Possibilit​y of SL taken to Internatio​nal Court – Mangala

Possibilit?y of SL taken to Internatio?nal Court – Mangala[ Wednesday, 06 July 2011, 02:58.31 PM GMT +05:30 ]UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera said today that there is a possibility of Sri Lanka being taken before the International Criminal Court (ICC) before the end of this year by the International Community on the allegations of human rights violations leveled against the country during the war.

Addressing a press conference he said that the government has resorted to laughable acts in rejecting the allegations without conducting a proper investigation. He added that the government should be thankful to Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as it was because Sri Lanka did not become a signatory to the ICC when he was the Prime Minister that the present government is safe for the moment.

He noted that even a country that is not a signatory to the ICC could be hauled before it on the recommendations of the UN Security Council.

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Main runaway of the Mattala Internatio​nal Airport completed

Main runaway of the Mattala Internatio?nal Airport completed[ Tuesday, 05 July 2011, 04:30.34 AM GMT +05:30 ]Construction work of the runway of the Sri Lanka’s second International Airport at Mattala in the Hambantota District in the South of Sri Lanka has been completed.

This airport is being constructed in a rural village which was called as "the village in the wild" in many novels  like  'Baddegama' The new airport is being constructed in a plot of land of 2000 hectares at a cost of US$. 209 million. 

Mattala International Airport is one of the largest projects being carried out by the government.

The runway with a length of 4000 meters and a width of 75 meters  has all necessary facilities to land the largest aircraft available at present such as Airbus A-380.  The Taxi route to the runway is 370 meters long and 60 meters wide. 

Under the first stage of the project, 10 aircrafts can be landed at this airport simultaneously.

Other facilities such as a fire service unit, cargo handling facilities, restaurants and vehicle parks are also being constructed.  Construction of the 1,000 sq.meter cargo facility is also nearing completion.  The air cargo facility could handle 45,000 metric tons of cargo per year.

The project which consists of two phases was launched by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on November 27, 2009 in line with the Greater Hambantota City Development Programme.

After completing the first phase of the airport construction project, the first flight will land in Mattala airport by mid 2012 fulfilling a long felt need of having a second international airport for the country.

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Sri Lanka to allow Chinese Yuan in international transactions

Sri Lanka�s central bank said it will allow China�s currencyto be used in international transactions at authorized banks.

 

Permitting the use of the Yuan in banking transactions willfacilitate trade and investment between the two countries, the Central Bank ofSri Lanka said in a statement.

 

The central bank also allows international bankingtransactions in 13 other foreign currencies. The other currencies in thedesignated list are Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Danish Kroner, Euro,Hong Kong Dollar, Japanese Yen, New Zealand Dollar, Norwegian Kroner, PoundSterling, Singapore Dollar, Swedish Kroner, Swiss Franc and United StatesDollar.

Govt. disowned by international masters

(Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne)  Sinhala heroes are on the run. The Goliath who protected them from the international enemies has turned against them. Delhi leaders, who gave orders to annihilate the Tamil insurrection and to bring the head of Prabhakaran to their feet, now want to pacify the Tamil bourgeoisie. The internationalization of the Tamil national issue has created a pressure unexpected. Tamil national problem was taken over by the international left organization and effected social democracy everywhere. Left in Lanka [...]