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The country s tourism industry will take off quickly as it shows improvements in tourist arrivals.
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It will warm the cockles of many hearts to hear that India`s Upper House has overwhelmingly passed a..

The war of words between the Sri Lankan government and the United Nations has begun all over again, ..

The police investigating covert LTTE operations in the city and its suburbs have arrested two Custom..

*Emergency law never abused:

*Elements arrested in Germany:

Prime Minister Rat..

Sri Lanka`s Ministry of Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Services says it wi..

The Sri Lankan footwear industry can reach higher, similar to the apparel industry with more recogni..

The government is seeking a two-thirds majority to change the basic law of the country. Minister..

Military Spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe yesterday said former Army Commander General Sa..

Sampath Bank pre-tax profit for 2009 crossed the Rs 3.9 bn mark, registering a growth of Rs 1.4 bn o..

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is known for his interesting turn of phrase, which unfortunately doe..

The government says it will abolish or reform executive presidency if re-elected with a two thirds m..

On suspicion that retired General Sarath Fonseka was providing feedbacks to American intelligence ag..

Ampara district UNP leader for parliamentary election and the Eastern Provincial Council Opposition ..

Temporary Identity Cards will not be issued for the forth coming General Election.

The Re..

The International Women`s Day falls today. Whether these so-called international days serv..

Tea exports from Sri Lanka have exceeded the US $ One billion target for the past three consecutive ..

Among six LTTE operatives, including three German passport holders arrested in the western state of ..

The National Freedom Front (NFF) yesterday said they saw the UN Secretary General s plan to appoint ..

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has objected to the intention of U.N. Secretary-General Ban K..

Gen. Sarath Fonseka, who is being arbitrarily imprisoned by the government, commenced a hunger strik..

The UNP s Moneragala District leader Ranjith Madduma Bandara has been removed from his post, for all..

Dilrukshi Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi, wife of late Parliamentarian and SLFP (M) Deputy Leader Sripathi..

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has informed Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa that he will na..

=Accused tries to weaken very basis of inquiry
=President will appoint serving officers to tr..

Masses should bring to politics people really committed to rebuild the nation in the future, said Pr..

Sri Lanka and India have immense growth potential for collaborations in the telecommunication indust..

While contestants in the parliamentary race are ruining the environment with wild abandon, a few pol..

Mar 04, Geneva: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Navanethem Pillay today we..

Many government politicians and some officials are irked over a Defence Ministry decision ..

With no more political unrest terrorism banished and nations sovereignty restored, the Buddhist cle..

`But I don`t want to go among mad people,` Alice remarked.

`Oh, you can`t help that,` sai..

The TULF, in its election manifesto, has reiterated its call for a decentralization of powers in Sri..

Releasing its unaudited figures Ceylinco Life said its Life Fund grew 20.3 percent to Rs 25.6 billio..

This country is a jungle of laws and there seems to be a policeman behind every bush. Roads are full..

The government might reconvene parliament, which was dissolved on February 9, on March 9 to extend t..

The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) which contests the upcoming General Elections under..

Northern Province Governor, Maj. Gen. (retd) G. A. Chandrasiri, said that the one-time LTTE strongho..

Former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian and Batticaloa District United People s Freedom..

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) announced its Company and Group financial achievements during the fourth qua..

All UPFA candidates in the parliamentary election fray, led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, congrega..

The National Freedom Front (NFF) has accused a section of the SLFP of targeting its Nuwara Eliya Dis..

Police stations will be set up in all liberated areas in the North this year to facilitate normal ci..

Has Mervyn stopped being Mervyn? This is the question we raised in a headline yesterday for a news i..

The Defence Ministry said that Army security will no longer be provided to politicians, in an attemp..

It is an irony that a party that plunged headlong into an ill-conceived peace process at the beh..

* Elections dept. runs out of symbols

* Over 20 parties, independent groups in the fray
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Twenty five people have come forward to give evidence against Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, Military Spo..

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that the overall economic condition in Sri Lanka is impro..

*Will add 1,000 more base stations
*Offer customer made packages
*Preferential rates for..

Sri Lanka has rightly raised objections to British Foreign Secretary David Miliband`s speech at an e..

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has assured to solve Colombo district Tamils problems, Colombo District..

The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it is delaying the third tranche of a $2.6 billion ..

Canadian security officials are concerned that last year`s defeat of Sri Lanka`s Tamil Tiger reb..

Sachin Tendulkar hammered a world-record 200 not out as India posted a massive 401-3 against South A..

The ICT, BPO Industry will achieve USD 2 billion in export revenue becoming the top revenue earner o..

SLFP dissident, ex-MP and former Sri Lanka Cricket skipper Arjuna Ranatunge has said he is watching ..

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama yesterday summoned the Acting British High Commissioner in Colo..

Senior Presidential Advisor and UPFA Gampaha District Group Leader at the upcoming General Election,..

Fonseka today (Feb. 24) signed nominations under the `trophy` symbol of the Democratic National Alli..