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(Lanka-e-News 30.March.2010 11.30PM) A satyagraha was staged this morning (30) in front of the Fort Railway station under the theme ‘rally to safeguard the right to know the truth’…

(Lanka-e-News 30.March.2010 12.10PM) This is a building in a very expensive area of Singapore. One of the most expensive Sri Lankan minister in the cabinet has bought…

The Maldives stepped in yesterday to offer US rap star Akon a replacement concert after his scheduled appearance in Sri Lanka next month was scuttled by protesting Buddhist monks.

The Sri Lanka High Commission in London has contacted the British Foreign Office to expedite the release of 23 member Lankan crew held hostage by Somalian pirates.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Amendment Bill, anticipated to be one of the first bills to be presented to the next Parliament, will make way to place the hitherto unregulated petroleum industry under the purview of the country’s…

Mar 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan government is taking measures to launch a boat service from Pooneryn to Jaffna peninsula across the Jaffna lagoon, for the benefit of the travelers to the peninsula.

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.

From May 1, 2010, passengers travelling out of Colombo to Singapore will be able to experience Singapore Airlines’ Airbus A330-300 aircraft, featuring the Airline’s latest product and service offerings.

A tensed situation developed in Rajagiriya a short while ago after police began dismantling a stage erected for a rally scheduled to be held today by UNP Leader Ranil Wickramasingha.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a message to the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, said that Sri Lanka backs the Russian Federation in its continued battle to defeat terrorism in all its forms.

The Police Special Task Force(SFT) has been called to control the situation in Nuwaraeliya after clashes erupted between opposing political parties and candidates, the District Secretary D.P.G. Kumarasiri said.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that previous governments of the country had erased the history of the country.

COLOMBO – The Maldives stepped in on Tuesday to offer US rap star Akon a replacement concert after his scheduled appearance in Sri Lanka next month was scuttled by protesting Buddhist monks.

Authorities expect the first aircraft to land in the Mattala international airport in the year 2012, Ranjith de Silva, Secretary to the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation said.

Sri Lanka’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in five quarters as the government stepped up spending on new roads and ports after the end of a quarter- century of civil war in the country.

March 30 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka s economy expanded at the fastest pace in five quarters as the gov..

Akon arrives at a promotional event in Mumbai on March 9. The Maldives stepped in on Tuesday to offer US rap star Akon a replacement concert after his scheduled appearance in Sri Lanka next month was scuttled by protesting Buddhist monks.

Mar 30, Colombo: A tense situation erupted in Rajagiriya in Colombo city periphery today as the police removed decorations of a meeting of Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe.

Mar 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police Chief (IGP) Mahinda Balasuriya made another request to election candidates to remove all illegal propaganda material and offices within the 48 hours from April 4 early morning to April 5 midnight.

(Lanka-e-News, March 30, 2010, 7.25PM) A top rung police officer of the CID told Lanka e news he is ashamed to feed his children out of the salaries he collects from his vocation.

This officer who wished to…

(Lanka-e-News, March 30, 2010, 7.25PM) It is reported that two Democratic National Alliance (DNA) offices at Tissamaharama were attacked by a Nil Balakaya group who came in a double cab and a car, while also opening fire in the air…

(Lanka-e-News, March 30, 2010, 7.25PM) The arrangements made for a UNF election campaign meeting organized by Colombo district candidate Lawyer Shiral Lakthileke today (30) at Rajagiriya Welikade junction…

Mar 30, Tissamaharama: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremoniously opened the first stage of the country’s first ever fully-equipped television and film production studio this evening at Ranmihitenna in Tissamaharama of the Southern Province.

Mar 30, Colombo: Officials from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) joined with representatives from Sri Lanka’s National Intellectual Property Office and the Business Software Alliance (BSA) to hold a series of workshops

Mar 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayaka says the governing party requires a two-thirds majority at the April 8 general election…

Mar 30, Colombo: The Maldives has expressed its willingness to host the American hip hop artist Akon whose Sri Lanka tour was cancelled when Sri Lankan government denied him visa following the pressure from Buddhist extremists.

Many Eezham Tamils are elated at the idea of Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam. But it seems the concept has been hijacked at the outset itself to turn it into another CEO of corporate colonialism. TamilNet, which was advocating for Transnational Government even before the pronouncement of the present move, will not advise Eezham Tamils [...]

The Maldives stepped in on Tuesday to offer US rap star Akon a replacement concert after his scheduled appearance in Sri Lanka next month was scuttled by protesting Buddhist monks.

Amnesty International says that the death penalty is “on its way out,” except for a “hard-core” of nations.

Mar 30, Colombo: Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel have been called to control the clashes that have prevailed in Sri Lanka’s Central Province during the last few days.

Mar 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mahinda Balasuriya said the police has so far received 219 complaints related to election violence…

The Maldives stepped in on Tuesday to offer US rap star Akon a replacement concert after his scheduled appearance in Sri Lanka next month was scuttled by protesting Buddhist monks.

Source: IRIN The latest UN figures show that 160,000 houses in northern Sri Lanka have to be repaired or rebuilt as the conflict-displaced return to their home areas.

Source: Reuters By C. Bryson Hull

COLOMBO, March 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan voters elect a parliament on April 8 for the first time since the government defeated Tamil Tiger separatists’ three-decade insurgency last …

Source: IRIN The latest UN figures show that 160,000 houses in northern Sri Lanka have to be repaired or rebuilt as the conflict-displaced return to
their home areas.

(Lanka-e-News 30.March.2010 12.10PM) This is a building in a very expensive area of Singapore. One of the most expensive Sri Lankan minister in the cabinet has bought…

Arriving in Sri Lanka, one is greeted by huge images of laughing politicians. Everyone disregard the law to put their faces up on walls, vehicles and almost everywhere

(Lanka-e-News, March 30, 2010, 11.55AM) The Secretary to the Ministry of media and information has sent a circular to all media personnel in Sri Lanka to declare their assets…

(Lanka-e-News, March 30, 2010, 11.55AM) Parliamentary Secretary Dhammika Dissanayake had informed in writing yesterday (28), to PC Wijedasa Rajapakse M P that the Parliament has been…

Mar 30, Colombo: The British House of Commons says in retrospect it regrets UK arms exports to Sri Lanka during the fragile ceasefire period and suggests that the UK government should take a “longer term view about unstable countries” when exporting arms as where the weapons end up and how they would be used become [...]

* ungada peyar enna?
(oyage nama mokakda?)
What is your name?
* enda peyar Rafith
(mage nama Rafith)
My name is Rafith
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(Lanka-e-news 30.March.2010 9.00AM) Singer Akon on Wednesday said he was disheartened Sri Lanka planned to deny him a visa to perform on the Indian Ocean island nation, after Buddhists…

Mar 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Marxist party, JVP said the governing United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) if elected to power at the April 8 general election might remove the two term restriction on the country’s Executive Presidency allowing the incumbent President to seek a third term.

In an unexpected development, Chinahas restricted Sri Lankan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals d..

The Sri Lanka Army yesterdat (29) said that medical officers who attended to former Army Commander R..

It s the need of the hour to join hands in securing the pride and honour of the motherland.
So ..

Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said road accidents cause an estimated loss of Rs 15 billion ..

America`s stand on Sri Lanka`s terrorism remains a riddle inside an enigma. The US used to denounce ..

Sri Lanka recently turned down a US call to deploy Air Mobile troops instead of Special Forces or Co..

A Tamil woman from Sri Lanka held in the Refugee camp for Sri Lankans in Karoor district in Tamil Nadu died Sunday night in Karoor government hospital where she had been admitted two weeks ago when she had set herself ablaze unable to bear being sexually molested by three Tamil Nadu policemen. Ms. Kumar Pathmathevi, [...]

A Tamil woman from Sri Lanka held in the Refugee camp for Sri Lankans in Karoor district in Tamil Nadu died Sunday night in Karoor government hospital where she had been admitted two weeks ago when she had set herself ablaze unable to bear being sexually molested by three Tamil Nadu policemen. Ms. Kumar Pathmathevi, [...]

The Governor of Sri Lanka Central Bank, Ajith Cabrala, participating as the chief guest in the ceremony, laid the foundation stone Monday in Nalloor Muththiraichanththai area in Jaffna for a star tourist hotel which he said will soon be completed construction at the event, sources in Jaffna said. Gnanam and Subas hotels in Jaffna had [...]

Chaavakachcheari Magistrate, P. J. Pirabakar, Monday directed the police to arrest Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) member Jeevan, the prime suspect in the abduction and killing of Thiruchelvam Kapilthev and ordered action to be taken to prevent the suspect leaving the country, sources in Jaffna said. One of the fellow students of the victim arrested [...]

Source: Reuters (Refiling to correct typo in headline)

NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters Life!) - American children aren’t the only couch potatoes with nearly one third of children globally spending three hours a day or …

Sri Lanka Police Election Desk has received 201 election related
complaints including intimidations and violation of election laws till
Saturday and 128 suspects have been taken into custody. Police are now
seeking the assistance of candidates of political parties and
independent groups contesting the general election to trace
185 more suspects involved in election violence, Deputy Inspector
General of Police, Gamini [...]

The apparel industry in Sri Lanka is world class. The GSP+ facility has a positive impact on the industry. The Government needs to carry out an action plan as per the dialogue it had with the European Union. EU Delegation Head Bernard Savage said.

Mar 29, Colombo: The students of the Indian Cultural Centre in Colombo displayed thair talents in North Indian classical music and dance at the “Nav Pratibha 2010″ concert at Kularathne Hall of the Ananda College in Colombo on 26 March, 2010.

A Tamil woman from Sri Lanka held in the Refugee camp for Sri Lankans in Karoor district in Tamil Nadu died Sunday night in Karoor government hospital where she had been admitted two weeks ago when she had set herself ablaze unable to bear being sexually molested by three Tamil Nadu policemen. Ms. Kumar Pathmathevi, [...]

The Governor of Sri Lanka Central Bank, Ajith Cabrala, participating as the chief guest in the ceremony, laid the foundation stone Monday in Nalloor Muththiraichanththai area in Jaffna for a star tourist hotel which he said will soon be completed construction at the event, sources in Jaffna said. Gnanam and Subas hotels in Jaffna had [...]

The wife of Sri Lanka’s detained ex-army chief Monday accused authorities of preventing her husband from receiving vital medical treatment and said he could die in custody.