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A top official slammed the banking sector for not being sensitive to the development needs of the country and asked the Central Bank to look into this burning problem.

Aug 28, Colombo: The fifth annual educational and development exhibition, Deyata Kirula, organized to coincide with the country’s 63rd Independence Day in 2011will be held in Buttala in Moneragala District of Uva Province.

In a new initiative to maintain a high standard for goods, more than 6000 stocks of imported items have been tested by the Sri Lanka Standard Institute to provide the public with quality and healthy products.

(Lanka-e-News, Aug.28, 2010, 10.20AM) Govt.‘s attempt to appoint Major Gen. Shavendra De Silva as the SL resident representative to the United Nations Organization,…

(Lanka-e-News, Aug.28, 2010, 10.20AM) UNP M.P. Swaminathan addressing a media conference on the 27th at the UNP media unit said, although the Govt. boasts that the families who were displaced due the war in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu…

Doctors have removed 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan housemaid who said her employer in Saudi Arabia hammered…

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that officials who show extreme dedication and commitment in their service to the public would always be protected by the State.

Sri Lanka on Saturday suspended plans to scrap on-arrival visas for most nationals, including visitors from the US, Europe, Australia and Japan.

Sri Lanka’s predominant Muslim party, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
(SLMC) led by Rauff Hakeem, today decided to support the Sri Lanka government’s decision to make constitutional amenedments which will also remove the two term restriction on the presidency, political sources in Colombo said. SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem told the media in Colombo, his party [...]

The Department of Immigration and Emigration today announced that on arrival Visa facilities to Sri ..

n equipment (Boyya) worth US Dollars 20 lakhs (Rs. 220 million 60 lakhs) belonging to the Lanka petr..

The government has pledged to make Sri Lanka Asia`s Wonder or Miracle. It seems to be toiling in vai..

Gujarat opens door for Lankan companies

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Sri Lanka s Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa during his visit to India from Aug 24-2..

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A woman was seriously injured Friday in an explosion when her daughter put an object into the hearth at which the mother was cooking in her house in Koddadi in Jaffna, sources in Jaffna said. The daughter, a girl studying in one of the schools in the Pa’n'ai area in the outskirts of Jaffna town, [...]

An unidentified person who tried to sneak into a home for destitute and war-affected women in Maruthanaamadam - Uduvil area Thursday night stabbed to death the watcher of the home who tried to catch him, sources in Jaffna said. Uduvil is an area in Jaffna where Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers are always present and [...]

An unidentified person who tried to sneak into a home for destitute and war-affected women in Maruthanaamadam - Uduvil area Thursday night stabbed to death the watcher of the home who tried to catch him, sources in Jaffna said. Uduvil is an area in Jaffna where Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers are always present and [...]

The UNP has criticized the move taken by the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) to support the government for constitutional reforms and is to discuss the matter next week.

Around 25 per cent of the country's electricity consumption goes waste, says the Ministry of Power and Energy.

All government MPs were directed not to leave the country till September 15, informed sources said yesterday.

The main opposition UNP yesterday warned that it would be compelled to take to the streets and protest if the government failed to rectify the ongoing paddy crisis.

Sri Lanka’s predominant Muslim party, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) led by Rauff Hakeem, today decided to support the Sri Lanka governments decision to make constitutional amenedments which will also remove the two term restriction on the presidency, political sources in Colombo said. SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem told the media in Colombo, his party [...]

The Sri Lankan government has decided to withdraw the on-arrival visa facility to tourists from Sept..

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said that his team is determined to avoid a fifth successive defeat in a limited-over final against India when the two teams clash in the Tri Nation tournament final in Dambulla today.

Sri Lanka will be looking to avenge their Asia Cup defeat when they take on arch rivals India in the Micromax Tri Nation limited overs cricket tournament final at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium under lights today.

(Lanka-e-News -27.Aug.2010 -11.10PM) The Govt. is getting ready to present the draft proposals to the constitutional amendments in Parliament on the 8th of September and is seeking to obtain the Cabinet approval…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Friday announced suspension of visa-on-arrival facility extended to citizens of 79 countries, including India, with effect from September 30.

Supreme Court warns state counsel not to merely repeat utterances by the police without properly investigating.

Dambulla (Sri Lanka), Aug 27 : M S Dhoni’s boys are looking forward for Saturday’s final in the tri-nation cricket championship against Sri Lanka to square up the humiliating defeat in their previous encounter and return home with the trophy.

Indians planning to visit Sri Lanka will no longer get their visas on arrival from September 30, with the government scraping the facility to foreigners, except visitors from Singapore and Maldives.

A young school girl was killed on the spot when a truck ran over her
at new bridge road in Batticaloa Friday around 7:30 a.m. police
said. An eyewitness told TamilNet that the driver was alleged to have switched seat with a passenger soon after the accident since he did not have
a valid driving license.

Aug 27, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has allocated Rs.5.65 billion to purchase the paddy harvest of Yala Season 2010 from the farmers.

Aug 27, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has decided to temporarily withdraw its earlier decision to suspend the visa on arrival facility by the Department of Immigration and Emigration from September 30, 2010.

Mannaar police recovered the burnt body of a male from the coast of Kaadduppa’l'li along Moor Road in Mannaar Friday informed by residents of the area.

Aug 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Attorney General has today (27) indicted a Buddhist monk and four others before the Colombo High Court for committing offences under the Emergency Regulations and Offensive Weapons Act.

Aug 27, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) High Command decided today (27) to extend the party’s support to the proposed constitutional amendments put forward by the government.

Aug 27, Colombo: A Sri Lankan housemaid tortured by her Saudi Arabian employer who inserted nails and needles into her body underwent surgery at the Kamburupitiya Hospital today to remove the nails.

Aug 27, Colombo: The British High Commission in Colombo said that it has recently concluded a project aimed to improve the English language proficiency of teachers in the Northern and Eastern Provinces through direct training of local trainers who in turn will train other teachers in the two provinces.

Decision to stop visa-on-arrival postponed after requests from embassy officials & tourist agents-Immigration Controller-JNW

Aug 27, Vavuniya: Newly married couples of rehabilitated former LTTE combatants received gifts from India in a ceremony held at the Pompemadu rehabilitation center in Vavuniya.

Aug 27, Colombo: Central Bank of Sri Lanka is celebrating 60 years of its service to the Sri Lankan public this year. A special ceremony to mark the sixtieth birthday will take place at the auditorium of the Central Bank Education Center at Rajagiriya, Colombo today. Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa is the chief [...]

SLMC will support govt’s proposals for constitutional change will remaining in opposition-SLMC MP Hasan Ali-JNW

Singapore’s government faces growing complaints from its citizens about the soaring number of immigrant workers.

Doctors remove 18 nails and needles from a Sri Lankan woman ‘tortured’ by her employers in Saudi Arabia.

Source: IRIN Almost 90 percent of the internally displaced in Sri Lanka have returned to their homes or are staying with host families, the government says.

United Nation’s Human Rights Co-ordinator, John Holmes, in a parting shot at Colombo the end of his 3-year tenure at the UN, defended his department’s funding of the Sri Lanka government’s internment camps where more than 350,000 held for several months while admitting the Sri Lanka government may have deliberately shelled civilians and hospitals, Inner [...]

Sri Lanka authorities detain the latest edition of The Economist magazine at the airport, its distributor says.

Visa on arrival facility for tourists will stop from 30th Sept, except for arrivals from Singapore, Maldives-Immigration official-JNW

Sri Lanka will tour England for three tests and five one day internationals next year.
Schedule-(Test Matches)
May 26-30 – 1st Test, Cardiff
June 3-7 – 2nd Test, Lord’s
June 16-20 – 3rd Test, The Rose Bowl
(One Day Internationals)
June 25 – Twenty20 international, Bristol
June 28 – 1st ODI, The Oval
July 1 – 2nd ODI, Headingley
July 3 – 3rd ODI, [...]

England are to host Sri Lanka for a Test and ODI series and a Twenty20 before taking on India in 2011.

Court Martial against Sarath Fonseka held today postponed to 31st Aug, will continue from 1st to 3rd of Sept-mil official-JNW

(Lanka-e-News, Aug.27, 2010, 1.34 PM) The farmers are facing grave difficulties and distress being unable to sell their paddy…

Doctors removed 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan maid who says the couple she worked for in Saudi Arabia hammered them into her body.

In a tournament that has pretty much seen it all, Sri Lanka and India face off tomorrow in the final of the triangular series at Dambulla.

Aug 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police are carrying out an awareness programme in Colombo today (27) to ensure pedestrians cross the road only at zebra crossings and overhead bridges. The programme is aimed at curbing jay walking.

Sri Lanka’s Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) to the United Nation’s post in New York, vacant following the recall of previous DPR, Bandula Jayasekera, after an alleged sexual harassment scandal, is reported to be filled by Major General Shavendra Silva, former 58th Division commander, who has been accused of committing war crimes by his former General [...]

Aug 27, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) High Command is to meet today (27) to arrive at a final decision on whether the party should extend its support to the government to approve the proposed constitutional amendments