http://www.colombopage.com by LankaPage.com (LLC) en-us Copyright (c) 1997,2011 by LankaPage.com (LLC) Wed, May 16, 2012, 19:14 GMT Wed, May 16, 2012, 19:14 GMT e@lankapage.com http://www.lankapage.com/imgs1/lp.jpg http://www.lankapage.com 130 20 LankaPage News Wed, May 16, 2012, 19:14 GMTMay 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Wednesday has rejected a petition filed by a media watchdog and upheld a government ban on certain news websites. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May17_1337195647CH.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/imgs/SLSC.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 18:42 GMTMay 16, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has initiated a five-year plan that would make the country's national carrier, SriLankan Airlines a profitable venture, the Minister of Civil and Aviation Priyankara Jayaratne has said. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May17_1337193732CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs2/DomesticAir.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 17:17 GMTMay 16, Colombo: Kalpana Kochhar, the Chief Economist for the South Asia Region of the World Bank is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the inauguration of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) announced in a statement. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337188645CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_ppl/KalpanaKochhar.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 16:00 GMTMay 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 9.0 percent in April this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Wednesday showed.http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337184018CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_obj/SLTourismNew.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 15:12 GMTMay 16, Colombo: An anti-imperialist movement backed by Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today said the government's foreign policy was not clear to the country and called on the state to reveal its foreign policy. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337181137JR.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/lalkantha.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 14:47 GMTMay 16, Colombo: Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) in Sri Lanka say they would not participate in the National Dengue Prevention week that was launched on Monday (14). http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337179630CH.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/dengue.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 14:23 GMTMay 16, Colombo: Tiran Alles, a parliamentarian of Sri Lanka's Democratic National Alliance (DNA) led by former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, today met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees to discuss Fonseka's release. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337178229JR.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/TiranAlles.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 14:14 GMTMay 16, Washington DC: The post-conflict Sri Lanka will achieve reconciliation only through a home-grown solution, Sri Lanka's External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris has said. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337177666CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_Events/GLP05162012s.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 06:39 GMTMay 16, Colombo: The Ambassadors of China and Sweden made separate farewell calls on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Tuesday (15). http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337150370CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/imgs_12A/MR05162012A_1s.jpg 8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 05:13 GMTMay 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka's major Tamil party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has decided to inform its position regarding the Parliamentary Select Committee next week. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337145229KA.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/TNA.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 05:00 GMTMay 16, Colombo: The Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Nalaka Godahewa says that steps have been taken to unite all government bodies related to tourism under one umbrella. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337144455KA.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_obj/SLTDA.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 04:28 GMTMay 16, Colombo: The Colombo National Hospital branch of the Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) of Sri Lanka has passed a resolution proposing to launch an island wide strike from May 21.http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337142521KA.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/GMOA.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 04:19 GMTMay 16, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is to re-open the cement factory in Kankasanthurei in the Northern Province. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337141969JR.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_obj/KKSCementFactory.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 04:10 GMTMay 16, Colombo: Power and Energy Minister of Sri Lanka Patali Champika Ranawaka says that conserving energy is a future investment. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337141435CH.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/ranawaka.jpg8080 Wed, May 16, 2012, 04:00 GMTMay 16, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is to provide loans on concessionary terms to those engaged in coconut based industries and those hopeful of entering such an industry. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337140807CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_obj/coconuts.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 19:01 GMTMay 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayaka says that the Ministry will launch a reality television programme to promote talents of the university students. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May16_1337108508KA.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs2/LeadershipProgram2.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 18:13 GMTMay 15, Colombo: The wholly-owned Sri Lankan subsidiary of India's diversified business conglomerate ITC Limited has purchased a prime land in Colombo to build a luxury hotel complex. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337105584CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_obj/ITC.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 17:26 GMTMay 15, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government says it will take stern actions against the treasure hunters and thieves who steal national artifacts and treasure. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337102800CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CG-Imgs/museum.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 15:45 GMTMay 15, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today urged the country's media institutions to constantly act with a sense of responsibility and not to use mass media to incite communal disharmony. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337096759CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/imgs_12A/MR05152012M_1s.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 14:37 GMTMay 15, Colombo: Unemployed graduates in Sri Lanka have opposed the government's move to get teachers from India to teach in the country's schools while a large number of Tamil graduates remain unemployed in the country. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337092667JR.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_ppl/UnemployedGrads.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 14:21 GMTMay 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police are to introduce a new facility for people to instantly obtain copies of police entries. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337091690CH.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/SLpolice.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 13:51 GMTMay 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) says that it will extend its full support to the parliamentary select committee (PSC) proposed by the government to formulate a political solution to address the ethnic issue if the government showed its commitment to the process and creates a conducive environment.http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337089898CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_ppl/Attanayake_media.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 04:32 GMTMay 15, Nuwara Eliya: Sri Lanka government has commenced a programme to provide a glass of milk to school students and teachers of Nuwara Eliya district. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337056366KA.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_obj/Milk.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 03:58 GMTMay 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Education Bandula Gunawardena says that compilation of laws for regulation of private schools is in the parliament now. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337054321KA.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/min_BGun.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 03:39 GMTMay 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka;s major Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says the Tamil people did not want a Tamil Eelam as a solution to their political aspirations. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337053187JR.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/TNA.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 03:23 GMTMay 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) says that the security forces are inactive while the country’s artifacts and heritage are being robbed by treasure hunters. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337052201JR.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/gayantha.jpg8080 Tue, May 15, 2012, 03:18 GMTMay 15, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is to set up a sanctuary in the Anuradhapura District of the North Central Province as part of its elephant conservation programme. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337051894CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs2/elephantHerd.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 19:35 GMTMay 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka's national carrier, SriLankan Airlines plans to increase its flights and frequencies to the Gulf countries as there is a substantial increase in the passenger traffic from the Middle East destinations. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337024132CH.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/SLankan1.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 19:10 GMTMay 14, Colombo: Marking the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale who laid the foundation of professional nursing, Sri Lanka today celebrated International Nurses' Day and honored the country's nurses. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May15_1337022618CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/imgs_12A/MR05142012N_1s.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 18:22 GMTMay 14, Colombo: A book written on Sri Lanka's three-decade long conflict has been presented to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today at the Water's Edge in Battaramulla. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1337019772CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/imgs_12A/MR05142012GW_1s.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 17:48 GMTMay 14, Colombo: Jailed former Army Commander of Sri Lanka Sarath Fonseka will be released soon, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1337017734CH.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/SF510.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 15:52 GMTMay 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Leader of Opposition Ranil Wickremasinghe who is also the leader of main opposition United National Party accompanied by a group of his party's senior legislators met with the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Monday at the Temple Trees to discuss key political issues in the country. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1337010735CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/imgs_11/mr_032411_01_mr1.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 13:53 GMTMay 14, Colombo: Sri Lankan troops and police engaged in search and clear operations have uncovered a huge haul of C-4 explosives in a rebel bunker in the north. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1337003625CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs2/C4Explosive.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 07:32 GMTMay 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka police have established a special unit to probe thefts and robberies of archaeological artifacts and treasure hunting. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1336980763CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CG-Imgs/museum.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 07:09 GMTMay 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Chief Opposition Whip and United National Party (UNP) MP of Gampaha district John Amaratunga has urged the government to hold elections for all the Provincial Councils together. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1336979364KA.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/amaratunga.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 06:48 GMTMay 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayaka says the President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the Ministry to appoint a committee to evaluate the methodology of admitting GCE Advanced Level passed students to universities. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1336978135KA.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/imgs/GCEALstudents.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 06:38 GMTMay 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket has taken measures to reduce the number of players that are in contract with the national organization. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1336977493KA.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/SLC.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 06:16 GMTMay 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police said it had commenced investigations into disappearances according to the recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) in its report. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1336976170JR.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_ppl/PoliceSpokesman.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 05:55 GMTMay 14, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is to begin a National Dengue Prevention Week today and dengue control activities will continue till May 20th. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1336974900CH.phphttp://www.lankapage.com/pix_small/dengue.jpg8080 Mon, May 14, 2012, 05:23 GMTMay 14, Colombo: A trade union affiliated to Sri Lanka's education sector has threatened legal action against the government's decision to stop student transfers among national schools. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/May14_1336973011JR.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs2/CTU.jpg8080