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Eezham Tamil activists in Norway on Saturday released stamps featuring LTTE leader V. Pirapaharan, the map of Tamil Eelam and some of the LTTE declared national symbols of the de-facto state of Tamil Eelam, including the Tamil Eelam national flag. The stamps were released in front of the Norwegian Parliament by Jeyasri Balasubramaniam, a candidate [...]

Feb 05, Colombo: Employed graduates in Sri Lanka say that government ministers were making false statements about the Cabinet of Ministers granting approval for the setting up of a Sri Lanka Development Officers’ Association.

Feb 05, Colombo: The People’s Movement for Democracy in Sri Lanka has organized a protest to be held on Wednesday (8) to mark the two year anniversary of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka’s imprisonment.

Feb 05, Colombo: A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka has vowed to start a fast unto death on February 14 to protest the inaction of the authorities towards the minority Sinhalese in the Tamil dominated Batticaloa city of the Eastern Province.

Feb 05, Colombo: Beneficiaries of the Divi Neguma livelihood development programme initiated by Sri Lanka’s Economic Development Ministry are to receive enhanced benefits.

Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister of Sri Lanka Chandrasiri Gajadeera said that 1,600 prison..

The bodies of a woman and her daughter were found in Kotagedara, Ratnapura, the Police said.

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The Queen Elizabeth II of England has sent a congratulatory message to Sri Lanka President Mahinda R..

A US Army Intelligence analyst, Private First Class Bradley Manning, accused of the biggest leak of ..

Leaders of many countries yesterday congratulated President Mahinda Rajapaksa on taking tremendous s..

Anuradhapura: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today appealed all political parties to join the..

Now that we have enjoyed the pomp and pageantry of Sri Lanka s 64th Independence anniversary, it wou..

Feb 05, Colombo: Opposition and United National Party (UNP) Leader of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremasinghe has called on the people to rally to safeguard democracy in the country.

Feb 05, Colombo: Two high ranking officials of the United States Department of State are to arrive in Sri Lanka next week to hold discussions with the Sri Lankan President and senior government officials on the government’s progress on reaching a political solution and addressing accountability issues.

(Lanka-e-News-04.Feb.2012,11.55PM) This year’s independence day celebrations commenced this early morning (4) under the leadership of the President at Anuradhapura. The Deyata Kirula Exhibition was also commenced coinciding with…

(Lanka-e-News-04.Feb.2012, 11.55PM) The MaRa regime commemorated the freedom day (the day SL obtained its independence) while keeping the celebrated war Hero Gen. Sarath Fonseka ,the Army Commander in jail, who….

(Lanka-e-News-04.Feb.2012, 11.55PM) Lanka e news is in receipt of copious detailed information on the Intelligence unit officer ‘Manoj’ who trailed behind Alagiyawanna…

February 4th, the day Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) got so-called “Independence” from Britain in 1948, is a day for action, not regret or mourning. “The betrayal of the Tamils by the British cannot be ignored. If it is, then Britain must be reminded of its moral, legal and ethical obligations, to ‘do the right thing’, [...]

February 4th, the day Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) got so-called “Independence” from Britain in 1948, is a day for action, not regret or mourning. “The betrayal of the Tamils by the British cannot be ignored. If it is, then Britain must be reminded of its moral, legal and ethical obligations, to ‘do the right thing’, [...]

Sri Lanka is a good place to invest as returns on investments are high compared to the United States said International Executive Services Corp (IESC) of USA Vice President Charles Conconi at a ceremony to ink a partnership between IESC and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) to promote foreign direct investment from USA.

In a bid to capitalise on Sri Lanka's proximity to India and attract more travellers, the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau, in association with SriLankan Airlines and a Sri Lankan MICE industry delegation, yesterday re-launched the 'Meet Sri Lanka' campaign in Mumbai.

Sri Lanka earned 1.5 billion rupees ($13.17 million) from the tea industry last year and the government has initiated several programs to promote the commodity in global markets. Industry standards are also improving with more and more tea factories and estates acquiring international certification.

Sri Lanka yesterday celebrated her 64th anniversary of Independence with pride and dignity as a sovereign nation and the country is marching forward towards new socio-economic horizons.

Feb 04, Anuradhapura: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today appealed all political parties to join the democratic process to find a solution to the national problem as it is their duty and since the parliament is representing people including all parties, ethnic communities, religions is the supreme democratic institution, the mechanism for solving the National [...]

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says that the government has not initiated any of the recommendations by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).

Feb 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka on Saturday released 2,000 prisoners who were convicted of minor offenses to mark the country’s National Independence Day that falls on today.

Keeping genocide-afflicted Eezham Tamils in sheds and shelters, occupying Sri Lanka plans to build massive ‘tourist’ hotels in Jaffna with Sinhala investment and management, eventually to create Sinhala business enclaves and colonies, news sources in Jaffna said. SL presidential sibling Basil Rajapaksa laid foundation for a 14-storey tourist hotel in the heart of Jaffna city [...]

Feb 04, Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has sent a message of greetings to the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne on the National Independence Day falling on February 04.

Feb 04, Islamabad: Sri Lanka High Commission in Islamabad celebrated the 64th National Independence Day of Sri Lanka in the Embassy premises today with Sri Lankan community living in Islamabad and the Sri Lankan military officials attached to Pakistan Military Institution for training.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa states that ethnic communities have no separate regions and the entire country belongs to all ethnic communities.

EARLY morning on Kandalama Lake in central Sri Lanka and an elephant is sloshing through the shallows.

President Mahinda Rajapakse marked Sri Lanka's national day by appealing to the country to show "strength and courage" in the face of a worsening global economic crisis.

Feb 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Embilipitiya Paper Mill officially starts operations today under a new management.

Feb 04,Colombo: Leader of Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremasinghe faced a protest by party members when he visited Beruwala during a visit to the South.

Feb 04, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court has fined the Chief Technical Engineer of the railway yard of Sri Lanka Railways in Ratmalana for allowing dengue mosquito breeding areas in the site.

Feb 04, Colombo: Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister of Sri Lanka Chandrasiri Gajadeera said that 1,600 prisoners would be released to mark the Independence Day this year.

Feb 04, Colombo: The newly elected Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) A.J.M. Muzammil says that a new mechanism would be initiated to get the residents of the city to play an active role in the city’s administration.

Feb 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) says that support from other forces would also be gathered to form a broad front to agitate against the current states of lawlessness in the country.

Feb 04, Kandy: Sri Lanka Bribery or Corruption Investigation Commission officials arrested a head of a local government council Friday (03) on charges of soliciting bribes.

Feb 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka has made immense sacrifices to achieve peace and unity in the country and will not hesitate to take its own decisions in future to secure those objectives, island nation’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa said in a message to mark the country’s 64th Independence Day.

Sri Lanka freed 1,414 convicts on Saturday to mark the country's 64th anniversary of independence from Britain, a prisons official said.

Feb 04, Colombo: The Queen Elizabeth II of England has sent a congratulatory message to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the country’s 64th National Independence Day.

Feb 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka today celebrates the 64th anniversary of gaining independence from the British colonial rule in 1948 with pomp and pageantry in the sacred city of Anuradhapura in the North Central Province.

24-year-old Garolin Vinotha Nesarajah, who killed herself along with her 20-month-old baby boy on 16 January in a refugee centre in Førde in Western Norway, was not prepared for her deportation, as she feared she would be interrogated and tortured by the Sri Lanka Army back home, reporters in Jaffna said. Garolin immolated herself along [...]

"They tell us, these tyrants, that they adore a God of peace and equality, and yet they usurp our land and make us their slaves. They speak to us of an immortal soul and of their eternal rewards and punishments, and yet they rob our belongings, seduce our women, violate our daughters.

(Lanka-e-News-03.Feb.2012,11.45PM) Six Sri Lanka (SL) fishermen had been held captive by a group of sea pirates in the Somalian sea , and have demanded ransom from the SL Govt. for their release. This issue has created a maelstrom…

(Lanka-e-News-03.Feb.2012,11.45PM) The habeas corpus writ application filed in the Appeal court requesting an order to be issued to reveal…

(Lanka-e-News-03.Feb.2012,11.45PM) A Jayawardenapura University student had been abducted in a white colored Van yesterday, and

(Lanka-e-News-03.Feb.2012, 6.00PM) Kolonnawa Urban Council Mayor Ravindra Udaya Shantha’s brother Janaka Prabhath was abducted on the 2nd by a group of armed persons who came in the most infamous white Van…

(Lanka-e-News-03.Feb.2012, 6.00PM) The Deputy Minister of Re settlement , Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman stated at the media..

Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka University Grants Commission plans to establish the Agriculture Faculty of the University of Jaffna in Kilinochchi.

Feb 03, Colombo: The Chief Minister of India’s Tamil Nadu state, J. Jayalalithaa has once again vowed to take Sri Lanka’s Kachchativu islet back to stop alleged attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy.

The IMF expresses concern over the increasing trade deficit while the UNP slams Govt’s lack of coherent policy.

Feb 03, Colombo: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended the Sri Lanka Central Bank’s to raise the monetary and exchange policy rates and the government’s commitment to reduce the budget deficit.

(Lanka-e-News-03.Feb.2012, 6.00PM) Kolonnawa Urban Council Mayor Ravindra Udaya Shantha’s brother Janaka Prabhath was abducted on the 2nd by a group of armed persons who came in the most infamous white Van…

(Lanka-e-News-03.Feb.2012, 6.00PM) The Deputy Minister of Re settlement , Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman stated at the media discussions…

Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says the ethnic issue could be resolved by building a Sri Lankan identity.

Feb 03, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court today granted approval to proceed with the habeas corpus case filed by relatives of two missing members of the Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) dissident group.

Media minister, IGP and Jaffna military commander issued notice to explain the ‘abduction’ of two activists.

Sri Lanka A won the fourth match of their series with England Lions to draw level at 2-2 and set up a decider in Colombo on Monday