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No changes will be made in the electricity tariff for those using up to 60 units, President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated at the the UPFA May Day rally. […]

The adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee has decided to ban FIFA Executive Committee member Manilal Fernando from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for a period of eight years after he was found guilty of several breaches of the FIFA Code of Ethics. […]

Sixteen May Day rallies are scheduled to be held in Colombo today while another eight are scheduled to be held outside Colombo. Though few of them are large scale, some rallies held in Colombo would be relatively smaller while some others will be held in the form of commemorative ceremonies. […]

Against the backdrop of widespread public outrage against the recent electricity tariff hike, Power and Energy Ministry officials said yesterday that there “would be a possibility of bringing down electricity prices for the low income category.” […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Foreign Minister Bob Carr says he will not boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka over allegations of human rights violations. Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser called for Australia to skip the conference, which is scheduled to be held in November, following reports of the […]

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) has intensified its campaign against the electricity tariff hike by handing over a No –Confidence Motion in Parliament against Power and Energy Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, informed sources said yesterday. […]

Despite the well planned and persistent attempts, in some quarters, to re-canvass the decision to hold the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka in November this year, the government has been able to defeat those efforts and it is a matter for satisfaction that justice has been done, Minister of External Affairs […]

A couple died when the van they were travelling, plunged from a bridge close to the Baddegama interchange on the Southern Expressway yesterday morning. The victims were identified as Piyasena Rubasinghe, 77, elder brother of former Information Director and President’s Media Coordinator Ariya Rubasinghe and his wife Chandra, 60. […]

Railway trade unions have decided to temporarily suspended their scheduled strike from midnight today, demanding a pay raise, after discussion with transport authorities. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Beijing: Sri Lanka and India have had more talks on issues relating to the Maritime Boundary Line dividing both countries, the Sri Lanka Navy said on Friday. […]

Duminda Silva who left Nawaloka Hospital a short while ago went straight to President’s House to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa, a private radio channel that belongs to his brother said. […]

Two Japanese naval ships, Akebono DD- 108 and Hamagiri DD- 155, arrived at the Port of Colombo for logistics requirements on 25th April 2013. The ships were en route for Counter Piracy Operations off the Coast of Somaliya and in the Gulf of Aden. They were welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – OTTAWA – The NDP is putting pressure on the Harper government to boycott this year’s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka as a protest against the country’s human rights record. […]

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s state-run electricity board will show a roughly 45 billion rupee ($355 million) loss in 2013, a government spokesman said, although it has raised tariffs in response to International Monetary Fund (IMF) requests. Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) last week increased the power tariff significantly with effect from this month under reforms to […]

The candlelight protest conducted by the main Opposition, United National Party (UNP), against the revised electricity tariffs turned Parliament into a mini battlefield yesterday. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – THE Law Society of South Africa on Tuesday came out in support of a resolution by Commonwealth lawyers calling for the suspension of Sri Lanka, which is due to host the 54-nation body’s next summit meeting, in November. […]