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Colombo, Jun 27 : India and New Zealand will fly out to Sri Lanka to play a tri-nation ODI series in August this year, ahead of the Champions Trophy.

June 27, Colombo: Rejecting the proposals made by the former Minister Mangala Samaraweera to set up a wide political alliance, the polit-bureau of the United National Party has appointed a special committee to establish a new framework for rebuilding the nation.

Chennai, Jun 26 : The main Opposition AIADMK and its ally, the Marumalarchi DMK (MDMK) today staged a walk out from the Tamil Nadu Assembly after making a vain bid to move a resolution, demanding that Sri Lanka be prosecuted in the International Court of Justice for killing thousands of innocent Tamils.

Point Pedro police in Vadamaraadchi recovered Friday the body of a 33-year-old young woman volunteer of Sri Lanka Red Cross (SLRC) who had been killed Thursday in her house in Point Pedro. The woman had been living alone and neighbours who noticed her absence had notified the police. The police broke into the house and [...]

There seems to be no end to the much dreaded `white van` operations against the media. The latest vi..

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan police say they have arrested a popular astrologer for publicly pred..

Government supervision in terms of the Emergency Regulations.

The Special Gazette Notific..

Sri Lanka has accused the International Monetary Fund of politicizing financial aid following the fund’s delay in considering a 1.9-billion-dollar bailout for the war-ravaged economy.

Civil society sources in Jaffna raised accusations against United Nation (UN) Jaffna officials for releasing facts and statistics, related to the detainees held in the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps, provided by Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and SLA, instead of the true situation prevailing in the camps, to the outer world. For instance, [...]

PETALING JAYA: Defending champions Singapore will play three-time winners Sri Lanka in the final of the Asian netball championship at the Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara tomorrow.

It is expected that Sri Lanka will strike oil in the near future as Cairn Lanka (Pvt) Limited is in the process of completing the detailed study to facilitate its efforts, a senior official from Cairn India said.

Sri Lanka entered the final of the 7th Asian Netball Championships in Malaysia when they beat Thailand in the semi finals yesterday. The high riding Sri Lanka is only one step behind the Asian netball crown, having registered five wins to remain unbeaten.

Special Task Force (STF) commandos and police took into custody Friday eighteen Tamil youths in search operations conducted in Thirukkoayil and Akkaraippattu areas in Ampaa’rai district, sources in Akkaraippattu said.

Sri Lanka on Friday accused the International Monetary Fund of politicizing financial aid following the fund’s delay in considering a 1.9 billion dollar bailout for the war-ravaged economy.

“About thirty thousand to thirty five thousand children are sheltered
in Manik Farm. Many of them are suffering from diseases and some still
suffer from injuries sustained in the military operations. Fifteen to
twenty percent of them are also suffering from acute malnutrition,”
media reports in Colombo said quoting Dr. Vinya
Ariyaratne, the executive director of Colombo based NGO [...]

Source: Reuters * Colombo is seeking $1.9 billion IMF loan * Minister says denying Colombo funds ‘counterproductive’ * Sri Lanka ended 25-year war with rebels in May By Paul Eckert, Asia Correspondent …

June 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka parliament heated up once again as most of the opposition members blamed the government for reactivating the draconian Press Council Act of 1973.

Source: Reuters * Colombo is seeking $1.9 billion IMF loan

* Minister says denying Colombo funds ‘counterproductive’

* Sri Lanka ended 25-year war with rebels in May

By Paul Eckert, Asia Correspondent

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June 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka National Netball team qualified for the finals of the Seventh Asian Netball Championships currently playing in Malaysia.

Civil society sources in Jaffna raised accusations against United Nation (UN) Jaffna officials for releasing facts and statistics, related to the detainees held in the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps, provided by Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and SLA, instead of the true situation prevailing in the camps, to the outer world. For instance, [...]

The malnutrition reported among children in Sri Lanka’s camps for the displaced are a cause for concern, a UN official says.

The malnutrition reported among children in Sri Lanka’s camps for the displaced are a cause for concern, a UN official says.

Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand are set to play a triangular series in Sri Lanka ahead of the Champions Trophy

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan police say they have arrested a popular astrologer for publicly predicting President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s imminent ouster from office.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a popular astrologer who predicted the pr..

(Lanka-e-News, June 26, 2009, 8.05PM) Commander of the army General Sarath Fonseka with view to reviewing the present security situation in the area…

June 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka main opposition, United National Party (UNP) today said that the Sinhalese of this country, as the greater nationals, should apologize to the minorities for the past mistakes.

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - Sri Lankan police say they have arrested an astrologer after he predicted serious political and economic problems for the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse.

June 26, Colombo: The rice mill owners in Sri Lanka have promised President Mahinda Rajapaksa to sell rice according to the maximum price range introduced by the government.

The GCE Advanced Level Examination this year starts on August 11 with 240,000 candidates sitting the examination that would go on till September 5, at more than 2000 examination centres throughout the island excluding Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts, Commissioner General of Examinations Anura Edirisinghe told the Daily News.

India andNew Zealand have agreed to play a Tri Nation cricket series in Sri Lankaat the latter part of the New Zealand tour here, says Sri Lanka Cricket.

June 26, Colombo: Sri Lankan Cricket officials have taken measures to introduce several new faces to the national squad…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has named a 13-man squad to face Pakistan in a three-day warm-up game in Colombo starting June 29. The squad includes ICC World Twenty20 discards Farveez Maharoof, Chamara Kapugedera, Upul Tharanga and Dilhara Fernando.

In a bid to strengthen the insurance sector in the country, and to streamline insurance for the benefit of citizens, President Mahinda Rajapaksa today appointed a high caliber Board of Directors to the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation that comprised top professionals in both the state and private sector.

June 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka government is to give permanent appointments to a group of temporary employees in the Railway Department.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday ordered officials to take over all garbage dumping grounds maintained by the Local Government institutions under Government supervision in terms of the Emergency Regulations.

June 26, Colombo: Treasury Secretary, Sumith Abeysinghe today submitted the names of new members for the Board of Directors (BOD) in Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) to the Supreme Court.

June 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has decided to start the construction work on the next two stages of the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant in Puttalam of Northwestern Province.

MAG (Mines Advisory Group) SUMMARY: - Ongoing operations in support of IDP returns in northern Sri Lanka and clearance in support of sustainable livelihoods in the east - General Mine Action Assessment (GMAA) undertaken …

MAG (Mines Advisory Group) SUMMARY:

- Ongoing operations in support of IDP returns in northern Sri Lanka and clearance in support of sustainable livelihoods in the east

- General Mine Action Assessment (GMAA) undertaken …

June 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that the next challenge of the nation is eradication of the drug menace.

A Tamil journalist in Sri Lanka’s capital says she was kidnapped by people claiming to be police and told to give up reporting.

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO, June 26 (Reuters) - A popular Sri Lankan astrologer was unable to foresee his own arrest after his family said on Friday he had been taken into custody by police for making …

June 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka government is to make the proficiency in Tamil language mandatory from July 1st in the state sector employment.

June 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama is to commence his 26th foreign visit within a period 18 months.

Younis Khan says his team must get over the Twenty20 success and get ready for its next assignment, a full tour of Sri Lanka next month

(Lanka-e-News 26.June.2009 11.30AM)Cabinet approved a memorandum submitted by the Minister of Finance and Planning Mahinda Rajapaksa to extend the service of the two rating agencies namely,…

(Lanka-e-News 26.June.2009 1.15PM) Observing that a lot needs to be done in Sri Lanka, Obama Administration’s point man for South Asia yesterday(25) said the US would continue to press..

(Lanka-e-News 26.June.2009 1.20PM) Chinese authorities on Thursday accused Internet giant Google of violating the country’s laws…

(Lanka-e-News 26.June.2009 1.30PM) Sri Lankan police say they have arrested a popular astrologer for publicly predicting President Mahinda…

(Lanka-e-News 26.June.2009 2.00PM) Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about the impact on press freedom of a government decision to restore the former Press Council,…

The authorities in Sri Lanka have arrest a popular astrologer who predicted that the president will be ejected from office, police say.

This article is locked. You need to be a Full Member of just-style to view this article. Existing users, please login at the top of the page. Summary: A large stock of counterfeit Victoria’s Secret (VS) garments were seized in Sri Lanka this week.

Fitch Ratings-Colombo/Singapore-26 June 2009: Fitch Ratings Lanka has today upgraded People’s Bank (Sri Lanka)’s National Long-term rating to ‘A(lka)’ from ‘A-(lka)’ and Individual rating to ‘D/E’ from ‘E’. The Support rating has been affirmed at ‘4′.

Seventeen Tamil civilians including two women were arrested in a cordon and search operation conducted in Wellawatte in Colombo police division from 8:00 p.m. until 12:00 midnight on Wednesday, Wellawatte Police Officer-in-Charge (OIC), Mangala Dehideniya, told the media. The arrested are being detained in the police station and are being interrogated, the OIC added.

By Omar Khalid, Karachi, June 26 : Pakistan captain Younis Khan Friday asked his team to put behind the celebrations of their World Twenty20 triumph and focus on the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka that begins June 27.

Water cut from 8am Saturday to 8am Sunday in Kelaniya, Peliyagoda, Hedala, Wattala, Mahara & Kiribathgoda due to repair-Water Board-JNW

(Lanka-e-News, June 24, 2009, 4.25 PM) The SL Army troops recovered 100kgs of Gold and cash 6.5 million rupees (Rs.6491000.00) in a search operation conducted in the Pudukuduirippu,…