ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday May 4, 2008
Vol. 42 - No 49

TIMES ONLINE
Front Page
News
Editorial
Columns
Sports
Plus
Financial Times
International
 
WEEKLY ISSUES
Mirror
TV Times
Funday Times
 
MONTHLY ISSUES
Kandy Times 
MediScene
 
SERVICES
Archive
News feeds
Weather
Advertistments
Contact us
 
COMPANY
Wijeya Group

 


Perhaps, symbolising his phenomenal rise in politics, President Mahinda Rajapaksa taking a leap onto a mini stage at the venue of UPFA’s May Day rally at Dehiattakandiya in the Ampara district on Thursday. Pix by Wasantha Chandrapala and Gemunu Wellage

NEWS
Head Line of the week |
Interim council for north
A three-member Northern Province Interim Advisory body headed by Minister Douglas Devananda has been appointed by the government to oversee resettlement and development. Minister Abdul Rishad Bathiudeen and Senior Presidential Advisor and parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa are the other members of the high-powered advisory body appointed by the cabinet on Wednesday.
 
Mihin grounded until further notice
The troubled budget carrier Mihin Lanka has been forced to suspend operations indefinitely, from the beginning of this month, for want of aircraft, as exclusively reported in The Sunday Times last week in a story titled “Mihin Air craftless?”.

 


OTHER TOP NEWS ARTICLES |
Consumers frizzled as electric shocks hit Health hazards ride on wave of flooding
BOI chief’s casino men in scuffle with judge Surprise change of heart in Delhi over power ....

PLUS
FINANCIAL TIMES
Probing the hand that Doles Out Sri Lanka’s answer to the .....

What is the expectation of a mother or a father of a sick child who submits a prescription from a doctor to a pharmacy in any part of the country? Dispensation of the prescribed drugs by a qualified pharmacist. But what of the ground situation not even in a village off the beaten track but .....

Education in Sri Lanka has, in the past, always been the holy ground of the academia. Employability however has not always followed, leading to a plethora of problems among the highly educated but unemployed youth of the country. The latest global concept is the ‘entrepreneurial university” that instills market values in students along with their higher education.

COLUMNS
Political Thoughts from London
Reporters Without Borders or without scruples
   
Situation Report The Economic Analysis
Food beyond the reach of the poor
 


SPORTS
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY MUSINGS with S.R. Pathiravithana INTERNATIONAL | HARARE
To carry a clean flag Zimbabwe election result .....
Why! Why! Why! It’s a very shameful situation. One week it’s a report about a world forum castigating a Lankan women athlete as a doping cheat and in the next the law of the country pronounces that a gold winning male athlete as a ‘plastic cash’ fraud. However when the news travels beyond our shores the vibes will drop the names ......
Zimbabwe came under mounting pressure today after the long-delayed result of a contentious presidential poll showed Morgan Tsvangirai trouncing Robert Mugabe but falling short of an absolute majority. As Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) rejected the official result showing .....

IPL with SANGA INTERNATIONAL | PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island
Now it’s our turn to make an impact Male, female students sharing dorm ..
We’ve entered into the third week of the IPL and the tournament continues to exceed expectations. Television audiences are huge, the media write and talk about little else, and the spectators are still turning out in their thousands, filling the huge .....
Erik Youngdahl and Michelle Garcia share a dorm room at Connecticut's Wesleyan University. But they say there's no funny business going on. Really. They mean it. They have set up their beds side-by-side and avert their eyes when one of them is changing clothes.


ADVERTISTMENT
MIRROR
FUNDAY
Reviving Rawana's melodies 'Dalada Pujava' - Mahawamsa
Rawana Haththa is the first instrument ever played with a bow, therefore making it the mother of the violin. The Ramayanaya, which is considered the “Most Oldest Text” talks about an instrument played by King Rawana, which was a bow instrument.This happened in BC 2524-2514 but .....
Mannar, Valikamam, Trincomalee, Illuppayikkadavai and Kayts, were all under Magha's rule then. Some of these towns were maintained as fortresses. He used to get down soldiers from abroad every now and then. He was constantly taking steps to stabilize his power. Therefore the northern coast was entirely .....


TV TIMES
MEDISCENE
Holiday Pass Promotion  
Many hotels and destination companies offer different types of holidays for travellers with various promotional activities. The Holiday Pass Promotion by Keells Resort Hotels is the latest and offers, holiday makers an extra special promotion over the next six months.

Moving you to previous issue dated April 20, 2008.



ADVERTISTMENT
 
HI
 
 
Financial Times
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
South Asia’s leaders of tourism deliberate on the ‘Way Ahead’
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
TV Times
‘Tashan’ tells a tale of a threesome
   
A priest’s unrealised dream of ‘Dinky’
   
Roars of Sinhabahu reach the hills
   
‘Venus Beauty’: Love, innocence and passion
   
Titus narrates tragedies of two women
   
Petronella to launch her second album
   
OTSC AGM party with Wildflowers
   
‘Wekanda Walauwa’ comes to miniscreen
   
‘Water’on Rupavahini
   
Go double with ‘Holiday Pass Promotion’

International
Zimbabwe election result sparks worldwide ire
   
Thailand floats idea of OPEC-style rice cartel
   
Sharif declares ousted judges to return on May 12
   
Microsoft raises offer in Yahoo takeover bid
   
Male, female students sharing dorm rooms at some US colleges
   
Strangers at home
   
Belfast walls growing in size and number
   
The triumph of peace in Pakistan's NWFP
   
Zimbabwe: A case of responsibility to protect

 

Columns

JVP claims it has Weerawansa confessions
   
The human right to food
   
Confounded with priorities? Oh! but they had to toe the line!
   
After Muhamalai debacle, war on free media
   
Reporters Without Borders or without scruples
   
Food beyond the reach of the poor
   
A question of brutal law enforcement
   
Pious declarations won't fill hungry stomachs
News
Interim council for north
   
Thousands of poll cards undelivered - UNP fears rigging
 
   
Double degrees, dollars for docs
   
Inflation hits near 30% record
   
Low-quality seed adds to farmers’ woes
   
PMRP seeks public support for new drugs policy
   
‘Magic’ with cardboard and plastic
   
   
The silence of the lambs and a cry for justice
   
No hope in sight for sightless couple
   
Witness protection Bill coming soon
   
Please don’t eat mallung leaf lookalike
   
Health hazards ride on wave of flooding
   
 
Minister wants department to post profits
 
LRH tragedy: Police say mother threw baby out of despair
 
Poll cards postman killed
 
Fox hunt for Tigers
 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sports
For Dedunu there was no gold at the end
   
Mowjood breaks the shackles
   
Take up the whistle that’s the challange
   
An age limit change again
 
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z
 
z

Plus
Letters to the editor
  Tuned-in Tamil listener has important message for our land
  Making a point about plugs
  West picking up Lankan ways
 
Appreciations
  W. P. R. B. Wickremasinghe
  Ruwani Seimon
  Dilshan Bandaranayake
  Dr. A. T. S. Paul
  Rt. Rev. Dr. W. L. A. Don Peter
   
Features
  Natasha wows West End
  Vindana and parents share many happy b'days
  Canine cops have a lot to bark about
  Salute to Snowy
  Breathing space for creativity
   
Issues
  Little depath, lots of stock footage of war
  'Nothing can justify war, nothing"
   
Environment
  Take the plunge
  Jumbo-size treats on safari
  Let's grow a home garden culture and boost food production
   
Books
  The Rock and Wall Paintings of Sri Lanka - Reviewed by Prof. Ashley Halpé.
   
Arts
  A rare honour for Lankan music teachers
  Sleep well tonight - THE SUNDAY ODE
  What you see is what you get with Vivimarie
  Bangalore's Christ College choir and Merry An Singers in an evening of song
  Kala Korner
   
People and events
  Cooking with Koluu in cool climes
  Importance of ISO for library management

Mirror

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 


 
 
 

 

Reproduction of articles permitted when used without any alterations to contents and a link to the source page.
© Copyright 2008 | Wijeya Newspapers Ltd.Colombo. Sri Lanka. All Rights Reserved.