Category: Local News

Indian Oil Corporation Lanka on Tuesday expressed concern over media reports suggesting the island nation government was planning a takeover of its oil storage tanks in the north-eastern port district of Trincomalee. […]

(12th Feb.) Following an appeal from the mothers of two Jaffna University who were arrested during a protest in December 2012, President Mahinda Rajapaksa instructed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to make arrangements for the release of the students. […]

With Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, Sri Lanka’s Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith (65) is also among the front runners for head of the Catholic Church, the Forbes magazine said. […]

Sri Lanka has decided not to pursue a new loan from the International Monetary Fund as the global lender has indicated it may not be in a position to consider budget support to country, the central bank said on Tuesday. The central bank said the IMF had indicated that Sri Lanka does not warrant unconventional […]

Nations hounding Sri Lanka internationally should engage constructively with the government, Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said. […]

A shipment of 5,000 metric tonnes of diesel imported by Lanka IOC Oil Company was rejected by the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminal Limited (CPSTL) as the imported stock was not up to required quality standards, CPSTL sources said. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana “India has to take a decision and we hope that the country is noticing the efforts taken by Sri Lanka for restoring human rights.” He was in Kerala to unveil the statue of Buddha at the Sree Buddha College of Engineering at Nooranad. “We had opportunity to spread Buddhism to many […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lanka reacted sharply to the February 7 attack on the premises of the Bank of Ceylon in Chennai. On Friday, it sought Central security for its establishments in Tamil Nadu. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawarhana The house of an Indian Consulate official in Jaffna was ransacked on Friday, a day after miscreants stormed the Bank of Ceylon building in Chennai. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawarhana International conference soon to highlight sufferings of Tamils, says Karunanidhi The DMK is committed to protect the lives and livelihood of the Sri Lankan Tamils and it would continue to fight for their rights in the post-Eelam struggle period too, party president M. Karunanidhi asserted in Tiruchi on Thursday. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana CHENNAI: Repeated attacks on Sri Lankan establishments in Chennai have created a climate of insecurity for banks, airlines and other businesses which have ties, however tenuous, with the island nation. And in most cases, it is Indian Tamils employed in these establishments bear the brunt of the hostility, which manifests itself […]

NEW DELHI: Premium bicycle maker Firefox Bikes today said it has closed its manufacturing plant in Sri Lanka, owned by one of its promoters, and moved it to Bangladesh to avail lower duty benefits. […]

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has asked the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to move a resolution before the UN Human Rights Council to impose economic sanctions against the Sri Lankan government till the Tamils displaced by the ethnic war are given their rights on par with the Sinhalese. […]

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday offered prayers at the Lord Venkateswara shrine in Tirumala. […]

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the regulatory body, will decide against permitting an electricity tariff hike when its executive members sit on February 21. This was revealed by a senior PUCSL official. […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, India this afternoon on Friday 08 February on a two day private visit for pilgrimage. The President was warmly received at the Gaya International Airport by Chief Minister of Bihar Province, Nitish Kumar and senior state […]