Category: Local News

Western nations are underestimating the development in Sri Lanka since the end of the conflict, Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, said when he met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa for discussions yesterday. President Rajapaksa is currently on a four day official visit to Japan which began Monday. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – CHENNAI: Members of Tamil Eelam Supporter’s Organisation (TESO), including DMK treasurer M K Stalin, DK leader K Veeramani and VCK leader TholTirumavalavan were picked up by the police in Chennai for staging a road roko demanding that the Centre support the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka in the forthcoming […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – The dawn-to-dusk bandh called by the DMK-backed Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) evoked mixed response across the State on Tuesday, with normal life remaining unaffected, except for sporadic closure of commercial establishments. […]

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe making a special statement today said the UNP was willing to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government ‘to support the country in dealing with the aftermath of the impending resolution at the UNCHR,’ […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in Japan Tuesday (12) morning on a four-day official visit. President Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Wickramasinghe Rajapaksa were received by Mr. Minoru Kiuchi, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs in Japan, Admiral (RETD.) Wasantha Karannagoda, Sri Lankan Ambassador in Japan and Mr. Nobuhito Hobo, Japanese Ambassador in Sri Lanka at […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – America’s NBC news service listed Cardinal Malcom Ranjith of Colombo as one of twenty most possible candidates to become the next Pope as thousands converged at St.Peter;s Square for the chance to join Roman Catholic cardinals for a special pre-conclave mass. […]

Private bus operators have decided to increase bus fares starting from April 01. […]

The Public Utility Commission has decided to seek public opinion regarding the revision of electricity charges. The relevant newspaper advertisement will be published today. […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – Sri Lankan novelist Daya Dissanayake was among five writers honoured with the SAARC Literature Awards in Agra, India on Sunday. The others included writer poet-diplomat Abhay. K from India, Pakistan’s Farheen Chaudhary, Abdul Khaliq Rashid of Afghanistan and Suman Pokhrel of Nepal. Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Days before a US-sponsored resolution will be taken up against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council, Colombo accused Washington of committing human rights abuses. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – In a late night swoop, police removed eight students of Chennai’s Loyola College, who were on a fast-unto-death on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue and admitted them to a hospital, police sources said. […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – Pointing out Tamil Eelam Supporters  Organization (TESO) founded in Chennai does not help at all to solve the problems of Sri Lanka Tamils India’s politically powerful the Hindu newspaper strongly advocated New Delhi in an editorial  to craft a Lanka policy free of the opportunistic imprint of Tamil Nadu’s competitive […]

Britain needs to back the call for Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be moved, Former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said today. In an article to the British Guardian newspaper he added that, ‘for it to go ahead in Sri Lanka would be a mockery of Commonwealth values and UN authority, and a […]

High spirited Sri Lankans who crushed a so-called unbeatable terrorist outfit in 2009 has now set another world record by placing the country among the top boozing nations in the world, a study carried out by a local research firm showed. […]

All Lankan producers will no longer carry the Halal logo on their products unless requested by their foreign consumer, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said a short while ago. Meanwhile it was stated that for export purposes companies could obtain the Halal certification free of charge from the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU). […]

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa alleged that large scale foreign funding of NGOs operating in Sri Lanka would be inimical to ongoing post-war national reconciliation efforts hence, such projects should be resisted. […]