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By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, Oct 31: India and Sri Lanka have relations for the last thousands of years and will continue forever.

Oct 31, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is inviting the business community to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the accelerated development programs in the war-ravaged North and East.

British analysts and policy makers’ rarely self-questioned conviction, the reasons for war in Sri Lanka were “the demand for Tamil Eelam and the fanatical LTTEs armed struggle for this goal. Ergo, all that was need for peace was Sri Lankas democratic government to militarily weaken the LTTE thus bringing it to the negotiating table and [...]

Oct 31, Colombo: The Government of Japan has welcomed Sri Lanka’s continued effort to facilitate the early resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons in the Northern part of the country.

Oct 31, Colombo: The Bulgarian President, Georgi Parvanov arrived in Sri Lanka today for a two-day official visit.

America should look to Europe — if, for nothing else, a grim glimpse of where the dark road of islamisation will take us. It appears Sarkozy is taking a page from Wilders’ playbook.

France Takes in Islam, The Deportations Have Started
Islam in action

A police constable attached to the Bambalapitiya police station wanted in connection with Thursday s..

Oct 31, Colombo: The wife of Late Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, Dr Sudharshini Fernandopulle will enter politics to contest at the upcoming General Election next year.

Oct 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Government today granted permission to increase the domestic gas prices with effect from midnight today.

(Lanka-e-News, Oct.31, 2009, 7.15PM) Most of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers in a stand-off with Australian authorities off the coast of the Riau Islands have admitted living in Indonesia…

The President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara here on Saturday evening along with his wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa and…

(Lanka-e-News, Oct.31, 2009, 7.15PM) Tamil Refugees to be Resettled by Jan 2010, the government hopes to relocate the majority of Tamils displaced by war in January next year,…

The number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa brought to Jaffna since 5 August, claiming that they will be resettled, has exceeded 41,000, sources in Jaffna said. The IDPs from Vanni district among the people brought have to stay in camps if they do not have [...]

Sri Lanka Police and Sri Lanka Army soldiers beat a mentally ill Tamil youth and forced the youth to drown near the sea near Bambalapitya, Colombo railway station Thursday. The youth was identified as Balavarnam Sivakumar, 26, of Ratmalana, according to media reports in Colombo, which belatedly listed the youth’s identity. “Though not a single [...]

Referring to the Health Ministry’s threat to stop advertisements being given to the media if the latter expose the health Ministry fatal blunders , Sisira Vithanage , President of the National forum of Journalists (NFJ ) addressing a Press conference yesterday (30) said.

The number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa brought to Jaffna since 5 August, claiming that they will be resettled, has exceeded 41,000, sources in Jaffna said. The IDPs from Vanni district among the people brought have to stay in camps if they do not have [...]

Raj Rajaratnam, the Galleon Group hedge fund founder accused of directing an elaborate insider- trading ring, told a judge he's being treated worse than Bernard Madoff and asked that his bail be cut to $25 million.

Standard Chartered Bank, Sri Lanka's second largest international bank, announced the launch of an all women's branch in Kirulapone aimed at providing greater financial independence to its female customers.

Several Ministers attached to the Eastern Provincial Council say they cannot work with the present Governor Mohan Wijewickrama and have requested the President in writing to replace him at the earliest.

The main opposition UNP yesterday charged that the President’s order to state banks to reduce interest rates was just an election gimmick to keep the populace happy and predicted that the rates would go up as soon as the election was over.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed “deep concern” over the denial of visas to journalists from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to participate in a workshop on environmental journalism in Tuticorin.

The Government will resettle all internally displaced people by January 31, next year, Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe said on Thursday.

Time was when the so-called Tokyo Co-Chairs considered it their burden to control the destiny of thi..

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) civil administration in Jaffna has ordered that people who had traveled to Jaffna from Colombo and other outstations can return only by the same conveyance they had used to come to Jaffna, sources in Jaffna said. As it is extremely difficult to get seats on the buses plying through A9 road [...]

Oct 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is visiting Nepal met Nepali leaders in Kathmandu on Friday.

In a major crackdown, sleuths of the Immigration and Emigration Department arrested over 100 foreigners within the last 45 days, who have violated Sri Lankan visa regulations.

COLOMBO – The United States on Friday announced funding for up to 1,000 former Tamil guerrillas to reintegrate in society by starting their own businesses or learning new skills.

The impacts of climate change in the forms of higher temperatures, more varying precipitation, and more extreme weather events threaten millions of people living in Southern Sri Lanka.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremonially opened the Sri Lanka Maha Vihara, a monastery constructed by the Sri Lankan Government in Lumbini, Nepal, the birth place of the Buddha as the Prince Siddhartha Gautama yesterday morning.

With proper focus and preparation Sri Lanka can face the GSP+ risk and the Government has already taken necessary steps to manage this risk, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said at a media briefing on “ GSP+ Scheme and Sri Lanka from a risk management perspective” at the Central Bank yesterday.

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) civil administration in Jaffna has ordered that people who had traveled to Jaffna from Colombo and other outstations can return only by the same conveyance they had used to come to Jaffna, sources in Jaffna said. As it is extremely difficult to get seats on the buses plying through A9 road [...]

Oct 30, Colombo: The Central Bank of Sri Lanka presented an evaluation on the impact of losing the European Union trade concession, the Generalized Systems Preference plus (GSP+) scheme from a risk management perspective to the media Thursday (29).

Sri Lankan President orders a probe into death threats to journalists working for an investigative newspaper.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa orders a probe into death threats to journalists working for an investigative newspaper.

(Lanka-e-News, Oct.30, 2009, 7.15PM) Two Ministers of the Govt. had visited UNP National Organizer S.B. Dissanayake at his house yesterday night, and has had a discussion…

(Lanka-e-News, Oct.30, 2009, 7.15PM) Police spokesman SSP Nimal Mediwake told Lanka e news today (30) that action is being taken to arrest the Police officer who was involved in the killing…

(Lanka-e-News, Oct.30, 2009, 7.15PM) JVP Central Committee member Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa addressing a media briefing yesterday (29) at the JVP office, Pelawatte, Battaramiulla said,…

Investigations are continued over Daya Master and George Master surrendered during the last phase of the war, police say.

Oct 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s annual average inflation rate declined to a record six-year low of 5.2 percent in October, from 6.6 percent in the previous month, the Central Bank reported today.

Oct 30, Colombo: The national organizer of the main opposition United National Party, S.B Dissanayake today hinted…..

Oct 30, Colombo: The Election Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake today promised the opposition political parties to take every possible step to prevent election malpractices in future polls.

Oct 30, Colombo: A policeman who was wanted in connection with the alleged assault that led to the drowning of a Tamil youth in Bambalapitiya yesterday surrendered to the Bambalapitiya police, the police said.

Oct 30, Colombo: Gamini Haththotuwegama, one of the finest artists who dedicated his life to the modern street drama culture in Sri Lanka has passed away this morning at a hospital in Colombo after a brief illness.

Investigations are continued over Daya Master and George Master surrendered during the last phase of the war, police say.

Oct 30, Colombo: Two more drug bottles contaminated with foreign materials inside were found from two separate hospitals in Sri Lanka during the day today, health officials said.

Oct 30, Colombo: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has officially launched a new program to help former rebel combatants from the East to reintegrate into the society, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo said.

78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Indonesia will not be taken to Australia, authorities say.

Oct 30, Colombo: The elephants’ stable at the National Zoological Gardens in Dehiwala has been restricted to visitors this afternoon due to the unruly behavior of an elephant.

Oct 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan Government today received another five demining machines from Slovakia to accelerate the demining efforts in the North, the authorities said.

Oct 30, Lumbini, Nepal: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, who is currently on a tour in Nepal visited Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, Friday morning.

M. N.M. Fazal of Renown SC is the highest goal scorer of the on going “A” division champions league football tournament with 10 goals and Chathura Gunaratne of Don Bosco in the second place with nine goals. S.M. Rafeek of Police is in third place with eight goals.

At least three people including two soldiers were killed Tuesday morning in a road mishap involving the chief minister of Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province. The motorcade of Sivanesaturai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan, the Eastern Province chief minister traveling at high speed hit a tree at Gokarella area in the northwestern district of Kurunegala around 0045 local [...]

(Lanka-e-News 30.Oct.2009 1.00PM) Addressing a media meeting yesterday(29), said the Govt. which is hard put to present a budget this year reducing Bank rates of interest suddenly and immediately…

(Lanka-e-News 30.Oct.2009 1.45PM) Sri Lankan Ambassador, mr.Hemantha Warnakulasuriya has become a news creator as a result of his indecent behavior, inefficiency, corruption…

Several British Members of Parliament participated in a debate on Sri Lanka’s internment camps, Wednesday 28 October for nearly 3 hours starting from 2:30 p.m. Many MPs cited the inhumane conditions under which more than 250,000 Tamil civilians are being kept in military supervised internment camps in Sri Lanka and called for the termination of [...]

Inflation based on Colombo Consumers Price Index falls to 5.2% in Oct from 6.6% in Sept annual avg. Point-to-point 1.4% vs 0.7%-Census Dept-JNW

Several British Members of Parliament participated in a debate on Sri Lanka’s internment camps, Wednesday 28 October for nearly 3 hours starting from 2:30 p.m. Many MPs cited the inhumane conditions under which more than 250,000 Tamil civilians are being kept in military supervised internment camps in Sri Lanka and called for the termination of [...]

Source: IRIN Migrant workers in Israel’s agriculture sector are among the most exploited, according to a 28
October report by Kav LaOved, an Israeli NGO campaigning for the rights of disadvantaged workers in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Local Amnesty International (AI) members, at a demonstration in Cambridge Market Square on October 26th, called for the UK government to increase international pressure on Sri Lanka to release the more than 250,000 Tamil detainees from the refugee-turned-detention camps. Richard Howitt, MEP for the East of England, also spoke in support of the Campaign [...]