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The Flyover at Dehiwela which will be a solution to traffic congestion on the Galle Road will be vested in the public next month. All arrangements have been finalised for the opening.

Sri Lanka has made it clear that it would not allow the United Nations to meddle in its post-conflict affairs. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka said that the international organisation should not interfere in the internal affairs of a state.

Foreign nationals who are not citizens of Sri Lanka had bought around 10,000 acres of land in the past two decades, including private land close to the historic Dutch Fort in Galle, said Land Minister Jeevan Kumaratunga.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka is a sovereign nation governed by a regime created through democratic politics and no one can interfere in its internal affairs and its sovereignty,…

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) is to be given wider powers, including permission to arrest without warrant any errant job agent or individual violating established protocol in a bid to ensure and enforce best ethical practices in labour migration.

The Government has received a donation of US$5 million from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to enable the government to purchase 10 flailing machines in order to further accelerate the de-mining programme in the North.

It is expected to establish another 15 Production villages under the Uthuru Vasanthaya Programme before year 2010, the Ministry of Rural Industries Self-Employment Promotion.

Sept 29, Colombo: The first day of the postal voting for the upcoming Southern Provincial Council polls ended this evening without any incident or violation, Election Secretariat said.

Ceylinco Group Chief Lalith Kotelawela yesterday pledged to submit an affidavit before the Fort Magistrate to grant 1/6 of his personal assets to the proposed repayment scheme of Rs. 3.9 million allegedly defrauded by the F G Real Estate Company headed by him.

There is a growing demand for plastic material in Sri Lanka for the use of industries such as tea and spices. Plastic consumption is an indicator to measure development and we consume 8-9 tons of plastic annually, said Managing Director Liberty Group (Pvt) Ltd M. Loganathan.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities have sent a special prison representative to Anuradhapura prison to discuss with the LTTE detainees the issue of their hunger strike which is continuing for several days.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has warned that Sri Lanka risks creating bitterness if it fails to rapidly resettle Tamil refugees held in camps.

Sept 29, Colombo: The Kaduwela Magistrate Courts today refused bail and further remanded the ten suspects charged in the assault of Nipuna Ramanayaka, an IT student in Malambe.

Sept 29, Colombo: Rasika Ekanayaka, the son of the Deputy Minister of Highways and the ruling party Pradeshiya Sabha Member, W.B. Ekanayaka has surrendered to the Anuradhapura police this morning.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka government today closed all the IDP camps in Batticaloa District in the Eastern Province of the country.

Sept 29, Colombo: Following a series of controversies Dr. P.B. Jayasundara has once again officially assumed duties as the new Treasury Secretary in a ceremony at the Finance Ministry this morning.

Around 3,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), originally from the islets of Jaffna held in the internment camps in Vavuniyaa and brought to the islets of Jaffna recently will be continued to be held in detention camps under the control of Sri Lanka Navy, Jaffna Government Agent, K. Ganesh said. The IDPs will be allowed to [...]

A UN human rights expert has urged Sri Lanka’s government to release uprooted civilians from military-run detention camps as fast as possible.

Four months on from the crushing defeat of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels, and nearly 300,000 people displaced in the last bitter months of the civil war are still detained in refugee camps.

Forty three Tamil political prisoners currently being detained in
Anuradhapura prison began their fast unto death Monday afternoon,
demanding their release or to subject them to judicial inquiry. They
are held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and Emergency
Regulations (ER) from two to five years without being produced in
court.

Filling its own shoes as one of the world’s most innovative manufacturers once again, Nike has partnered with MAS Holdings to open the new Apparel Innovation and Training Centre in Sri Lanka. The new center, operated and staffed by Nike but located in the MAS Fabric Park in Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka, will feature a 12-week [...]

Three hundred seventy four IDP families out of three hundred eight nine families brought to Trincomalee district from Vavuniyaa internment camps three weeks ago to be resettled in their villages are still held under detention in transit centres located in four schools under heavy security of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), sources in [...]

Thousands of ethnic Tamil youths from northern Sri Lanka’s former war zone are applying to join the police in the first such recruiting drive in three decades, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Johannesburg, Sept 28 (PTI) Sri Lanka has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 38-run defeat against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy match at the Wanderers here.

Colombo, Sep.29 : Almost four months after eliminating the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), the Government of Sri Lanka has commenced recruiting Tamil police officers from the northern city of Jaffna.

Colombo, Sep.29 : Almost four months after eliminating the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), the Government of Sri Lanka has commenced recruiting Tamil police officers from the northern city of Jaffna.

Sept 29, Colombo: Further holding of the 280,000 civilians displaced by the war in welfare camps in the Northern Sri Lanka could result in growing bitterness, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Monday.

Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka risks creating bitterness if it fails to rapidly resettle Tamil refugees held in camps since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in May, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

A branch of the UNP affiliated National Lawyers Association was formed at the Colombo Chief Magistra..

The Supreme Court decided that the President, being the appointing authority in terms of Article 52 ..

Conservation of water and natural resources is of far more importance than infrastructure developmen..

There is a growing demand for plastic material in Sri Lanka for the use of industries such as tea an..

Norway is lucky that the so-called global alliance against terror-read the US and its allies-has dou..

Sept 29, Colombo: Freedom Watch, a voluntary political group in Sri Lanka says the attempts by Western countries to pressure Sri Lanka on alleged war crimes and violations of human rights would help to increase the popularity of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and help him win the next elections with an unparalleled majority.

(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka is mulling setting up special tribunals to try over 10,000 Tamil Tiger suspects and is looking at the British and the American judicial system in dealing with the former rebels.

The Sri Lankan diaspora in Australia warned the shrewed LTTE propaganda machine was worming its way ..

Sri Lanka has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 38-run defeat against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy match at the Wanderers.

Three hundred seventy four IDP families out of three hundred eight nine families brought to Trincomalee district from Vavuniyaa internment camps three weeks ago to be resettled in their villages are still held under detention in transit centres located in four schools under heavy security of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), sources in Trincomalee said.

Johannesburg: New Zealand shocked Sri Lanka by 38 runs in a high-scoring match of several twists at the Wanderers on Sunday. By winning the crucial Group ‘B’ duel, the Kiwis have kept their semifinal hopes alive in the ICC …

Sri Lanka has made it clear that it would not allow the United Nations to meddle in its post-conflict affairs. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka said that the international organisation should not interfere in the internal affairs of a state.

Sri Lanka is recruiting Tamil police officers from the northern city of Jaffna for the first time in 30 years, defence ministry officials say.

Filling its own shoes as one of the world’s most innovative manufacturers once again, Nike has partnered with MAS Holdings to open the new Apparel Innovation and Training Centre in Sri Lanka. The new center, operated and staffed by Nike but located in the MAS Fabric Park in Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka, will feature a 12-week [...]

Johannesburg, Sept 28 : The Sri Lanka team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 38-run defeat to New Zealand in today’s ICC Champions Trophy 2009 match at the Wanderers.

An eleven year-old Tamil girl, Sarma Suhanthini, of Chaanthachoalai in Vavuniyaa died on the spot Friday around 6:00 p.m when a Sri Lanka Army bus, transporting troops from the north, knocked her down along
Thaa’ndiku’lam-Vavuniyaa A-9 highway. The accident took place in front
of Pramanthu Vithiyaalayam in Thaa’ndiku’lam, sources in Vavuniyaa said.

Groups of Tamil political prisoners now being detained, in the prisons
of Jaffna and Anuradhapura without inquiry, under the Prevention of
Terrorism Act (PTA) and Emergency Regulations, have notified their
relatives that they have decided to begin a continuous fast demanding
their release or to subject them to judicial inquiry in court,
according to the relatives.

Sri Lanka Army and police in a combined operation Saturday arrested five
Sinhala youths of Okampitya in Buttala located in Yala sanctuary in
the southern province. They were taken into custody
on information received from suspects now being interrogated by the
Terrorist Intelligence Unit (TIU), SLA sources said.

Sri Lanka is recruiting Tamil police officers from the northern city of Jaffna for the first time in 30 years, officials say.

A BBC investigation has uncovered the deadly practice of British Asians travelling to India to hire contract killers.

Ryder has a smack on Sunday. Sri Lanka all but crashed out of the Champions Trophy with a valiant 38-run loss to New Zealand in their Group B clash at the Wanderers on Sunday.

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 38 runs and keep alive their Champions Trophy semi-final hopes

Sept 28, Colombo: India is planning to send a team to question the LTTE arms dealer Kumaran Pathmanthan alias KP on the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Sept 28, Colombo: Sri Lankan troops engaged in continuing search and clear operations in the former battle zones made a startling discovery yesterday (27) in the Kappukulam area of Mullaitivu.

Sept 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today rewarded 25 exporters under the Export Development Reward Scheme (EDRS) in a ceremony held at the Temple Trees.

Sept 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today at Temple Trees handed over the ownerships to the recipients of the Ranabima housing scheme at a ceremony organized by the Land Reclamation Commission.

Statistical highlights of the Champions Trophy Group B match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

“Built over two hundred years ago the city of Colombo is today in a bad state. A new capital is under construction at Hambantota to meet the future needs of the country.” said Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma.

The Sri Lanka team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 38-run defeat to New Zealand in today's ICC Champions Trophy 2009 match at the Wanderers.

The Export Development Reward Scheme (EDRS) which rewards exporters was launched yesterday. Rewards worth Rs 551 million were distributed among 25 companies under the first phase of the scheme, said Secretary, Ministry of Investment Promotion and International Trade S. Runnuge.