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In the aftermath of Friday’s Fort bomb blast, security in Colombo was tight for the Vesak weekend and a soldier seen on alert while some girls are admiring imported lanterns that were up for sale at Pettah in Colombo this week. Pic by Berty Mendis

NEWS
Head Line of the week |
Threat of revolt by Muslim ministers
The crisis over the appointment of TMVP leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan deepened yesterday with an angry-rejected aspirant M.L.A. M. Hisbullah accusing President Mahinda Rajapaksa of ‘betraying the Muslim community, while government Muslim ministers were reportedly threatening to move out as an independent group. These Ministers told The Sunday Times yesterday they were having consultations among themselves and would meet senior Muslim religious leaders .....
 
Grounded Mihin gropes to take off
The grounding of the hastily launched budget airline Mihin Lanka last month, with more than Rs. 3000 million in debt is apparently not the end of the road, as the carrier is now actively attempting to resume flights with a fresh infusion of cash from the Treasury.

 


OTHER TOP NEWS ARTICLES |
Enter Pillayan the politician Military solution: Nandana explains NFF policy
Minister Douglas Devananda..... Scams, poverty and SL child workers abroad

PLUS
FINANCIAL TIMES
Doctors AND corruption? Colombo Port Expansion Project

The allegations are not only numerous but also very serious. The common charge is that pharmaceutical or drug companies are influencing -- in harsher terms resorting to bribery and corruption to get -- practising doctors to prescribe “certain” brands of drugs whatever the illness of the patient.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has asked the Sri Lankan government to include the Attorney General or his nominee in the project committee for the re-bidding on the Colombo Port Expansion Project as one of several conditions for a US$300 million loan, officials said.The ADB will also seek a legal opinion from the Attorney General's Department to ensure that the selection of the private party has been based .....

COLUMNS
Political Thoughts from London
Keep those diplomats away, please
   
Inside the glass house The Economic Analysis
Remittances, the lifeblood of Sri Lanka’s economy
 


SPORTS
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY MUSINGS with S.R. Pathiravithana INTERNATIONAL | Yangon
Cricketing crossroads Myanmar’s cyclone death toll soars....
There are two things that have vanished from the face of the earth like the dodo-bird. They are the one-cent coin in the monetary denominations and the forward defence stroke in cricket. At the same time I will not be surprised at all if in the very next Test match the batsman goes on rampage scoring .....
Myanmar's junta took diplomats on a tour of the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy delta today as the toll of dead and missing from Cyclone Nargis soared above 133,000 people, making it one of the most devastating ever to hit Asia. In the last 50 years, only two Asian cyclones have exceeded Nargis in terms of human cost .....

IPL with SANGA INTERNATIONAL | POKHARA, Nepal
IPL is here to stay Nepal's warriors from the hills
Skeptics predicted that the enthusiasm for the IPL would soon subside. They expected TV audiences to slide and empty spaces in the stadium to appear. Astonishingly, though, IPL fever has run and run, interest has been sustained. Clearly, this tournament is here to stay. And this has all culminated in what should now be an intense ..... Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight -- and die -- with legendary valour for another man's country far away. In an era when the world's armies are hard pressed to fill their ranks, the Gurkhas are a recruiter's dream: Last year 17,349 applied to join the British military.....


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FUNDAY
Beneath the lanterns Prince Veerabahu
Over 2,500 years ago on a full moon day during the month of Vesak under a Bo tree, Siddhartha Gautama became the Enlightened One."The birth and enlightenment of Lord Buddha are the two most remarkable events," says Prof. Dhammavihari Thero, who believes that celebrating the birth of a great leader, be it Lord Buddha or Jesus Christ means the celebration ......
According to a chronicle in Siam (Thailand), King Dharmaraja and the King of Siam were friends. They sent envoys to Sri Lanka, to obtain a Buddha statue. It is believed that the statue they obtained could be seen to date in Siam. There is also mention of the fact that King Parakramabahu II too sent envoys to Tambalinga.


TV TIMES
MEDISCENE
Restored ‘Gamperaliya’ honoured... The common hernia
Dr. Lester James Peiries' masterpiece 'Gamperaliya' has been restored and will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival under section 'Restored Classics' today, Sunday May 18. In a rare opportunity, the film is the first to be restored to its full 'original magnificence' with the latest digital technology at University of Southern California.

It appears as a small bulge in the groin, gradually enlarging with time, though still painless. In the morning when you wake up it's not there, but when you get up and walk about, it appears. When you cough it is more prominent. This could be a hernia. A hernia occurs when there is a weak point in the stomach wall and the abdominal contents bulge through this......



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TV Times
Restored ‘Gamperaliya’ honoured in Cannes
   
‘Marians’ mesmerise with the memories of Clarence
   
Tele artistes take arms against ‘Mega teledramas’
   
‘Rala Bindena Thena’ rules Raigam Award
   
‘Doo Kumariyo’, daily on Derana
   
Fox on MTV
   
Retro and Karaoke at Galadari
   
Passage through India

International
Myanmar’s cyclone death toll soars above 133,000
   
One-child policy brings extra pain to quake-hit parents
   
Lebanon leaders tackle core issues at Qatar conference
   
Obama, McCain duel in foreign policy row
   
Bush to meet Abbas at Egypt's 'Davos'
   
Progress of gay rights movement to be center stage in California
   
Kuwaitis vote in general elections
   
Nepal's warriors from the hills
   
Child soldiers in US: Underage recruiting raises questions
   
Sixty years of the Palestinian Catastrophe"
   
The shocking exit of an editor: Proprietors vs. the press
   

 

Columns

Rumbling over eastern jumbling
   
Let’s make no bones about it—he shall be crowned, my unsung hero!
   
Remittances, the lifeblood of Sri Lanka’s economy
   
Focusing on cynical collateral damage
   
Rights race: No show by Uncle Sam
   
Keep those diplomats away, please
   
IT opens gates to exciting new world
   

 

News
Blast probe comes under cloud
   
Court order on volunteer teachers
 
   
SC orders compensation for sick prisoner
   
ICRC crossing point figures
   
Wharf executive protests over ‘unlawful detention’
   
President betrayed Muslims: Hisbullah
   
Ballot boxes stuffed as officials look on
   
   
Scams, poverty and SL child workers abroad
   
Military solution: Nandana explains NFF policy
   
Pillayan: Child soldier to Chief Minister
   
Enter Pillayan the politician
   
East: Stability on cliffhanger after election
   
 
Minister Douglas Devananda.....
 
CEB losing Rs. 300 m. by waiving FAC
 
Odds and Ends
 
Let loving kindness prevail: President - Vesak messages
 
Buddha’s teachings significant in troubled times: UN Chief - Vesak messages
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sports
Rugby HQ goes to Havelocks
   
Peterites clinch Basketball C’ship
   
Attending to the family needs
   
Vineetha gets off to a good start
 
 
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Plus
Letters to the editor
  A story not to be swallowed
  High time we addressed the courier problem
  The need to act unilaterally
  Vesak full moon's plea to mankind
 
Appreciations
  Lawrence Gunatilaka
  Dr. Rev. W. G. Wickremasinghe
  Premnath Moraes
  Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
   
Features
  Doctors AND corruption?
  Continuing a love for the written word of the Dhamma
  Unravelling meaning of life through Buddhism
  Verse for Vesak that contains a hidden story
  Inspiring read for sacred season
  Lights bright - despite dim times
  The search of Siddhartha - The Vesak Ode by Manu Gunasena
  Face of compassion that inspires billions
  Uva through the gaze of the female coloniser
   
Travel
  It's truly a wild experience
   
Arts
  Anup shares his bliss
  Don't miss Tom, Dick and Harry
   
People and events
  ABRSM: More than just an exam machine
  Get set for 'Cook Up Series 11' with Koluu
  Local touch at Europe Day
  Await the Vogue fashion fiesta!
   

 

MediScene

“Now let me see ... where did I leave that key?”
   
The common hernia
   
Snippets
   
It’s a headache!
   
When body matter matters
   
What’s burning inside?
   
Common foods that can worsen reflux symptoms
   
PCOS: Importance of early intervention
   
7 eggs a week : Not what the doc ordered for middle-aged men
   

 

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