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skip to main content search form editorial issues junior education jobs e-paper marriage proposals main menu home news issues opinion editorial sports business news features arts & culture junior jobs education epaper -- main menu home news issues opinion editorial sports business news features arts & culture junior jobs education epaper sunday, 12 august 2018 news opinion sports news features arts & culture business follow us: headlines 12 august, 2018 0 non-striking railway unions willing to work as the strike by engine drivers, guards, controllers and station masters continues for the fifth day, the railway services trade union front has come forward to operate trains by requesting authorisation from the minister of transport and the general manager of railways (gmr) to do so, thereby giving renewed hope to commuters who have been severely inconvenienced in the past week.“we can operate at least... 12 august, 2018 0 cmec attanagalla water project : ag points to ‘colossal’ squander of public funds the attorney general has raised grave concerns about a controversial multi-million dollar water supply project in the gampaha district awarded to a chinese company in 2013, pointing to ‘colossal amounts’ of public funds being squandered.the attorney general has pointed to the culpability of officials at the national water supply and drainage board (nwsdb) and the ministry of water supply and has... 12 august, 2018 0 to fight for opposition leader post : jo mps to quit upfa? joint opposition (jo) parliamentarians may quit the united people’s freedom alliance (upfa) in the coming week launching yet another bid to secure the leadership of the opposition. speaking to the sunday observer, jo frontliner dullas alahapperuma said if the joint opposition party leaders who are scheduled to meet on tuesday (14) unanimously endorse the decision to quit the upfa steps will be taken to... 12 august, 2018 0 murder of bharatha lakshman premachandra and three others : payoff allegations, gross distortions shroud duminda silva’s appeal hearing when his party leader at the time, president chandrika kumaratunga was reluctant to name mahinda rajapaksa as the slfp candidate for the 2005 presidential poll, bharatha lakshman premachandra, the party trade union leader was his staunchest advocate.in fact, it was in premachandra’s house in 2005 that some 50 slfp members met to decide that mahinda rajapaksa must be put forward as the party’s presidential... -- 12 august, 2018 0 cbk’s call to arms on ‘systemic corruption’ former president chandrika kumaratunga, current chairperson of the office for national unity and reconciliation (onur), is up in arms against a controversial multi-million dollar water supply project in her hometown of attanagalla, saying it was emblematic of a wide network of corruption that has afflicted every section of the public corpus. only strong collective leadership, clear policies and an urgent... 12 august, 2018 0 envisaged as ‘eastern gateway’ in master plan : trinco to be hub for tourism, exports and logistics trincomalee will become sri lanka’s ‘eastern gateway’ and will be remodelled as a hub for tourism, exports and logistics under a master plan for the district done by singapore’s urban planning firm surbana jurong consultants pte ltd.the master plan, done for the ministry of megapolis and western development, adopts a ‘b.l.u.e. (biodiversity, liveability, uniqueness, economy) urbanism’ planning approach.the... 12 august, 2018 0 daredevil show grips racing fans the kuda oya commando challenge supercross may be in its infancy marking just three seasons, but the action dished out last sunday in the monaragala district was out of the ordinary with crashes and somersaults never seen before in the history of motor racing in the country.one driver linusha perera had his race terminated within a few minutes from the start after a major collision while his car was blown... 12 august, 2018 0 sdg 2030 for a national agenda last week, the most comprehensive futuristic vision of sri lanka, “sustainable sri lanka: vision and strategic path” was presented to president maithripala sirisena. this was within the framework of the 17 sustainable development goals (sdg) and 2030 agenda adopted by the united nations member states, including sri lanka, in 2015. within this framework, all countries are expected to set out their vision... highlights kandy esala maha perahera : sri lanka’s pageant supreme human-leopard conflict : tragic twist as straying leopards face cattle farmers’ wrath railway unions turn shylocks, demand ‘pound of flesh’ opinion medical profession, no longer the dignified calling! in an era where individuals try to cling on to positions of... sdg 2030 for a national agenda last week, the most comprehensive futuristic vision of sri... murder of bharatha lakshman premachandra and three others : payoff allegations, gross distortions shroud duminda silva’s appeal hearing when his party leader at the time, president chandrika... international youth day today: ‘safe spaces for youth’ when you hear that there are thousands of young people who... arts & culture kuveni 2: yakshadeshaya muhurath ceremony off the global runways with love from fujian business slt group net profits up 13.5% aban pestonjee is woman entrepreneur of the year 2017 rs.10 b disbursed to develop industries - prime minister issues wigneswaran working only to fulfil political agenda - governor cooray centre controls everything - wigneswaran rajitha on gmoa: ‘we want people to know who the real culprits are’ sports anderson gets young with five-wicket haul junior joes pocket rugby prize out-smarting trinity school swimmers set nine new records cartoon of the week junior observer photo of the week most read envisaged as ‘eastern gateway’ in master plan : trinco to be hub for tourism, exports and logistics trincomalee will become sri lanka’s ‘eastern gateway’ and will... murder of bharatha lakshman premachandra and three others : payoff allegations, gross distortions shroud duminda silva’s appeal hearing when his party leader at the time, president chandrika... another day of reckoning for bodu bala secretary chief monk court of appeal sentences controversial monk to 19 years... features custodial deaths : who will watch the watchmen? a magisterial inquiry has been launched into the recent death of... another day of reckoning for bodu bala secretary chief monk court of appeal sentences controversial monk to 19 years... ilankayil muslim kalvi: shafie marikar cinthanayum pangallipum: an excellent research study on muslim education author: a. m. nahiya,publisher; all ceylon muslim educational... yv - young voice marriage proposals classifieds obituaries government gazette media library schoolboy cricketer the sunday observer is the oldest and most circulated weekly english-language newspaper in sri lanka since 1928. 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