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The Times of Ceylon was an English language daily newspaper in Sri Lanka published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). It was founded in 1846 as the Ceylon Times and was published from Colombo . It ceased publication in 1985.
The main political parties of Sri Lanka have all stated their support for decriminalisation of homosexuality. The leading politicians of the main far-right, [5] [6] centre-right, [7] centre-left and far-left [8] parties have declared support for LGBTQ, as well as the main Tamil political party TNA, [6] though individual members of parliament still retain various views on the topic.
Nisthar Cassim is a senior journalist and the editor of the Daily FT in Sri Lanka, a national English-language daily newspaper focusing business, finance and economic issues. [ 1 ] He was formerly the editor of The Daily Mirror and The Bottom Line.
The Island is a daily English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is published by Upali Newspapers. A sister newspaper of Divaina, The Island was established in 1981. Its Sunday edition, Sunday Island, commenced publishing in 1991. [1] The daily newspaper currently has a circulation of 70,000 and its Sunday edition, 103,000 per issue. [2]
The Rajapaksa family (Sinhala: රාජපක්ෂ, romanized: Rājapakṣa) is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics.It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidency, [1] when many members of the family occupied senior positions in the Sri Lankan state.
The Tamil Mirror is a Tamil-language news website in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is published by Wijeya Newspapers. [1] Its sister newspapers are, The Daily Mirror, The Sunday Times, Lankadeepa and Daily FT.
Sri Lanka Railways: Services *Yal Devi Express Train *Uttara Devi Intercity Express Train *Rajarata Rejini Express Train *Sri Devi Intercity Express Train *Yal nila night express train: Operator(s) Sri Lanka Railways: History; Opened: 14 February 1894: Technical; Line length: 339 km (211 mi) Track gauge: 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Loading gauge: 1676 ...
An Air Lanka Boeing 747-200B at London Gatwick Airport in 1984. An Air Lanka Lockheed L-1011 TriStar at Zurich Airport in 1998.. In 1979, after the removal of airline manager Nimesh Fernando, Sri Lanka's president Jayawardene initially did not interfere after entrusting the airline to Captain Rakitha Wickramanayake and the board of directors consisting of industry officials and managers.