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Venerable Ambitiya Sumanaratna Thera, chief priest of the Batticaloa
Mangalaramaya Vihare and the Deputy Chief Sanganayake of
Batticaloa-Ampaarai district was taken to Batticaloa Teaching
Hospital Tuesday night for emergency treatment as his condition was
reported critical on the third day of his fast unto death campaign, sources in Batticaloa said.

The Japanese government affirms that out of all the developing nations in the world Sri Lanka has become one of the major hot spots in the global economy to attract foreign direct investment.

With number of refugees in Sri Lanka getting lesser and Tamils are returning homes, with the dawn of peace, thousands of Tamils are returning to Sri Lanka, Toronto Sun reported.

(Lanka-e-News, Sep.29, 2010, 10.35PM) According to the Lanka e news correspondent in New York, because the front line leaders of the other countries gave the cold shoulder and…

(Lanka-e-News, Sep.29, 2010, 10.35PM) A letter signed by the Ven. chief incumbents of all the Nikayas requesting the release of former Army Commander General Sarath Fosneka…

Sri Lanka’s inflation outlook is “benign” and consumer price gains won’t reach double-digits, Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said.

The Central Bank said that global investors snapped up Sri Lankan Sovereign Bond Issue of one billion US dollars within 14 hours.

A Sinhala Buddhist monk, Ven. Ampitya Sumanaratna Thero, has been
on a fast-unto-death campaign demanding construction of Buddhist temples in
the predominantly Tamil-speaking Batticaloa district with Saivites,
Christians and Muslims. The monk, who has on the fast-unto-death campaign
for 3 days also demands appointment of Sinhala officers to
Batticaloa District Secretariat, Divisional offices and Courts. The [...]

The fast unto death protest by Venerable Ampitya Sumanaratna Thera,
prelate of Batticaloa Sri Mangalaramya Vihare entered third
day Wednesday. He is also the Deputy Chief Sanganayake of Batticaloa-Ampaarai district. He began his fast Monday demanding Basil Rajapaksa,
Sri Lanka Economic Development Minister to tender an apology for defaming him in front of two former Liberation Tigers of [...]

Sept 29, Colombo: The High Commissioner of India, Ashok K. Kantha, attended the “Official Kits Awarding Ceremony and Media Briefing” Wednesday at the Olympic House Auditorium on the eve of the departure of the Sri Lankan contingent for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi from 3-14 October.

Environmentalists in Sri Lanka have expressed concern over government plans to build a nuclear power plant by 2025.

Sept 29, Colombo: Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) sources say that the supply of Jet A1 aircraft fuel has increased by 30% at Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport at Katunayake.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Buddhist Affairs has planned to release a directory of Buddhist monks, Prime Minister D.M. Jayarathna who is also the Minister of Buddhist Affairs revealed to media.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Child Development and Women’s Affairs Ministry has said that there are thousands of war widows in the North and East.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s prime IT university, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) has planned to open a branch in Jaffna in the Northern Province.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Department of Immigration and Emigration has decided to simplify the process of renewing the passports of M and N grade.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Reptile and Amphibian Foundation points out that a number of endemic species to the country have become extinct in recent past.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to communicate his decision on the recommendations made by the second court martial against former Army Commander and parliamentarian retired General Sarath Fonseka.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Railway Technologists Union (RTU) has submitted 10 demands to the Transport Ministry warning of trade union action if the government fails to address their grievances.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) says that its parliamentarian Kabir Hashim would announce to the media this week the party’s stance following discussions on party reforms with the pro-reforms group and the party leadership.

Sept 29, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has said that suspected LTTE detainees cannot be treated under the same law as everyone else.

With the withdrawal of the Special Task Force (STF) camp in Oo’ra’ni in Ampaa’rai district 30 August, the Tamil families uprooted in 1990 by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) which had begun to resettle in their own places have been driven away by Sinhala men, sources in Ampaa’rai said. The affected families blame the Chief Minister [...]

Environmentalists in Sri Lanka express concern over government plans to build a nuclear power plant by 2025.

A young family man was found hanging from the roof of his house located in Kalladi in Kaaththaankudi police division in Batticaloa district 12 August and the police had handed his body to his relatives after inquiry claiming he had committed suicide, without an inquest into the death by the magistrate or postmortem examination. Local [...]

Petroleum Minister says sale of aviation fuel at Katunayake airport up 30% since last year and now supplying 50-60 flights daily-JNW

Boycott Sri Lanka Campaign launched by US Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC) held simultaneous protests in 16 US cities and half-a-dozen locations in the UK. Stanford University students join rally in San Francisco in front of GAP and Victoria’s Secret stores.

Peasaalai police recovered the highly decomposed body of a male washed ashore on the coast of Nadukkudaa in Peasaalai in Mannaar district Tuesday. The head and legs of the body are decomposed beyond identification and the police handed it to Mannaar general hospital for identification.

Mannaar police recovered the body of a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) soldier with gunshot injuries Monday in Damanna SLN camp located close to Thalaimannaar. Police sources said that the soldier had shot himself with his own gun.

கீழ்ப்படிதலும் ரகசியத்தன்மையும் வன்முறை, அதிகார துஷ்பிரயோகம், ஊழல் ஆகியவற்றின் ஊற்றுக்கண்களாக இருக்கின்றன. அதிகாரத்திற்குக் கீழ்ப்படிதல் குறித்து 1961-62இல் யேல் பல்கலைக்கழக உளவியல் பேராசிரியர் ஸ்டான்லி மில்கிராம் நடத்திய ஆய்வுகளில், ‘தங்கள் செயல் குறித்துத் தாங்களாக முடிவெடுக்கும்போது மனிதர்கள் செய்யத் தயங்குகிற பல வன்முறைச் செயல்களை அதே மனிதர்கள் அவை தங்களுடைய மேலதிகாரிகளின் உத்திரவுகளாக வருகிறபோது செய்யத் தயங்குவதில்லை’ என்பதைக் கண்டுபிடித்தார். ராணுவம், உளவு, காவல் துறைகளில் பணியாற்றும் பெரும்பான்மையானோர் தங்களது தனிப்பட்ட வாழ்வில் மிக மென்மையான மனிதர்களாக [...]

Six sluice gates of Rajanganaya reservoir in Anuradhapura opened due to heavy rain, some Puttalam areas can be affected-Irrigation Dept-JNW

(Lanka-e-News, Sep. 29, 2010, 11.50AM) When the case filed in the Colombo High Court against Gen. Fonseka and his political campaign Secretary, Senaka De Silva for allegedly…

The Government has implemented 32 projects in respect of the power and energy sector during 2006 to ..

Source: IRIN Lalitha* was 23, from Petiva Pullumalai, deep in Sri Lanka’s eastern interior, when the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came for her. At the time, each family living under LTTE control was required to provide a child to the separatist forces fighting for an independent Tamil homeland for
three decades. Lalitha joined [...]

  One year after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, the Minister of External Affairs said a multifaceted approach to reconstruction is necessary to ensure a lasting peace. Speaking with Executive Vice President Jamie Metzl at Asia Society’s New York headquarters, Gamini Lakshman Peiris spoke of a need for openness as the country heals [...]

No major floods reported, but Puttalam-Mannar Rd & some roads in Galle blocked.
Earthslide risk at 44-45 mile post Nuwara-N Eliya Rd-DMC-JNW

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa who toured the United States for over a week arrived in the country Wednesday morning.

The internal crisis that is plaguing Sri Lanka s main opposition- United National Party (UNP), took ..

The trial-at-bar in Colombo High Court Tuesday re-fixed the inquiry for
October 4 and 5 in the case against former Commander of the Sri Lanka
Army Sarath Fonseka. Sarath Fonseka is charged for disclosing military
secrets that the Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse had issued
orders not to spare any of the LTTE cadres surrendering with white flags in the [...]

External Affairs Minister Prof. G L Peiris sought the support of the Canadian Government in taking e..

Sri Lanka`s sovereign bond issue of USD 1 billion was oversubscribed by more than six times within 1..

The UNP is where it is today with no prospects of winning elections in the foreseeable future becaus..

There is no need for a federal political solution in Sri Lanka, BBC Sandeshaya quoted UNP General Se..

Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal Tuesday rejected a petition challenging
the election of Sarath Fonseka, former Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
to Sri Lanka parliament from the Colombo district in the last general election
held on April 8. The petition came up for inquiry before a three
member bench. The petitioner Anandan Mohandas of Haputale sought the Court [...]

Reopening Vasaavi’laan Maththiya Makaa Viththiyaalayam caught in Palaali High Security Zone (HSZ) of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) for the last twenty years is not immediately possible due to the danger of landmines in the school precincts, the school administration said. The school is functioning in a private property in Urumpiraay area since it was forced [...]

Sri Lanka comes to market with its largest and longest-dated sovereign ever, achieving the objective of extending its yield curve to 10 years.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept. 28 (UPI) — Torrential rains in Sri Lanka caused at least one death and extensive flood damage Tuesday, displacing hundreds of families, officials said. Sri Lanka - Asia - Government - Travel and Tourism - Embassies and Consulates

With number of refugees in Sri Lanka getting lesser and Tamils are returning homes, with the dawn of peace, thousands of Tamils are returning to Sri Lanka, Toronto Sun reported.

(Lanka-e-News, Sep. 28, 2010, 10.55PM) Managal Samaraweera M P told the media, after the interrogation by the CID that the mode of questioning further confirmed…

(Lanka-e-News, Sep. 28, 2010, 10.55PM) Economic development Minister Basil Rajapakse who chased away the Ven. Buddhist Prelate most insolently and after threatening him by…

(Lanka-e-News, Sep. 28, 2010, 10.55PM) The trial of the ‘white flag’ case against General Fonseka in the High court before a three judge panel was postponed today…

(Lanka-e-News, Sep. 28, 2010, 10.55PM) The UNP disciplinary Committee has decided to call for explanations from UNP Kurunegala District MP…

Government of Sri Lanka says that suspected Tamil Tiger detainees cannot be treated under the same law as everyone else.
Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardhana told the BBC

Sept 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s sovereign bond issue of USD 1 billion was oversubscribed by more than six times within 14 hours after its issue, the Central Bank said.

Sept 28, Colombo: Heavy rains continued in many parts of Sri Lanka today as one death and many damages were reported due to floods and torrential showers.

Sept 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka - Chinese Friendship Foundation has organized a special ceremony to celebrate the 61st National Day of People’s Republic of China. The ceremony will be held at New Town Hall, Colombo tomorrow at 4:00 p.m., organizers of the event said.

Sept 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mahinda Balasuriya intends to appoint Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) at Divisional Secretariat level. He said plans are afoot and discussions are underway in this regard.

Sri Lanka has begun a study to build a nuclear power plant to meet growing electricity demand and is in talks with Russia and other countries to get technology and training, an official said.

The principals of seven schools in the Western Province have been suspended from service in connection with various malpractices when admitting children to Grade One.

Even some judges and lawyers are not conversant with the new laws passed by Parliament, Deputy Minister of Justice Reginald Cooray says.

More than 3000 farmer families carried out an agitation on the bund of Kalawewa yesterday demanding the government to create a process to sell their harvest of soya beans.