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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa celebrates his 68th birthday today (November 18) with family members at his official residence. The President will also mark the anniversary of his election to the office tomorrow, November 19. A series of religious ceremonies have been organized island wide to mark the President’s birthday and the anniversary. […]

While the Sri Lankan government has so far given the impression that it does not take offence to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh skipping the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Sri Lanka’s Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said on Sunday that he was disappointed with Dr. Singh’s absence. […]

The Australian government yesterday declared that it would gift two large Bay Class patrol vessels to the Sri Lankan Navy early next year. […]

Five persons were killed and at least another 15 wounded after a collision between a bus and a van at Talatuoya in Kandy this morning, police said. […]

Head of the Channel 4 media team Callum Macrae has said, on twitter, that they did not pay the driver, who brought them to Colombo on Thursday, as they were forced to return by the police. […]

David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , who is now in Sri Lanka to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre this evening (Nov. 15). […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially declared open 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Performance Theatre in Colombo. […]

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 commenced today (November 15) at 10.15am at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa theatre with 53 countries set to participate in the summit. […]

The Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms, Chandrasiri Gajadeera, announced that the Watareka Prison School would be opened by January 2014. Prison statistics reveal that out of 32,128 inmates, 2,848 are uneducated. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa hosted the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall Sir Charles Philip Arthur George at the President’s House this (Nov. 14) evening. […]

The Duke of Cornwall Sir Charles Philip Arthur George and the Duchess of Cornwall, Lady Camilla Parker Bowles, arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 at 4.00pm for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 beginning in Colombo. […]

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka could be turned into a preferred destination for wealthy Indian and Chinese tourists, said Australian gambling tycoon James Packer on Wednesday as he promoted his plan to develop a $400 million dollar casino resort in Colombo. Crown Resorts (CWN.AX) Chairman Packer was speaking at a Commonwealth forum on Wednesday after Sri […]

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday urged delegations attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) not to strengthen the hands of those promoting separatist sentiments. […]

Channel -4 journalists including Callum Macrae, who were heading to the North were sent back to Colombo in a special vehicle by the police saying it was being done for security reasons after their train was blocked at Anuradhapura Railway Station by a group of protesters. […]

Australian tycoon James Packer, Chairman of Crown Limited Australia, speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum stated that Sri Lanka is among the greatest places for foreign investments and tourism. […]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his letter to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, gave no reason for his absence at the Commonwealth Summit, according to Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris. […]