http://www.adaderana.lk/rss.php AdaDerana RSS en-us 2010-09-03T16:08:33+05:30 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:48:04 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9639 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9639 UNP Galle District MP Manusha Nanayakkara has stated that he will support the upcoming Constitutional Amendment of the Government. Manusha addressing a press conference said that while the opposition suffers defeat after defeat, a service could to rendered to the country by joining the President. MORE... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:18:20 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9638 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9638 Seeking to give a fillip to bilateral military ties, army chief General V.K. Singh is set to undertake a five-day visit to Sri Lanka from Sunday to discuss defence cooperation. MORE... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:57:14 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9637 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9637 Shiral Lakthilaka Convenor of the The movement against the 18th amendment today stated that they have declared September 8 a Black Day. He added that a massive protest will be organized at the Borella Ayurveda Junction on the same day. MORE... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:32:24 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9635 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9635 The new constitutional amendments bill is illegal, says UNP Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera. He said that attempting to pass a bill that removes the term limit of the executive presidency while a petition regarding the president’s second term election is still pending a verdict is illegal as well as unethical. MORE.. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:24:26 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9634 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9634 The Attorney General today informed the Supreme Court that he had decided to clear Bottom Line and Nation newspaper Defence correspondent Ruwan Weerakoon of the charge that he was working to topple the government. MORE.. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:52:05 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9633 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9633 UNP Badulla Disctrict MP Lakshman Senevirathne today said that ideally the UNP should vote in favour of the constitutional amendment proposed by the Government. Senevirathne however added that his vote will be decided on September 8. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:27:40 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9632 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9632 UNP Polonnaruwa District Earl Gunasekara today said that he will support the government’s constitutional amendment and will vote with the government when the proposals are presented in Parliament on September 8. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:02:03 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9628 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9628 A group of 26 people accused of running a large scale people smuggling racket have been arrested and remanded by the Criminal Investigations Department. The suspects are reported to have illegally transported several individuals including LTTE terrorists to Australia in ships. MORE.. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:20:03 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9627 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9627 The proposed amendments to the existing elections system will be brought before Parliament after the Constitutional Amendments Bill which will be taken up on Wednesday (Sept. 08), Chief Government Whip Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told Adaderana. READ MORE.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:45:40 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9626 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9626 The three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of an alleged betting scam that has thrown world cricket into crisis were last night charged under the anti-corruption code of the game’s governing body and provisionally suspended. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:36:45 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9625 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9625 Sri Lanka has assured New Delhi that its army will return the land of the displaced Tamils of Indian origin in the country’s northern Vavuniya district, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao said today. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:40:01 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9624 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9624 The Government will take the constitutional amendment bill for debate on September 8 and vote will be taken on the same day, Government Chief Whip Dinesh Gunawardena said today. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:34:15 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9623 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9623 Two persons were arrested today for allegedly attempting to smuggle explosive materials, including gelatin sticks, to Sri Lanka by the sea route from nearby Thondi, Tamil Nadu, India. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:25:55 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9622 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9622 Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao expressed India’s sentiments towards the wellbeing of minorities in Sri Lanka but questioned why all Tamil parties couldn’t come together, Nalliah Kumaraguruparan General Secretary DPF said today. Kumaraguruparan released the statement following Rao’s meeting with the Tamil Parties Forum. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:54:21 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9621 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9621 A self-confessed people smuggler who helped asylum seekers get on boats to Australia has told a court of bribes paid in Indonesia. Sri Lankan-born Tamil Pathmendra Pulendren, 36, from Pendle Hill in Sydney’s west, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a charge of facilitating the arrival of unlawful people to Australia. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:13:42 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9620 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9620 Today the rights of the Public Servants have been curtailed and the best example for that is taking away Sarath Fonseka’s pension, UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe told a press conference today. Wickremasinghe added that in future even if a politician’s child fails an exam the teacher might be tied to a tree the next day. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:49:09 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9619 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9619 The Mathugama Magistrate courts today released UNP Kalutara District MP Palitha Thewarapperuma on bail today. He was arrested December 2009 for allegedly assaulting a secretary of a government minister. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:11:22 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9618 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9618 Tortured Sri Lankan maid Ariyawathie denied Saudi accusations that she is lying and her story is baseless. Ariyawathie has revealed how she was taken at 2am to the airport and how when the alarms went off at the barrier no one questioned her. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:45:04 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9617 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9617 Saudi officials have refuted claims that a sponsor in Riyadh hammered nails into the body of his Sri Lankan housemaid as punishment terming that the torture allegations as a figment of the maid’s imagination. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9616 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9616 A lawsuit accusing a Wall Street hedge fund manager and his father of using a charitable foundation to funnel millions of dollars to the LTTE, a Sri Lankan terrorist group, can go forward, a federal judge in New Jersey says. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9636 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9636 Representing the Sri Lankan ad industry in the 2010 Young Spikes Media Contest to be held in Singapore between 19-21 September are a duo from Bates 141 Strategic Alliance’s media and digital specialization units Mediaedge and 141D, R. Gopi Krishna and Udara Hettiarchchi. MORE.. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9630 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9630 Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services company announced that it has been named to the 2010 Global Services 100 List (GS100) by Global Services in association with NeoAdvisory. The GS100 has featured Virtusa for the third consecutive year, in its 2010 list. MORE.. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9629 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9629 SriLankan Airlines significantly reduced its loss in the last financial year and will shortly launch wide-ranging expansion projects to transform the National Carrier and drive growth in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry. MORE.. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9601 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9601 New Delhi, India: Cisco®, the worldwide leader in networking and Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) today organized the Third National Cisco Skills Competition in Sri Lanka..... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9598 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9598 Etisalat has introduced Affinity Packages to support local schools. These packages were launched for the Royal College Old Boys Union in celebration of Royal College’s 175th anniversary. The latest addition to the Affinity Packages is St. Aloysius’ College (Galle) in celebration of the 115th anniversary. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9571 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9571 Over the last few years, the ability for women to control their lives and enhance their choices has grown in leaps and bounds. The power to make an informed decision on when to start a family and what options are available has given women the world over a greater degree of control over their futures.... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9154 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9154 Sri Lanka’s legendary batsman C. I. Gunasekera, who turned 90 this month passed away today. Conroy Ievers Gunasekara (born July 14, 1920) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer prior to his country being granted Test status. MORE... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9095 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9095 Muttiah Muralitharan has revolutionised cricket with his bowling. His doosra deliveries, which he first bowled in Tests in 1997, have become part of the game’s make-up, along with reverse swing and switch hitting. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=8484 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=8484 London, Jun 10 (PTI): Sourav Ganguly will have Brian Lara playing under him when the former India captain leads a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) team in a Twenty20 match against Pakistan at Lord’s on June 27.... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=8480 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=8480 World Cup fever is sweeping across Asia as hundreds of millions of fans in the football-mad region count down to the start of an event that’s a surefire winner for pubs, clubs and bookmakers... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9631 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9631 It is no longer Miss but Mrs England - Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge, who currently wears the coveted crown, has married. The soldier, dubbed “Combat Barbie”, tied the knot in a secret ceremony held in Sri Lanka, in June. MORE.. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9567 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9567 ‘Crossing Boundaries’ a new German short film will be screened at the Goethe Hall of the Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 8 on September 2 at 5.30 p.m..... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9559 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9559 Police say Paris Hilton has been arrested for possession of cocaine after officers stopped the car she was in on a Las Vegas street late Friday night. Public Information officer Marcus Martin says Hilton was booked into the Clark County Detention Center early Saturday morning on a charge of possession of cocaine. MORE.. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0530 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9545 http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=9545 The French film CHAOS will be screened at the Alliance Francaise KOTTE at 6.30 pm on Thursday 02 September. Directed by Coline Serreau, this 109 minute 2001 film has a top cast in Vincent Lindon and Catherine Frot. MORE..