Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday assured that no room would be allowed for the uprising of any treacherous forces within Sri Lanka whatever the inimical forces who may raise their heads in the international sphere. Addressing the gathering at the 55th anniversary of the Armoured Corp Regimental Headquarters, Rock House Camp in Modera, […]

The petition regarding his disappearance of journalist Pradeep Ekneligoda, filed by his wife and two sons, was called up before the Court of Appeal yesterday, and justice W. L. Ranjith Silva reprimanded the state counsel for not filing objections so far on behalf of the respondents in the case.. The state counsel informed court that […]

Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday stated that the bills of 78 percent of the electricity consumers would not be increased by the new proposed electricity tariff as they consume lesser than 90 units monthly. The electricity tariff will be increased for those customers whose monthly consumption is above 90 units. The Minister […]

‘North-East humanitarian operation’ medals were conferred today (Dec 14), upon personnel of armed services and police including civilians- who had directly engaged in humanitarian assistance programmes, in the quest of liberating North and East from a three decade prolonged terrorist tyranny. H.E the President and C-in-C Mahinda Rajapaksa graced the inauguration ceremony of the national […]

Even though the leadership and the persons in the party change still the UNP has no future, says Vasudeva Nanayakkara. He expressed that until the United National Party renounce their rightist policies they will not be able to make a significant attitude change within the party. The Language and Social Integration Minister made these comments […]

A unified and concentrated effort to give prominence to Sri Pada is under way. This is part of Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa’s vision and concept. Sri Pada is part of our valuable cultural heritage. Preserving Sri Pada is a project of Tharunyata Hetak. “Sri Pada may be the most important cultural centre in Sri Lanka and […]

Source: BBC – By Charles Haviland A former Tamil militant in Sri Lanka has admitted that his comrades killed more than 600 policemen 20 years ago in a part of the country he controlled. But, he said, he was in a different part of Sri Lanka at the time. Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, commonly known as Colonel […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday condemned the Sri Lankan government for scrapping the Tamil version of its national anthem. “If the reports in this regard are true, it is strongly condemnable. This will further dishearten Tamils (in Sri Lanka), who are already suffering. I condemn it,” he said in a statement […]

The Sri Lanka Transport Board draws attention of the Public to the special telephone number that has been introduced for the public to forward any complaints related to problems experienced in the bus service. Complaints in this regard can be forwarded to 011-7 555 555. Any complaints realted to the shortcoming of bus services, the […]

Raids will be carried out to arrest unscrupulous traders who sell rice above the control price, Minister of Cooperatives and Internal Trade Johnston Fernando said. He said that the Consumer Services Authority has been given instructions to carry out raids and take legal action against traders who sell goods above the controlled price. Traders will […]

Ten months have gone by since General Sarath Fonseka was imprisoned and the Democratic National Alliance has called on the government to stop its anti democratic acts and suppression of people. Addressing a media briefing convened on human rights and former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, parliamentarian Vijitha Herath said that fundamental human rights were being […]

The Commissioner General for Examinations Anura Edirisinghe said nearly 508,500 candidates are eligible to sit for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination which commences today(13) at 3,804 examination centres Island-wide. He further said that out of them 400,000 are school candidates and 108,500 are private candidates, The Commissioner General said that guidelines to be followed with […]

UNP parliamentarian Sajith Premadasa says that it is his ambition to take the party towards victory with everyone’s support. Everybody has to commit in order to break free from the defeated mentality and direct the UNP towards triumph, he expressed. […]

(Lanka-e-News -11.Dec.2010- 10.30PM) The UNP leaders who alleged that the injunction order sought from Court yesterday (10) to stall the UNP special convention scheduled for tomorrow (12) was in pursuance of a Govt. contract have requested those who have received official invitations for the convention to be present at the Sri Kotha at 9.30 a.m. […]