The approval of the Ministry of Defence will be required to enable retired General Sarath Fonseka to take his oaths in Parliament as an MP, the military spokesman said yesterday "So far no request for such approval has been made," Major General Prasad Samarasinghe told the Sunday Times.
Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka will be among those who will be allocated front row seats on the opposition benches when Parliament meets on April 22 for its inaugural session.Fonseka who was elected to Parliament from the Colombo district is the leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) .......
Since childhood, I have struggled with a rebellious stomach. Prone to motion sickness, in trains, planes, cars, and even on the playground swings, I have never been out to sea before. Now, the small 8- person fishing boat before me affords me little comfort, ......
Sri Lanka's first-ever botanical gardens in the dry zone, soon to be the largest in the island, is now being developed at a 300-acre site at Mirijjawila, Hambantota.
On the Suriyawewa-Hambantota Road, the Gardens is aimed at conserving the massive green patch .....
Europe's air travel chaos deepened on Saturday as a huge cloud of volcanic ash spread southeast across the continent, halting more than three in four flights and stranding thousands of passengers worldwide.
Growing up poor in Pretoria, South Africa, Lesego Ellis Makhubela watched with frustration as foreign aid flowed into his Continent. His fellow Africans didn't need a handout, he believed, but rather higher education to help advance their economies. "What Africa needs," Mr. Makhubela, 22, says, "is skills."
Like the Scottish singing wonder Susan Boyle who took the music world by storm just a year ago, Sri Lankan medium fast bowler Franklyn Saliya Ahangama had a meteoric rise in cricket when he made his .....
For a nation besotted with politics, this is possibly the only time when there is a semblance of a break from the year-round activity on the political front. Politicians themselves either escape to their constituencies or holiday abroad; the luckier ones .....
That Sri Lanka created history by not having a Cabinet of Ministers for ten days so far was no comfort for President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He had hoped he could swear in a Ministerial team days ahead of the Avurudu and then head for his ancestral home in Medamulana in the deep south.
The astrologer was famous for making accurate predictions, especially during the past elections. Now, he had a steady stream of visitors and they all wanted to know who the next Prime Minister would be…The first to visit him was Nimal Siripala.
Vivid colours and sweet fragrances to keep any visitor spellbound. Come April, the Hakgala Rose Garden in all its glory entrances all and sundry.
The process of bringing the rose garden alive with over 100 varieties of roses displaying their beauty ......
The Portuguese army was on its way to Kandy via Vellassa. On their way, they met the Vanni king of Vellassa and a prince who was ruling two Korales. They treated these
foreigners well. In a few days, this crowd reached Kandy. In the meantime, King Vickramabahu had made friends with King Buwanekabahu and had even exchanged gifts.
A girl’s breasts begin developing around the time of puberty. They especially change during pregnancy by developing glands that are connected to the nipple by small tubes. When a baby is born, a hormone called prolactin stimulates the milk forming glands in the mother to produce milk.
