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The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Police Chief to consider removing all barriers along the Ga..

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Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has declared that Sri Lanka is on track to achieve the Millenni..

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DFCC Vardhana Bank (Vardhana), the everyday banking unit of DFCC Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sri Lanka Post (SL Post).

UN: Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has declared that Sri Lanka is on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, has said the trend of Twenty20 tournaments sprouting up “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.

Bengal have swooped the services of Muttiah Muralitharan, the Sri Lankan offspinner, for the 2008-09 Ranji Trophy.

20 civilians were injured in a blast in Batticaloa while one person receives minor injuries in the Colombo blast.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Water Supply and Water Drainage Board today urged the public to consume water resources sparingly due to the severe drought prevailing in the country.

Sept 29, Colombo: Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights today warned of cancelling the visas of any remaining international non-governmental organisation (INGO) failed to vacate from Wanni district.

Sept 29, Colombo: Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva today criticized the conduct of Director of the Criminal Investigations Department which comes under the purview of the Sri Lanka Police Department.

Sept 29, Batticaloa: Thirteen people including two children were injured in the hand grenade attack in Kaththankudi town of Batticaloa this evening.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Postal Department today signed up with DFCC Vardhana Bank in taking ‘everyday banking services’ to post offices scattered around the country.

Sept 29, Colombo: Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva today ordered the removal of all barricades and road blocks on Galle Road from Kolpitty to Galle Face.

Suspected Tamil separatists set off a bomb in a parking lot in Sri Lanka’s capital Monday.

Suspected Tamil separatists have set off a bomb in Sri Lanka’s capital, a day after fighting killed 20 rebels.

Sept 29, Colombo: The Embassy of the United States in Sri Lanka today condemned the recent attack on the residence of the Executive Director of Transparency International Sri Lanka and well-known human rights attorney, J.C. Weliamuna.

Sept 29, Colombo: For the second time today, Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets attacked an LTTE target in the Kilinochchi District this afternoon.

Sept 29, Gampaha: At least one person was killed and another 20 passengers were injured in a train accident in Ganemulla, Gampaha, this evening.

Colombo magistrate Bar Association urges lawyers in Sri Lanka to stage a strike against increasing threats.

CPI says it is planning a day of action against Sri Lanka government’s alleged human rights violations.

The UN in Sri Lanka says it will send food later this week to thousands of civilians displaced by fighting in the north.

(Lanka-e-News, 29 September 2008, 6.20 PM) The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is deeply concerned by and strongly disapproves of…

Air Force air defence exercise being held between Kantale & Sigiriya from 7pm to 8.30pm; low flying aircraft may be reported-SLAF Spokesman-JNW

Source: Reuters By C. Bryson Hull

COLOMBO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - An attack targeting a top Sri Lankan human rights lawyer drew U.S. and European condemnation on Monday, underscoring increasing threats faced by those …

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan Air Force MI 24 Helicopters attacked another LTTE target in Kilinochchi district this afternoon.

Sept 29, Gampaha: At least 16 passengers have been injured in a train accident in Ganemulla, Gampaha this evening.

(Lanka-e-News, September 29, 2008, 4.45 PM) A bomb blast took place in a van in front of Colombo harbor near Khan clock tower around 12.30 today…

(Lanka-e-News, September 29, 2008, 4.50 PM) Galle district United national Party (UNP) MP Wajira Abewardhana says that he will not allow ineffective leaders….

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan government has decided to deliver 60 truckloads of essential food items to the Wanni region with immediate effect.

Sept 29, Colombo: The death toll of the Weliweriya alcohol poisoning incident has risen to 18, Gampaha Hospital sources said.

Sept 29, Colombo: A bomb placed in a parked vehicle exploded this afternoon in a crowded place in the Sri Lankan capital.

Mon, Sep 29, 2008 (4:42 a.m.) 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.

Suspected Tamil separatists set off a bomb in a parking lot in Sri Lanka`s capital Monday, wounding ..

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. The violence came as government forces closed in on the rebels’ administrative capital of Kilinochchi in a [...]

One person receives minor injuries and several vehicles were damaged in the blast happened inside a car park.

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.

Heavy fighting in Sri Lanka’s intensifying civil war killed 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier, the military said Monday.

Colombo – An explosion injured two people Monday in Sri Lanka’s capital as government troops advanced on a Tamil rebel stronghold in the north after killing an estimated 25 guerillas and losing one soldier overnight, military officials said. The expl…

Source: Reuters (Updates with five injured, adds byline)

By Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A bomb hidden inside a van exploded in a market area of of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on Monday, …

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COLOMBO (AFP)–One person was injured Monday in an explosion in the heart of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, police said. The cause of the blast wasn’t immediately clear.

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Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - An explosion was heard in a busy area of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, police said on Monday.

"We heard an explosion in Fort. We are just checking on it," a …

A suspected Tamil Tiger rebel suicide bomber blew up near a vehicle carrying police in a northern Sr..

Army Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara says that the Army that has rounded Kilinochchi town from..

The probe on the major financial scam involving English tutor Sakvithi Ranasinghe continued to bare ..

In a significant move amid the building momentum in Tamil Nadu where Tamil leaders are voicing their..

LTTE administration in Kilinochchi collapses. Informed sources said it is merely a ghost town.
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The Army had closed in on the Mankulam-Iranamadu road (A-9) by last evening. In some areas, the form..

Army sources say that the LTTE repeatedly launched CS gas attacks at the troops advancing towards Na..

Heavy fighting in Sri Lanka’s intensifying civil war killed 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier, the military said Monday.

One person was killed and nine others were injured in a suicide attack lunched by a Tamil Tiger rebel in northern Sri Lanka, the military said on Sunday. Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said that the suicide bomber on a push cycle rammed into a three-wheeler carrying police in the Vavuniya town at around 03:15 p.m. [...]

The first convoy of food supplies since the aid workers pulled out on 16 September will travel under the UN flag to LTTE-held areas of the North in the next few days, according to the UN Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, Neil Buhne.

Thilina Kandamby and Rangana Herath turned a certain defeat in to a memorable win as Sri Lanka ‘A’ beat South Africa ‘A’ by four wickets in their fifth and final one day ‘international’ played in Benoni on Sunday.

COLOMBO, Sept 29 Asia Pulse - The United States has guaranteed 540 million rupees of conflict area credit in Sri Lanka by a domestic leasing firm to bring finance into the island’s eastern province which had seen intense fighting until recently.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan Army troops have captured a four kilo meter stretch of the Akkarayankulam – Murukkandy road in Kilinochchi following a day-long battle yesterday that killed seven Tigers and a soldier.