An LTTE suicide squad
attack on the Southern Naval base ‘Dhakshina’ in Galle,
at around 7.45 a.m. yesterday, was foiled by the Navy.
Five Tiger suicide craft reached the entrance to the
Galle Harbour posing as of fishing boats, but the Navy
acted swiftly to destroy them.
Sailors on alert opposite the Dakshina Naval base after
LTTE tried to attack the base and enter Galle harbour.
-AP photo.
NEWS
BBC report on attack irks Tourism
Ministry
The Tourism Ministry yesterday protested against the
BBC news broadcast introducing Galle as a tourist city
port when reporting on the abortive attempt by the
LTTE to attack the Naval Base ‘Dhakshina’ adjoining
the Galle harbour.
The Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between the ruling Sri Lanka
Freedom Party (SLFP) and the major opposition party,
the United National Party (UNP), will be signed by
next Monday.
Words matter.
The Holocaust of the European Jews during the Second
World War was a genocide. The mass deportation of
Chechens from their Caucasian homeland during the same
war was a crime but not a genocide, even though half
of them died, because Moscowaim was to keep them from
collaborating with German troops who were nearing
Chechnya, not to exterminate them. Which brings us to
the far more controversial case of the Armenians and
the Turks.
There are three kinds of
knowledge in relation to dhamma. First, knowledge acquired by
learning- called suthamaya nana. It may be by hearing from
some one or by reading. Second type is knowledge gained by
reasoning which is chinthamaya nana; and the third is direct
knowledge gained th
Launching
the World Investment Report 2006 (WIR), compiled by
the United Nations Conference for Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) in Colombo yesterday, Minister of
Investment Promotion and Enterprise Development
Rohitha Bogollagama highlighted possible strategies
which Sri Lanka could adopt in order to receive a
share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) available
from different parts of the world.
Water, sanitation and
health are inextricably linked and lack of these basic
facilities impact heavily on rural communities, which
depend on agriculture, livestock breeding, and market
gardening to earn a living.
Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan (R)
and coach Bob Woolmer celebrate their
victory over Sri Lanka at the Swai Man Singh
Stadium in Jaipur, on Tuesday. Pakistan won
the match by 4 wickets
Skipper Younis Khan hailed Pakistan's team spirit after
they overcame a pre-match crisis to clinch a thrilling Champions
Trophy victory over Sri Lanka, on Tuesday.
"We were under pressure," he said. "But we are
still strong and hopefully we will remain strong."
St. Sebastian’s spinners Randika Fernando and
Janitha Jayawardena shared 8 wickets between them to bundle out
St. Aloysius for 138 runs in their Inter School Elephant
Lemonade Trophy Under-20 tournament match commenced at Uyanwatta
ground, on Tuesday.
INSIDE
Launching
the World Investment Report 2006 (WIR), compiled by
the United Nations Conference for Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) in Colombo yesterday, Minister of
Investment Promotion and Enterprise Development
Rohitha Bogollagama highlighted possible strategies
which Sri Lanka could adopt in order to receive a
share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) available
from different parts of the world.
