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| |  4 Dec (DM) In the annual Global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI), Sri Lanka has scored 38 points and is placed in the 85th position among 175 countries. Corruption is a problem for all economies, requiring leading financial centres in the EU and US to act together with fast-growing economies to stop the corrupt from getting away with it, anti-corruption group Transparency International said today. In the 20th edition of the Corruption.. |
 4 Dec (CI) England have earned themselves a lifeline in the ODI series against Sri Lanka - and gained some encouragement ahead of the World Cup - with a nerve-wracking five-wicket victory in Hambantota with eight balls to spare. It was not just that England claimed a much-needed victory that sees the series balanced at 2-1 to Sri Lanka with four games to play. It was that the architects of the victory were the younger, less experienced players who showed the skill and composure that their.. |  4 Dec (CI) 474 Number of ODI dismissals made by Kumar Sangakkara, a record for a wicketkeeper. Prior to this game, Sangakkara and Adam Gilchrist were tied on 472 dismissals each. 6 Number of ducks registed by Kusal Perera, the most by an ODI opener since 2012. Five of those ducks have come in 2014. The record for the most ducks in a calendar year is eight, by Herschelle Gibbs in 2002... |
 4 Dec (Island) President Mahinda Rajapaksa will hand over a part of recovered gold jewellery belonging to over 2,100 Northerners at Temple Trees today. Those valuables had been recovered by the army from the ‘Eelam banks’ set up by the LTTE in the North. Addressing the weekly media briefing at Kollupitiya yesterday, Military and Urban Development Ministry Spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said that the army would provide transport facilities travelling from Jaffna, Vavuniya and other.. |  4 Dec (Island) "I hate the goddamn system! But until someone comes along with changes that make sense, I'll stick with it."– Clint Eastwood as "Dirty Harry" Callaghan, in ‘Magnum Force’ (1973) Those who criticize my continued ‘nonaligned’ approach to the Presidential election and the candidates, as well as my refusal to convert unthinkingly to the cause of the joint opposition, make the cardinal error of confusing governance, government and the.. |
 8 Sep (LBO) GENEVA, September 4, 2014 (AFP) - One person commits suicide every 40 seconds -- more than all the yearly victims of wars and natural disaster -- with the highest toll among the elderly, the United Nations said Thursday. In its first report on suicide, the UN's World Health Organisation blamed intense media coverage when celebrities kill themselves for fuelling the problem. "Suicide is an amazing public health problem. There is one suicide every 40 seconds -- it is a huge number,".. |  8 Sep (SL) The Indian government’s invitation to the TNA to meet with its top leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has given it renewed importance. Although the TNA won an impressive victory at the Northern Provincial Council election last year,it has been unable to convert this into tangible benefits to the people who elected it or show any progress in terms of an overall political settlement that would address the roots of the war.However,.. |
 8 Sep (SL) The sudden shift in Premadasa’s role is still a surprise to most of the “ordinary” members of the UNP camp as they cannot comprehend the dynamic which led to Premadasa’s ascension to the deputy leadership With the heat of the Uva Provincial Council election – which is considered a prelude to the next presidential election – the United National Party is likely to make a significant move by appointing Hambantota District Parliamentarian Sajith Premadasa as the Deputy Leader of the.. |  26 Aug (DN) The magnificent Floating Market at Bastian Mawatha, Pettah on the Beira Lake was vested with the public last evening. The floating market which became a reality within a short period of one and half years, bears ample testimony to the peaceful ambiance that the country and the people enjoy today. The floating market which is the first of its kind in Sri Lanka was declared open by Sri Lanka Freedom Party General Secretary and Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena in the presence of.. |
 26 Aug (DN) New lagoons will be created by developing 18 lagoons in the country without harming the biodiversity of the lagoons, but by eliminating unauthorized structures and building the lagoons outward. A large number of lagoons specially in the North and East possess a very high potential for development as recreational and ecotourism centres. The development work on the new lagoons is expected to be completed before the end of year 2015. Development work in lagoons in Negombo, Rekawa,.. |  6 Aug (LBO) Asylum-seekers held on an Australian customs vessel at sea for weeks were given lifeboats and told to make their own way back to India, a lawyer for the group said Monday. The boatload of 157, who lawyer Hugh de Kretser said were mostly Christian Tamils fleeing persecution in Sri Lanka, set sail from India hoping to get to Australia. "The clients we spoke to were absolutely terrified at what lay ahead for them," said de Kretser, who is executive director of the Human Rights Law.. |
 6 Aug (NF) Danish researchers claim to have set a new data transfer world record by transmitting over a single optical fibre at an incredible speed of 43 terabits per second (Tbps). Researchers at Technical University of Denmark (DTU) used a new type of optical fibre to claim the world data transfer record. The team has eclipsed the record that was set by researchers at the Karlsruhe Institut fur Technologie, by proving that it is possible to transfer fully 43Tbps with just a single laser in.. |  6 Aug (Island) ‘In relation to Capital Market operations, there is recognition that the issue of shares is not the only way to raise capital and that a more important role can be played by debt, since issue of listed debt can be even more competitive than issue of shares, Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, Treasury Secretary and Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Planning said yesterday. Jayasundera said so while delivering a detailed exposition titled ‘National Vision: Policy Implementation.. |
 1 Jul (DN) The Kandy Esala Perahera will be held from July 27 to August 10. Diyawadana Nilame Nilanga Dela Bandara said. He said the four Devale Peraheras will be held from July 27 to August 1 with the Kumbal Perahera from August 1 to 5 and the grand Randoli perahera from August 6 to 10. The Randoli Perahera will be held on August 10 and the water cutting ceremony will take place on August 11 morning at the Gatambe Mahaveli river. The Esala Perahera in Kandy held in the month of Esala is one.. |  1 Jul (Island) Sri Lanka’s largest common ATM network "LankaPay" strengthened its presence island wide with the advent of Commercial Bank of Ceylon on to its platform. Commercial Bank operates Sri Lanka’s single largest ATM network owned by a Bank, and through its partnership with "LankaPay", Combank customers and customers of all other member banks can now withdraw cash within the "LankaPay" network at over 2300 ATMs for a nominal fee of just Rs.30/- per cash withdrawal. By connecting.. |
 1 Jul (Island) Commander of the Navy Admiral Jayanath Colombage was accorded a 48-member Guard of Honour yesterday (30) on his arrival at the Naval headquarters upon being promoted to the 4-star rank. Admiral Colombage is due to retire today (1). Chief of Staff of the Navy, Rear Admiral Jayantha Perera has been promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and he will assume duties as the new Navy Commander from today.. |  20 Jun (CI) Australia have made a dramatic move in their attempts to improve their spin credentials in Asian conditions, hiring Muttiah Muralitharan as a coaching consultant for this year's Test series against Pakistan in the UAE. And while Muralitharan has no intention of turning Nathan Lyon into a master of the doosra, he is already helping Lyon add a carrom ball to his arsenal. The two men have been working together in Sri Lanka this week and Muralitharan said he was confident Lyon would.. |
 20 Jun (Island) There is a clear build-up of financial risks in Asia, presenting the need for a good loss-absorption buffer for South and South East Asian banks, Mark Young, Managing Director Fitch Rating's Asia Pacific Region said in Colombo yesterday analyzing Fitch’s Macro Prudential Indicator Trend for the Asia- Pacific. "Being analysts of macro-prudential indicators, we tend to look at the potential downside of the economic outlook. We see the glass half empty rather than its half full,".. |  10 Jun (FoxNews) The Pakistani Taliban threatened more violence Monday after claiming responsibility for an attack that killed 28 people at the country's busiest airport in Karachi Sunday. Shahidullah Shahid, the spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, said in a statement Monday that the insurgents carried out the attack at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi as "revenge for the killing of Hakimullah Mehsud," the Taliban chief who died in a U.S. drone strike last November. In a.. |
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