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(Lanka-e-News, Sep-30-2008,11.00PM) An unidentified person tried to enter the premises of Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL)today (30) at around 12.30 pm….

(Lanka-e-News,Sep-30-2008,11.00PM) Lanka-e-News learns that initiatives are underway to charge state owned Rupavahini and Independent Television Network (ITN) regarding contempt of court since the channels criticized the Supreme Court order…

(Lanka-e-News,30-Sep-2008, 11.00PM) Army Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara says that the Army 57 Brigade that is in operations in Vanni captured another runway…

(Lanka-e-News, 30-Sep-2008, 11.00PM) Sri Lanka Bar Association decided to meet the Defense Secretary and the Chief Justice to make them…

(Lanka-e-News, 30-Sep-2008, 11.00PM) Lawyers held a massive demonstration today before Supreme Court to protest the intended threat to…

(Lanka-e-News, 30-Sep-2008, 11.00PM) Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva has ordered former Treasury Secretary P.B. Jayasundara to appear in…

September 30, Colombo: It was the curtain fall of another negative grounded day with both indices been dragged down by heavy weight shares like Dialog Telekom PLC (DIAL), Hayleys PLC (HAYL), Aitken Spence PLC (SPEN). All Share Price Index (ASPI) crouched by a significant 43.27 points (1.98%) to close at 2142.26 while liquid MIlanka Price [...]

Sept 30, Colombo: Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) stated today that it has successfully achieved revised reserves money targets set for the third quarter of 2008.

Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka born veteran Singapore politician JB Jeyaratnam has died of heart failure in a Singapore hospital, at age 82, media reports said.

Sri Lanka is on right track to achieve the MDGs by year 2015. Minster of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogaollagama said in New York. Participating in the interactive Round Table discussion segment of the high level meeting on the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) Minister Bogollagama said that sustainable development should be viewed in the context of [...]

Sept 30, Colombo: The Sri Lankan cricket team is scheduled to leave on Monday, October 6, for the Twenty Twenty series, which will be held in Canada next month.

Sept 30, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Army today captured an LTTE airstrip in Panikkankulam, about 7 km northwest of Mankulam in the Mullaitivu District, military sources said.

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s central bank will inject more cash into the financial system, joining monetary authorities from Japan to Australia in alleviating a credit crunch prompted by the rejection of a $700 billion U.S. bank-rescue plan.

Sri Lanka’s navy sank two Tamil Tiger rebel boats off the northeastern coast as fighting in the embattled north killed 47 rebels and six soldiers, the military said Tuesday.

Sri Lankan born veteran Singapore politician JB Jeyaretnam has died of heart failure in a Singapore hospital, aged 82

Chennai, Sept 30: As the Sri Lankan army continue its offensive deep into LTTE strongholds in the is..

The official website of the Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order of Sri Lanka, defenc..

Veteran Singapore politician JB Jeyaretnam has died of heart failure in a Singapore hospital, aged 8..

Transparency International (TI) today vehemently condemned the attempt on the life of J. C. Weliamun..

COLOMBO: Government troops have captured a runway operated by Tamil Tiger rebels inside the guerrillas’ mini-state in the north, Sri Lanka’s defence ministry said Tuesday.

Nondescripts Cricket Club gave their coach, Samath Perera, a fitting farewell by winning the Under-23 Youth Tournament Division 1. NCC beat defending champions Sinhalese Sports Club in the three-day final played at the SSC in Colombo.

(Lanka-e-News, September 30, 2008, 12.15 PM) Twenty one persons including five children were injured yesterday (29) evening around 6.55 PM as an unknown person hailed a hand grenade at them at Kaththankudi bus stand…

ICJ has strongly condemned the grenade attack against prominent Sri Lankan human rights lawyer, J.C Weliamuna.

Sri Lanka’s navy sank two Tamil Tiger rebel boats off the northeastern coast as fighting in the embattled north killed 47 rebels and six soldiers, the military said Tuesday.

Sri Lanka’s navy sank two Tamil Tiger rebel boats off the northeastern coast as fighting in the embattled north killed 47 rebels and six soldiers, the military said Tuesday.

Muttiah Muralitharan has said he is yet to sign a contract to play for Bengal in the 2008-09 Indian domestic season and that his priority will be to represent Sri Lanka.

Sept 30, Colombo: Heavy fighting, erupted ahead of the frontlines in Sri Lanka’s embattled North yesterday as troops pushed forward killing 43 Tigers, the military said. Five soldiers and an Army officer also lost their lives in the clashes.

Sept 30, Colombo: Doctors in Sri Lanka are planning to launch an island wide protest over a shooting incident of a female doctor in Hambantota last night.

Sept 30, Kandy: Sri Lankan Police department has decided to deploy additional security to all the drinking water projects in Matale district with immediate effect.

Sept 30, Kelaniya: Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha member of the Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) Sumangala Samaraweera was allegedly assaulted by ruling party members this morning in the council premises.

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Land and sea battles in northern Sri Lanka killed at least 53 people during sustained assaults on the separatist Tamil Tigers rebels, the military said …

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Land and sea battles in northern Sri Lanka killed at least 53 people during sustained assaults on the separatist Tamil Tigers rebels, the military said …

Colombo, Sept.30 : The Government of Sri Lanka has claimed it is closing in on the Tamil Tiger stronghold of Kilinochchi.

COLOMBO (AFP)–A Sri Lanka navy patrol destroyed two Tamil Tiger boats, killing eight rebels, in a clash off the island’s northern coast, the defense ministry said Tuesday.

A Sri Lanka navy patrol destroyed two Tamil Tiger boats, killing eight rebels on board, in a clash off the island’s northern coast, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

Suspected Tamil separatists set off a bomb in a parking lot in Sri Lanka’s capital Monday, wounding three people a day after fighting in the country’s intensifying civil war killed 20 rebels and one soldier, the military said.

(Lanka-e-News, September 30, 2008, 12.05 PM) One passenger was killed and 26 were injured as an express train collided in the back of another train that was halted…

(Lanka-e-News, September 30, 2008, 12.05 PM) The Supreme Court directed the Inspector General of Police to remove all road blocks on the Galle Road from Galle Face since yesterday (29).

The Chief Justice ordered to…

(Lanka-e-News, September 30, 2008, 12.05 PM) The Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva reprimanded the Attorney General, the Inspector General of Police, the Director of Criminal Investigation Department and the…

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s central bank plans today to give “some guidance” to the market amid a global stocks rout prompted by the rejection of a $700 billion bank rescue plan by U.S. lawmakers, Governor Nivard Cabraal said.

COLOMBO –A Sri Lanka navy patrol destroyed two Tamil Tiger boats, killing eight rebels on board, in a clash at sea off the island's northern Pooneryn region, the defense ministry said Tuesday.

Former Secretary to the Treasury Dr. P.B. Jayasundara has been issued a notice by the Supreme Court to appear on the 8th of October 2008. The notice was issued by a three member bench of Judges led by Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva.

Prof. Wiswa Warnapala, MInister of Higher Education, left the for Germany to have extensive discussions World Bank officials with regard revamping the higher education system in Sri Lanka, including the universities, as per the IRQUE Project.

SINGAPORE — Veteran Singapore opposition leader J.B. Jeyaretnam, who died Tuesday, waged a long and lonely campaign for greater political freedom in the tightly governed city-state.

Colombo, Sep 29 : At least 21 civilians were wounded in a grenade explosion in Sri Lanka’s eastern Batticaloa district Monday evening, defence sources said.

The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Police Chief to consider removing all barriers along the Galle Road to implement the pilot project under which buses would run along a stipulated lane up and down the Galle Road and buses would not use R.A.De.Mel Mawatha (Duplication Road).

Bengal have bagged the services of Muttiah Muralitharan, the Sri Lankan offspinner, for the 2008-09 Ranji Trophy. Murali, the leading wicket-taker in Tests, will play about four matches in the tournament's second division - the Plate League, his manager confirmed.

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, has said the rise in the number of Twenty20 tournaments isn't a healthy sign for the future of international cricket and called on the ICC to strike a balance between the three forms of the game.

Ganemulla : One person was killed and 32 people injured as the Polgahawela bound train and the Kandy bound intercity train collided at the Ganemulla station around 4 p.m yesterday, the Trains Control Room and Gampaha hospital sources said yesterday.

Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda said he would contest the Northern Provincial Council elections to restore democracy in the North.

Former Sri Lanka captain and World Cup champion Hashan Tillekaratne yesterday slammed critics opposed to the lifting of the ban on players who took part in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) saying it was a timely and decisive move in the interest of cricketers who were entitled to their rights.

File photo shows Sri Lankan Navy boats on patrol in the waters off the port of Trincomalee. A Sri Lanka navy patrol destroyed two Tamil Tiger boats, killing eight rebels on board, in a clash at sea off the island’s northern Pooneryn region, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Public Recreation and Sports has allocated 80 million rupees to upgrade the Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawala…

A Sri Lanka navy patrol destroyed two Tamil Tiger boats, killing eight rebels on board, in a clash at sea off the island’s northern Pooneryn region, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

Sept 30, Colombo: Sailors of Sri Lanka Navy’s elite Special Boat Squadron (SBS) unit attacked and destroyed two LTTE assault boats in the sea off Pooneryn last night (29) Naval sources said.

COLOMBO (AFP)–A Sri Lanka navy patrol destroyed two Tamil Tiger boats, killing eight rebels on board, in a clash at sea off the island’s northern Pooneryn region, the defense ministry said Tuesday.

(RTTNews) - More than 16 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers were killed in fierce clashes in the restive northern Sri Lanka, as fighting between the tigers and government forces intensified for the control of Kilinochchi, media reports said.

No truth to rumor of water poisoned in Katugastota in Kandy; four children admitted to hospital due to excess chlorine in one tank-MCNS-JNW

Colombo - At least 21 civilians were wounded in a grenade explosion in Sri Lanka's eastern Batticaloa district Monday evening, defence sources said.