MAIN IMAGESign up your Fuel hike protest!
Members of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday kicked off a campaign for people to sign a petition protesting the recent fuel hike and calling for a reduction. Here people sign the petition at the Fort Railway Station –
Brisbane brilliance
The sun sets during the Sri Lanka-India ODI Tri-series in Brisbane match on 21 February.
Catch from fishing in troubled waters!
Amidst furor over fuel price hike and protests by fishermen President Mahinda Rajapaksa made an inspection tour to a relatively calm Tangalle Fishing Harbor where he had a close look at the day’s catch before their sale
Rs. 45 b Colombo Outer Circular Expressway 2nd phase launched
Improving Infrastructure
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday flagged off the construction activities of the second phase of the Colombo Outer Circular expressway.
The estimated expenditure is Rs. 44.88 billion. The construction of the 8.9 kilometre road is the second phase of the three-part road project which is 29.1 kilometres long.
UNP fumes over tear gas attack on protest
Police yesterday fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands who participated in a UNP-organised protest against the crisis following the unprecedented rise of fuel prices as well as overall mismanagement of the economy.
Kerosene subsidy for half a million families
Following the decision taken by the Government to provide each household without electricity with a kerosene subsidy of Rs. 200, nearly 500,000 families, including those in the plantations, have become its beneficiaries.
Sri Lanka, Singapore sign biz, investment cooperation deal
Sri Lanka and Singapore yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on development of business and investment relations between the two countries on the sidelines of a two-day State visit by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the city state.
Old ways are back?
Opposition politicians yesterday resorted to travelling by bullock carts in several parts of the country, protesting the unprecedented fuel price hike. Here three UNP Councillors of the Southern Provincial Council, Bandulalal Bandarigoda, Wijepala Hettiarachchi and Krishantha Pushpakumara and others head to the council meeting in bullock carts
Fuel subsidy for buses out; fare hike in
Contrary to Government assurance of minimal impact from the unprecedented fuel hike of Sunday, a set of upward price revisions including on bus fares and electricity will become reality from today.
World’s best picture!
Arab Spring shot wins World Press Photo award
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award on Friday for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen.
Jurors said Aranda’s photo, taken for the New York Times, encapsulated many of the facets of the uprisings across the Middle East collectively known as the “Arab Spring,” one of the major news themes of the year.
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