Category: General Services

The year 2004 was the deadliest year for journalists in a decade, with 53 journalists and 15 media assistants killed, including 2 in Sri Lanka, a non profit organization promoting media freedom has revealed.The year 2004 was the deadliest year for journalists in a decade, with 53 journalists and 15 media assistants killed, including 2 […]

A number of world leaders attending the emergency summit in Jakarta are due to arrive in Sri Lanka for a first-hand view of the island’s tsunami tragedy that killed more than 30,500 people, officials said.A number of world leaders attending the emergency summit in Jakarta are due to arrive in Sri Lanka for a first-hand […]

Sri Lankan government says it is has sufficient local health personnel to deal with the mental wounds of last Sunday’s deadly tsunami, a top official said.Sri Lankan government says it is has sufficient local health personnel to deal with the mental wounds of last Sunday’s deadly tsunami, a top official said. Dr. Athula Sumathipala, a […]

Sri Lanka’s insurance risk is under evaluation as international re-insurers take another look at the island’s potential risk from earthquakes, after an earthquake motivated tsunami wrecked havoc in the country.Sri Lanka’s insurance risk is under evaluation as international re-insurers take another look at the island’s potential risk from earthquakes, after an earthquake motivated tsunami wrecked […]

Sri Lanka decides to stop international donations of food and selected medical items and focus on other areas of shortage to rehabilitate tsunami victims.Sri Lanka decides to stop international donations of food and selected medical items and focus on other areas of shortage to rehabilitate tsunami victims. “We have temporarily discontinued foreign aid in some […]

The Sri Lankan government is looking for its missing progeny to speed up rehabilitation activity and aid distribution.The Sri Lankan government is looking for its missing progeny to speed up rehabilitation activity and aid distribution. A press notice issued in Sinhala from the Government Information Department said “All those (government employees) that are displaced please […]

Sri Lanka’s amateur radio operators are offering their services to any area that needs communications services.Sri Lanka’s amateur radio operators are offering their services to any area that needs communications services. Until yesterday The Radio Society of Sri Lanka operated a short wave radio link between Hambantota and the Prime Minister’s disaster management office at […]

Fixed line phone services in Tangalle, Hambantota and Matara are completely disrupted after the weekend tidal wave, Sri Lanka Telecom said today. Fixed line phone services in Tangalle, Hambantota and Matara are completely disrupted after the weekend tidal wave, Sri Lanka Telecom said today. The network was affected after the tidal wave submerged and severely […]

Rotting human and animal remains, lack of clean water and overstretched medical facilities are increasing the risk of disease in Sri Lanka’s tsunami struck coastal areas, as the disaster enters its third day. Rotting human and animal remains, lack of clean water and overstretched medical facilities are increasing the risk of disease in Sri Lanka’s […]

In a country that touts ‘free education’, but where its Central Bank estimates over Rs.5 bn is spent on private tuition at primary and secondary levels, the number of students that master key subjects remain humiliatingly small.In a country that touts ‘free education’, but where its Central Bank estimates over Rs. 5 bn is spent […]

The Sri Lankan public sector is one of the biggest in the region, with a ratio of 3.9 civil servants to every 100 people, say economists.The Sri Lankan public sector is one of the biggest in the region, with a ratio of 3.9 civil servants to every 100 people, say economists. “Sri Lanka has one […]

John Keells Holdings Chairman steps down at the end of next year, paving the way Joint Managing Director Susantha Ratnayake to take over the reigns. John Keells Holdings Chairman steps down at the end of next year, paving the way Joint Managing Director Susantha Ratnayake to take over the reigns. Ajit Gunawardane, the other Joint […]