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Colombo, 01 August, (Asiantribune.com): Mrs. Zhu Chengrong, Vice Chairman, Shanghai Municipal Tourism Bureau will lead a 10 member delegation comprising officials from Shanghai Municipal Tourism Bureau, Chinese travel agencies and media to Sri Lanka from 2nd to 8th August 2009.
 During the visit an MOU will be signed to further enhance ties between Sri Lanka Tourism [...]

An increase of Typhoid fever and viral Hepatitis has been reported in the internment camps of Vavuniyaa where hundreds of thousands of Vanni civilians in Sri Lanka Army custody are being detained against their wish, health authorities in Vavuniyaa said. Meanwhile, local NGO workers complained that doctors from South who do not converse in Tamil [...]

Police recovered the bodies of two youths killed with their hands and eyes bound, Thursday morning, one in Delkanda and the other in Ratnapitiya, police spokesman, Ranjith Gunasekara said.

Peliyagoda police shot and killed a youth alleged to belong to the underworld Wednesday morning at Peliyagoda, sources in Colombo said. The killed youth had been taken into custody by police Tuesday evening in Maligawathe area in Colombo, the sources added.

Fitch Ratings-Colombo/Singapore-31 July 2009: Fitch Ratings Lanka has today affirmed Standard Chartered Bank, Sri Lanka Branch’s (SCBSL) National Long-term rating at ‘AAA(lka)’. The Outlook is Stable.

Animal rights activists file a petition in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court against the removal of two baby elephants from their mother.

SRI Lanka is looking to take a leaf from Singapore on developing its tourism sector, especially the niche in business events. A delegation of tourism officials from the South Asian island - freshly out of over two decades of civil war - have met major tourism players here this week, intent on using industry practices [...]

July 31, Colombo: All the employees in the Ministry of Public Estate Management and Development and other institutions under the Ministry donated their one-day pay amounting to 2,551,930.96 rupees to use for the people in the North.

Sri Lanka’s assistant coach Paul Farbrace is to quit his post and return to Canterbury as Kent’s new head coach.

July 31, Colombo: The Head Prefect of Nalanda College, Rusiru Gamage pinned the first flag of the Nalanda College Ranaviru Felicitation Ceremony to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today at the Temple Trees. The event is scheduled to be held Sunday, August 2nd at the school grounds.

A report by an Indian campaign group says India is emerging as the world centre of hunger and malnutrition.

July 31, Colombo: The Sri Lankan Army today announced another amnesty period for army deserters, this time a special resignation program.

July 31, Colombo: Intervening in the endless crisis of public school term test papers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has finally ordered the Education Minister…

July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has decided to provide relief to those who lost their employment as a result of the global economic crisis.

July 31, Colombo: The outgoing Ambassador of Kuwait to Sri Lanka, Fahad S.H.S Almetain called on Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today to at the Temple Trees bid farewell.

July 31, Colombo: Most Reverend Dr. Albert Malcolm Ranjith, the new Archbishop of Colombo says Sri Lankans should live with unity although they believe in other religions.

July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police Department today announced that except government security forces and police, any other party could no longer bear weapons in the Eastern Province.

July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed a ten-member Commission on Taxation to study the country’s tax system with the goal to assess why the revenue on GDP has declined and devolve proposals to remedy the situation, the Presidential Media Unit said.

Sri Lanka may tap international lenders for 500 million dollars to fund post-war rebuilding following an IMF bailout that has boosted investor confidence in its finances, the central bank said Friday.

Source: Reuters SRINAGAR - The chief minister of India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, who quit over allegations of involvement in a sex scandal, resumed office after the state governor rejected his resignation, officials …

July 31 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s inflation held near a five-year low in July, giving the central bank more room to cut interest rates. Consumer prices in the capital, Colombo, rose 1.1 percent from a year earlier after gaining 0.9 percent in June, the statistics agency said on its Web site today.

Sri Lanka’s assistant coach is set to join Kent as head coach when his contract with SLC ends on August 20

July 31 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka plans to raise $500 million from overseas investors to help rebuild the war-torn island after an International Monetary Fund loan shored up the nation’s finances.

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The Russian Federation contributed the US $500.000 to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees specially earmarking it for financing programmes aimed at assistance for internally displaced persons of Sri Lanka.

MUMBAI, July 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is considering a $500 million sovereign bond issue among possible fundraising options, central bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Friday.

MUMBAI, July 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is considering a $500 million sovereign bond issue among possible fundraising options, central bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Friday.

MUMBAI, July 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is considering a $500 million sovereign bond issue among possible fundraising options, central bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Friday.

(Lanka-e-News 31.July.2009 10.30AM) The night mail train from Colombo to Vavuniya made its historic journey after a long lull yesterday.

The train service was earlier disrupted by LTTE on several occasions…

(Lanka-e-News 31.July.2009 10.45AM) In a new twist to LTTE politics in the post-Prabakaran era, new Tiger chief Selvarasa Pathmanathan known as “KP on Thursday claimed that the decision of the Tigers to give up armed struggle and take recourse to…

July 31 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka plans to raise $500 million from overseas investors to help rebuild the war-torn island after an International Monetary Fund loan shored up the nation’s finances.

July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Railway Department is to deploy additional train services to Kandy, Sri Lanka’s hill country, from tomorrow for the convenience of the people who wish to reach Kandy to see the Esala Perahera.

July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka government today closed its Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) according to the instructions of Presidential Secretariat.

July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka police has arrested a major suspect of the suicide attack on the Sri Lanka Navy transit camp at Digampathana in Habarana that killed over hundred sailors several years ago.

July 31, Colombo: The National Transport Commission (NTC) yesterday announced that the private bus owners could raise the bus fares by only 5.3%.

COLOMBO, July 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s development lender DFCC Bank said on Friday its first quarter net profit had fallen 6.9 percent, and analysts cited slow development due to the global recession and the country’s civil war for the fall.

COLOMBO, July 31 (Reuters) - Group results for Sri Lanka’s DFCC Bank Ltd. for the three months ended June 30, 2009 (in millions of rupees unless stated) as released on Friday:

The government hopes to promote war-torn Jaffna as a tourist destination soon.

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Muttiah Muralitharan says will retire from Test cricket in November 2010 and focus on playing one-dayers until 2011 World Cup-report-JNW

With the end of a long civil war, Sri Lanka’s government has eased restrictions on fishing in the waters off a major harbor.

Fast bowlers Thilan Thushara and Nuwan Kulasekara caused another Pakistan top-order collapse as Sri Lanka completed a 36-run victory in the first one-day international in Dambulla.

Sri Lanka has completed a 36-run victory in the first one-day international against Pakistan on home turf.

Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and Indian Navy (IN) authorities informed Jaffna Fisheries Societies that they would sail the relatives and friends of the Rameasvaram fishermen whose corpses were washed ashore in the islets of Jaffna recently, to Kaangkeasanththu’rai harbour Friday. They are expected to identify the six bodies which lie in Jaffna Teaching Hospital (JTH) [...]

Ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) observed the 34th death anniversary of assassinated Alfred Duraippa, former Mayor of Jaffna, Thursday at his grave in Alfred Duraippa Stadium in Jaffna, sources in Jaffna said. Sri Lankan Minister of Vocational and Technical Training, Piyasena Gamage, and the former Chief Minister of Western Provincial Council, Reginald Cooray [...]

Ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) observed the thirtieth death anniversary of assassinated Alfred Duraippa, former Mayor of Jaffna, Thursday at his grave in Alfred Duraippa Stadium in Jaffna, sources in Jaffna said. Minister of Vocational and Technical Training, Piyasena Gamage, and the former Chief Minister of Western Provincial Council, Reginald Cooray and other [...]

Chasing 233 runs to win, Pakistan was reeling with 134-8. Pakistani tailenders Umar Gul and Mohammad Aamer shared a stubborn 62-run stand that threatened Sri Lanka in the match. But ultimately, Sri Lanka won by 36 runs.

With the end of a long civil war, Sri Lanka’s government has eased restrictions on fishing in the waters off a major harbor.

DAMBULLA (Sri Lanka): Left-arm fast bowler Thilan Thushara claimed three wickets to steer Sri Lanka to a 36-run win over Pakistan in the first one-day international yesterday.

Muttiah Muralitharan’s late knock proved crucial to Sri Lanka on Thursday as it pulled off a 36-run victory in the first limited-over international against Pakistan, to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

Left-arm fast bowler Thilan Thushara claimed three wickets to steer Sri Lanka to a 36-run win over Pakistan in the first one-day international

Fast bowlers Thilan Thushara and Nuwan Kulasekara caused another Pakistan top-order collapse as Sri Lanka completed a 36-run victory in the first one-day international in Dambulla.

Sri Lanka’s world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan said Thursday he will quit Test cricket next year, but continue to play limited-overs cricket.

Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will retire from Test cricket in 2010 after being warned he will do long-term damage to his knee if he continues.

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse has appointed Major General Daya Ratnaike as the new Commissioner General of Rehabilitation, the government information department announced Thursday. He is the latest recruit from the military to the civil administration by Mr. Rajapakse.

Government of India on Wednesday announced 66 million SL Rupees scheme to ‘develop’ communication between the eastern coastal cities, Trincomalee and Batticaloa, in such a way that the two traditional Tamil cities will be effectively linked to the Sinhala districts than with each other. While even the shortest coastal road link between the cities are [...]

July 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Railways is to resume its night mail service between Vavuniya and Colombo from tomorrow.

The Secretariat for Co-ordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) which is to wind up its activities 31 July will no longer facilitate the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) to conduct its meeting from 1st August. “We have to look for a new organization to facilitate our activities such as seeking arrangements to conduct future meetings”, APRC [...]