Budget 2010 aims to reduce deficit
The Sri Lankan government yesterday presented the Appropriation Bill for the 2010 Budget with an estimated Rs. 974.748 billion as expenditure for its services for the remainder of the financial year of 2010.
Posted on 30 06 2010 - 07:00:45 by 001
Sri Lanka denies deal with rump Tamil Tigers
Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has denied reports that the government is forming an "alliance" with the "rump" of the Tamil Tigers.
Posted on 30 06 2010 - 06:56:52 by 001
Yechury calls for autonomous Tamil state in Lanka
CPM leader Sitaram Yechury has said Sri Lankan Tamils should have an autonomous state in a united Sri Lanka.
Posted on 28 06 2010 - 11:47:06 by 001
Premier to present Lankas 2010 Budget tomorrow
The Sri Lankan government is to present the budget for the remaining months of 2010 to parliament Tuesday (29).
The budget will be presented to the House by Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne tomorrow afternoon.
The debate on the second reading of the budget will commence on Wednesday (30) and will be debated for four days till Saturday (July 3). The vote on the second reading be taken at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
The debate on the committee stage of the budget will commence on July 5 and continue till July 9.
The final vote will be taken on the 9th at 6:00 p.m.
The government has presented the Appropriation Bill for the 2010 Budget with an estimated Rs. 974.748 billion as expenditure for its services for the financial year of 2010.
Posted on 28 06 2010 - 11:46:24 by 001
Australia to review freeze on asylum claims from Sri Lanka
The Australian prime minister Julia Gillard says the government will decide soon whether to resume processing refugee claims made by people from Sri Lanka.
The government imposed a three month suspension on the processing of claims in April - allegedly to reassess the situation in Sri Lanka.
A six month suspension was also imposed on claims from Afghan asylum seekers.
But Ms Gillard says Australia needs to honour its international obligations.
Posted on 28 06 2010 - 11:45:49 by 001
UN sets up limited inquiry into human rights in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan government has reacted angrily to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s June 22 appointment of an expert panel to advise him on human rights violations in the final stage of the island’s civil war.
Posted on 28 06 2010 - 11:45:07 by 001
Iran could have nuclear weapons by 2012, CIA chief warns
Iran has enough low-enriched uranium to produce two nuclear weapons, which it could have prepared and ready for delivery as early as 2012, Leon Panetta, the CIA director, said on Sunday.
Posted on 28 06 2010 - 11:43:59 by 001
Indian navy chief in lanka, may visit IPKF memorial
In the first such high-profile visit since 2004, Indian navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma arrived in Colombo on Sunday for five-day official tour.
Posted on 28 06 2010 - 11:39:10 by 001
PM to present 2010 Budget in parliament as SL President leaves for Ukraine
Sri Lanka Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne is to present the 2010 Budget in parliament Tuesday as President Mahinda Rajapakse departs to Ukraine the same day accompanied by the External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris. President Mahinda Rajapakse also holds the portfolio of the Finance Ministry. Earlier it was announced Mahinda Rajapakse would table the budget in the capacity of Finance Minister.
Posted on 28 06 2010 - 11:37:26 by 001
Lanka holds mass wedding for ex-rebels
53 couples married in detention centre as government tries to rehabilitate former Tamil Tigers.
Posted on 14 06 2010 - 15:43:48 by 001
BBC meets its match in Defense Secretary Gotabaya
WITH its foreboding lighting effects that appear to have been plucked straight out of Dante’s dark epic Inferno—and cleverly devised one suspects to reduce its willing, and oftentimes unsuspecting, “victims” to submission—the BBC’s HARDtalk program has attained a universal reputation (or should that be notoriety?) for tough and bruising interviews that border on intimidation.
Posted on 14 06 2010 - 15:41:30 by 001
Madras HC to hear plea against Douglas Devananda
The Madras High Court is likely to hear a petition seeking the arrest of Sri Lankan Minister Douglas Devananda on Monday.
Posted on 14 06 2010 - 15:40:00 by 001
Students, schools in Vanni disregarded
The teachers and heads of schools which have begun to function in Vanni where people have been allowed to resettle are facing insurmountable difficulties as most of the school buildings and furniture have been destructed in the war on Vanni, education circles in Vanni complain.
Posted on 11 06 2010 - 04:14:54 by 001
Tamil Commemorative stamp released in US
Tamils for Obama, a US-based Tamil activist organization, is releasing a first-class postage stamp ($0.44) for use with letters posted within the United States. "U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recently decided to allow American citizens to design and market their own postage stamps. We decided make use of this opportunity to show respect to the Tamils who have suffered destruction to life and property in Sri Lanka," spokesperson for the organization told TamilNet.
Posted on 11 06 2010 - 04:13:46 by 001
Rajapaksa reschedules victory day parade for June 18
Colombo's 'victory parade' postponed due to bad weather in May is re-scheduled to be held on June 18 at Colombo Galle Face Green, according to government sources in Colombo.
Posted on 07 06 2010 - 11:33:52 by 001
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