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(Lanka-e-News 31.March.2010 11.25PM) Anoma Fonseka addressing a media briefing today (31) said, she had made written requests to the National Red Cross…

(Lanka-e-News 31.March.2010 11.25PM) UNP Moneragala district M P Madduma Bandara and Uva province UNP M P Ananda Kumarasiri filed a petition on the 30th in the District…

(Lanka-e-News 31.March.2010 11.25PM) UNF and Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe speaking on the occasion of the completion of 50 years of the JSS golden jubilee celebrations at…

Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police have arrested the businessman, who supplied the money found in the bank vaults belong to the mother of General Sarath Fonseka’s son-in-law Danuna Tilakaratne, yesterday.

British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband says that “respect for minority rights is absolutely a vital part of the values that are essential to society”

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International SILVER SPRING, Md.–In southern Sri Lanka, where many tsunami-affected communities have made significant strides toward finding long-term stability, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) …

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Mar 31, Colombo: Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Ashok K. Kantha, at a ceremony in Peliyagoda today handed over the 10,000 cement bags to the Secretary of Ministry of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services U.L.M.Haldeen for the benefit of the resettled civilians in Northern Sri Lanka.

Mar 31, Hambanthota: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today (31) opened the newly constructed Kekiriobada Reservoir in Kirama of Hambanthota District for operations.

Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s rate of inflation, on a year on year basis, fell for the first time in six months despite the rising global commodity prices.

Sri Lanka has named uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal in its squad for the World Twenty20 next month.

Three men who admitted giving more than nine-hundred-thousand (US) dollars to the LTTE walked free from court in the Australian city of Melbourne.

Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Health announced that the outbreak of Influenza A/H1N1 was successfully thwarted in the country.

Politicians are among beneficiaries of the fertiliser subsidy given to farmers to enhance paddy production. Agriculture Minister Maithripala Sirisena and Wayamba Chief Minister Athula Wijesinghe yesterday acknowledged that they were among the recipients of fertiliser…

The Gem and Jewellery Authority of Sri Lanka has introduced a hallmarking scheme for gold jewellery to maintain standards.

“In the case of Sri Lanka, arms were exported during ceasefire periods, which, in retrospect was regrettable,” the report released Wednesday by the British House of Commons said. It also mentions that, “[t]he final offensive raised “grave concerns” for human rights,” and adds that the British Government had been concerned about the Sri Lankan situation [...]

The public was fast losing confidence in the administration of justice, if one goes by what was heard or read these days, the newly elected President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, Shibly Aziz said.

KUWAIT CITY: The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a Sri Lankan man, identified as Hajj Mohyeddein, and his female compatriot, identified as Sisha Siba, to death in absentia for the premeditated murder of a Kuwaiti man in…

Three men who admitted funding the separatist Sri Lankan group the Tamil Tigers have walked free from the Melbourne Supreme Court.

Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka cricket selectors have included the veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and uncapped Dinesh Chndimal for the Twenty20 World Cup tournament in West Indies.

Promising wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal is the only uncapped player in Sri Lanka's 15-member squad for the ICC World Twenty20. Kumar Sangakkara will lead their campaign in the West Indies, and Muttiah Muralitharan will be his deputy.

The first ever road lane for Sri Lankan cyclists was declared open on the Denzil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha, Kotte yesterday (30).

The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) will obtain 65 percent of the total votes at the upcoming Parliamentary Election and it will win a total of 145 or146 seats in Parliament, a recent survey conducted by the…

The deepening uncertainty over whether Johnston Fernando and Indika Bandaranayake could retain their seats when parliament meets on April 6 took a dramatic turn yesterday with parliamentary authorities refusing to make arrangements for swearing-in the two new…

The National Zoological Gardens in Dehiwela would soon receive six pairs of Penguins from the Japan Zoo in an animal exchange, a Zoo official said.

Mar 31, Colombo: Former Sri Lanka Army Commander Retired General Sarath Fonseka’s wife Anoma Fonseka said her husband has not been referred to a specialized doctor despite the clear deterioration in his health.

Sri Lanka has named uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal in the squad for the World Twenty20 next month. The selectors announced Wednesday a final squad of 15 for the tournament in the West Indies. The 20 year-old Chandimal has an average of 31.62 and a strike rate of more than 137 runs per 100 balls in [...]

Sri Lanka has named uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal in the squad for the World Twenty20 next month. The selectors announced Wednesday a final squad of 15 for the tournament in the West Indies. The 20 year-old Chandimal has an average of 31.62 and a strike rate of more than 137 runs per 100 balls in [...]

Sri Lanka on Wednesday picked uncapped batsman Dinesh Chandimal for next month’s World Twenty20 tournament to be played in the Caribbean.

Sri Lanka on Wednesday picked uncapped batsman Dinesh Chandimal for next month’s World Twenty20 tournament to be played in the Caribbean.

Washington, March 31 : The Maldives will now host an Akon concert after a ban imposed by Sri Lanka.

15-member squad named for ICC T20 World Cup in West Indies starting April 30. S Jayasuriya, debutant Dinesh Chandimal included-report-JNW

Promising wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal is the only uncapped player in Sri Lanka’s 15-member squad for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament

COLOMBO, March 31 (Reuters) - The following table shows Sri Lanka’s consumer price index for March, published by the government statistics office on Wednesday. Mar 2010 Feb 2010 Colombo CPI (new index) 214.8 216.9 Annual average (pct change) 3.2 3.1 Change on year (pct) 6.3 6.9

March 31 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lankas inflation unexpectedly slowed in March for the first time in six months, giving the central bank room to keep interest rates low and support economic growth.

March 31 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s inflation unexpectedly slowed in March for the first time in six months, giving the central bank room to keep interest rates low and support economic growth.

Sri Lanka have called up uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal in their 15-man squad for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup.

Veteran music composer Ravi was honoured recently in capital of Emerald Isle Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo by the country’s prime minister, Ratansiri Wickrama Nayaje, for his contribution to the music world.

Mar 31, Colombo: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in a special statement on Sri Lanka yesterday (30) there are three areas of concern in relation to the island nation, which are considered priority areas for Sri Lanka.

In the case of Sri Lanka, arms were exported during ceasefire periods, which, in retrospect was regrettable, the report released Wednesday by the British House of Commons said. It also mentions that, [t]he final offensive raised grave concerns for human rights, and adds that the British Government had been concerned about the Sri Lankan situation [...]

(Lanka-e-News, March 31, 2010, 10.05AM) Wife of War Hero General Fonseka who saved the country and lives of the citizens by winning the war against terrorists in true patriotic spirit is pleading with the Authorities…

Mar 31, Colombo: An Australian court has set free three men who were charged with sending funds to the Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger terrorist group LTTE after pleading guilty to their charges.

Sri Lanka have called up uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal in their 15-man squad for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup while veteran Sanath Jayasujriya has found a place in the 15-man tour party. The highly-rated 20-year-old Chandimal was included in the squad named by selectors on Wednesday after scoring 320 runs at an average of 53.33 [...]

Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe yesterday (30) expressed concern over former Army Commander Retired General Sarath Fonseka’s health, especially, since his body was weak after surviving the LTTE suicide bomb attack in 2006.

Mar 31, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court has permitted a former military officer who is contesting the April 8 general election under the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) to make a statement in court…

At rail crossing in Peradeniya, van collides with a train while trying to drive through; three deaths and six injured-Police Spokesman-JNW

The civil war in Sri Lanka may be over, but you can buy a “land mine” in Jaffna — though they’re more likely to explode in your mouth than anywhere else

The civil war in Sri Lanka may be over, but you can buy a “land mine” in Jaffna — though they’re more likely to explode in your mouth than anywhere else

Had the ruling coalition settled disputes among its leading candidates in the provinces, the 2010 Ge..

Trendy Wear commenced operations of their newly opened garment factory in Adikarigama, Hanguranketa ..

The Akon affair has, to a section of the Colombo-based media fed up with drab, flagitious politics, ..

resident Mahinda Rajapaksa emphatically stated that Sri Lanka s growth in spheres such as education,..

The British House of Commons says in retrospect it regrets UK arms exports to Sri Lanka during the f..

The civil war in Sri Lanka may be over, but you can buy a landmine on the side of the road in the northern city of Jaffna — though they’re more likely to explode in your mouth than anywhere else

The civil war in Sri Lanka may be over, but you can buy a landmine on the side of the road in the northern city of Jaffna — though they’re more likely to explode in your mouth than anywhere else

The civil war in Sri Lanka may be over, but you can buy a landmine on the side of the road in the northern city of Jaffna — though they’re more likely to explode in your mouth than anywhere else

Fifty-nine thousand police personnel and twenty thousand soldiers of
the Sri Lanka Army are to be deployed on the polling day that falls on
April 8 for election duty and to maintain law and order, according to
the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mahinda Balasuriya.

Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) officials Tuesday produced two
suspects allegedly involved in the killing of Sunday Leader founder
editor Lasantha Wickremathunge and the alleged abduction and attacks
of Rivira Editor Upali Tennakoon and Deputy Editor of the English
weekly Nation Keith Noyhar, in the Colombo additional Magistrate court.
The additional Magistrate Sujeeva Nissanka ordered continuous
detention of the suspects under [...]

Unknown persons broke into the house of an elderly woman living alone in A’laveddi in Valikaamam Monday midnight inflicted injuries to her chest and neck with sharp objects killing her, sources in Jaffna said. Many elderly persons, forced to live alone in their houses in Jaffna peninsula due to family members being uprooted from their [...]

Jaffna University Student Union (JUSU) representatives held discussions individually with the candidates of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and Tamil National Peoples’ Front (TNPF) contesting forthcoming parliamentary elections Tuesday in which the candidates were requested to spell out their political principles, the stand and activities they intend taking after the election, the media report released by [...]