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Next week, the Prime Minister and I will travel to Sri Lanka for the latest Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The 53 Commonwealth countries together represent two billion people – nearly a third of our world’s population – and some of its fastest-growing economies. Despite its significance, most discussion of the summit has centred on […]

A senior government official yesterday said that precautions would be taken to thwart possible protests against some of those delegations coming here for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) next week. […]

Michael Fallon Britain said that there will be no UK business representation at the upcoming meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM), to be held in Sri Lanka this month, the House of Commons was informed. […]

Sri Lanka has approved on arrival visa to controversial UK Channel 4 Director, Callum Macrae, despite the fact that he has not been granted a visa to enter India to join a delegation led by UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, who will be in New Delhi on 14 November. […]

I am deeply moved on learning of the passing away of Deshamanya Dr Gamani Corea, one of the most illustrious sons of Sri Lanka. He stood out in the world as a Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat whose special contribution was to the economic advancement of the developing nations. The positions he held […]

Amidst Indian Prime Minister’s lack of audacity to take a firm decision on his participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Colombo India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has adopted a positive line on his traveling to Colombo. […]

India has denied a visa to Callum Macrae, the director of a documentary that exposed alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. Macrae, whose team was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year, made news again last Thursday when UK’s Channel 4 telecast footage acquired from him showing LTTE TV anchor-actor Isai Priya’s capture during […]

Five persons – three woman and two men – were hacked to death in their house at Halmillakulama in Anuradhapura last night, police said. […]

At least nine people were killed and more than 20 injured following the accident which occurred in Bandarawela this evening (4) when a bus plying on the Bandarawela- Punagala route skidded off the road and plunged into a precipice at Punagala. […]

Around 90% of Sri Lankans who were residing in Saudi Arabia illegally have been brought back to Sri Lanka, the Foreign Employment Bureau stated while the extended amnesty period given by Saudi authorities for over-stayers ended last night. […]

UNP reformists yesterday decided that after the appointment of the proposed leadership council, the term ‘UNP Leader’ would be replaced in the party’s Constitution with ‘Leadership Council’ (LC). […]

The first traffic accident on the newly opened Colombo-Katunayake Expressway (CKE) occurred today when a car traveling from Negombo to Colombo lost control and collided with the railing in both sides of the road. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the Nelum Pokuna (Lotus Pond) Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre yesterday (Nov. 01) to assess the preparations being made for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 that will take place in Colombo later this month. […]

Union Ministers from Tamil Nadu have highlighted the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils while indicating their opposition to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travelling to Colombo for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). […]

The Chairman of the Bentota Pradeshiya Sabha, Gayan Sirimanna has been arrested today (01) over an alleged assault incident, police said. […]

Sheffield (United Kingdom) – A 17-year-old male was arrested on Thursday over the murder of a Sri Lankan graduate who was stabbed while carrying out his final job as a pizza delivery driver in Sheffield, South Yorkshire Police said. Colleagues from Domino’s Pizza found Thavisha Lakindu Peiris, 25, dead in his car in the Southey […]