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Tsunami survivors’ line up for biggest free lunch buffet
Sri Lankan school children and women stand in a queue as they wait for a free lunch offered by a charity organisation 26 March 2005 at the tourist resort town of Hikkaduwa in southern Sri Lanka as the region marks the three-month anniversary of the December 2004 tsunamis that killed nearly 400 people in the […]
‘ line up for biggest free lunch buffet
Sri Lankan school children and women stand in a queue as they wait for a free lunch offered by a charity organisation 26 March 2005 at the tourist resort town of Hikkaduwa in southern Sri Lanka as the region marks the three-month anniversary of the December 2004 tsunamis that killed nearly 400 people in the […]
Fantasy Island
Traders at Hikkaduwa protest the 100-metre buffer zone that is preventing them from rebuilding their damaged shops. The entire Hikkaduwa town is within the 100 metre zone. – AFP Sri Lankans are adept at reading the future – they see what’s coming, but sadly, being stuck on an island, have little room to run. Traders […]
Waters Edge
Government hiked charges for pipe-borne water last month as part of a string of subsidy reversals. Government hiked charges for pipe-borne water last month as part of a string of subsidy reversals. However pipe borne water accounts for a fraction of the water consumed in Sri Lanka. Subsidies continue for most of the other water […]
Good Cooperation
A top Emirates Airline executive says traffic to Sri Lanka is picking up after the December tsunami but the country and industry still face many challenges. A top Emirates Airline executive says traffic to Sri Lanka is picking up after the December tsunami but the country and industry still face many challenges. rates owns an […]
Cyanide Capsule
Moves by the Sri Lankan government to slip in a law to mandate a pay hike among private businesses, has irked top trade chambers and the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon.Moves by the Sri Lankan government to slip in a law to mandate a pay hike among private businesses, has irked top trade chambers and the […]
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Easy Justice
Mobile legal clinics will travel out to tsunami ravaged areas, dishing out free legal advice for all families who lost vital personal papers in the floods. Mobile legal clinics will travel out to tsunami ravaged areas, dishing out free legal advice for all families who lost vital personal papers in the floods. The clinics will […]
Will It Happen This Time?
Corporate lawyers are hoping a draft Company Law abandoned a few years ago will be enacted this year. Corporate lawyers are hoping a draft Company Law abandoned a few years ago will be enacted this year. The law, modeled on the New Zealand Companies Act incorporating international law principles was abandoned as some experts thought […]
Les Mesrables
People affected by the tsunami are still living in tents even after two and a half months after the deadly waves hit the coastline. People affected by the tsunami are still living in tents even after two and a half months after the deadly waves hit the coastline. If authorities don’t put in place a […]
Sleep Walking
Illegal drug flows into Sri Lanka, as a transit point and as a destination, is on the rise, says the international drug watchdog.Illegal drug flows into Sri Lanka, as a transit point and as a destination, is on the rise, says the international drug watchdog. “The flow of heroin from Afghanistan, the world’s largest illicit […]
Highway Robbery?
Guest Columnist Harsha de Silva PhD debunks Treasury Secretary’s recent remarks to put the breaks on policy interest rates at the expense of short changing poor savers. Guest Columnist Harsha de Silva PhD debunks Treasury Secretary’s recent remarks to put the breaks on policy interest rates at the expense of short changing poor savers. How […]