of conspiracy and securities fraud in one of the biggest insider-trading cases in the history of Wall Street. But there was another...

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