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Last week s heavy PC polls defeat at Sabaragamuwa and North Central Provinces has driven a group..

North Central Province UPFA Chief Ministerial candidate Berty Premalal Dissanayake yesterday said th..

The government yesterday said it would be establishing an escape route for civilians trapped by the ..

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in their sentry post on Naavatku’li coast on finding a male corpse of a youth with gun shot wounds washed ashore Thursday night handed it to Chaavakachcheari police. The youth may have been killed in the clashes heard on the Front Defence Line (FDL) areas in Thanangki’lappu and Kokilakka’ndi in [...]

A wave of fighting across Sri Lanka’s embattled northern region killed 34 Tamil Tiger rebels and one government soldier, the military said Friday.

A wave of fighting across Sri Lanka’s embattled northern region killed 34 Tamil Tiger rebels and one government soldier, the military said Friday.

The Prima Group, in partnership with Sri Lanka Cricket announced its sponsorship of the Prima Champions Cup 2008, Under-15 District Cricket tournament, for the second consecutive year.

Warning that the recent provincial council election victory might lead the government towards fearful dictatorship, SLFP (M) Convener Mangala Samaraweera yesterday called upon all opposition parties to form an alliance to defeat this government.

The UNP is to be reformed within the next 15 days, with a revision of its Constitution and a shake up of the party hierarchy with a view to ending its run of electoral defeats.

(Lanka-e-News, Aug 29, 2008, 10.30 AM) Sri Lanka Freedom Party People’s Wing (SLFP-PW) Convener Mangala Samaraweera said yesterday (28) at a news conference summoned by his party…

(Lanka-e-News, Aug 29, 2008, 10.30 AM) Sri Lanka Freedom Party People’s Wing (SLFP-PW) leader Mangala Samaraweera says that an alternative media center on war will be set up …

(Lanka-e-News, Aug 29, 2008, 11.00 AM) United National Party (UNP) Media Spokesman Lakshman Kiriella points to the contrast between the results of …

The Government has decided to ban the import of Chloro Fluro Carbons (CFCs) and Bromo Fluoro Carbons (Halons) which are chemicals commonly known as Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS).

COLOMBO: The Treasury has pledged Rs.1,600 million to implement the recommendations of the Salaries and Cadre Commission to rectify the salary anomalies of teachers' and principals' services, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha disclosed Thursday, adding that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had approved the recommendations of the Salaries and Cadre Commission to remove the salary anomalies of the [...]

The chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Saliya Wickramasuriya said he will be resigning from his post for personal reasons at the end of this month.

Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) fleet of Dvora Fast Attack Crafts (FAC) opened fire Thursday morning around 6:00 a.m on fishermen engaged in fishing in the seas of Mullaiththeevu and on the coastal areas. Two fishermen narrowly escaped death while their boat was completely destroyed, sources in Mullaiththeevu said. Meanwhile SLN staged a similar attack on [...]

A 15-year-old boy and a 33-year-old vegetable trader were killed on the spot at Olumadu Thursday evening when a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit triggered four Claymore mines targeting the grocery traders who were riding in a motorbike towards Nedungkea’ni in Mullaiththeevu district, Tamileelam Police said.

Aug 29, Colombo: At least seven prisoners were injured in an explosion inside the Batticaloa prison in eastern Sri Lanka early Friday morning, police said.

COLOMBO (Reuters) — A hand grenade blast inside a prison in eastern Sri Lanka wounded seven prisoners, most of them suspected of being allied with the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, police said.

(RTTNews) - Fierce fighting between troops and Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka’s embattled north killed more than 36 rebels and five soldiers, as troops continued its relentless offensive to further decimate the rebels.

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Aug 29 (Reuters) — A hand grenade blast inside a prison in eastern Sri Lanka wounded seven prisoners, most of them suspected of being allied with the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, police …

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Aug 29 (Reuters) — A hand grenade blast inside a prison in eastern Sri Lanka wounded seven prisoners, most of them suspected of being allied with the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, police …

In explosion at Batticaloa prison, seven persons injured short while ago; STF in process of defusing a 2nd bomb-police spokesman-JNW

COLOMBO: Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India to their maiden one-day series triumph in Sri Lanka, winning the fourth one-day international by 46 runs to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series on Wednesday.

RIYADH: The 28-year-old Saudi man, who died of heart attack in Sri Lanka on Friday, was buried on Tuesday evening in Jeddah soon after his body arrived from Colombo.

Aug 28, Colombo: A photographer of a leading newspaper and a video cameraman of a private TV station in Sri Lanka were assaulted by the students of the Medical Faculty of University of Colombo this morning.

COLOMBO, Aug 27 (Reuters) Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India to their maiden one-day series triumph in Sri Lanka, winning the fourth one-day international by 46 runs to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series today.

COLOMBO, Aug 27 (Reuters) India bowled Sri Lanka out for 212 to win the fourth one-day international at Premadasa stadium by 46 runs today.

COLOMBO, Aug 27 (Reuters) Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina hit their second back-to-back fifties and shared in a fourth-wicket stand of 143 off 141 balls to carry India to 258 all out off 49.4 overs in the fourth one-day international against Sri Lanka today.

Colombo High Court Judge A.T.Ratnaike Wednesday discharged the Sinhalese speaking Jury in the muder case of popular military analyst and TamilNet editorial board member Dharmeratnam Sivaram (Taraki) following the submission by the prosecution that whereabouts of one of the key prosecution witnesses was not known, legal sources said.

Problems encountered in procuring Sri Lankan Defence Ministry permission to take certain electrical components to Jaffna peninsula and the delay in shipping them may affect the ongoing arrangements to supply the needed electricity for the entire peninsula until early next year, Sri Lanka Electricity Board (SLEB) Jaffna officials said.

The fifth ICC Awards will be held in Dubai on September 10, after plans to stage the event at Lahore fell through with the postponement of the Champions Trophy.

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Ravinatha Aryasinha on Monday protested to the President of the European Parliament Dr. Hans-Gert Pottering, on the aspersions cast on the Sri Lanka Government in a statement issued by Robert Evans, Member of the European Parliament, who headed a group of MEPs of the European Parliament’s South [...]

RIYADH: The 28-year-old Saudi man, who died of a heart attack in Sri Lanka on Friday, was buried on Tuesday evening in Jeddah soon after his body arrived from Colombo.

Civilians displaced by fighting in northern Sri Lanka are urged to leave Tamil Tiger areas by the Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

Aug 28, Hambantota: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today visited his electorate to review the progress of the ongoing construction of the new harbor, administration complex and the international conference hall in Hambantota District.

Aug 28, Colombo: Sri Lankan troops advancing ahead of frontlines in Northern Sri Lanka to liberate the Wanni region from LTTE control have reached a milestone of capturing a significant rebel controlled area.

Aug 28, Colombo: United National Party (UNP) rebellious MP group led by Lakshman Seneviratne claims to have taken necessary action to remove the opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe.

Aug 28, Colombo: SriLankan Airlines recently marked a significant milestone in the country’s aviation history when Captain Anusha Siriratne was appointed as the National Carrier’s first Lady Captain.

Aug 28, Colombo: Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Ajith Nivard Cabraal has predicted a decline of inflation rates into the single digits by the end of 2009, barring any major external factors like the global rise in fuel and food prices that pushed the inflation to record levels this year.

A group of five journalist organizations have strongly condemned an attack on three journalists.

August 28, Colombo: Positive momentum acquired yesterday further strengthened during the day with both indices gaining valuable grounds. All Share Price Index (ASPI) shot up by a considerable 14.85 points (0.62%) to end at 2421.24 while the liquid Milanka Price Index (MPI) boosted by a lesser 12.68 points (0.45%) to close at 2805.55

The dissolution and the dismantling of the LTTE is not a defeat for the Tamils. Sri Lankans have a r..

Sri Lanka Thursday brushed aside threats posed by the Tamil Tigers` air wing and said that aerial at..

About two hundred recruits of the Sri Lanka Army were rushed to hospital Thursday morning in the Dehiyatakandiya training camp of the SLA in Ampaa’rai district after taking their breakfast with fish. Some of the SLA recruits are in critical condition, according to medical sources.

Hong Kong - Hong Kong based the South Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) latest press release says Sri Lanka has the habit of not pursuing inquiries into arbitrary deprivation of life in police or military custody has become quite common, particularly during the last few decades.

There’s little a team can do once they’ve lost a series with a dead rubber to be played. Faced to confront a future that appears less than rosy, Mahela Jayawardene emphasized that it was important to get things right for his team and make sure they don’t give up.

Sri Lanka on Thursday appealed to minority ethnic Tamil civilians living in the line of fire in rebel-held towns to move to areas under government control, saying it would guarantee them safe passage.

Sri Lanka: Tamil militants killed in army offensive (AKI) - Fierce fighting between government troops and separatist Tamil Tigers across Sri Lanka’s volatile northeast killed 38 rebels and five soldiers, the government said on Thursday. The latest violence took place along the front lines [...]

Explaining his government’s decision to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, said in an op-ed in the Financial Times newspaper: “Not all of the world’s nations have their own statehood. Many exist happily within boundaries shared with other nations. The Russian Federation is an example of [...]

Problems encountered in procuring Sri Lankan Defence Ministry permission to take certain electrical components to Jaffna peninsula and the delay in shipping them may affect the ongoing arrangements to supply the needed electricity for the entire peninsula until early next year, Sri Lanka Electricity Board (SLEB) Jaffna officials said.

Sri Lanka is among the countries that have better health facilities than some other countries with higher incomes.

Few would have bet on India winning their maiden one-day series in Sri Lanka with a game in hand, especially after they were thrashed twice in a row, first in the Asia Cup final in Pakistan and then in the opening game of this series.

Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said leaflets would be dropped and safe passage will be opened.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Government soldiers captured a Tamil Tiger rebel-held village in Sri Lanka’s embattled north Thursday, while fierce fighting elsewhere in the region killed 38 rebels and five soldiers, the military said.

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka on Thursday urged thousands of people to leave areas where the army is intensifying an offensive to capture the symbolic capital of the …

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka on Thursday urged thousands of people to leave areas where the army is intensifying an offensive to capture the symbolic capital of the …

Colombo, Aug 28 : Sri Lanka Thursday brushed aside threats posed by the Tamil Tigers’ air wing and said that aerial attacks by the guerrillas ‘cannot change the current military balance strategically’.

Troops capture LTTE strongholds in Palamodai North West of Omanthai & beachside of Nayaru in Mulaithivu-Military Spokesman-JNW

Aug 28 Colombo: Sri Lankan Air Force Air Force MI 24 helicopters attacked Tamil Tiger rebel targets in Kilinochchi and Welioya this morning, the military said.