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US Ambassador Robert Blake and Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda at the ceremony held to hand over the Maritime Surveillance System and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats to the Navy in Trincomalee yesterday.

“Good Luck, Jonathan” could well be the words that Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond had for Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as they met in Colombo yesterday before today’s crucial vote which will decide whether Nigeria’s Abuja or Scotland’s Glasgow hosts the Commonwealth Games in 2014. Picture by Kavinda Perera

Boost for Naval security

US gifts Maritime Surveillance System and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats to Navy:

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert O. Blake, Jr. formally handed over a radar-based maritime surveillance system and several Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) to the Sri Lankan Navy yesterday at the Naval Dock Yard in Trincomalee.

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The winner is ...
Abuja or Glasgow ?

Colombo is oceans apart from Abuja in Nigeria and Glasgow in Scotland, but their fate will be decided here today. Seven years into the future, one of these cities will host the Commonwealth Games. But which one ?

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Plaudits for Budget’s focus on Eastern development

The 2008 budget has focused on the development of the Eastern province which none of the governments have ever done so far, said President of the Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nawaz Rajabdeen.

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Policy consistency hailed:

National Chamber welcomes positive budget

The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) welcomes the budget proposal 2008 as a positive but challenging one as it aims to reduce the fiscal deficit to 7 per cent of GDP.

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