Sri Lanka: Unified control of foreign & national security policy
Source: Asian Tribune
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-18 00:14:56 -0700 | travel-news
49 editor Sri Lanka's defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa's address at the Kotelawala Defense University on his nation's 'National Security Concerns' delivered 13 June has raised a significant issue: the need for combined control of Sri Lanka's foreign and national...
Dubai Tea Trade meets Minister of Plantation Industries
Source: Asian Tribune
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-17 13:27:55 -0700 | travel-news
20 editor Key members of Dubai Tea Trade has pledged their fullest support to Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Plantation Industries and the Sri Lanka Tea delegation on 15th June 2013 to enhance Ceylon Tea share in UAE market. Dubai,...
8 Indian fishermen arrested in Sri Lanka
Source: The Hindu
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-17 01:24:34 -0700 | travel-news
The issue of Indian fishermen allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters has resurfaced again, with the Sri Lankan Navy apprehending eight fishermen off Mannar on Saturday. Based on the Mannar district judge's order on Sunday they were remanded to custody,...
Prof. Pieris urges Germany to consider bilateral trade and investment with Lanka
Source: Asian Tribune
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-17 00:57:13 -0700 | travel-news
48 editor External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris, during his bilateral discussions in Berlin with Dr. Guido Westerwelle, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, emphasized that conditions in Sri Lanka today are conducive to significant expansion of trade and...
Sri Lanka vows polls in...
Source: Arab News
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-16 13:34:22 -0700 | travel-news
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse pledged yesterday to proceed with the first-ever provincial polls in the island's former war zone but his government said the powers of the elected council will be clipped. The ruling coalition had promised to share...
Dr. Saman Weerasinghe recieves the 'Order of Honor of the Russian Federation'
Source: Asian Tribune
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-16 13:21:02 -0700 | travel-news
40 editor Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mos-Lanka Holdings' Group of Companies and an Advisor to Mahinda Rajapakse, President of Sri Lanka was awarded the 'Order of Honor of the Russian Federation' on the...
Sri Lanka calls for international action to stem glorification of terrorism
Source: Asian Tribune
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-15 21:54:21 -0700 | travel-news
18 editor Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha has asked that greater attention be paid in the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy, to the role of terrorist support networks that take the form of front organizations,...
Tamil alliance leaders to leave for India
Source: The Hindu
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-15 03:19:09 -0700 | travel-news
Srinivasan A six member delegation representing the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) an umbrella organisation of various Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka will leave for India on Sunday, to meet the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Minister for External Affairs...
Sri Lanka's education policy strengthens understanding between different ethnic groups
Source: Asian Tribune
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-14 10:51:27 -0700 | travel-news
43 editor Sri Lanka has highlighted the importance of education as an essential tool in combating racism and racial discrimination. Intervening during an Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related...
Sri Lanka to host Commonwealth Heads despite human rights concerns
Source: New Zealand Herald
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-13 11:51:03 -0700 | travel-news
Foreign Minister Murray McCully said Sri Lanka's hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in November will focus international scrutiny on what progress it is making on human rights and reconciliation issues. He met President Mahinda Rajapaksa last week...
Met men miss Sri Lanka's deadly tempests
Source: Asia Times Online
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-13 01:15:24 -0700 | travel-news
It was several hours before dawn when Afthas Niflal, a young fisherman in southern Sri Lanka, felt the sea start to rumble beneath him. He was no stranger to the shallow waters off the fishing harbor in Beruwala, a small...
Rising Muslim-Buddhist tensions in Sri Lanka
Source: IRIN
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-13 00:53:04 -0700 | travel-news
An increasing number of Muslim Sri Lankans, who make up around 9 percent of the population, are feeling uneasy amid fears of growing sectarian tensions, say local people and observers...I had a shop where I sold halal food, but several...
Auschwitz survivor recognizes Sri Lanka genocide
Source: Tamil Net
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-12 19:39:52 -0700 | travel-news
Kor, who formed a close kinship with the Tamil group on the second workshop day of the "One Million Bones" rally in Washington last Sunday, is a tireless activist for prevention and stopping Genocide, and runs a holocaust museum, doesn't...
Maldivian Defense Force Chief calls on President
Source: Asian Tribune
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-12 10:34:32 -0700 | travel-news
25 editor The Chief of Defence Force of the Maldives National Defence Force Major General Ahmed Shiyam called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa Monday evening at Temple Trees. Navy Commander Vice Admiral Jayantha Colombage introduced Major General Shiyam to the...
Sri Lanka launches domestic airline
Source: The Economic Times
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-06-12 11:39:51 -0700 | travel-news
A new domestic airline linking the Colombo international airport and the southern tourist resorts of the island has been launched, officials said today. Cinnamon Air will launch domestic flights from the end of June. Cinnamon Air, operating Cessna 208 Amphibious...
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