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. […]

The two suspects, involved in the killing of two police officers of the Warakapola police were shot dead this morning. According to police, the suspects were killed while they were hiding in the Koskalewatta area along the Mirigama road in Warakapola. […]

Two policemen were killed and another admitted to hospital in a critical condition after they were injured following a shooting incident when they were chasing a group of gangsters who robbed a pawn shop opposite Warakapola Police station. The pawn shop employees had sought police assistance when the seven member gang robbed their shop. […]

December 10, 2010: Colombo District Court this afternoon refused the application filed through a lawyer seeking an injunction against the holding of the United National Party Convention scheduled for Sunday. […]

Sri Lanka is one of the worst hit in terms of brain drain with 27.5 per cent of academics leaving the country each year, the main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday. UNP MP Akila Viraj Kariyawasam who spoke during the committee stage of the Higher Education Ministry vote said the percentage was high […]

The members of the Security Forces, the Actors and Actresses should get prior permission from the Ministry of Defence to wear the uniforms of Security Forces when appearing before the media and films, the Media Centre for National Security said today in a statement. The Ministry of Defence has decided to standardize the using of […]

Udul Premaratne, Convenor of the Inter University Students’ Federation, was released on bail this morning. When his bail application was taken up, Deepali Wijesundera, Colombo High Court Judge, enlarged Premaratne on bail in Rs. 50,000 and two surety bail in Rs. 500,000 each. […]

December 08, 2010: We were attacked just off Jaela, says the Leader of the New Left Front Dr. Wickremabahu Karunaratne He was addressing a meeting convened to brief the media on the incident that he had to face at the Katunayake airport after returning from a tour in the United Kingdom. “I went to London […]