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North Korea beats Turkmenistan 5 goals to 4 by penalty shoot outs to clinch the AFC challenge cup football championship in final played at Sughadasa Stadium on Saturday. With the win North Korean has now qualified to play 2011 Asian games in Quarter-JNW

Feb 28, Colombo: There are burning issues that need to be addressed in the country and changing country’s electoral system is not one of those, Sri Lanka opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe said .

Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya is criticised for refusing to quit the sport as he runs for parliament.

Feb 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka police say the candidates contesting the upcoming parliamentary elections need to apply if they need additional security.

Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya is criticised for refusing to quit the sport as he runs for parliament.

Feb 28, Anuradhapura: Experienced individuals with national and international recognition have been nominated from the ruling United people’s Freedom Alliance to contest the forthcoming general election, a government Minister said.

Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya is criticised for refusing to quit the sport as he runs for parliament.

Feb 28, Anuradhapura: All candidates of the ruling party United people’s Freedom Alliance yesterday pledged to conduct a free and fair election campaign without violence for the upcoming parliamentary elections on April 8.

Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake has warned the media they may face charges of contempt before the Supreme Court if they do not follow the 21-point guidelines given by him.

UPFA candidate and government Minister Mervyn Silva took to the stage at a UNP election rally in Kelaniya this morning and delivered a message to the opposition organizer of the area saying both parties should campaign for…

The price of domestic gas is to be revised tomorrow night following discussions with the local gas companies, Consumer affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardena said.

An Army Major has been arrested and remanded over an incident at a club in Bambalapitiya where he had brandished his weapon, threatened the staff and damaged property worth over Rs. 5 lacks.

The Sri Lankan Government is to amend the Act which deals with Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) with the objective to enable the concerned agencies to probe their activities and take appropriate action against them, Prime Minister Ratnasiri…

Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya has been criticised for refusing to quit the sport as he enters politics.

A man who created a website trading in stolen financial information linked to millions of pounds in losses has been jailed.

There are fears in Sri Lanka whether the threats against media could get worse ahead of parliamentary elections in April.

Seventeen persons had been reported missing till 23rd February, spanning first seven weeks this year, according to complaints made by the relatives to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL). HRCSL spokesperson in Colombo said that HRCSL regional offices had received seventeen complaints of disappearance of persons, majority of them from north and [...]

Several members of the last Parliament have decided to bid adieu to politics some for personal reasons, some because of poor health or having achieved their political aspirations seeing the need to pave the way for a likely successor.

The UNP yesterday urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa restore police security afforded to Opposition MPs to ensure their safety and security during the ongoing campaign for the forthcoming parliamentary polls.

Popular veteran actress Geetha Kumarasinghe, who is now contesting the General Election from the Galle District on the UPFA ticket, and Police differ considerably on the alleged attack on her campaign office at Bentota last Tuesday.

A group of enthusiastic young students from Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan are finalizing preparations for what they call the Colombo Operated Model UN’’ (COMUN), an academic simulation of the United Nations aiming to educate participants about civics, current…

Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, Secretary to the Ministry of Human Rights and Disaster Management, who is on the UPFA National List, has resigned from that position, he confirmed yesterday.

Candidates contesting the upcoming general elections must apply for additional security if they need it and such security will then be authorized based on the threat level of the candidates and recommendations from the Ministry of Defence.

St. Peters College started the schools rugby season color full note with grabbing all island School Rugby seven a side championship on Saturday. They beat Trinity College 38-10 in final held at Royal Sports Complex-JNW

Kamran Akmal and Rana Naved are the two players allegedly under investigation by the Pakistan Cricket Board  for their involvement in match-fixing.
The Voice of America quoting a highly placed source in the board reported that both the players were dropped for the T20 international series against England in Dubai this month for this very reason. [...]

(Lanka-e-News, Feb.28, 2010, 10.20AM) Answering inquiries made by Lanka e news, the Army spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe told….

(Lanka-e-News, Feb.28, 2010, 10.20AM) Tissa Kathriarachchi whose name was fraudulently removed from the UNF nomination list of the Moneragala District said, he is filing …..

(Lanka-e-News, Feb.28, 2010, 10.20AM) UNP Moneragala District leader Ranjith Madduma Bandara told Lanka e news that, he only handed over the nomination list given to him by the Party….

(Lanka-e-News 28.Feb.2010 11.10AM) This personal letter written by Prageeth Eknaligoda to a non relative daughter living in abroad provides window to his perceptions…

An election monitoring organization in Sri Lanka said on Saturday that the nomination period for the forthcoming parliamentary election was generally peaceful and it will continue to monitor the election process closely. Prasanna Adikari, convener of the National Polls Observation Center (NPOC) told reporters that no election-related violence was reported during the nomination period from [...]

Supporters of Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), a political party of Buddhist monks, Saturday morning held a protest demonstration in Kandy against Mano Ganeshan, leader of the Democratic Peoples Front (DPF), contesting in the Kandy electoral district on the United National Alliance (UNF) ticket led by the main opposition party (UNP), political sources in Kandy said.

Noting that the “European Union recently dropped the island’s preferential trade status because of human-rights violations,” Seattle Times (U.S.) in Friday’s editorial “says Sri Lankan media are not free to discuss the challenges, so the best hope is international attention.” The editorial observes, “[a]t the core of Sri Lanka’s problem is a rotten constitution, which [...]

Seventeen persons had been reported missing till 23rd February, spanning first seven weeks this year, according to complaints made by the relatives to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL). HRCSL spokesperson in Colombo said that HRCSL regional offices had received seventeen complaints of disappearance of persons, majority of them from north and east [...]

Noting that the “European Union recently dropped the island’s preferential trade status because of human-rights violations,” Seattle Times (U.S.) in Friday’s editorial “says Sri Lankan media are not free to discuss the challenges, so the best hope is international attention.” The editorial observes, “[a]t the core of Sri Lanka’s problem is a rotten constitution, which [...]

Feb 27, Colombo: The annual Nawam Maha Perahera Buddhist religious pageant began Saturday (27) with about 50 elephants parading the streets of Colombo in grand style together with thousands of traditional dancers and drummers.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first. The match played in Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.

Feb 27, Colombo: The Mosquito-borne Dengue fever is spreading once again in Sri Lanka, especially in northern Jaffna peninsula with a sharp increase in the number of patients, the data released by the Epidemiology Unit of Sri Lanka, Health Ministry showed.

Colombo: The process of electing Parliament in Sri Lanka has entered its second phase with the closing of filing of nominations for the election scheduled for April 8.

HYDERABAD: Sri Lanka won the inaugural Steel Exchange of India Ltd Afro-Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket championship (under-17) with a three-wicket win over India in the final at the Lal Bahadur Stadium here on Saturday.

Feb 27, Kankasanthurai: Sri Lanka Navy brought home today another batch of Sri Lankan fishermen released from Indian custody.

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has seized the data from a computer that has allegedly been used to prepare documents for the Hicorp (Pvt) Limited.

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka is making final preparations to open a new Marine Archaeological Museum in the Southern port city of Galle next week.

Persons of Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP), a constituent of ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), caught and held N. Parameswaran, a senior Tamil journalist in Jaffna peninsula, the correspondent of BBC Tamil service and Daily Mirror, Saturday from 9:00 a.m til 9:30 in front of the SLFP office located at Veampadi Veethi in Jaffna, [...]

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s pro-government Tamil party, Elam People Democratic Party (EPDP) fielded 9 candidates under its own ‘Veena’ symbol to contest for the Vanni District at the upcoming General Election to be held on the 8th of April .

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lankan government says the resettlement of displaced civilians in the Northern Province will not be hampered or delayed due to the preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s ruling party, United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) launched its election campaign today with religious observances from the historic city of Anuradhapura.

Six Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were taken into custody for allegedly molesting a nine-year-old Tamil girl at Ki’raan Vaazhaichcheani in the eastern Batticaloa district, sources in Batticaloa said. The victim identified one of the perpetrators during an identification parade held in Batticaloa Magistrate Court. Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) reported that the soldiers of [...]

(Lanka-e-News 27,Feb,2010 9.00AM) Tissa Kuttiarachchi ,the candidate of Mangala Samaraweera who was in third position in the nomination list of the UNF for the Moneragala District has been expunged and in his place …

(Lanka-e-News, Feb.27, 2010, 6.40PM) According to the Census and statistics Dept., as great as 15.2% of the Sri Lankan population is in extreme poverty unable even to find a square meal a day…

Sri Lanka’s junior under 14  tennis players in a remarkable showing finished on top with an unbeaten record at the world junior tennis contest that concluded at the SLTA hard courts on Friday.
Their final encounter was with number one seed Malaysia and the combination of Sharmal Dissanayake and Alexander Fairbanks came out with an excellent [...]

Six Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were taken into custody for allegedly molesting a nine-year-old Tamil girl at Ki’raan Vaazhaichcheani in the eastern Batticaloa district, sources in Batticaloa said. The victim identified one of the perpetrators during an identification parade held in Batticaloa Magistrate Court. Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) reported that the soldiers of [...]

Six Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were taken into custody for allegedly molesting last week a nine-year-old Tamil girl at Ki’raan Vaazhaichcheani in the eastern Batticaloa district, sources in Batticaloa said. The victim identified one of the perpetrators during an identification parade held in Batticaloa Magistrate Court. Asian Human Rights Commission reported the soldiers of [...]

Dealers said interest rates could increase as the government continues to demand for short term credit from the domestic market but are confident interest rates would not be allowed to pickup significantly as the government’s…

President of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) Prof. Carlo Fonseka has written to the President of the Sri Lanka School Cricket Association (SLSCA) with copies to the IGP and the Minister of…

Sri Lanka faces no tsunami threat following a massive earthquake in Chile, said the Disaster Management Centre.

The United National Party (UNP) will start a house to house campaign from Ratnapura today (February 27) to educate the masses regarding the present situation in the country, reasons for this situation and the solutions.

The Police have begun to crack down on illegal narcotics dealings and have seized 12 kilos and 665 grams of cannabis in the Kahatagasdigiliya area, according to Police Spokesman S.P Prishantha Jayakody.

Main political parties contesting the April 8 general elections have in their National Lists named some of the heavyweights who were members of the previous parliament.

The Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority commenced a pilot Biogas Project at Jathika Pola, Narahenpita on the initiative of Colombo Chief City Administrator, Omar Kamil and Colombo Municipal Commissioner Badrani Jayawardane.

The Defence Ministry yesterday announced that Army security would no longer be provided to politicians, in an attempt to de-politicize the Army.