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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Commander Major Gen. Mahinda Kathurusinghe declined to endorse Jaffna Government Ms. Imelda Sukumars announcement that uprooted families from Valikaamam North SLA High Security Zone (HSZ) will be soon allowed resettlement in a recent meeting at Jaffna Veerasingham Hall, representatives of welfare organizations for uprooted families from Valikaamam North said. The GA [...]

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) that has a parliamentary strength of fourteen members Monday decided to vote against the 18th amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, according to Colombo media reports quoting TNA media spokesman and Jaffna district parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran.

The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL), Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP), constituents of the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA), Monday decided to support the 18th amendment in parliament. CPSL is led by Minister D. E. W. Gunasekara, LSSP by Minister Tissa Vitharana and NSSP by Vasudeva Nanayakara.

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka with its trade proximity to Malaysia, can use the country as a springboard to enter the burgeoning Asean market, home to over half a billion consumers.

Eezham Tamils are a nation having historical sovereignty and territory in the island called Sri Lanka. Members of the Indian Establishment should stop humiliating them any further by calling them as minority. Tamil brethren of Tamil Nadu should be sensitive enough and stop such fundamentally faulty approaches and psyop war of the New Delhi-Chennai-Colombo axis [...]

The Sri Lanka Army mascot elephant salutes the visiting Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army General Vijay Kumar Singh, left, while he inspects the guard of honour accorded to him at the Sri Lanka Army headquarters in Colombo yesterday.

Devotees in their thousands from across Sri Lanka and abroad filled the temple precincts at the annual Chapparam festival of Nalloor Kanthasuvaami temple in Jaffna held Monday night. Jaffna peninsula devotees took part in greater number than they had in previous years, sources in Jaffna said. The Chapparam festival will be followed with Thear (Chariot) [...]

A leading Sri Lanka cricketer has been investigated by the anti-corruption unit of the world cricket governing body, BBC Sport has learned.

NEW DELHI, Sept 6 (Bernama) — Sri Lanka with its trade proximity to Malaysia, can use the country as a springboard to enter the burgeoning Asean market, home to over half a billion consumers.

Sri Lanka National Environment Commission (NEC) has stopped the deepening of the fisheries jetties in Vadamaraadchi saying prior permission had not been obtained from NEC. The deepening of the jetties had commenced after a long period. Fishermen societies in Vadamaraadchi said that they will gather fishermen to launch protest demonstrations unless Sri Lanka government finds [...]

The People’s Government of Yunnan Province of China organised the “Sri Lanka - Yunnan (China) Exchanges and Co-operation Promotion” for the first time in Sri Lanka to improve business relations between Sri Lanka and the Yunnan Province, said Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne.

COLOMBO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa has attracted enough support from lawmakers to secure a two-thirds majority in parliament, enabling him to change the constitution.

Sri Lanka government authorities in Jaffna have announced that uprooted families from Palai Divisional Secretary area and Vadamaraadchi East in Jaffna district will be resettled in their own villages 9 and 10 September. The announcement comes in the wake of the recent meeting held on this issue between Jaffna Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Commander and [...]

Opposition parties Movement Against 18th Amendment stated that 8 September, the day Sri Lanka government tables the constitutional amendment bill in Parliament, has been declared a Black Day and that a protest demostration will be held at the Borella Ayurveda Junction in Colombo on the same day. The convener of the Movement described the amendment [...]

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) Friday handed over a No-confidence motion to Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa against Sri Lanka External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris charging him for the failure in handling international affairs.

A key witness at the commission set up to examine the last years of Sri Lanka’s civil war complains his words were not properly translated.

To strengthen bilateral military ties with Sri Lanka, Army Chief General VK Singh will embark on a three day visit to the island nation on Sunday.

India has conveyed to Sri Lanka that beyond resettling and rehabilitating displaced Tamils, Colombo should begin the political process to resolve festering ethnic issues that plunged the island nation into decades of civil conflict.

India yesterday asked Sri Lanka to look beyond the resettlement of war-displaced Tamils and start a political process that would meet the needs and aspirations of the country’s minorities.

Sri Lanka Criminal Investigation Department (CID) special police from Colombo arrested two youths from Eastern Province Thursday in Nalloor in Jaffna claiming they were robbers, Jaffna police sources said. Jaffna magistrate directed the police to place the youths in remand in Jaffna Prison for two weeks when they were produced in the court by Jaffna [...]

India Thursday asked Sri Lanka to look beyond the resettlement of war-displaced Tamils and start a political process that would meet the needs and aspirations of the country’s minorities.

Muslim and Sinhala traders from Southern Sri Lanka are actively plundering the properties abandoned when the people of Vanni were forced to leave them during war, with the assistance of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers occupying Vanni. The traders make huge profits transporting them in vehicles to Vavuniyaa, Anurdapura and Puththalam for sale. The plundered [...]

The Combined Left Front (CLF) that comprises the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), Sri Lanka Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL)) and New Left Front (NLF) is to meet this week to take a final decision on the proposed constitutional amendments. Final decision would be taken after meeting Sri Lankas President Mahinda Rajapakse to apprise [...]

Sri Lankas Defense Ministry with immediate effect banned publishing news of all transfers and appointments of the military officers of the three armed forces, Sri Lanka Army (SLA), Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF). Media institutions have been asked to report on such transfers and appointments only with the approval of [...]

(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka’s trade deficit widened 48.7% annually to US$416.13 million in June from US$279.89 million last year, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said Wednesday.

Sri Lanka ’s Ceylon Petroleum Corp (Ceypetco) is expected to sign a deal to import 720,000 tonnes of gas oil for a year from a UAE-based firm, industry sources said on Monday.

Wimal Weerawansa, Sri Lanka minister of Housing and Common Amenities, accompanied by the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, visited Jaffna Tuesday morning preceding Indias Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao who was expected in Jaffna Friday evening, sources in Jaffna said. Wimal Weerawansa and the Russian Ambassador returned to Colombo Friday evening after participating in some events [...]

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday began assessing a draft bill that would amend the island’s constitution to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for office for a third term.

COLOMBO, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday began assessing a draft bill that would amend the island’s constitution to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for office for a third term.

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) occupying Jaffna Friday closed Achchuveali-Tho’ndaimaanaa’ru road located at the outskirt of SLA High Security Zone (HSZ) in Valikaamam North for public use causing people to travel long distance spending more time to reach their destinations, sources in Jaffna said. The said road which had been closed fifteen years ago by SLA [...]

Source: IRIN Few studies of children in Sri Lanka have examined the daily stress they continue to face since the tsunami and civil war, focusing instead on the direct impact of both, according to two studies in the latest Child Development journal.

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s cabinet on Monday backed changing the constitution to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for office for a third term, opening the way for a vote in parliament.

Post-war Sri Lanka is turning the heat on India’s $12.4-billion business process outsourcing sector. The neighbouring island, armed with a pro-outsourcing government and a sizeable pool of low-cost, service-oriented talent, has become a happy hunting ground for companies wanting to set up offshore centres.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan cracked an impressive century to set up Sri Lanka’s 74-run victory over India in the triangular one-day series final yesterday.

In Sri Lanka, we still don’t know the immense benefits of wayside weeds which can be used as Ayurveda medicines in combating some of the deadliest diseases in the world, according to veteran systems ecologist Dr. Ranil Senanayake.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka beat India by 74 runs Saturday at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium in the final of the tri-series one-day international tournament that also involved New Zealand: Scores: Sri Lanka 299-8 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 110, Kumar Sangakkara 71; Munaf Patel 2-43, Ishant Sharma 2-54) def. India 225 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni 67; Thisara [...]

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), main constituent of the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) led by Sri Lankas President Mahinda Rajapakse has instructed its parliamentarians not to go abroad till September 15. The leaders of the constituent parties also have been instructed by SL president Mahinda Rajapaksa to ensure the presence of their [...]

Sri Lanka today reversed the decision to withdraw the visa-on-arrival facility for foreign tourists, less than a day after it passed an order to do so from September 30. Sutirtho Patranobis reports.

Sri Lanka choose to bat first against India in the final of the Triangular Series in Dambulla.

Dambulla, Aug 28 : Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against India in the final of the tri-nation ODI cricket series at the Ranagiri International Stadium here Saturday.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara elected to bat after winning the toss against India in the triangular one-day series final on Saturday.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat first in the tri-series final against India Saturday at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium.

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the one-day tri-series final against India on Saturday.

Sri Lanka on Saturday suspended plans to scrap on-arrival visas for most nationals, including visitors from the US, Europe, Australia and Japan.

Sri Lanka’s predominant Muslim party, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) led by Rauff Hakeem, today decided to support the Sri Lanka governments decision to make constitutional amenedments which will also remove the two term restriction on the presidency, political sources in Colombo said. SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem told the media in Colombo, his party [...]

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said that his team is determined to avoid a fifth successive defeat in a limited-over final against India when the two teams clash in the Tri Nation tournament final in Dambulla today.

Sri Lanka will be looking to avenge their Asia Cup defeat when they take on arch rivals India in the Micromax Tri Nation limited overs cricket tournament final at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium under lights today.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Friday announced suspension of visa-on-arrival facility extended to citizens of 79 countries, including India, with effect from September 30.

Dambulla (Sri Lanka), Aug 27 : M S Dhoni’s boys are looking forward for Saturday’s final in the tri-nation cricket championship against Sri Lanka to square up the humiliating defeat in their previous encounter and return home with the trophy.

Indians planning to visit Sri Lanka will no longer get their visas on arrival from September 30, with the government scraping the facility to foreigners, except visitors from Singapore and Maldives.

Source: IRIN Almost 90 percent of the internally displaced in Sri Lanka have returned to their homes or are staying with host families, the government says.

United Nation’s Human Rights Co-ordinator, John Holmes, in a parting shot at Colombo the end of his 3-year tenure at the UN, defended his department’s funding of the Sri Lanka government’s internment camps where more than 350,000 held for several months while admitting the Sri Lanka government may have deliberately shelled civilians and hospitals, Inner [...]

In a tournament that has pretty much seen it all, Sri Lanka and India face off tomorrow in the final of the triangular series at Dambulla.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 26 (UPI) — A Sri Lankan woman who worked as a servant in Saudi Arabia said her employers tortured her, including inserting 24 nails into her body. Sri Lanka - Saudi Arabia - Colombo - Asia - Government

Sri Lanka has blocked over 100 porn websites that allegedly feature local men and women, the government said yesterday, in its biggest yet Internet censorship move.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The United Nations urged the international community on Thursday to continue helping war-displaced Sri Lankans, saying the current period is critical and an additional $165 million in funding is needed.

Woman, 49, Returns Home to Sri Lanka, Says Her Employers Tortured Her with Heated Nails and Needles as Punishment

What’s Your Reaction? COLOMBO, Sri Lanka A Sri Lankan maid returned from her job in Saudi Arabia with 24 nails inside her body the result of torture by the family who employed her, a doctor and government official said Wednesday.

Sri Lanka has blocked over 100 porn websites that allegedly feature local men and women, the government said Thursday, in its biggest yet Internet censorship move.

On World Humanitarian Day (19August) Amnesty International recalls the many humanitarian workers who have fallen victim to human rights violations in Sri Lanka and the families of victims who have been frustrated in their pursuit of justice.