Press Council will assist journalists

Government has always been committed to stand up for journalists’ rights :

Measures taken to ensure freedom of press in the country:

The Sri Lanka Press Council is not a body designed to harass journalists but aims to create a proper mechanism to educate journalists, attend to their welfare in addition to training and educating them in the profession of journalism, Mass Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said.

Full Story

Piliyandala Central becomes first sports school

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday opened the playground and the pavilion of the Piliyandala Central College. The school has been upgraded into a sports school status and all infrastructure facilities are to be provided to the school to promote sports activities among the school children in the area.

Full Story

Plans afoot to reduce CoL in Jaffna

Jaffna’s famous Windsor cinema hall will be turned into a Lak Sathosa outlet within two weeks to bring down the prevailing high prices of essential goods in Jaffna, Trade, Commerce and Cooperatives Minister Bandula Gunawardena told a meeting in Jaffna yesterday.

Full Story

UNICEF finding on children:

Decline in Lanka’s child mortality rate

Sri Lanka is a very successful example with regard to child mortality, according to the latest findings on children presented by UNICEF at the fourth SAARC senior officials conference on children.

Full Story


Editorial Page	Political	Security
Editorial: Government vindicated Brutalizing Palestinian children Nationalism and Western values Sri Lanka has successfully faced world food crisis more »	Transport Minister presents supplementary estimate for SLTB Cabinet decisions more »	Wanted drug peddler shot The Ultimate Truth as told by Tamil Doctors more »

Business	World	Sport
SMEs should play key role - PM Rok Millennium acquires major shares of Industrial Finance UNIDO to step up vegetable cultivation by 90 percent in B’caloa more »	World economy, climate change UN concern about displaced in Pakistan Trade between Indonesia, UAE to be optimized more »	Controversial Akhtar says considered suing PCB Anusha in line for semis Air Force squash finals today more »

“Every Sri Lankan must appreciate and use high quality local products to develop local industries, Ganna Ape De,” said Chairman, Mawbima Lanka Foundation Ariyaseela Wickramanayake outlining the strategy to bring prosperity to the country after launching the book on the strategy at the BMICH on Wednesday. He said that the country was saved from terror by the war heroes of the country sacrificing many lives and now it is the time to win the economic battle to get the full benefit of the victory. A book written in Sinhala explaining this strategy was launched on the occasion where a large number of local entrepreneurs, representatives of all political parties, war heroes and artistes were present. Here Wickamanayake presents the first copy of the book to the chief guest, Senior Advisor to the President, MP Basil Rajapaksa. Pic. Saliya Rupasinghe