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Jan 27, Colombo: In a measure to reform the prison administration, Sri Lanka Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms has decided to transfer prison officials in every three years.

Jan 27, Colombo: A lawyers’ association in Sri Lanka has condemned what it terms as tactics used by the government and its agents to disregard the fundamental rights of a citizens to conduct peaceful protests in the country.

Sri Lanka’s Commissioner General of Examinations W.M.N.J. Pushpakumara says that the Department of Examination Commissioner has received 147,000 applications for re-correction of results of the 2011 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination.

Jan 27, Colombo: The Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) of Sri Lanka has formed a platform consisting of university lecturers, intellectuals, students and trade unions to safeguard the free education system in the country.

Jan 27, Colombo: The Motor Traffic Commissioner’s Department of Sri Lanka has decided to strictly implement the laws against driving unregistered vehicles with garage numbers.

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute says that the post-harvest wastage figures for fruit and vegetable production are exaggerated.

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka police have arrested a man who was selling the meat of a leopard, an endangered animal in Sri Lanka.

Jan 27, Colombo: During the Joint Commission meeting of Sri Lanka and Indonesia held Thursday the two countries have resolved to increase the bilateral trade to reach a target of US$ 1 billion within the next three years.

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka cabinet has given its approval to host the United Nations World Youth Conference in 2014.

Jan 27, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) plans to launch a program to draw the medical doctors who have left country for overseas opportunities, the newly elected president of the Association Prof. Vajira Dissanayake has said.

Jan 27, Colombo: Investigations following the riots and arsenal in Sri Lanka’s Magazine remand prison have revealed that two prison officials and eight major drug dealers were involved in the riots.

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka tea industry sources say that the prevailing severe drought has affected the tea cultivation and production.

Jan 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Italy to allow the Italian authorities to recognize the certificates of competency issued for the Sri Lankan seafarers.

Jan 26, Colombo: A Pakistani trade delegation of fruit and vegetable producers and exporters is visiting Sri Lanka to explore the ways and means to enhance bilateral trade between the two countries, the High Commission of Pakistan in Colombo said in a release today.

Jan 26, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government Thursday urged the country’s opposition political parties to cooperate with the government to arrive at a political solution acceptable to all communities to devolve power.

Jan 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) claims that the government is not planning to implement a political solution that goes beyond the 13th Amendment.

Jan 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday presided over the opening of a newly constructed five-story building at the Defense Service College, the school for the children of war veterans.

Jan 26, Colombo: The bilateral trade between Sri Lanka and India last year surged by over 70 percent and reached an estimated all-time high of US$ 5 billion, the High Commissioner of India Ashok Kantha has said.

Jan 26, Kothmale: A protest launched by a group of workers of sub-contractors of the Upper Kothmale Hydropower Project Thursday disrupted the opening of the sluice gates of the reservoir.

Jan 26, Tangalle: Prison officials today escorted the main suspect of the murder of a British tourist last year to chair a meeting of the local council in Tangalle of Southern Province.

Jan 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s leading blue-chip conglomerate Aitken Spence has finalized the sale of its stake in the consortium Colombo International Container Terminals Limited (CICT), to the Chinese partner China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI).

Jan 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka and Indonesia will sign a Memorandum of Understanding to promote and develop cultural co-operation between the two countries.

Jan 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka in agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC) will host the fourth Twenty 20 World Cricket Championship between September 18 and October 7.

Jan 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Chandrasiri Gajadeera has taken steps to take the prison intelligence wing under the direct control of the Ministry.

Jan 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka has appointed Rohana Abeyratna as the new Post Master General to fill the vacancy left behind by the resignation of his predecessor D.M.K. Dissanayaka, Postal Department sources said.

Jan 26, Colombo: A legislator of Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) has accused the government of using the monies from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), country’s major retirement fund for the employees in the corporate and private sector, to carry out development work in its agenda.

Jan 26, Colombo: Deputy Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development of Sri Lanka Weerakumara Dissanayake says that a political solution that goes beyond the 13th Amendment needs to be thought out very carefully.

Jan 26, Colombo: Only politicians in the Northern and Eastern Provinces demand land and police powers, not the people, Economic Development Minister of Sri Lanka Basil Rajapaksa said.

Jan 26, Colombo: Kurunegala district parliamentarian of Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) Dayasiri Jayasekara says he would continue to fight for internal democracy in the party although not represented in the Working Committee.

Jan 26, Colombo: The Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS), a trade union affiliated to Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) says it would commence fighting for a salary hike for the working masses.

Jan 25, Colombo: Sri Lanka dropped down five places last year from 2010 to rank among the 20 worst countries in a leading survey of press freedom.

Jan 25, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s power authority Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) predicts that at least two weeks will be need to restart the power generation at the currently nonfunctional Norochcholai coal power plant after repairs.

Jan 25, Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Wednesday officially announced the appointment of the former South African coach Graham Ford as coach to guide Sri Lanka’s national cricket team .

Jan 25, Trincomalee: Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Tuesday arrested 43 Indian fishermen poaching in 6 trawlers the territorial waters off the country’s eastern coast and handed them over to the police.

Jan 25, Colombo: Sri Lankan media activists today marched on the streets of capital Colombo demanding the government to investigate killings and disappearances of media personnel.

Jan 25, Colombo: Widening the trade gap to nearly US$ 2 billion Sri Lanka’s expenditure on imports grew 78 percent in November 2011 compared to the previous year, the Central Bank reported Wednesday in its External Sector Performance Reviews.

Jan 25, Colombo: The pro-reformists of Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) were not trying to build an alternative against the party, but against the government, the Deputy Leader of the UNP, Sajith Premadasa said.

Jan 25, Colombo: An LTTE suspect alleged to have been involved in a bomb blast in Wilpattu National Forest has been arrested by the Sri Lanka police.

Jan 25, Colombo: After a delay of few weeks, the National Transport Commission has given permission for private buses to operate on Sri Lanka’s first ever highway, the Southern Expressway.

Jan 25, Colombo: The non-academic employees of Sri Lanka’s universities will launch a token strike Thursday (26) demanding the authorities to address their salary anomalies.

Jan 25, Colombo: Following months of protests and worker strikes by trade unions of Postal Department against him, Sri Lanka’s Post Master General D.M.K. Dissanayaka has resigned from the post.

Jan 25, Colombo: The damages caused to the properties belonging to the New Magazine Prison in Sri Lanka during the unrest yesterday is estimated at Rs. 7.5 million.

Jan 25, Colombo: Prison authorities have tightened security at Sri Lanka’s main remand prison in Colombo following clashes between the inmates and prison officials injured 31 yesterday.

Jan 25, Colombo: Cairn Lanka, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn India, has announced that it prepares to enter the second phase of oil exploration in Sri Lanka upon the successful completion of the first phase.

Jan 25, Karachi: The builders and developers of Sri Lanka and Pakistan can share their expertise and knowledge to promote the construction industry in both countries, Sri Lanka Consul general in Karachi D.W. Jinadasa has said.

Jan 25, Colombo: A media right organization in Sri Lanka plans to hold a protest today against the alleged media suppression by the government.

Jan 25, Colombo: The Private Bus Operators’ Association (PBOA) of Sri Lanka says legal action would be initiated against the National Transport Commission (NTC) for not granting permission for private busses to operate on the Southern Expressway after permitting Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses to commute on the road.

Jan 25, Colombo: The main opposition United National Party (UNP) claims the appointment of the Sri Lanka Cricket captain is politically motivated.

Jan 25, Colombo: The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has commenced investigations into the allegations leveled against the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) organizer for Kelaniya, Minister Mervyn Silva.

Jan 24, Colombo: The government of China has agreed to allow Sri Lanka to set up a new Consulate General in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province of Southern China, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Jan 24, Colombo: The Health Ministry of Sri Lanka has made it compulsory for the nurses to serve in the war-torn Northern Province as the hospitals in the region are experiencing a shortage of nurses.

Jan 24, Colombo: Hundreds of people marched on the streets of Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo Tuesday demanding to know about the missing and disappeared.

Jan 24, Colombo: The Japanese government has granted US$ 223,075 (approximately Rs.25million) for a reconstruction project in Kilinochchi district in Sri Lanka’s war-torn Northern Province.

Jan 24, Colombo: Air Senok, a fully owned subsidiary of Senok Trade Combine of Sri Lanka has introduced a new domestic airline service to boost the tourism industry in the country.

Jan 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka Army has joined the police to control the unrest at the Magazine remand prison of Sri Lanka’s main Welikada Prison Complex in Colombo.

Jan 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) says the government needed to arrive at a clear stance with regard to the political solution to the ethnic issue and present it to parliament for discussion.

Jan 24, Colombo: The major Tamil political party in Sri Lanka, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) members are to visit India next month to inform the Indian government of the current stalemate in the talks between the government and the TNA.

Jan 24, Colombo: The former South African coach Graham Ford has been confirmed as the coach of Sri Lanka’s national cricket team , local media reported quoting Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) sources.

Jan 24, Colombo: Reports from Sri Lanka’s main Welikada Prison in Colombo say clashes have erupted between inmates and prison guards and a tense situation is prevailing.

Jan 24, Colombo: Karu Jayasuriya, the former Deputy Leader of Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) says the party needed to be united to stop the government from suppressing the people.