‘We are ready to destroy our national resources and degrade the environment to make money’ Sri Lanka was not moving in the proper direction as it had embraced European cultural traditions and neo-liberal economic policies, Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday said in a statement to mark the 73rd Independence Day of the country. […]
Sporting new uniforms: Former Chief of Defence Staff and ex-Navy Commander Admiral Daya Sandagiri, Defence Secretary General (retd.) Kamal Gunaratne, Chief of Defence Staff and Army Commander Gen. Shavendra Silva, and Navy Commander Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenna
New military uniforms, designed to reflect the high professional standards, personal appearance and esprit de corps that the Sri Lankan Tri Services represent, will be worn by all retired tri service personnel. The inaugural ceremony to introduce the new uniforms to all retired tri-service personnel took place at the Colombo Defence Services College (DSC) auditorium, on 02 February. The Chief Guest was General (retd.) Kamal Guneratne, Secretary Defence.
Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday (4) said that the show being enacted in Geneva against Sri Lanka showed the duplicity of Western nations. Addressing the media after participating in a tree planting campaign at Padukka, the Minister said that several Western nations had taken upon themselves the task of protecting human […]
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A protest march from Pottuvil to Jaffna, with the participation of representatives of civil society organizations, regional politicians and religious leaders that commenced Wednesday in the Eastern province, ignoring a court order prohibiting protests is heading towards Jaffna. The protesters are marching against alleged large scale land grabs, state sponsored settlement programmes, failure to implement […]