| Polls Monitors Fear Military Presence |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 06:31.38 AM ] |
 Election monitors are concerned about the possible strong military presence in the North if elections are held in September. [More] |
| 61 Bangladeshis to be returned home from Sri Lanka |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 06:22.39 AM ] |
 Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who were in Sri Lankan detention camps for four months after being picked up by the navy in February, are scheduled to be returned to their home country from Colombo around Sunday noon. [More] |
| Palaly-KKS security zone not raised in phone call from Delhi Gota checks with GL |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 06:17.59 AM ] |
 Having consulted External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday afternoon, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa told The Sunday Island that contrary to media reports, acquiring land by the government for the expansion of Palaly-Kankesanthurai security zone hadn’t been raised by Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid when he phoned his Sri Lankan counterpart on Friday morning. [More] |
| TNPF members arrested by Mannar Police |
[ Saturday, 18 May 2013, 12:12.42 PM ] [ ] |
 A group of persons including two leaders of the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) have been arrested by Mannar Police today over a commemoration ceremony. [More] |
| Jail for those commemorating LTTE: Vanni Commander |
| [ Saturday, 18 May 2013, 11:07.58 AM ] |
 Any organisation or individual will not be allowed to venerate a terrorist organisation. Anyone participating in a commemoration ceremony for LTTE cadres will be arrested, Vanni Commander Major General Boniface Perera said. [More] |
| PS Vice chairman arrested over alleged sexual abuse |
| [ Saturday, 18 May 2013, 04:47.51 AM ] |
 The vice chairman of the Laggala- Wilgamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha was arrested by the Wilgamuwa police for allegedly entering the house of a widow and attempting to sexually abuse her. [More] |
| Government pays electricity bill of ministers |
| [ Friday, 17 May 2013, 03:55.56 PM ] |
 The electricity bill for the official residence of the Minister of Mass Media and Information Keheliya Rambukwella for the year 2012 was Rs. 15,70,779. Except for Rs.12,000 the balance money has been paid to the CEB with public funds. [More] |
| People paid last respect to Mulliwaikal relatives: M.A Rathan |
| [ Friday, 17 May 2013, 03:09.23 PM ] [] |
 Deputy leader of the Vavuniya Municipal council M.M.Rathan stated by lighting lamps in the Wellamulliwaikal and Karaiyan Mulliwaikal people paid their respect to civilians killed in the final stage of war in year 2009. [More] |
| India asks Sri Lanka not to take any step regarding provincial powers |
| [ Friday, 17 May 2013, 02:37.06 PM ] |
 Concerned over reports of Sri Lankan government considering removal of land and police powers from the provinces prior to the elections in the Northern Province, India today asked it not to take any step against their own commitments relating to the 13th Amendment. [More] |
| Samples of imported milk powder tested by three nations |
| [ Friday, 17 May 2013, 01:38.03 PM ] |
 Minister of cooperatives and Internal Trade Johnston Fernando yesterday directed the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) to obtain samples of all milk powder imported into the country and have them tested in three countries and obtain the relevant reports. [More] |
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| Norway tells Lanka: Respect Vienna Convention |
| [ Monday, 20 May 2013, 08:22.06 AM ] |
 Norway has asked Sri Lanka to comply with �well established international rules on diplomatic immunity� after a Colombo Court ruled that the former Norwegian Ambassador and three officials did not have immunity in a huge transaction involving an NGO. [More] |
| Military personals issue threatening orders against families of misplaced personals |
| [ Monday, 20 May 2013, 05:58.20 AM ] |
 Members of SriLanka Army continuously warn families of misplaced personals while in the military detention. Group of unidentified personals have threatened to withdraw the case filed at the Vavuniya High Court. [More] |
| SriLanka monitors Canada's activities |
| [ Monday, 20 May 2013, 04:59.23 AM ] |
 The Ministry of External Affairs announced they will monitors activities of Canadian government. Previously Canada announced that they will boycott Commonwealth Heads meeting to be held in SriLanka. [More] |
| Prabahakaran no more at Eritrea - Military spokesman |
| [ Monday, 20 May 2013, 04:05.53 AM ] |
 Military spokesman Ruwan Wanigasuriya said we have rescued the body of LTTE leader from Nandikadal lagoon on May 18, 2009. He is not residing in Eritrea. [More] |
| Russia to donate 8 helicopters |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 05:06.29 PM ] |
 Russia decided to donate 8 helicopters to SriLanka. [More] |
| Elections should not impose changes in the constitution of this country |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 03:27.10 PM ] |
 Minister Dinesh Gunawardene met Chief Incumbent of the Malwattu Chapters Tibbatuwawe Sumangala thero today. [More] |
| Tamil genocide attack day commemorated in Canada |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 03:16.20 PM ] [] |
 Tamil Genocide attack day commemorated at Queens Burg city in Toronto, Canada. [More] |
| Thousands of Tamils present at the London Mulliwaikal mourning day |
[ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 03:10.32 PM ] [ ] |
 Thousands of Tamil national present at the Mulliwaikal mourning organized by the British Tamil Forum. [More] |
| UN has a second chance to right wrongs on Sri Lanka |
| [ Friday, 16 November 2012, 07:18.53 AM ] |
 There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [More] |
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A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death using a sharp object in the Mahasenpura area in Polonnaruwa. [
The declared strike action on the 21st is not the final move but is only a symbol says the President of National Trade Union Center (NTUC) K.D. Lal Kanthe in a letter to the President. [
Two navy personnel had fallen off a small Sri Lanka Navy vessel which was involved in an accident during the Victory day Parade at the Galle Face Green this morning. [
A major infrastructure project currently in progress to expand Sri Lanka's main port of Colombo will make the island the biggest transshipment hub in the region, According to the Asian Development Bank. [
Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka of Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday that the UNP turned down a request from a former terrorist to contest the Northern Provincial Council elections under the party. [
The entire world was asking Sri Lanka to give into the terrorists and avoid confrontation with them, but we chose to trust in the strength and courage of the country’s youth, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. [
Trade unions, opposition parties and civil society organizations are gearing up to hold a massive protest on the 21st against the electricity tariff hike and the performance of the government. [
Former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake appeared before the Bribery and Corruption Commission Friday to make a statement. [
Students of Jaffna University commemorated death anniversary of people killed in the Mulliwaikal war. [
The Coalition Government of the United Kingdom is under pressure to prevent Sri Lanka attending a Commonwealth event in Glasgow designed to commemorate the start of the First World War. [
