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Mar 29, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Army today (29) said that medical officers who attended to former Army Commander Retired had maintained that his health condition has not deteriorated…

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka President is expected to appoint judges soon for the second military tribunal against ex-Army Commander Retired General Sarath Fonseka.

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, [...]

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Navy Saturday (27) brought home 25 fishermen released from custody by the Indian officials, the Navy said.

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa will declare open the first phase of the country’s first ever fully-equipped television and film production studio built at Ranmihitenna in Tissamaharama of the Southern Province.

All candidates will be allowed into counting centres when preferential votes are counted, authorities say.

Mar 29, Colombo: Technical officers of Sri Lanka Railway announced that they would launch a continuous work-to-rule campaign from midnight today.

Mar 29, Hambanthota: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today ceremonially opened the Hambanthota District Center of the National Youth Services Council. Following the opening, President Rajapaksa addressed the gathering.

(Lanka-e-News, March 29, 2010, 6.05PM) The alarming proportions lawlessness in the country has reached and the open election law violations practiced by the…

(Lanka-e-News, March 29, 2010, 6.05PM) Because of the conflict that has arisen over the preferential votes race at the General elections between Matara District UPFA candidate Minister of National heritage and cultural affairs Mahinda Yapa Abeywradena and his relative Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, there has erupted…

Come July and the entire Bollywood will descend on the neighbouring island country Sri Lanka; with the onset of 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards…..

Sinhala and Tamil journalists stress the importance of reporting local issues facing both communities.

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry’s inquiries in to the incident of a former Sri Lankan diplomat in Japan bringing home some valuable items belong to his landlord in Japan has been delayed.

Kolkata, Mar 29 (PTI) The Navy today said it did not see any security threat to the country in the Chinese involvement in building Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka.

Persons connected to Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) assaulted Thangarasa Krishnagoapal Saturday night at a liquor bar in Vavuniyaa who died of excessive bleeding Sunday due to injuries in Vavuniyaa government hospital where he was admitted by persons who were at the liquor shop at the time of the incident, sources in Vavuniyaa said. The [...]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that he had given instructions to the relevant authorities to strengthen existing procedures with regards for protection and welfare of women and children.

All Sri Lankan journalists have been asked to submit a declaration of their assets by the end of next month.

With the President deciding to limit the number of ministers in the next cabinet to 40 there has been much interest and anxiety created among the present lot of ministers on who is going to stay and who…

Massive opposition have been raised against the President within the SLFP for extending his full support to individuals who have joined the party for various perks and privileges after sidelining longstanding party seniors, a source reliably learns.

Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said road accidents cause an estimated loss of Rs 15 billion annually to the country’s economy.

I am confident that the UNF Government formed after the April 8 parliamentary elections will win back the GSP Plus facility, suspended by the EU due to the human rights record of the UPFA government.

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(Lanka-e-News, March 29, 2010, 3.05PM) JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated on the 28th that the General’ s health has deteriorated: he is having breathing difficulties and speech problems. His wife could not decipher…

Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said the dialogue with the UN was continuing to as..

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe said a UNF government formed after the April 8 general elections will definitely get the European Union’s suspended tariff concession, GSP+ facility back by August.

Mar 29, Colombo: A Japanese delegation including a high-ranking police official is to visit Sri Lanka today to assess how to help the Sri Lankan police to overcome ethnic differences and support efforts.

Key expatriate Tamil organizations, the US-based Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC), and UK-based Global Tamil Forum (GTF), in a press release issued Sunday following the announcement by UN Secretary General to appoint an advisory panel on Sri Lanka’s war-crime issues, said “[w]e appeal to the Secretary General, that in the interests of fairness [...]

14 of the 22 members elected for the national assembly of Swiss Council of Eezham Tamils (SCET) were 2nd generation youth and 8 more members were elected to form Canton based councils in the elections held across the country, said initial reports from the Tamil Elections Switzerland (TES) Sunday. Two non-Tamils were among the 22 [...]

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s nationalist party, Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) said the next government would introduce several amendments to the Constitution on a priority basis including the abolishing of the Executive Presidency, strengthening of parliamentary powers and improving the efficiency of the 17th Amendment.

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police Department have sought the help of candidates contesting the April 8 general election to arrest 185 persons allegedly involved in violating election laws.

A special distribution of polling card for the upcoming parliamentary election will take place today also the 29th. Post Master General M.K.P. Dissanayake requested householders to remain in their houses and receive the polling cards.  Postal Department earlier declared last Sunday the 28th as a special day for delivering polling cards. PMG says this programme [...]

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Marxist party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna parliamentary group leader and DNA front liner, Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the Private Member’s motion to amend the Army Act presented by the main opposition UNP parliamentarian Wijedasa Rajapakse was not practical.

If any voter thinks that of over seven thousand odd candidates in the parliamentary fray, there is a..

“Britain is backing moves to refer Burma’s military leaders to the international criminal court for investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity. The move is part of a heightened campaign to force the junta to embrace genuine democratic reforms,” UK’s Guardian said quoting diplomatic and government sources. Britain’s ambassador to the UN, Sir Mark [...]

More than eleven thousand people had been inflicted with dengue fever between 1st January and 25th March this year, and more than 63 have been reported dead. The Jaffna district reordered sixteen deaths, highest in Sri Lanka, and second is Colombo with thirteen deaths. The rest of the death occurred in Gampaha, Kandy, Matara and [...]

Suresh Premachandran, former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Jaffna district parliamentarian, accused Eealm People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) men, an ally of the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), for the abduction and killing of Thiruchelvam Kapilthev, a 17-year-old student of Chaavakachcheari Hindu College in a report released Sunday in Jaffna. Suresh Premachandran accused the police to [...]

Key expatriate Tamil organizations, the US-based Tamil Political Action Committee (USTPAC), and UK-based Global Tamil Forum (GTF), in a press release issued Sunday following the announcement by UN Secretary General to appoint an advisory panel on Sri Lanka’s war-crime issues, said “[w]e appeal to the Secretary General, that in the interests of fairness to the [...]

An expatriate Sri Lankan woman who wrote two books about her conversion from Buddhism to Islam has been arrested while on holiday in Sri Lanka, apparently for causing offence to Buddhists.

Sri Lankan Hindu devotees roll on the ground as others take part in religious observance during an annual Hindu Temple festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday.

The United States has turned down a request by the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry to provide advanced training for military officers, citing human rights concerns, the local Sunday Times reported. The paper has learnt that three lists containing names of senior Sri Lankan officers were submitted to the US State Department for training at US [...]

(Lanka-e-News 27.March.2010 5.45A.M.) Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise. But, can we as a nation flourish, if we all choose to remain in a fools’ paradise? I, for one, do not think so. But what about other Sri Lankans?…

Warning that “[t]o denigrate those who criticize us [Sri Lanka] or to demonize those who seek to hold us to account, is only to lay bare our own culpability,” a former Sri Lankan Secretary of Justice, in an article on the weekend Island, points out that Sri Lanka’s politicians and political commentators are invoking erroneously [...]

Sri Lanka in the future will acquire 23 times more sea area than its physical land according to a research by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry in collaboration with the Fisheries and aquatic resources and Foreign Ministries, said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has been declared Sri Lanka’s best bank in 2010 for a record 12th year running by Global Finance magazine. The US-based financial publication’s latest listing of the Best Emerging Markets in Asia’ is to be published in its May issue.

More than eleven thousand people had been inflicted with dengue fever between 1st January and 25th March this year, and more than 63 have been reported dead. The Jaffna district reordered sixteen deaths, highest in Sri Lanka, and second is Colombo with thirteen deaths. The rest of the death occurred in Gampaha, Kandy, Matara and [...]

Mar 28, Colombo: Claims made by the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and the wife on the deteriorating health of former military chief General (Retd.) Sarath Fonseka are not true, the military spokesman said.

Mar 28, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has brought back 70 harassed migrant workers who were held in a detention centre in Kuwait to the country.

Mar 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Election Commissioner Dayananda Dishanayake has ordered the police to ensure that all illegal propaganda materials being dispayed now for the forthcoming General Election are removed before April 4th.

Mar 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he is committed to safeguard interests of all citizens irrespective of their community, religion, caste, and such divisions that compartmentalized the people.

Mar 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he is committed to safeguard interests of all citizens irrespective of their community, religion, caste, and such divisions that compartmentalized the people.

AG informs the court that a senior military officer was involved in the assassination of Lasantha Wickramathunga.

Lawyers for the arrested Muslim author accuse Sri Lankan authorities of illegal arrest and detention.

Mar 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition has appointed a special task force at the national level to control the fast spreading dengue epidemic in the country.

Warning that “[t]o denigrate those who criticize us [Sri Lanka] or to demonize those who seek to hold us to account, is only to lay bare our own culpability,” a former Sri Lankan Secretary of Justice, in an article on the weekend Island, points out that Sri Lanka’s politicians and political commentators are invoking erroneously [...]

(Lanka-e-News, March 28, 2010, 5.45PM) SL’s human rights violations which stood in the way against the GSP +concessions for SL have also militated against the United States giving…

(Lanka-e-News, March 28, 2010, 5.45PM) Moneragala District UNP group leader Ranjith Madduma Bandara said, even though the UNP is …

(Lanka-e-News, March 28, 2010, 5.45PM) There are reports that Actor Jackson Anthony has tried to collect a sum of rupees 200 million on the propaganda deal to…

Sri Lanka’s president has offered the services of his spiritual healer and personal physician to help injured footballer David Beckham get back on the field within three days.
Eliyantha Lindsay White, 37, President Mahinda Rajapakse’s personal physician, told news agency that the former England captain had been invited for treatment involving “faith and ayurveda.”
An official at [...]

Kumar Sangakkara, the captain of Kings XI Punjab, has been banned for  one match after his side was found guilty of not completing their overs on time, for the third time in the IPL.
The latest instance was on Saturday, in the defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali.
“Sangakkara has been banned for one game,” IPL [...]