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Feb 29, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court has issued n interim injunction today barring a leading Sri Lankan newspaper and its editor from publishing any material relating to a lawyer represented the former Army commander Sarath Fonseka in the famous ‘White Flag’ case.

Feb 29, Kampala: Sri Lanka and Uganda have taken the initiative to strengthen the bilateral ties between the two countries by enhancing trade.

Feb 29, Geneva: The Sri Lankan delegation is ready to answer any questions the member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have on the alleged human right violations, the head of the delegation Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe has said.

Feb 29, Colombo: A group of 52 Sri Lankan asylum seekers deported from the UK arrived in Sri Lanka today on a chartered flight.

Human rights groups have expressed their surprise at the Sri Lanka government’s request for more time to investigate human rights abuses

Feb 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s inflation as measured by consumer prices in Colombo declined further in February this year to a lowest in two years, figures released Wednesday by the Statistics Department of the Central Bank showed.

Feb 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Central Bank today disproved the rating agency Standard and Poor’s downgrading of the country’s Foreign Currency Rating outlook from ‘Positive’ to ‘Stable’ and lowering the long-term local currency rating from BB- to B+, saying the move is “highly unwarranted.”

Feb 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) says the party is in discussion with other opposition political parties to form a common platform against the government.

Feb 29, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court today issued an enjoining order preventing the main opposition United National Party (UNP) from suspending parliamentarians from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC).

(Lanka-e-News-29.Feb.2012, 3.30PM) The MaRa regime which raised the fuel prices steeply and unconscionably thereby heaping economic burdens on the people without an end, is in such a maniacal predicament that it has begun taking revenge on those efficient officers who are searching for a solution…

(Lanka-e-News-29.Feb.2012, 3.30PM) A quantity of pesticides which was a subject of bitter controversy on the ground that it contained arsenic and was prohibited…

(Lanka-e-News-29.Feb.2012, 3.30PM) A Corporal who became a cardboard patriot day before yesterday(27) for the sake of MaRa regime demonstrations had committed rape…

In discussions about climate change, the word “population” is rarely heard

43 students from a leading boy’s school have been arrested by Colpetty and Cinnamon Gardens Police for forcibly entering 2 girls’ schools in Colombo, the Police said.
(JNW)

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), in a media release issued Tuesday, called on members of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) “to pass a resolution condemning the Sri Lankan government’s violations of freedom of information and to demand an end to threats and violence against news media and human rights defenders in Sri [...]

Sri Lanka has secured Thailand s unstinted support at the 19th sessions of the United Nations Human ..

SL President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Namal Rajapaksa, has been recently demanding the Village Officer of Kokku’laay in Mullaiththeevu district, to hand over to him 10 acres of land belonging to Tamils to construct a mineral separation plant near the river mouth in Kokku’laay in Mullaiththeevu district, informed civil sources in Mullaiththeevu district told TamilNet. [...]

Feb 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Sinhala National and Buddhist Organizations have commenced collecting one million signatures for a petition demanding the abolition of 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

Feb 29, Colombo: The minor employees of Sri Lanka hospitals are to strike work today demanding immediate solutions to a number of problems in their services.

Tamil journalists from various media organizations came together on Monday in Jaffna with civil society members and student representatives of various faculties of the Jaffna University, to pay tribute to the slain war correspondent in Syria, Marie Colvin, who had been in the island covering the conflict earlier. Paying floral tribute, the event, organized by [...]

Feb 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s milk powder importers announced that they will take legal action against the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) unless permission is granted to increase the price of milk powder.

Feb 29, Colombo: The second Asia Energy Security Summit 2012, a Track 2 diplomacy initiative, debating Asian geopolitics, energy and infrastructure security will begin in the Sri Lankan capital city Colombo today with the participation of attendees from 13 countries.

Feb 29, Colombo: Medical students in Sri Lanka are to protest today (29) against the proposed establishment of private universities in the country.

Feb 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) says the government has adhered to the demands of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the United States.

Feb 29, Colombo: The non-academic staff of Sri Lankan universities are to strike work today after a discussion held last evening with Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake failed.

Sixteen suspects out of 20 who are alleged to have been involved in the shooting incident of Preside..

Colombo: A Sri Lankan court today questioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on the del..

UNP national list parliamentarian Dr. Harsha De Silva speaking to Daily Mirror online said that the ..

A shortage of milk powder in the local market is feared shortly as importers suspended the packing a..

Thousands of Sri Lankans living in Italy yesterday staged a massive protest in Milan condemning the ..

The people of Sri Lanka have spoken. Their message is loud and clear. They have condemned, in no unc..

Feb 29, Colombo: The National Trade Union Center (NTUC) affiliated to Sri Lanka’s Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is to set up a center with people representing various sectors in the country to win relief for the masses.

Public asked to be careful of lightning strikes as number of damages caused by them are on the rise, the Met Department said. One person was dead and 4 others were injured in Haputale yesterday as well due to lightning, it added.
(JNW)

Feb 28, Colombo: The Sinhala weekly Ravaya celebrated its 25th anniversary Tuesday with the participation of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the chief guest.

Feb 28, Thalaimannar: A Sri Lankan court today has released the 22 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on February 26 for fishing in the Sri Lankan waters near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).

Feb 28, Colombo: The High Commissioner of Pakistan to Sri Lanka, Ms. Seema Illahi Baloch, inaugurated the Exhibition of Contemporary Sri Lankan Art Tuesday at the National Arts Gallery in Colombo.

Feb 28, Geneva: Thailand has publically come to the aid of Sri Lanka in its struggle to convince the United Nations Human Right Council that it should be given enough time to complete its domestic process for national reconciliation.

Sri Lanka`s main opposition United National Party (UNP) today accused the government of trying to di..

Sri Lanka's rupee on Tuesday tumbled to a record low against the US dollar on investor worry about the country's massive external trade deficit, economists said.

(Lanka-e-News-28.Feb.2012, 9.45PM)Reporters Without Borders calls on all members of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council, which began its 19th session yesterday,…

Feb 28, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court today ordered to remand 46 inmates for the riots in the country’s main Magazine Remand Prison a month ago.

Feb 28, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court today questioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on the delay in taking action on a court directive to arrest governing United People’s Freedom alliance (UPFA) parliamentarian Duminda Silva.

Feb 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) today accused the government of trying to distract people from key issues faced by the country and to cover the government’s failure to reduce cost of living.

Feb 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank, one of the leading banks, yesterday announced the appointment of new acting Chief Executive Officer.

England batsman Eoin Morgan has been omitted from the Test squad for the tour to Sri Lanka next month. The left-hander scored 199 runs in 17 innings on the tour of the United Arab Emirates and averages just 30 in Tests.
Ravi Bopara, who hit two fifties in the one-day series win over Pakistan, will vie for [...]

Feb 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka who is now in prison has sent a message to the organizers of a public seminar that is to be held seeking his release.

Feb 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s two flour production companies Prima and Serendib have requested the Consumer Affairs Authority to raise flour prices, government sources said.

Britain has questioned concerns raised by two charities which say that Sri Lankan deported from the UK are at danger of being tortured or raped

Virat Kohli blasted an unbeaten 133 as India snatched an incredible victory againstSri Lanka by chasing down a mammoth 321 in only 36.4 overs to rekindle their hopes of making it to the final of the tri-series, at Hobart on Tuesday. Needing to win the crucial game in 40 overs in order to get a bonus [...]

Sri Lanka appealed for more time to deal with human rights issues. Addressing the UNHRC, Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said internal processes are already in place

England dropped Eoin Morgan from their Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka following the former Ireland batsman's dismal series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

SACHIN Tendulkar may have made his way off an Australian ground for the last time after being dismissed at Bellerive.

SACHIN Tendulkar may have made his way off an Australian ground for the last time after being dismissed at Bellerive.

Feb 28, Colombo: Thousands of Sri Lankan protesters marched over to the United States Embassy in Colombo Monday and handed over a petition against the US-backed resolution to be brought at the 19th sessions of United nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) taking place in Geneva, Switzerland.

Sri Lanka put themselves on the brink of the Commonwealth Bank Series finals as centuries from Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara led them to 320 for four in Hobart.

Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack (DDoS), identified by the service provider of TamilNet as originating in an orchestrated way from certain affluent parts of the world, has been disrupting web traffic of TamilNet.com since Saturday. The attack on the independent media reporting to the world on Tamil affairs coincides with the opening of the 19th sessions of [...]

Feb 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) continues to protest against the recent increase in fuel prices with its members in local government bodies carrying out various protest campaigns.

Feb 28, Hobart: Sri Lanka with tons from Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara set a formidable target of 321 for India to chase today at Hobart today in the 11th ODI of the Commonwealth Bank Series.

On a day that India needed to be at their most attacking, with their finals hopes hanging by a thread, they were palpably below-par as Sri Lanka capitalised on their lack of intensity to deliver a dominating performance with the bat.
Tillakaratne Dilshan shrugged off his initial unease against the swinging ball to gradually open up [...]

OPENER Tillakaratne Dilshan has made 160 not out as Sri Lanka set India a near-impossible task to reach the one-day finals.