Government will develop country with international help

Nimal says 13A forced on Lanka

The government says the 13th Amendment to the constitution, which came about through the Indo-Lanka accord in 1987, was forced on Sri Lanka and is not one that was accepted on Sri Lanka?s own free will. Government Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said that at the time the 13th Amendment to the constitution was proposed the Sri Lankan government was under immense pressure. ?There are good pints and bad points in the 13th Amendment. So the time has now come to change that. At that time to get peac

28 Jun, 2013

Lankans in India rescued

A group of Sri Lankans who had been stranded in?Uttarkashi in India, where hundreds were killed and displaced by floods, have been rescued by villagers in the area, the Times of India reported. Teh Times of India report said that villagers from Didsari near Uttarkashi, whose houses were washed away, rescued 43 foreigners who were stuck in the Himalayas for over a week. The tourists from the US, UK, Sri Lanka and other nations were there to participate in a ‘Himalayan retreat’. “We’re alive becau

28 Jun, 2013

Cuba to supply BTI

Cuba has offered to supply the BTI bacteria to fight the spread of dengue mosquitoes in Sri Lanka, the Health Ministry said. A spokesman at the Health Ministry said that the Cuban Ambassador to Sri Lanka had made the offer to the government. Cuban Ambassador Indira Lopez Arguelles has said that Cuba will give the bacteria to fight the spread of dengue in schools. The BTI bacteria is to be given free of charge to the Sri Lankan government, the Ambassador has said. (Colombo Gazette)?

27 Jun, 2013