Eight Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) had been transferred with effect from December 10 by Inspector General of Police (IGP) N. K. Illangakoon, the Police Department said. The transfers had been based on service requirements with the approval of the Secretary of the Defence the Police Department said. […]
Anti-people smuggling measures the Australian government had introduced, including a ban on permanent protection visas for people who arrived before July 19 this year, demonstrated the strength of the government’s resolve, Immigration and Border Protection Minister Scott Morrison said. […]
– by Shenali D Waduge – Off went Cameron to China in a huff thinking that Britain’s help was needed to prop up rising China’s economy. Lesson Cameron learnt humiliatingly was China is a great power Britain now is not. It was certainly no meeting of equals. If Cameron huffed and puffed in Colombo he […]
(Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee retreated from a more than five-week high in early trade on Thursday due to importer dollar demand, dealers said, a day after short-term interest rates fell to more than two-year lows. The island nation’s 91-day and 182-day treasury bill yields fell to their lowest in more than two years […]
– by Shenali D Waduge – There is one reason and one reason alone that explains why the United National Party will never lead Sri Lanka and no one needs to be splitting hairs or having conventions to find out. UNP will not win elections because it does not command the Buddhist vote. The tragedy is […]
– by Shenali D Waduge – Why have 32 countries banned the LTTE and continue to do so even after its demise in 2009? Obviously its intelligence feels there is sufficient threat to maintain the ban overseas. A ban becomes meaningful only if these countries enforce local laws to ensure fundraising for terror does not […]