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 20 Jan (SL) Seven train engines imported from France worth over Rs. 1.2 billion have been pulled out of service owing to maintenance issues. In 1999 the then government imported ten ‘M9’ type train engines at a cost of Rs.182 million each but today only three are in operation. “Each engine cost Rs.182 million. Today seven engines amounting to Rs.1,274 million are out of service and are parked at the Ratmalana train yard,” Chief locomotive engineer W. G. T. L. Wickramaratne told The Sunday.. |  20 Jan (ST) Hundreds if not thousands of peacocks pose a serious threat to airline traffic at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) but authorities are unable to eliminate this bird population owing to local religious beliefs, a senior Aviation official said yesterday. Since peacocks were revered by both Buddhists and Hindus, the task of eradicating the menace had become even more difficult, Civil Aviation Director General H. M. C. Nimalsiri said. He said one permanent solution.. |
 20 Jan (SO) Veteran foreign service officer Kshenuka Senewiratne was last week appointed Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs. She becomes Sri Lanka's first woman Foreign Secretary at a period which would be crucial for the country at the forthcoming United Nations Human Rights Commission sessions. Kshenuka assumed duties succeeding Karunathilake Amunugama who retired from his post. Former Sri Lanka High Commissioner to the UK, Senewiratne served as the Additional Secretary to the.. |  20 Jan (SO) The North Western Provincial Council plans to set up a tourist village in the ancient kingdom of Dambadeniya in the Kurunegala district. To attract foreign and local tourists who visit the area, sales centres to sell traditional handicraft, masks, locally woven mats, batik clothes, brassware of high quality, traditionally manufactured ornaments and jewellery would be set up in the village. NWP Chief Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara told the Sunday Observer that the Kurunegala district.. |
 17 Jan (DN) The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will supply a specifically refined type of ultra low sulphur diesel with a substantially lowered sulphur content of 0.05 percent within a short period aimed at ensuring an environment with low sulphur hazards caused by petro-diesel, said Petroleum Industries Deputy Minsiter Sarana Gunawardane. The Deputy Minister was speaking at a public gathering at the inauguration of the country's first fuel filling station on the Southern Expressway recently. .. |  14 Jan (Island) Justice C.V. Wigneswaran, Chief Minister, Northern Provincial Council delivered the opening address at a discussion on "Democratizing the North: A Dialogue on Governance, Development and Vulnerability on January 10th at the Green Grass Hotel Jaffna. The dialogue was organized by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES). Justice Wigneswaran spoke on the Governance. New Year 2014 is starting well for us. The War had got us into a cocoon in which we managed howsoever we.. |
 14 Jan (DN) President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed Ms. Hirunika Premachandra as the SLFP Co-organiser for Colombo Central. She is seen receiving the letter of appointment from the President in the presence of Colombo Central Chief Organiser Senior Minister A.H.M. Fowzie and SLFP Administrative Secretary S.H. Ariyasena. - See more at:.. |  14 Jan (DN) Gampaha district's fourth flyover built over the Veyangoda Railway Crossing on the Nittambuwa-Katunayake main road will be opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on January 16. The Ports and Highways Ministry commenced the construction of the flyover on September 23, 2012 under Minister Basil Rajapaksa's direction on President Mahinda Rajapaksa's advice. The Highways Ministry spent Rs. 2,000 million for the project. The Spanish government provided financial assistance. - See more.. |
 10 Jan (Island) Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday alleged that the US was undermining the post-war reconciliation process by strengthening the hands of those who had been propagating unsubstantiated war crimes allegations against Sri Lanka. The US had made common cause with them for some strange reason at the expense of US-Sri Lanka relations, Defence Secretary Rajapaksa said. An irate Defence Secretary Rajapaksa told The Island that he really couldn’t understand the US interest.. |  10 Jan (DN) The Peliyagoda Fish Trade Centre has marked a turning point in the Sri Lankan fisheries industry since its commencement, controlling the fish price in the country, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said. Peliyagoda Fish Trade Centre controls 30 percent out of the entire fish market in the country and the other 70 percent is handed by fish stalls islandwide, established by the Ceylon Fisheries Corporation (CFC), he said. "It helped control.. |
| |  7 Jan (Island) The Sri Lanka Army is one of the leading institutions that contributes to the country’s sports by nurturing sportsmen and women and providing other services. While its sportsmen engage in almost all competitive sports, athletics is undoubtedly the leading sport it takes part in. The Army nurtured Duncan White and Susanthika Jayasinghe, the most successful (Olympic medalists) athletes the country ever produced, at the beginning of their careers. The Army is also continuing to be.. |
 7 Jan (Island) The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) yesterday announced that it would stop issuing Halaal certificates and the process would be handed over to a private company. A press release issued by the ACJU said yesterday: "The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) announces that their Division for Halaal Certification will stop issuing of certificates effective 31’t December 2013 while a separate limited guarantee company founded by reputed, respected professionals in Sri Lanka will be.. |  7 Jan (DN) The Colombo Municipal CMC (CMC) and the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) signed an MoU recently to enable Colombo City tax payers pay several categories CMC taxes online. Accordingly CMC tax payments which do not require any supplementary documents / manual interventions could now (from Wednesday 8th, 2014) be made online. For this the tax payers are required to provide the CMC account number and the relevant street name and assessment number. Among the tax categories for which this.. |
 7 Jan (DN) A range of utility vehicles worth Rs. 217 million procured under the Metro Colombo Urban Development Project with a concessionary loan from the World Bank was handed over to the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation by Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Picture shows the Defence Secretary handing over the key of a vehicle to Sri Lanka Lands Reclamation and Development Corporation Chairman Archt. Harshana De Silva. Defence and.. | |
 3 Jan (LBO) Sri Lanka's finance companies will be encouraged to merge with each other and banks and outside investors will be invited in a bid to strengthen capital deficient ones, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said. The regulator would like to see 58 non-bank financial institutions consolidated into 20 larger ones, he said, delivering an annual road map for monetary policy. Multiple finance companies under one holding company and those in groups with banks will also be encouraged to.. |  3 Jan (Island) The Central Bank yesterday narrowed a policy rate corridor cutting its policy rate window for injecting cash into the banking system by 50 basis points to 8 percent. But the rate to withdraw cash remained unchanged at 6.50 percent. With the floor rate being currently active, the cut in the ceiling rate to 8.00 percent may result in the narrowing of the policy rate corridor from 200 to 150 basis points. The following is the text of a statement issued by the CB: * The Monetary.. |
 3 Jan (DN) A global poll indicates that the United States poses the greatest threat to global peace. As per the poll not only does the U.S. top the list with an aggregate of 24 percent saying "USA' to the question posed, but the runner-up country is way behind at eight percent, the nation placed third is with six percent, followed by three others at five percent each. The pollster Win/Gallop International has carried out this survey across 65 countries and the results indicate some of the.. |  31 Dec (Island) The government expects a spate of visits by Eelam activists and foreign politicians, having close relationship with the pro-LTTE Tamil Diaspora, to the Jaffna peninsula in the run up to the next session of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in March 2004. A senior official said that some of them were likely to visit the Northern Province on tourist visa. The official was responding to a query by The Island after the Jaffna born Canadian MP Rathika.. |
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