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June 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Central Bank today said the country’s annual inflation grew only 0.9 percent in June falling from a year-on-year rate of 3.3 percent for the month of May.

June 30, Washington, D.C.: The United States is to provide additional funding for the demining organizations in Sri Lanka…

June 30, Washington, D.C.: The United States is to provide additional funding for the demining organizations in Sri Lanka…

Families of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living on Sri Lanka government railway properties since they were evicted by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) twenty years ago from their residences in Valikaamam North, were forced to leave Tuesday to leave their temporary shelters in railway crossings, stations and officers quarters as the dead line to quit being [...]

The Presidential Secretariat Monday directed the closure of the
Secretariat for Co-ordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) at the end of July. “We have not been told any specific reason for the decision. However we have been discussing such a scenario since last week,” SCOPP Director General, Professor Rajiva Wijesinghe, told media persons. He declined to comment [...]

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), the Buddhist monks’ political party, Monday declared that it would withdraw its support to the government led by President Mahinda Rajapakse if it fully implements the 13th Amendment to the Constitution or attempts to bring any other solution for the ethnic conflict devolving more powers to provinces including land and [...]

Sri Lanka will charge a small number of hardcore Tamil Tiger rebel fighters, while most of the others being held will be rehabilitated and eventually set free, a government minister said Tuesday.

India says Sri Lankan government has ‘not done enough’ for the rehabilitation of displaced Tamil people.

June 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan troops conducting search and clear operations in the recently liberated Northern region recovered two large torpedoes with a launcher buried by the LTTE in Mullaitivu.

(Lanka-e-News 30.June.2009 6.00PM) “The priority number one, two and three of the Government is to make sure the IDP’s situation is taken and focused on” stated the Government Defence Spokesman Minister Keheliya…

Sri Lanka dismisses a US travel advisory warning its citizens about possible dangers in visiting the country.

Source: Reuters NEW DELHI, June 30 (Reuters) - Nirupama Rao, India’s ambassador to China, will be its next foreign secretary, the government said on Tuesday.

Rao, who has also been high commissioner in Sri …

June 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka government is to recruit an additional 50,000 to the Tri-Forces and the Police to strengthen the nation’s security following the end of hostilities.

June 30, Colombo: The two main LP gas companies in Sri Lanka has revised their prices on a 12.5 kg gas cylinder with effect from midnight today.

Sri Lanka military personnel opened fire Sunday morning on detainees in an attempt to stop them making way through the barbed wire fence separating Ramanathan camp and Anandakumarasamy camp located in Cheddikulam, killing two of them and injuring more than two, in a confrontation that developed Sunday morning, sources in Vavuniyaa said. The killers had [...]

June 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Government today said the biggest challenge for them currently is the resettlement of the thousands of internally displaced persons, and not the pursuance of the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

Senior minister says he is confident that JHU will not leave the government despite a threat by a JHU leader.

June 30, Colombo: The people, living in around the Moragahakanda irrigation project, this afternoon staged eleven protest campaigns…

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka plans to add at least 50,000 people to its security forces to help control territory won back from Tamil Tiger separatists in the 25-year war that ended in May, the government said on Tuesday.

June 30, Colombo: With the start of southwest monsoon rains, four districts have been identified as prone to the threats of possible landslides, Disaster Management Center (DMC) said.

June 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has decided to call explanations from its parliament member Sivanadan Kishor over his decision to support the Sri Lanka government.

June 30, Colombo: The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) of Sri Lanka has taken measures to deploy special units, comprising Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to safeguard the displaced children living in the welfare centers.

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, June 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka plans to add at least 50,000 people to its security forces to help control territory won back from Tamil Tiger separatists in the 25-year war …

COLOMBO - Consumer inflation in Sri Lanka hit an all-time low of 0.9 percent in June due to lower food prices, the census and statistics department said Tuesday.

June 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has decided to close its Peace Secretariat from next month following the military defeat of the LTTE.

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO, June 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka plans to add at least 50,000 people to its security forces to help control territory won back from Tamil Tiger separatists in the 25-year war …

Two hundred and one members of fifty one Tamil families who were displaced from Moothoor east three years ago following a military operation launched on their traditional villages by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), and who stayed in temporary shelters located in Maavadivembu and Palachcholai in Batticaloa district, were brought to Killiveddy via Vaaharai Tuesday [...]

Sri Lanka on Tuesday granted Chinese companies a separate economic zone on the island which has just ended nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed.

Source: IRIN Health experts warn that the arrival of monsoon rains in July could increase the risk of waterborne diseases for tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in camps in northern Sri Lanka.

Source: IRIN Health experts warn that the arrival of monsoon rains in July could increase the risk of waterborne diseases for
tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in camps in northern Sri Lanka.

The price of a 12.5 kg Shell gas cylinder goes down from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 1447, reducing the price by Rs. 53 while the price of a Laugfs gas cylinder goes up from Rs. 1307 to Rs. 1407 increasing the price by Rs. 100. Current price adjustments will be effected from midnight today.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today pledged to protect and safeguard the nation freed by gallant troops and stressed that he would not allow anyone to disturb the freed country again. I will uphold and execute all what is contained in the 'Mahinda Chintana' with sacrifice', the President asserted.

COLOMBO — Some 9,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) camped in northern Sri Lanka who are 60 years old or above will be allowed to leave the camps and join their relatives, the police said Tuesday.

Sri Lanka dismisses a US travel advisory warning its citizens about possible dangers in visiting the country.

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka on Tuesday granted Chinese companies a separate economic zone on the island which has just ended nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed.

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya turns 40 on Tuesday, with a vow to carry on until the 2011 World Cup despite being the oldest cricketer still playing at the top level.

Shell Gas reduces price of 12.5 kg cylinder by Rs 53 to Rs1,447 and Laugfs increases by Rs 100 to Rs1407-reporter-JNW

(Lanka-e-News 30.June.2009 11.30AM) About a hundred criminals have been shot dead either in gun battles with the police or in mysterious circumstances like trying to attack police officers, even when handcuffed. This was revealed…

(Lanka-e-News 30.June.2009 1.00PM) A Yemeni A310 airbus with about 150 people on board has crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago, foreign media reported…

(Lanka-e-News 30.June.2009 1.00PM) New museum is to be set up in historically important Ranchamadama area in Embilipitiya and it will..

(Lanka-e-News 30June.2009 1.00PM) Sri Lanka has got Chinese financing to add 600 Mega Watts of coal powered capacity to a generation complex…

(Lanka-e-News 30.June.2009 1.15PM) Sri Lanka’s state enterprises are eating capital that could have been used for the country’s growth,…

(Lanka-e-News 30.June.2009 2.15PM) India and Sri Lanka are set to energise their relations. Literally. The two neighbours will soon sign an MoU to study the feasibility of laying an undersea cable…

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO, June 30 (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan court threatened a mosquito repellent factory manager with six months in jail for failing to destroy mosquito breeding areas on company …

Pakistani national cricket team arrives in Sri Lanka for a six-week tour that involves three Test matches.

A cargo ship carrying humanitarian aid for Sri Lanka’s war-affected civilians has been allowed to unload its goods in southern India after it was turned back by the Sri Lankan navy, a local English newspaper said on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka have picked three uncapped players, while wicketkeeper batsman Prasanna Jayawardene was excluded from a 15-man squad for the first Test against Pakistan.

Sri Lanka plans to take legal action against a small group of hardcore rebel fighters, and rehabilitate the majority of former Tamil Tiger insurgents, a government minister said Tuesday.

Sri Lanka plans to take legal action against a small group of hardcore rebel fighters, and rehabilitate the majority of former Tamil Tiger insurgents, a government minister said Tuesday.

The North and East of the island of Sri Lanka should first be subjected to ‘archaeological’ investigation to prove the land’s Sinhala ownership, before its ‘resettlement’, is the demand of the National Front of Buddhist monks of Sri Lanka, reported Virakesari a few days ago. If archaeology has any say, the entire island having microlithic [...]

Residents in Ratnapura & close to Kalu Ganga warned of possible flood situation as river water level rises to 5.47 metres-Disaster Mgt Cen-JNW

A mosquito-coil maker, who had Dengue breeding places in factory, gets 6-mths rigorous imprisonment suspended & Rs1500 fine-Weerangula police-JNW

June 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka government said that the electricity charges in the country would be reduced after the establishment of Norochcholai Coal Power Plant.

June 30, Colombo: As a result of the torrential rains lashing the country, several low-lying areas in Ratnapura are reaching the flood situation, District Disaster Management Center said.

June 30, Colombo: Administration of the airports and harbours in Sri Lanka which was under the civil administration is to be handed over to the Department of Immigration and Emigration.

50,000 new recruits being taken to military & police; a strong defence force will be maintained even though LTTE eradicated-Min Rambukwella-JNW

Task Force 8 troops recover two torpedos, a torpedo launcher & 130mm artillery gun buried in Puthukudiyirippu today-MCNS-JNW

A bad workman, it is said, never finds a good tool. So do politicians and their top bureaucrats. The..

Hyderabad, Jun 29 : A Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) was signed between the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry(FAPCCI)and Israel-India, Sri Lanka and Nepal Chamber of Commerce to foster friendship and to promote trade, investment, social, economic, human resource development, technical and scientific cooperation and all other spheres of economic activity.

Sri Lanka`s monk party, Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), the political party that represents Sri Lanka`s ..