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Bangkok, 29 November, (Asiantribune.com): The Sri Lanka Embassy in Bangkok has set up an emergency help desk to assist stranded Sri Lankans in Thailand as a result of the closure of two airports in Ba…

Sports reporter/Cricinfo. AJANTHA Mendis claimed a second six-wicket haul of his short career as Sri Lanka claimed a nail-biting two-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the fourth one-day international at Harare Sports Club yesterday.

Vanni - Heavy floods caused by the seasonal heavy monsoon rain in the Vanni, Northern Sri Lanka killed at least six people.

Heavy monsoonal rains and resulting floods claimed five lives in Jaffna peninsula while 118,273 persons belonging to 32,026 families have been displaced, according to Jaffna Secretariat statistics, civil sources in Jaffna said. Many persons are admitted to hospitals due to injuries sustained by collapsed roofs and falling trees. While rains have subsided, the electricity supply, [...]

Four commandos of a Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) unit that launched a search operation into a jungle area in Poththuvil in Ampaa’rai district were killed and one wounded in a counter-attack carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) Friday around 11:50 a.m., according to LTTE official Nilavan in Ampaa’rai.

SRI Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis captured a career-best 6-29 as the tourists edged Zimbabwe by two wickets to take a 4-0 lead in the five-match one-day series in Harare.

The Ratnapura police assisted by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and home guards took into custody about fifteen Tamil civilians in a cordon and search operations conducted in the Ratnapura town on Wednesday early morning till midnight

Sri Lanka`s Supreme Court removed the island`s petroleum minister and suspended payments which court..

More than eighty Tamil civilians, including eight women, arrested in Colombo and Kandy in separate cordon and search operations conducted by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and police on Wednesday and Thursday are detained in respective police stations and are being interrogated.

At least four people were reportedly killed and two more feared dead in the floods caused by storms coupled with torrential monsoon rain during the past 6 days in Vanni. The sluice gates of Visuvamadu tank were opened as the raising water level posed great danger to the wall of the dam that has been [...]

COLOMBO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court suspended the oil minister and halted payments to banks stemming from a hedging deal that could cost the state oil company hundreds of millions of dollars, lawyers said on Friday. Opposition politicians have questioned the hedging arrangements by the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), with Citi [...]

A disciplined performance in the field from Zimbabwe gave Sri Lanka more than the occasional fright, but the visitors eventually crept over the line by two wickets in Harare with Jehan Mubarak calming the situation with an unbeaten 57.

COLOMBO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court suspended the oil minister and halted payments to banks stemming from a hedging deal that could cost the state oil company hundreds of millions of dollars, lawyers said on Friday.

COLOMBO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court suspended the oil minister and halted payments to banks stemming from a hedging deal that could cost the state oil company hundreds of millions of dollars, lawyers said on Friday.

COLOMBO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court suspended the oil minister and halted payments to banks stemming from a hedging deal that could cost the state oil company hundreds of millions of dollars, lawyers said on Friday.

TMVP leaders stage a protest in Batticaloa against the continuous abductions and killings in the east.

Nov 28, Colombo: Statistics on Colombo Consumers’ Price Index (CCPI) released today by Sri Lanka’s Central Bank showed that the inflation has declined for the month of November

Mendis - six for 29. Sri Lanka remain on course for a series whitewash against Zimbabwe but were made to work hard for a two-wicket victory in the fourth one-day international in Harare on Friday.

Sri Lanka remain on course for a series whitewash against Zimbabwe after winning in Harare.

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's United Motors said net profit for the September quarter fell 43 per cent from a year ago to 36 million rupees (US$331,740) as vehicle sales slowed down.

The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, has vowed in a radio broadcast to fight on and evict government forces closing in on his de facto political capital.

Nov 28, Kandana: The Police have recovered a pair of shoes each containing explosives at Kapuwatte in Kandana, along the Colombo - Negombo highway last night.

Nov 28, Batticaloa: A Non Governmental Organization staff member was shot dead by unidentified persons in Batticaloa last night.

Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis captured a career-best 6-29 as the tourists edged Zimbabwe by two wickets to take a 4-0 lead in the five-match one-day series on Friday.

(Lanka-e-News-28th Nov.2008 8.30PM) The Sri Lanka Embassy in Bangkok has set up an emergency help desk to assist stranded Sri Lankans in Thailand as a result of the closure of two airports in Bangkok. Suvarnabhumi airport, the main international airport and Bangkok’s main…

Nov 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Parliament today strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in India’s commercial capital Mumbai that killed more than 150 people and injured 370.

Sri Lanka remain on course for a series whitewash against Zimbabwe but were made to work hard for a two-wicket victory in the fourth one-day international in Harare on Friday.

Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by two wickets to extend their lead to 4-0 in the one-day series.

Nov 28, Colombo: Sri Lankan Supreme Court today ordered the suspension of Petroleum Resources Minister A.H.M. Fowzie and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chairman Asantha de Mel with immediate effect.

The dam of the Killinochchi tank has been burst by tigers and roads and villages have been flooded to prevent the forward march of the security Forces say defense sources.

With extreme politicization, no planning, personal agendas and the unqualified at the helm of administration - sport in Sri Lanka is presently witnessing its darkest period, said Former Test cricketer Hashan Tilakaratne.

Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir bombers attacked Paranthan, a key junction north of Ki’linochchi on Thursday and Friday, dropping bombs on shops and offices. Latest air attack was reported at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Meanwhile, artillery barrage that targeted Paranthan and Ki’linochchi suburbs continued despite pouring rain and floods during the past five days, according [...]

SL High Commission in Thailand opens hotline (0066022611935) for Lankans seeking help after anti-govt protesters closed both airports since Tue-Foreign Ministry-JNW

The Ratnapura police assisted by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and home guards
took into custody about fifteen Tamil civilians in a cordon and search operations conducted in the Ratnapura town on Wednesday early morning
till midnight

The Ratnapura police assisted by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and home guards
took into custody about fifteen Tamil civilians in a cordon and search operations conducted in the Ratnapura town on Wednesday early morning
till midnight

Sri Lanka Supreme Court suspends Asantha de Mel holding the post of the chairman of the SLPC.

AJANTHA Mendis took six wickets and Jehan Mubarak top-scored with 60 not out to steer Sri Lanka to a two-wicket win over Zimbabwe and a 4-0 lead in the series.

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed three Tamils Thursday night in three police divisions in Batticaloa district, sources in Batticaloa said. 26 persons have been shot dead during the past three days in Batticaloa district, and no one has been arrested by the Police related to any of the killings.

Gunmen have been cleared from Mumbai’s Oberoi hotel as operations continue at another top hotel and a Jewish centre.

COLOMBO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s annual average inflation eased for the first time in two years in November on lower fuel and commodity prices, data showed on Friday.

Over 40,000 expatriate Tamils participated in the Remembrance Day ceremony in London on Thursday, a record turnout for the usually well-attended annual event. Vaiko, leader of the MDMK party in Tamil Nadu delivered the keynote address at the ExCel centre, London’s largest auditorium, whilst, earlier, the 2008 Heroes’ Day speech by LTTE leader Velupillai Pirapaharan [...]

Colombo, Nov 28 : Sri Lanka Friday expressed the hope that the request to India by Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran to lift the ban on his group would not be entertained by New Delhi.

Former Prime Minister of India, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 77 on Thursday. He was Prime Minister of India between December 1989 to November 1990.

Monsoon rains have slowed a military offensive to capture the Tamil Tiger political headquarters in northern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said on Friday.

Supreme Court orders suspension of CPC Chairman in interim order and halting of hedging payments in FR case, Dec 15 next court date-lawyer-JNW

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Telecom, the country’s biggest company by market capitalisation, yesterday said its third-quarter net profit fell 31 per cent, hampered by high inflation and increased costs.

Nov 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered a special security network to cover the tourist hotels in the capital Colombo and its suburbs, the government announced.

Nov 28, Colombo: Sri Lankan troops undeterred by the hostile weather in the battlefronts continued their forward movements towards Kilinochchi.

(Lanka-e-News, November 28, 2008, 9.30 AM) Defense Watch spokesman, Sri Lanka Freedom Party - People’s Wing leader Mangala Samaraweera says that Army Commander…

(Lanka-e-News, November 28, 2008, 9.30 AM) The founder of Defense Watch, Sri Lanka Freedom Party - People’s Wing leader Mangala Samaraweera says that a conspiracy is hatched at the top levels of Defense Ministry to kill…

(Lanka-e-News, November 28, 2008, 9.30 AM) Sri Lanka Air Force spokesman Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara says that the Air Force air raided two communication centers LTTE…

(Lanka-e-News, November 28, 2008, 9.30 AM) Fundamental rifhts petition was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday seeking an order to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation…

Nov 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Disaster Relief Services Amir Ali Sahabdeen said the government has taken speedy measures to provide necessary relief to the people in the Jaffna penisnula affected by the recent torrential rains brought about by a tropical cyclone.

Nov 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Chief Government Whip, Minister Dinesh Gunawardhana said in the parliament yesterday that each of the 20 million Sri Lankans shoulders a debt burden of Rs. 163,425 state loans.

A WOODEN boat intercepted off the West Australian coast is carrying 12 Sri Lankans, police say.
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Canadian authorities acting on information provided by Sri Lankan Tamil expatriates in Toronto have ..

Nov 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena said in the parliament yesterday that the state had leased 100 acres of land in a suburb of Colombo city to Prima company for 55 years at Rs. 100…

Nov 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has estimated that the defense budget of the year 2008 would be exceeded by around 30 billion rupees amounting to 200 billion rupees for this year.

Nov 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Media and Information Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said the government brought all media to one stand regarding fight against terrorism.