Daily News Online
 

Monday, 22 February 2010

News Bar »

News: Fonseka arrest: Let the legal process go on - President ...        Political: President promises smaller Cabinet ...       Business: Private sector hospitals thrive ...        Sports: North Korea in resounding win ...

Home

 | SHARE MARKET  | EXCHANGE RATE  | TRADING  | SUPPLEMENTS  | PICTURE GALLERY  | ARCHIVES | 

dailynews
 ONLINE


OTHER PUBLICATIONS


OTHER LINKS

Marriage Proposals
Classified
Government Gazette
 

Smooth ride : The Commando Para Troopers passing out parade was held at Uva Kuda Oya Commando Training Camp, Thanamalwila yesterday. A drop zone for Army parachutists had been created for the first time in Kuda Oya. Picture by Kavinda Perera


THOUGHT for the Day

We forget cruelty and past betrayal, Heedless of where the next bright bolt may fall. -Robert Graves

 

CFA: The historic betrayal

An insight to the blackest episode in Post-Independence Sri Lanka:

On this day exactly eight years ago the country witnessed one of the most appalling acts of treachery when the sovereignty of the nation was bartered away by the Prime Minister of the country to a ruthless band of terrorists whose avowed goal was to wrest one thirds of the country’s land mass and two third of its maritime border under its control.

Full Story

February 22, 2010: Two versions

What happened in Sri Lanka eight years ago, do you remember, ladies and gentlemen? Do you remember the colour of the sky that morning? Do you remember how that day was heralded as the launching of peace and prosperity for all time and a day or two more to boot? Do you remember when there were white doves set free, trees planted to mark the historic moment? Do you know that on that occasion, a Prime Minister called all editors of newspapers and nicely told them not to criticize the Government or that process towards peace he had launched?

Full Story

Tapping the best resources

Centenary celebration of the Rubber Research Institute (RRI) of Sri Lanka, the oldest rubber research institute in the world, falls this month. Research on rubber in Sri Lanka was started by British planters as far back as 1909, in the field of coagulation of rubber latex obtained from the Hevea tree.

Full Story

Daily News - Artscope

www.lanka.info
www.peaceinsrilanka.org
www.army.lk
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL)
www.news.lk
www.defence.lk
Donate Now | defence.lk
www.apiwenuwenapi.co.uk
LANKAPUVATH - National News Agency of Sri Lanka

| News | Editorial | Business | Features | Political | Security | Sport | World | Letters | Obituaries |

Produced by Lake House Copyright © 2010 The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd.

Comments and suggestions to : Web Editor