The Tigers, reeling under
intense military action on their Vanni strongholds,
yesterday targeted a bus carrying a group of wounded and
sick army personnel in Colombo close to Army
Headquarters killing four and injuring 28. The majority
of the soldiers in the bus were war wounded from the
northern theatre of operations.
In
the immediate aftermath of the claymore mine blast at
Slave Island, opposite Hotel Nippon which killed four
including two soldiers, volunteers rushed to help. The
body of a woman who died in the blast and others injured
and killed in the background. Pic by Nihal Chandrakumar
Outstation candidates were in the majority among the
top five scorers in each stream of the GCE Advanced
Level 2007 Examination results released yesterday.
The Jathika Hela Urumaya yesterday requested all trade
unions and undergrad organizations to shelve their
agitations, strikes and campaigns for rights for one
year in support of ongoing war effort. But this was
rejected by the unions.
Economic development, aimed at helping achieve a high standard
of living, is the key goal that citizens of all countries
expect their governments to target for. When the economy
prospers, people are able to buy food at reasonable prices,
and secure economical housing, hassle-free education for their
children, employment for the next generation, basic health
services and so on. Hence, normally, economic development is
given top priority by both the government and the opposition,
whatever the country. However, to make any reliable progress
in this direction, the most essential condition is- that
peace, equity and the Rule of Law should prevail.
Aquaculture
is the farming of sea creatures for human consumption. It is
done in ponds and adjacent to the sea. Shrimp aquaculture has
expanded the fastest over the past two decades in Asia and
Latin America. It tops the list of favourite sea food. It is
important that you know the consequences of eating
farmed shrimp.
In the year 2008, the Ministry of Export Development and
International Trade will concentrate its efforts on an
export development and promotion programme of achieving an
export income of US$ 13 billion by 2011 for Sri Lanka. The
targeted income for the year 2008 has been placed at US$ 8.6
billion.
The Sri
Lanka Rupee to the United States Dollar (USD) exchange rate
closed at 108.72 as at the end of 2007, when compared with
the exchange rate of 107.71 per USD which prevailed as at
the end of 2006, thus reflecting a depreciation of less than
1%, during the year.
Back to where he belongs Sri Lanka’s Cricket administration is full of
contradictions. While the man who won the country the
sport’s greatest prize was left alone to mind his own
business, men who betrayed the country for filthy lucre by
touring a banned land when the game was at its infancy in
Sri Lanka were holding high positions at SLC.
The announcement that former
Test cricketer D. S. de Silva has been appointed as the
Presidential Advisor to the Cricket Board created quite a
lot of interest… and quite a stir!
Newly
appointed Chairman of the Cricket Interim Committee
Arjuna Ranatunga participates in religious
observances at cricket board headquarters yesterday.
Ranatunga’s wife Samadara and daughter Thiyangie
along with Minister of Sports Bandula Basnayake are
in the picture.
Pic by Gamini Munasinghe.
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Aquaculture
is the farming of sea creatures for human consumption. It is
done in ponds and adjacent to the sea. Shrimp aquaculture has
expanded the fastest over the past two decades in Asia and
Latin America. It tops the list of favourite sea food. It is
important that you know the consequences of eating
farmed shrimp.
