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Political Wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE), in a statement dated 30 October, following a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) air strike that killed a student at Va’l'lipunam in Puthukkudiyiruppu in Mullaiththeevu district and wounded six in a housing scheme setup by Caritas-HUDEC, condemned the Sri Lankan government for carrying out indiscriminate aerial [...]

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Jaffna district Commander Major. Gen. G. A. Chandrasiri said that the current ban and restrictions imposed on fishing in Jaffna peninsula will not be relaxed, citing security reasons, in response to requests made in the special meeting held in Kaangkeasanthu’rai SLA High Security Zone Friday to explore into matters related to [...]

Two Kfir fighter jets of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) attacked a locality at Jeyanthinakar, a suburb of Ki’linochchi, Friday around 2:30 p.m. Seven civilian houses sustained damage in the attack. No one was wounded in the air strike.

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity of Minister of Finance, is to present his fourth budget for the year 2009 in parliament on Thursday November 6th.  Meanwhile, the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has notified all government parliamentarians not to leave the country till the Budge-2009 is passed in parliament, parliamentary sources [...]

A US court sentence a Singapore national for conspiring to provide material support to Sri Lanka’s LTTE.

Opposition parties vow to protest tough licensing regulations proposed by the Sri Lanka government.

Oct 31, Colombo: Cornel Perera has been appointed as the new Chairman for Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management which was formally known as the Ceylon Hotel School.

Oct 31, Colombo: U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission James R. Moore and Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration, Mohamed Abdi Ker Mohamud officially presented Sri Lankan police officials with a training curriculum….

International media watchdog groups say there has been a marked deterioration in press freedom in Sri Lanka.

Two artillery shells fired by the Sri Lanka Army exploded Friday morning close to the wall of the Ki’linochchi hospital, causing panic among the patients and the staff, initial reports from Ki’linochchi said.

Oct 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) backed by the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the Peoples faction of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party are to launch a political campaign against the gazette notification issued by Media Minister introducing a new license system for the private television stations.

“Indian and United States of America have been working with a hidden agenda for their own political benefit political in Sri Lanka and also to safeguard the Liberation Tigers. The speech made US envoy William O’Blake in Mathurai in South India is part of that agenda,” said Mr. Somawanse Amarasinghe, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi [...]

Dual Tamil Tiger air raids on Sri Lanka`s capital and a northern military base show the guerrillas a..

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Vavuniyaa has held back for weeks the vehicle bringing 52 oxygen cylinders f..

A World Bank report published just prior to a joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank meeting o..

Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lankan air force jets pounded a Tamil Tiger ..

The Colombo District Court orders Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe to give explanation to the ..

It was only the other day that we happened to inveigh in these columns against the conferment by bog..

A news item from Palestine poses a question, whether Palestinian President saved the life of Mahinda..

A Singaporean arms dealer who was charged for conspiracy to provide material support to the Sri Lank..

Unidentified armed men arriving in a white van Wednesday around 9:30 a.m. at the Ullai ICCA Non-government Organization abducted the security officer on duty, in Poththuvil police division in Ampaa’rai district, according to a complaint made by the victim’s wife to Poththuvil police. In Trincomalee, a Tamil youth was abducted Thursday night at Uppuve’li suburb [...]

(Lanka-e-News, October 31, 2008, 7.10 PM) Media Center for National Security (MCNS) says that an undisclosed number of Army personnel were killed…

International media watchdog groups say there has been a marked deterioration in press freedom in Sri Lanka.

England has abandoned plans to send Monty Panesar to Sri Lanka. Panesar is likely to join the England high-performance camp in India next month as the ECB has confirmed the spinner’s proposed refresher course in Sri Lanka has fallen through.

The minister said damage had been confined to two power generators and the Tiger planes had to flee without accomplishing objectives.

A health worker spraying houses with insecticide in the fight against malaria epidemic in Aazhiyava’lai in Vadamaraadchi East was wounded in artillery firing by the Sri Lanka Army, according to the medical sources in Ki’linochchi on Friday. Meanwhile, TamilNet correspondent who visited the hospitals on Thursday reported seventeen patients with Malaria were being treated by [...]

Sri Lanka’s women cricketers say they were told to chose either cricket or the jobs by their employer.

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An MI-24 attack helicopter gunship deployed in the Sri Lankan offensive on Vanni by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and a Bell helicopter used to transport the wounded soldiers from the battlefield, sustained damage Tuesday night when Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) air wing, Tamileelam Air Force, carried out a bombing raid on the [...]

COLOMBO (AFP)–Sri Lanka’s air force on Friday bombed a suspected hideout of a top Tamil Tiger rebel while ground forces kept up a major offensive, the defense ministry said.

Sixteen Tamil civilians including three women were taken into custody during a cordon and search operation conducted jointly by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and police in Ka’n'nankiramam, Vinaayakapuram and Pa’ndimadu villages within Vaazhaichcheanai police division Thursday early morning.

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s opposition accused the government on Friday of further crushing media freedom, echoing criticism by press rights groups which had just left …

A US court sentence a Singapore national for conspiring to provide material support to Sri Lanka’s LTTE.

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s opposition accused the government on Friday of further crushing media freedom, echoing criticism by press rights groups which had just left …

Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, the paramilitary leader of the factionalised TMVP and the chief minister of Eastern province, escaped an accident Friday morning in Kurunegala where his car collided with a lorry, Police said.

Sri Lanka’s air force on Friday bombed a suspected hideout of a top Tamil Tiger rebel while ground forces kept up a major offensive, the defence ministry said.

October 31, Colombo: This week came alive with positivism when both indices ended on favourable terms on most of the days. In fact, after having lost about 5% of valuable grounds on Tuesday, indices saw a much needed boost on the rest of the days. On Friday, the indices were able to recover the momentum [...]

(Lanka-e-News, October 31, 2008, 4.30 PM) Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets raided a suspected hideout of senior LTTE leader Soosai at 2.25, this afternoon (31).

According to Air Force media spokesperson,…

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s central bank slapped new restrictions on commercial banks’ import and export currency operations on Friday.

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s central bank slapped new restrictions on commercial banks’ import and export currency operations on Friday.

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s central bank slapped new restrictions on commercial banks’ import and export currency operations on Friday.

Sri Lanka’s air force bombed the hide-out of the chief of the Tamil Tiger’s sea wing on Friday, but his fate was not known, the military said.

Sri Lanka’s air force bombed the hide-out of the chief of the Tamil Tiger’s sea wing on Friday, but his fate was not known, the military said.

Sri Lanka’s air force bombed the hide-out of the chief of the Tamil Tiger’s sea wing on Friday, but his fate was not known, the military said.

Oct 31, Kelaniya: A tense situation prevailed in Kelaniya area today due to counter protest campaigns organized by the two main political parties in Sri Lanka.

Oct 31, Colombo: Sri Lankan government has decided to tighten the security for water catchment areas in the country with immediate effect.

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity of Minister of Finance, is to present his fourth budget for the year 2009 in parliament on Thursday November 6th.  Meanwhile, the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has notified all government parliamentarians not to leave the country till the Budge-2009 is passed in parliament, parliamentary sources [...]

Oct 31, Colombo: Two major gas suppliers of Sri Lanka have decided to reduce the price of a domestic gas cylinder with effect from midnight today.

Oct 31, Galle: Four Navy personnel and two civilians were injured in a train accident at Pinthali Junction in Boossa this evening.

Oct 31, Kurunegala: One of the vehicles of Eastern Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan’s convoy had met with an accident at Gokarella, northeast of Kurunegala along the Dambulla-Kurunagala road last night.

Oct 31, Colombo: Sri Lankan Supreme Court today dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition lodged by a group of investors of Sakvithi Housing Construction who sought compensation from the Central Bank.

Oct 31, Colombo: For the second consecutive day this afternoon Sri Lankan Air Force fighter jets bombed a LTTE stronghold in Kilinochchi.

Shell Gas reduces price of gas cylinder by Rs78 to Rs1,785 from midnight tonight. Laugfs reduces by Rs178 to Rs1,679-company officials-JNW

Two artillery shells fired by the Sri Lanka Army exploded Friday morning close to the wall of the Ki’linochchi hospital, causing panic among the patients and the staff, initial reports from Ki’linochchi said.

Air Force jets raid hideout of sea tiger leader Soosai in Jayantinagar Kilinochchi at 2.25pm-SLAF Spokesman

Arjuna Ranatunga has reiterated his opposition to the IPL and said it was “unfair” that the national board does not gain any money for releasing its players for the BCCI-backed Twenty20 league.

Colombo, Oct 31 : ‘Silencing the Indian factor’ was a ‘tower of strength’ for advancing troops to accomplish their task of marching into the Tamil Tiger rebels’ ‘politico-administrative capital’ of Kilinochchi in Sri Lanka’s north, a media report said here Friday.

Colombo : Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked his military strategists to keep pace with the challenges confronted by LTTE, which is known for using improvise conventional fighting tactics for greater impact.

Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has vowed to take maximum political action against the present regime for curbing media freedom through the introduction of rules for private television stations.