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Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have stressed the need for tough action against ..

Feb 07, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) calls on the government to implement the recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) without delay.

Plantation Industries Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Samarasinghe says the government is working towa..

Today marks the fifth death anniversary of Selliah Kurukkal Parameshwaran, the chief Kurukkal of San..

The United States said Monday it would send two senior diplomats to Sri Lanka this month, for talks expected to address alleged killings of civilians by troops during a war with Tamil Tiger rebels.

Feb 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka is conducting a public opinion poll on the re-imposing of death penalty to evaluate whether the measure would deter the crimes committed on its citizenry.

Sri Lanka will be wary of the wounded beast when they take on struggling India in Wednesday's one-day clash at the WACA Ground.

(Lanka-e-News-06.Feb.2012,11.45PM) This is the question of the day. This is raised nationally and internationally and answers contrast for different reasons. In this article, I endeavor to briefly answer this question from a governance perspective,

(Lanka-e-News-06.Feb.2012, 11.45PM) The Sri Lanka (SL) defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse reckoned as ranking second only to the President in the hierarchy did not participate in this year’s independence celebrations . Since it is being made known that Bayagotha’s ‘stars’ are increasingly turning against him…

(Lanka-e-News-06.Feb.2012, 11.45PM) A country wielding immense power and influence has begun special investigations into the illegal transactions conducted..

Feb 06, Washington, DC: Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Maria Otero and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. will travel to Sri Lanka next week, the United States Department of State confirmed today in a media release.

The wards of the Chaavakachcheari hospital, renovated with help from Red Cross societies from Finland and Ireland at different stages and that were already declared open, were showcased Monday as part of a ‘grand opening’ by the SL President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Vadakkin Vasantham (the spring of the North). The inaugural plaques of foreign donors [...]

Feb 06, Colombo: A cross-section of Pakistani community in Sri Lanka along with a large number of Sri Lankans attended an event held in Colombo on Sunday February 05 to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day.

Feb 06, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited 6th annual Deyata Kirula 2012 Exhibition that showcases Sri Lanka’s public development schemes educating the public on the government’s development programs and its objectives in the economic, social and cultural fields.

Sri Lanka will begin life under new coach Graham Ford when they meet India in their opening Commonwealth Bank Series match in Perth on Wednesday.

Feb 06, Jaffna: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is on two-day visit to Jaffna, the capital city of war-torn Northern Province, today participated in several activities that were focused on the development of the region.

Peace comes from absence of fear, violence and social confrontations. Reconciliation comes from justice and parity between the parties. Development of a people comes from their right to conceive it and own it. How could Norway expect Eezham Tamils in Norway to contribute to peace, reconciliation and development within the Sri Lankan frame, amidst [...]

Feb 06, Colombo: India has unveiled a photographic exhibit at Sri Lanka’s Deyata Kirula National Development Exhibition that was opened in Oyamaduwa, Anuradhapura on February 4th to coincide with the 64th Independence Day celebrations.

Feb 06, Colombo: The wife of former Sri Lankan Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, Anoma Fonseka says he or his family would not tender an apology to secure his release.

Feb 06, Colombo: BIG CBS Networks, a joint venture of India’s Reliance Broadcast Network Limited and CBS Studios International, is to introduce three English entertainment channels in Sri Lanka, the company announced.

Feb 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka police teams today rescued a government minister’s wife and several others who were lost deep in a jungle in the South.

Sri Lanka will be wary of the wounded beast when they take on struggling India in Wednesday's one-day clash at the WACA Ground.

Around 60 diplomats belonging to African, Latin American, West Asian and European countries, based in New Delhi were brought to Jaffna on Sunday to showcase them on ‘development’ and ‘reconciliation’ taking place in the country of Eezham Tamils occupied by genocidal Sri Lanka. The exercise was organised and fully backed by the Establishment in New [...]

> Feb 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s major Tamil constituent Tamil National Alliance (TNA), reiterating its call for autonomy in the Tamil-dominated Northern and Eastern provinces, has said that their proposals for the self-government had been given to the government and they expect the government to act with responsibility.

Amid Sri Lanka's growing anxiety over possible disruption of Iranian oil imports due to United States-led sanctions against Iran, two important delegations from the U.S. and India visited the count…

Feb 06, Colombo: The management of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has taken steps to appoint a committee to probe the reasons for the frequent break downs of the country’s first coal power plant in Norochcholai.

Feb 06, Jaffna: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is on a two-day visit to Jaffna following the 64th Independence Day celebrations held in Anuradhapura on February 04 is to participate in number of functions in the Tamil dominated northern district of Jaffna.

Feb 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s major Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says regardless of the statements by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) have not yet been implemented.

Feb 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) is to oppose proposed amendments to the Town and Country Planning Ordinance that are aimed at curbing land powers vested with the provincial councils (PCs).

Those demanding the UnitedNations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to take up what they call Sri Lank..

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his address to the nation on the Independence Day, made it clear that..

(Lanka-e-News-06.Feb.2012, 8.45AM) Cutting each other’s throat is a popular game among the officials of the Ministry of External Affairs. The recent inside war being waged is between…

(Lanka-e-News-06.Feb.2012, 8.45AM) Mr. Minister, I don’t know whether you have seen the film called ‘my name is Khan. In it, the main character played by popular actor…

Leader of Sri Lanka`s main opposition United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremasinghe has taken st..

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) DIG Jayantha Kulatilaka has deployed three special teams to ..

Two major Sri Lankan groups are in the fray for a tender called to sell the 11-story, state-of -the ..

Hirunika, the daughter of late Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra has announced she will join active pol..

Feb 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna blames the capitalist rulers of the country for pushing it into a deep economic crisis at the time when the country celebrated its 64th Independence Day.

Feb 06, Colombo: Plantation Industries Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Samarasinghe says the government is working towards to make the country re-acquire its position as the leading tea exporter in the world. Sri Lanka was the top tea exporter in the world until 2006.

Three American diplomats will travel to Sri Lanka for talks about alleged killings of civilians by g..

(Lanka-e-News-05.Feb.2012, 11.45PM) The MaRa regime held Sri Lanka’s (SL) 64th independence celebration at Anuradhapura yesterday (4). It is the general consensus that this year’s independence day celebration…

The overall environmental performance is improving in Sri Lanka and it has been ranked as a moderate performer, according to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week.

Sri Lanka has achieved significant results in securing sustainable economic and social development, consolidation of democratic state institutions, Russian President Dmitry A Medvedev in a message to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sri Lanka’s 64th Independence Day said.

Sri Lanka celebrated the 64th anniversary of gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1948 with pomp and pageantry in the sacred and ancient city of Anuradhapura, under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday.

MPs, peers from the House of Lords and a cross-party group of politicians endorsed the call for an independent, international investigation into allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka, at an exhibition organized by the BTF and APPGT held Tuesday at Portcullis House, a parliamentary building in Westminster. The exhibition highlighted the protracted nature [...]

Three American diplomats will travel to Sri Lanka for talks about alleged killings of civilians by government troops in their campaign to defeat the Tamil Tigers, an official and report said Sunday.

Feb 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance is using the power devolution issues to achieve their political objectives, the Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says.

Sri Lanka’s PM says the aim of the capitalist countries is to capture oil and other resources in Asian countries.

Feb 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka is seeking operators to revive the halted ferry service between Colombo and Tuticorin in India and has called for Expressions of Interest (EoI) from potential operators, an Indian media report said.

HRC calls for an affidavit from the former AG Mohan Peiris regarding his statement to UN on Prageeth Ekneligoda.

Sri Lankan Kokulavathani Mayuran, 31, was last seen on 31 January and reported missing two days later.

Occupying Sri Lanka plans to invite China to build an airport of international standard at Poonakari in the north of the country of Eezham Tamils to balance India’s projects centring around KKS harbour and Palaali airport in the northern coast of Jaffna Peninsula, news sources from the island said. Colombo has started confiscating large tracts [...]

In a forceful rebuttal to the U.S. State Department’s suggestion of immunity to Sri Lanka President Rajpakse in the war-crimes charges against him in the case filed in District Court in Washington by three Tamil plaintiffs, Bruce Fein, the attorney for the plaintiffs, said, ‘the sitting head of state immunity issue pivots solely on an [...]

United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton issued a virtual `ultimatum` to the government of ..

Feb 05, Jaffna: Sri Lanka’s Jetwing Group has started a Rs. 700 million project to build star class hotel in the Northern city of Jaffna.

Feb 05, Colombo: The regulations on the structure of fees levied on vehicles that commute on the Southern Expressway are to be taken up for debate in the Sri Lankan Parliament this week.

Feb 05, Colombo: Leader of Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremasinghe has taken steps to distribute a video of the attack on the UNP headquarters on December 19.

Feb 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau says that over 20 luxury cruise liners will call at Sri Lanka’s ports this year bringing thousands of tourists to the country.