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Jacqueline Fernandez wins IIFA 2010 Debut Actress of the year award
Jacqueline Fernandez, the Sri Lankan beauty queen and bollywood actress won the "Star Plus Debut Actress of the year" award at the IIFA 2010 Awards night held at Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Navy’s “JETLINER” embarks on a new journey

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The Sri Lanka Navy’s largest passenger craft “Jetliner” which served as a life line between the North and East during the Humanitarian Operations set sail on a new journey at the Launching Ceremony of Jetliner Entertainment Cruise Venture yesterday (22 January 2010) at the Port of Colombo. Honourable Minister of Tourism Achala Jagoda graced the groundbreaking event as the Chief Guest. He was received by Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe on his arrival. Ambassadors, Secretaries to the ministry of tourism and ministry of ports and aviation, and foreign dignitaries were among the list VIP invitees. Many senior Naval Officers and a large number of other invitees including members of the media were also present. The event was arranged by Sri Lanka Navy and Ministry of Tourism.

The Jetliner passenger vessel played a pivotal role in the Naval operations during the humanitarian operations. It ferried thousands of security forces personnel, civilians and goods between Trincomalee and Kankesanthurai ports till the main ground supply routes were cleared and restored after the dawn of peace. It also holds the record for carrying more than three thousand security forces personnel at once. With this new venture it is set to continue her valuable service to the nation in a different sphere.

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නොදන්න යකාට වඩා දන්න ය‍කා ජනාධිපති කරවීම ඇඟට ගුණය

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ජනාධිපතිවරණය අත ලඟටම පැමිණ ඇත. වෙන කවරදාකටත් වඩා මෙවර ජනාධිපතිවරණය ඉතා උණුසුම් හා තීරණාත්මක එකක් බව හැමෝම දන්නා කාරණයකි. මක්නිසාදයත්, ලංකාව ලැබූ ඵෙතිහාසික යුධ ජයග්‍රහණයේ එක හා සමාන කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටුකළ නායකයින් දෙදෙනා වන වත්මන් ජනපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ හිටපු යුධහමුදාපති සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතා යන දෙදෙනාම දෙපිල බෙදී ඊළඟ ජනාධිපති වන්නට තරඟවදින නිසාය.

යුධ ජයග්‍රහණයේ අයිතිය තමා සතුකරගැනීමට දෙදෙනා කොතරම් උත්සාහ දැරුවද, දේශපාලකයින්ගේ හා ජනමාධ්‍ය වල මතය කුමක් වුවද, ලාංකිකයින් ඔවුන් දෙදෙනාටම යුධ ජයග්‍රහණය වෙනුවෙන් සමාන ලකුණු ප්‍රමාණයක් ලබාදෙන බව අපගේ හැඟීමයි.

යුධ සමයේ රටට ඍජු දේශපාලන නායකත්වයක් සැපයීම, ජාත්‍යන්තරය හැසිරවීම, ආර්ථිකය හැසිරවීම හා සියල්ල මනාව කළමනාකරණය කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට හිමිවන ගෞරවයට සමාන ගෞරවයක් යුද්ධයේ ප්‍රධාන සාධකය වූ යුධ හමුදාව මෙහෙයවීම, උපායශීලීව යුද්ධය සැලසුම් කිරීම, හා ලෝකයේ දරුණුම ත්‍රස්තවාදියා ලෙස හැඳින්වූ ප්‍රභාකරන්ගේ මිලේච්ඡත්වය හමුවේ නොසැලී සිට කොටි ත්‍රස්තවාදය මව්බිමෙන් අතුගා දැමීම වෙනුවෙන් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතාටද හිමි වේ.

ඒ දෙදෙනාටම යුද්ධය අවසන් කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් ගෞරවයක් හිමි වුවද, පශ්චාත් යුධ සමයේදී අපගේ රටට ළඟාවිය හැකිව තිබූ ඉලක්කයන්ට ළඟාවීමට උත්සාහ නොකර, දෙපිල බෙදී ඇනකොටා ගැනීම ගැන සියළුම ලාංකිකයින්ගේ පිළිකුලට ලක්විය යුතුය.

Last Updated ( Friday, 22 January 2010 20:41 ) Read more...
 

Sri Lanka -The place to be in 2010

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Pristine coastlines with miles of sugary white sand flanked by bamboo groves is how Sri Lanka was described by the New York Times (NYT), one of the leading publications in the world, as it declared Sri Lanka the number one place to go to in 2010. In the NYT's travel section, Sri Lanka tops the list of 31 places to visit, beating destinations such as Argentina's Patagonia wine country, Seoul Korea, Copenhagen Denmark and Mysore India.

The NYT column on Sri Lanka written by Lionel Beehner says the civil conflict which ended last May has ushered in a more peaceful era for this teardrop-shaped island, rich in natural beauty and cultural splendors. Mr. Beehner said that among the most scenic, if difficult stretches of coastline to reach, is Nilaveli Beach. While a few military checkpoints remain, vacationers can lounge on poolside hammocks under palm trees or snorkel in its crystal-clear waters, he said. Mr. Beehner also wrote that an international airport in Hambantota, currently under construction, will make the gorgeous beaches near the seaside village of Galle easier to get to. Decimated by the tsunami in 2004, the surrounding coastline is now teeming with stylish guesthouses and boutique hotels.

Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) Bernard Goonetilleke said the publicity from the NYT is encouraging. "In the past and in my personal experience, most foreign papers pick up adverse information on Sri Lanka, report it and give publicity to it. In that backdrop for Sri Lanka to be selected as the top destination, it indicates the potential of the country and what we can aspire to."

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