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COLOMBO: The government will have to change its policies on alternative and sustainable energy sources, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Champika Ranawaka said at a ceremony held to launch 12 new projects, aimed at encouraging the use of biogas at the Kobbekaduwa Agricultural Research and Training Institute Thursday.

Chennai : Shops and other business establishments observed a 12-hour shutdown in Chennai today to protest against the ongoing conflict in Tamil dominated area of Sri Lanka.

LONDON - Monty Panesar will not now play for Sri Lankan club side Bloomfield ahead of England's tour of India, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced.

Sri Lanka has the lowest press freedom rating of any democracy and has been the first to use anti-terror laws to prosecute journalists, international rights groups said Friday.

US court in Maryland sentences 57-year old Singaporean to three years in prison for conspiring to buy weaponry for LTTE-wire report-JNW

A pay dispute seems to have poured cold water on Monty Panesar’s plans of playing for Sri Lankan Club Bloomfield to prepare for the Test series against India with the England Cricket Board (ECB) ruling out the spinner’s trip to the island nation. Bloomfield reportedly demanded 7,000 pounds for allowing the English left-arm spinner to [...]

(Lanka-e-News, 31Oct2008, 11.00AM) U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Haniffa Bin Osman, age 57, a citizen of the Republic of Singapore, yesterday to 37 months in prison followed by three years…

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 [...]

Five upcountry Tamil youths were taken into custody by Sri Lanka police in a cordon and search operation conducted Wednesday in Matara town in the southern province following a grenade attack Tuesday evening in the busy bazaar of Matara town. The upcountry youths are being detained in the Matara police station for further inquiry.

(Lanka-e-News, October 31, 2008, 9.00 AM) Colombo district judge Sisira Rathnayaka rejected the argument of Opposition…

(Lanka-e-News, October 31, 2008,9.00 AM) Television channel owners, media organizations and Sri Lanka Press Institute have decided to go to courts against the extraordinary gazette …

Monty Panesar will join up with the England Perfomance Programme rather than play club cricket in Sri Lanka ahead of England’s Test series in India

Monty Panesar will not now play for Sri Lankan club side Bloomfield ahead of England’s tour of India, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced.

(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka claimed Thursday that its military had captured a “major strongpoint” of the Tamil Tiger rebels, Nachchikuda on the northwestern coast, as it continues it onslaught against the rebels, media reports said.

(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka claimed Thursday that its military had captured a “major strongpoint” of the Tamil Tiger rebels, Nachchikuda on the northwestern coast, as it continues it onslaught against the rebels, media reports said.

By P. Karunakharan, Colombo, Oct 30 : Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Thursday decided to allow the rupee exchange rate against the US dollar ‘to respond with greater flexibility’ keeping in mind the recent sharp decline in export prices and prospects of lower export demand due to further slowing down in the global economy.

Oct 31, Colombo: A Singaporean arms dealer who was charged for conspiracy to provide material support to the Sri Lankan LTTE Tiger terrorist organization has been sentenced to 37 months in prison by a U.S. federal judge yesterday.

Oct 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Ports and Aviation, Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday laid foundation for the construction of a tele-cinema village in Raniminithenna in Hambanthota district in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.

Oct 31, Colombo: New S-10 Power sets imported by Sri Lanka Railway will start running on tracks from tomorrow.

Oct 31, Colombo: Colombo District Judge Sisira Ratnayake yesterday ordered Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe to appear before the Court on December 17.

Oct 31, Colombo: International Press Freedom Mission visited Sri Lanka between October 25 and 29, found in its report ‘a deterioration in the press freedom situation since its last visit in June 2007,…

Oct 31, Colombo: Five media organizations, Sri Lanka Press Institute and private TV channels have decided to challenge the government gazette dated October 10, 2008 that introduces new regulations to control the media.

A Tamil youth said to be resident of Jaffna was arrested by the Fort Police
Wednesday in a cordon and search operation. Police said a time bomb and two
detonators were found in his possession.

Five upcountry Tamil youths were taken into custody by Sri Lanka police in a cordon and search operation conducted Wednesday in Matara town in the southern province following a grenade attack Tuesday evening in the busy bazaar of Matara town. The upcountry youths are being detained in the Matara police station for further inquiry.

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Tamil youth Wednesday around 9:30 p.m at Ka’ruvaakkea’ni in Vaazhaichcheanai police division in Batticaloa district as he was going along A’n'naa Veethi in an intoxicated state. This shooting took place around 500 m from Vaazhaichcheanai police station.

Family members of the priest of a Saiva temple in Alaveddi in Valikaamam in Jaffna peninsula lodged a complaint with Human Rights Commission (HRC) Jaffna that the said priest had gone missing since October 20 after leaving home to attend to his daily duties in the temple. Meanwhile, the family members registered a complaint [...]

Unidentified armed men arriving in a white van abducted Wednesday around 1:00 a.m a Tamil accountant attached to Thirukkoayil Multi Purpose Society, from his house in Thirukkoayil, according to his wife’s complaint with Thirukkoayil police.

A 25-year-old Tamil youth was abducted Tuesday evening at Kudaapaddu in
Negombo police division by unidentified armed persons who arrived in a white
van, according to complaints lodged with the police by his relatives.

The ECB has confirmed Monty Panesar will travel with the England Performance Programme squad instead of spending a month in Sri Lanka playing club cricket.

(Lanka-e-News, October 30, 2008, 9.10 AM) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidi launched a fund raising campaign Tuesday (28) to help the displaced in…

(Lanka-e-News, October 30, 2008, 9.10 AM) Kurunegala district United National Party (UNP) MP Dayasiri Jayasekara says that when 100 soldiers are killed in battle, the bodies are sent in batches of ten each in deep freezers…

(Lanka-e-News, October 30, 2008, 9.10 AM)The workers of the Kolonnawa Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) oil storage walked away for three hours yesterday in protest …

(Lanka-e-News, October 30, 2008, 9.10 AM) Media Center for National Security (MCNS) announced that Nachchikuda LTTE bastion was about to decline before the fierce attacks of the security forces. ..

(Lanka-e-News, October 30, 2008, 1.00 PM) The good name Ceylon Biscuits Limited was justified yesterday after their popular brand of biscuits Munchee Lemon Puff was cleared..

(Lanka-e-News, October 30, 2008, 2.30 PM) Adding another huge setback for the LTTE in Wanni battlefront, troops of Task Force 1 captured Nachchikuda, the LTTE’s major strong point in northwestern coastal border…

(Lanka-e-News, Oct. 30, 2008, 5.00 PM) SLAF fighter jets made precision air raids at an LTTE female suicide squad training facility, located at Vallipuram, 6km Northwest of Puthukkudiyirippu in Mullaittivu,…

(Lanka-e-News, October 30, 2008, 5.30 PM) Minister of Information and Media Lakshman Yapa Abewardhana says in a press conference held in the Ministry yesterday (29) the government is working…

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, who was scheduled to arrive in India yesterday on a two-day visit, is expected to discuss the conflict situation in Sri Lanka with Indian leaders and other government officials, Indian media reports said.

The Ceylon Teachers Union claimed yesterday that their sick note campaign was a success, and work in many schools around the country was crippled.

A new unit has been established for the security of President Mahinda Rajapakse. The inaugural ceremony of the unit named 'Presidential Security Services' was held at Presidential Secretariat yesterday (30th) with the participation of President Mahinda Rajapakse.

New Delhi: As Sri Lankan soldiers stumble and totter in trenches made muddy by heavy rain in a pitched battle to defeat the Tamil Tigers, India is resisting attempts to drag it into what is being called a fight to the finish in the 25 year old civil war.

(Lanka-e-News, October 28, 2008, 11.45 PM) Media Center for National Security (MCNS) announced that 19 refugees fleeing from LTTE-held territory arrived…

Doctors’ Association For Social Equality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has requested the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and Union Minister for Health, Mr. Anpumani Ramados on Wednesday, to arrange permission for them to visit the war zone and offer their services to war-torn Eezham Tamils.

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Vavuniyaa has held back for weeks the vehicle bringing 52 oxygen cylinders from Colombo to Ki’linochchi public hospital urgently needed to save the lives of the Internally Displaced Persons, increasingly subjected to indiscriminate shelling, air attacks and road accidents. Although two of the three lorries with medical supplies that were [...]

VISAKHAPATNAM: Sri Lanka ‘A’ defeated Andhra by 239 runs in a three-day match at the ACA-VDCA stadium here on Sunday. The scores: Sri Lanka A 335 in 88 overs (Kaushal Silva 62, Angelo Mathew …

COLOMBO : Hindu editor Ram was awarded the Best Journalist of Asia by the Sri Lanka Mass Media Society, a Sri Lankan government-sponsored group to promote excellence in the media.

The civil war in Sri Lanka took a deadly turn today as rebel planes dropped bombs on the country’s southern capital and the army pushed ahead with its jungle offensive in the north of the island. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which has been fighting for a separate [...]

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

Source: Reuters By Tan Ee Lyn

HONG KONG, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A mega-tsunami struck southeast Asia 700 years ago rivalling the deadly one in 2004, two teams of geologists said after finding sedimentary evidence in …

Oct 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Tourism issuing a statement on the country situation states that “every thing has returned to normalcy.”

Oct 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan government publishing a new Gazette notification has changed the national media regulations relevant to private television channels.

“Sending food to an area that is being bombed continuously is a major farce,” said D. Pandian, State Secretary of the Communist Party of India. He also expressed discontent over the fact that no information has been released until now on whether India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee had addressed the issue of ceasefire during [...]

Oct 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) today condemned the air defense system installed by the Sri Lankan government for its failure to detect the rebel aircrafts yesterday.

Oct 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan government today suspended all operations of the Colombo Municipal Council alleged for corruption and fraud.

Oct 29, Colombo: The United States Ambassador in Sri Lanka Robert Blake is scheduled to visit the North Central Province this weekend to see the completion of a US government funded project.

Five Sri Lankan women’s cricketers, including captain Shashikala Siriwardene, have claimed that their refusal to give up their pursuit of the game has cost them their jobs.

As the counting is over for the elections that took place in Maldives on Tuesday, Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, popularly known ‘Anni’ has secured 54.21 percent of votes and is expected to assume power as president of the republic on November 11th. Mr. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the present incumbent ruling the country for 30 years since [...]

Army troops completely capture the Nachchikkuda LTTE defence line in evening today-MCNS-JNW

Sri Lankan troops captured a small village in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, pushing ahead with th..

A turbine operator of the Kelanitissa power plant was killed due to the impact of the explosion and two turbines and air coolers sustained damage when Tamileealm Air Force (TAF), the air wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) attacked the powerplant Tuesday night, according to the sources in Colombo. The air-strike was carried [...]