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(Lanka-e-News 12.July.2010 8.00PM)The Kolonnawa fuel tanks under the control of the Lanka Oil Companies have been pumping out water instead…

(Lanka-e-News, July 12, 2010, 10.10AM) During the recent past, an armed group had arrived in white Vans and three wheelers, and had abducted 12 individuals in Maligawatte and Kotahena areas…

(Lanka-e-News, July 12, 2010, 10.10AM) Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to appoint a Committee under the leadership of Karu Jayasooriya to hold discussions with the Govt…

(Lanka-e-News, July 11, 2010, 6.10PM) Recommencement of the police registration for the Tamils in the city of Colombo is pure discriminatory. We are certain that it is only…

(Lanka-e-News, July 11, 2010, 12.30 PM) Responding to an urgent invitation from the President, Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met the President yesterday (10).

The President has told Ranil…

(Lanka-e-News 10.July.2010 10.15PM) The NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa who staged a non stop fast unto death in front of the UN Office in Colombo suddenly abandoned his fast today (10)…

(Lanka-e-News 10.July.2010 1020PM) Chief Justice Asoka de Silva has instructed the Attorney general to file plaint and take Supreme Court action against the Editor…

(Lanka-e-News 10.July.2010 6.25PM) A joint statement issued by the UK, France, Germany , Italy, European Commission and some High Commissioners in SL declared that a Minister…

(Lanka-e-News 10.July.2010 5.00PM) Asked about the closure of the UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Spokesperson said that the decision to close it was…

(Lanka-e-News, July 10, 2010, 10.05AM) Jayantha Samaraweera ,a former MP , the present Chairman of the National Housing Authority and a NFF front liner said ,the letter of resignation tendered by..

(Lanka-e-News, July 10, 2010, 10.05AM) A member of the NFF, Senaratne De Silva who staged a non stop fast with others against the Committee appointed by the UN Secretary …

(Lanka-e-News, July 10, 2010, 10.05AM) Two Deputy Ministers of the Govt. had got drunk so much so that they had even been unable to walk. After aimlessly trying to go to the first floor of…

(Lanka-e-News, July 09, 2010, 6.25PM) In the unanimous judgment delivered by a panel of three judges on the petition filed by Gen. Sarath Fonseka seeking an order from the Appeal Court against the Second military Court…

(Lanka-e-News, July 09, 2010, 12.00PM) Wimal Weerawansa, the Minister of housing and engineering services and NFF Leader began a fast unto death yesterday morning (8) in front of the UN office in Colombo…

(Lanka-e-News, July 09, 2010, 12.00PM) DNF leader and Colombo District MP Gen. Sarath Fonseka when addressing the media at the Parliamentary complex this morning said, if I lead false evidence…

(Lanka-e-News, July 09, 2010, 12.00PM)UNP Deputy leader Karu Jayasooriya addressing a media briefing at the UNP media unit yesterday (8), said,…

(Lanka-e-News, July 09, 2010, 12.35 PM) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday (08) called on the Sri Lankan Government to ensure that the United Nations can carry out its work in the country without disruption,…

(Lanka-e-News, July 09, 2010, 2.20PM) It is reported that the Minister of housing, public utilities and engineering services, Wimal Weerawansa has forwarded his letter…

(Lanka-e-News, July 08, 2010, 1.40PM) Wimal Weerawansa, the Minister of housing and engineering services organized a protest demonstration outside the UN Organization two days ago against the appointment…

(Lanka-e-News, July 08, 2010, 3.15PM) It is reported that the main Opposition party is making preparations to bring an impeachment motion in Parliament against Supreme Court (SC) judge…

(Lanka-e-News, July 08, 2010, 10.30AM) The UN media spokesman Farhan Haq, addressing the media at New York stated that the UN Organization has registered its protests in the strongest…

(Lanka-e-News, July 08, 2010, 10.50AM) Peace Force and non violence Directress, Tiffany Eastham of the SL division and Human rights protection coordinator Ali Pal have been informed…

(Lanka-e-News, July 07, 2010, 8.30PM) The SL Govt. has become panicky and tensed up over the appointment of a panel of experts by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to counsel him on whether there had been…

(Lanka-e-News, July 07, 2010, 9.50AM) President Mahinda Rajapakse filed preliminary objection to the Presidential election petition filed by Gen. Sarath Fonseka against…

(Lanka-e-News, July 07, 2010, 9.50AM) A number of protestors who were staging a fast in front of the UN Organization office at Baudhaloka Mawatha entered into a scuffle with the DIG Pathirane of the Colombo range three. His cap was forcibly…

(Lanka-e-News 06.July.2010 10.25PM) The member countries have not granted authority to Ban Ki Moon to implement the measures that ought to be taken against SL ’s war crimes. We tell Ban Ki moon not to interfere in matters which are beyond his capacity…

(Lanka-e-News, July 06, 2010, 9.30AM) This is the speech of UNP PM Mangala Samaraweera on today in parliament.

Mr. Speaker,

The Rajapakse administration has shown…

(Lanka-e-News, July 06, 2010, 9.30AM) The report of the UNP re structuring proposals was handed over to the party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Parliamentary…

(Lanka-e-News, July 06, 2010, 9.30AM) At a media briefing at the Parliamentary complex yesterday (05), the Opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said, if the amendment to the constitution is benefiting the people,…

(Lanka-e-News 05.July.2010 5.00AM) The SL Branch Executive Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary MPs comprising a majority of the Govt. MPs has decided that DNF leader Gen. Sarath Fonseka,…

(Lanka-e-News 05.July.2010 5.00AM) The former Assist. leader of the UNP , Rukman Senanayake said , Ranil Wickremesinghe must necessarily resign…

(Lanka-e-News, July 04, 2010, 3.20PM) Colombo District MP Ravi Karunanayake’s private proposal in Parliament that the President taking over the portfolio of the…

(Lanka-e-News, July 04, 2010, 3.20PM) The Ceylon petroleum Corporation (CPC) has imported 20,000, metric tons of inferior quality black oil worth Rs. 1480 million,…

(Lanka-e-News 03,July.2010 11.45PM) DNA Leader and Colombo District M P Gen. Sarath Fonseka said, the Secretary General of the UN is working according to the agreement entered into with the SL President…

(Lanka-e-News 03.July.2010 11.45PM) Mount Lavinia Court additional Magistrate Ruchira Welivita made an order to issue a warrant on the suspect…

(Lanka-e-News 03.July.2010 1.40PM) At the invitation of the Indian Govt. a group of MPs representing the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) along with its leader R. Sambandan are scheduled to leave for India…

(Lanka-e-News 2010.July.02 10.00PM -By J.C. Weliamuna)This article is a continuation of the previous article Breaking the Backbone of the Sri Lankan Civil. Previous Article discussed three issues i.e. What is an NGO? Is it a human right?..

(Lanka-e-News, July 02, 2010, 7.45PM) The UNP has taken a decision to bring a no confidence motion against Foreign Minister Dr. GL Peiris in Parliament…

(Lanka-e-News, July 02, 2010, 7.45PM) Tamil National Alliance M. P. P Ariyahendran had charged that the displaced Tamils who are re settled in Batticaloa are having…

(Lanka-e-News, July 02, 2010, 12.25PM) It is reported that some MPs who had been allocated official Bungalows by the Govt. at the Madiwela Housing complex…

(Lanka-e-News 02.July.2010 9.20 AM) The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has repudiated the objections raised by the SL Govt. against the UN advisory Committee appointed by him to advise on…

(Lanka-e-News 02.July.2010 9.20 AM) Colombo Fort Additional District Court Judge Lanka Jayaratne ordered the confiscation of the funds amounting to Rs. 1,50,74910/- and….

(Lanka-e-News 02.July.2010 9.20 AM) In a statement issued by Karu Jayasooriya M P and the Deputy leader of the UNP, he has bitterly condemned the irresponsible…

(Lanka-e-News 01.July.2010 11.40 AM) It is reported that the present Govt. which celebrated the war victory recently, achieved after a 30 year ethnic conflict…

(Lanka-e-News 01.July.2010 1.30 PM)The amendment to the constitution is sought not only to extend the period of the Executive Presidency beyond…

(Lanka-e-News 30.June.2010 10.00PM) The Appeal Court dismissed the petition filed by General Sarath Fonseka yesterday (29) against the second military Court conducting the trial against him. The petition was dismissed…

(Lanka-e-News, June 30, 2010, 9.55 AM) The acting Minister of Finance Dr. Sarath Amunugama presented the Govt.’s annual budget on 29th which was a very antithesis of a people acceptable…

(Lanka-e-News 30.June.2010 9.15PM -By J.C.Weliumuna) Civil society is rejected and hated–that is the opinion created in Sri Lanka. This did not happen….

(Lanka-e-News, June 30, 2010, 4.40 PM) The European Commission (EC) introduced a Generalised Scheme of Tariff Preferences (GSP) in 2003 for low and middle-income countries to mitigate the impact of the removal…

(Lanka-e-News, June 30, 2010, 9.20 AM) Although the Court had given unequivocal instructions expressly that the Colombo District M P Sarath Fonseka should be brought to…

(Lanka-e-News, June 30, 2010, 9.55 AM) The acting Minister of Finance Dr. Sarath Amunugama presented the Govt.’s annual budget on 29th which was a very antithesis of a people acceptable traditional….

(Lanka-e-News, June 30, 2010, 10.50AM) A former presidential security chief was jailed Tuesday for four years on a conviction of threatening a fellow police officer during an election campaign rally nine years earlier,…

(Lanka-e-News, June 29, 2010, 5.20 PM) The relatives of the soldiers who are beneficiaries of houses from the Govt. staged a demonstration yesterday…

(Lanka-e-News 29.June.2010 5.20PM -An Article from AHRC)) For many decades now, international journalists have interpreted every story that has emerged from Sri Lanka

(Lanka-e-News, June 29, 2010, 5.20 PM) The relatives of the soldiers who are beneficiaries of houses from the Govt. staged a demonstration yesterday…

(Lanka-e-News, June 29, 2010, 9.10AM) UNP M P Gayantha Karunatileke addressing a Press briefing yesterday (28) at the UNP media unit said, the UNP is opposed to….

(Lanka-e-News, June 28, 2010, 4.55PM) The Colombo Fort Magistrate Ms. Lanka Jayaratne ordered that Gen. Sarath Fonseka M.P. who is in Army custody should in future be brought to Courts by…

(Lanka-e-News 28.June.2010 11.55PM) Martin Nesirky , the spokesman for the UN Secretary General , stated it is up to the Advisory panel…

(Lanka-e-News 28.June.2010 11.55PM) I wish to draw your Excellency’s attention to a letter under the caption “When Rev. Small sent Rajapakse…

(Lanka-e-News, June 28, 2010, 4.55PM) The Colombo Fort Magistrate Ms. Lanka Jayaratne ordered that Gen. Sarath Fonseka M.P. who is in Army custody should in future be brought to Courts by…