| Katchatheevu issue: Karunanidhi denies Jayalalithaa’s charge |
| [ Sunday, 05 May 2013, 03:31.12 AM ] |
 Joining issue with his archrival and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa over the Katchatheevu issue, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Saturday denied her charge that he did not take any effort to retrieve the islet ceded to Sri Lanka by India. |
| Parts of Lion Air plane discovered |
| [ Saturday, 04 May 2013, 02:48.49 PM ] |
 The salvage operation on wreckage of the Lion Air Antonov 24 plane began today and will continue till tomorrow. The plane crashed into the Iranathivu seas after an LTTE missile attack in 1998. |
| David Cameron to attend CHOGM |
| [ Saturday, 04 May 2013, 08:58.46 AM ] |
 David Cameron will attend the Commonwealth Summit in November despite serious divisions within the organisation over the human rights record of Sri Lanka, the host government. |
| Canadian PM won’t go to Lanka |
| [ Saturday, 04 May 2013, 06:30.55 AM ] |
 Prime Minister Stephen Harper won’t be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka next November, The Huffington Post Canada has learned. |
| NIC in Sinhala and Tamil |
| [ Friday, 03 May 2013, 06:39.13 AM ] |
 Deputy Solicitor General, Viraj Dayaratne, informed the Supreme Court on Thursday (2) that the government is checking out samples of board to select what would be most appropriate to print National Identity Cards (NICs) in Sinhala and Tamil. |
| Azath Salley arrested |
| [ Thursday, 02 May 2013, 04:43.43 AM ] |
 CID officials arrested former member of the Colombo Municipal Council Azath Salley, while at his residence in Kolonnawa area at 6.45 am this morning. |
| Where is Gajendrakumar ?- Mask men |
| [ Thursday, 02 May 2013, 03:16.56 AM ] |
 Two mask men wearing rain coats visited the house of Tamil National People s front leader, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam at 4.00 pm last evening and threatened his secretary. |
| Wife of former LTTE major arrested |
| [ Wednesday, 01 May 2013, 03:42.39 PM ] |
 CID officials arrested Wife of former LTTE major Jayanthini(33) and her two sons Kowarjan(10) and Nidhursan(7) at Karunayake airport while returning from Trichy. |
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| Iconic Tamil singer TM Soundararajan dies |
[ Saturday, 25 May 2013, 03:42.14 PM ] [ ] |
 Veteran Tamil playback singer TM Soundararajan passed away in the age of 91 at his residence here on Saturday following a brief illness, family sources said. [More] |
| Controversial Sri Lanka Buddhist organization to hold a conference to challenge Mannar Bishop |
| [ Saturday, 25 May 2013, 10:49.48 AM ] |
 Leader of Bodu Bala Sena(BBS), the Buddhist extremist organization in Sri Lanka, Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero vowed to hold a conference in Mannar to challenge Mannar Bishop Rayappu Joseph. [More] |
| Lanka ranks high in informal cash transfers |
| [ Saturday, 25 May 2013, 05:05.54 AM ] |
 Sri Lanka has ranked high among informal money transfers in the south Asian region last year, a new Gallup study revealed. [More] |
| Mihin flight grounded at BIA |
| [ Saturday, 25 May 2013, 04:47.45 AM ] |
 The take off of a Mihin Lanka flight was suspended temporarily at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake due to a mechanical malfunction in the aircraft this afternoon. [More] |
| No violation reports in Buddhist areas |
| [ Friday, 24 May 2013, 03:58.34 PM ] |
 Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated violations reported in the areas where we couldn’t find Temples. [More] |
| MoU between USA and Trinco Urban Council |
| [ Friday, 24 May 2013, 02:10.09 PM ] [] |
 The Sri Lanka government yesterday expressed concern over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US embassy in Colombo and the Trincomalee Urban Council to jointly establish a public information and activity centre known as the American Corner, without the knowledge or the authorisation of the Sri Lanka External Affairs Ministry. [More] |
| Father kills infant at Tangalle |
| [ Friday, 24 May 2013, 02:07.32 PM ] |
 A 1 year and 4 months old infant who sustained injuries after being run over by a jeep in a house in the Tangalle area. [More] |
| Spent high price to win freedom: Shavendra Silva |
| [ Friday, 24 May 2013, 12:25.02 PM ] |
 SriLankan Permanent representative to United Nation Maj.Gen.Shavendra Silva says we have spent high price to win freedom. [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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Economic ban on Sri Lanka may only worsen the situation for Tamils in Sri Lanka, said Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretary G. Ramakrishnan on Saturday.
Leader of the National Police Commission most.ven. Elle Gunawansa thera said case would be file against holding provincial council election in the Northern Province.
Family members of Duminda Silva announced they never mislead the court activities.
Chamithri Rambukwella daughter of Minister Kehiliya Rambukwella has been appointed as the United Nations Conference Organization Committee Chair.
The Bishop of Galle has warned of threats posed to religious minorities by some groups including the Bodu Bala Sena which he has termed as a “Buddhist Taliban” operating in Sri Lanka.
Among the Asian countries SriLanka ranked first on charging highest rent charges for hotel rooms for tourists visits the country.
Minister Wimal Weerawansa vowed to break away from the government, if the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) election held in September, without removing police and land powers from the PCs. 
No changes will be made in the electricity tariff for those using up to 60 units, President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated at the UPFA May Day rally. 
General Secretary of the Tamil Arasu Katchi and the Jaffna district parliamentarian Mawai Senadhiraja addressed the May Day celebrations at Karaichchi divisional secretariat today.
Army commander of the Jaffna district Maj.Gen.Mahinda Hathurusinhe said compensation would be settling back to land owners in the Northern Province. At present Army decided to own 2 acres of lands in the Palali area.