8/19/2010 10:52:11 PM The former army chief detained by the Sri Lankan authorities, Sarath Fonseka, says he expects that he will imminently be given a jail sentence...Read more
7/23/2010 11:21:03 AM Sri Lankan Intel agencies have unearthed vital information into remaining LTTE international terror activists engaged in human trafficking, arms smuggling and financial frauds...Read more
7/22/2010 4:02:05 PM Muttiah Muralitharan reaches 800 Test wickets in final Test for Sri Lanka
It went down to the wire but Muttiah Muralitharan this morning became the first cricketer to take 800 Test wickets..,Read more
7/22/2010 9:57:11 AM A top U.S. diplomat urged Sri Lanka on Wednesday to investigate allegations of war crimes during its civil war and to resettle tens of thousands of displaced ethnic Tamils as a means of reconciliation...
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8/19/2010 11:30:22 PM Although Canadian authorities are concerned some of the recently arrived migrants might be members of the Tamil Tigers, a terrorist group outlawed in Canada...Read more
8/19/2010 11:26:19 PM A majority of the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, who have been in India for a decade or more, are reluctant to go back to their nation...Read more
8/19/2010 10:58:30 PM Two men in Sri Lanka have received a suspended jail sentence after a magistrate ruled that they insulted religion by selling keyrings containing an image of Lord Buddha...Read more
7/29/2010 1:05:59 PM The Police was slammed by courts for not been able to identify those who attacked the residents and caused damage to property in Mattakkuliya, Colombo...Read more
7/27/2010 9:16:36 AM Sri Lanka government has decided to commence the construction of long pending Broadland Hydropower Projec (BHP)t of Laxapana Hydropower complex...Read more
7/27/2010 9:04:35 AM A man set himself ablaze opposite the head office of Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP), Sirikotha, yesterday...Read more
7/27/2010 8:57:44 AM A cargo ship allegedly carrying more than 200 Tamil refugees is being monitored by U.S. and Canadian officials as it makes its way to the British Columbia coastline... Read more
7/23/2010 12:33:48 PM Sri Lanka's ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who retired from Test Cricket after hauling a massive 800 wickets, has been an ornament in the world of cricket and Sri Lanka...Read more
The lead singer of the 1970s disco group Boney M was asked not to sing Rivers of Babylon at a concert in the West Bank because of its reference to Israel... Read more
The shareholders of Ceylon Leather Products PLC (CLPL) unanimously approved the 1:1 Rights issue to raise Rs. 8.6 Billion in capital at the Extra-ordinary General Meeting
Life insurance leader Ceylinco Life has opened a branch at Sooriyawewa, becoming the first insurer to establish a presence in this rural hamlet in the Hambantota District.
Emirates has announced a special one-way fare from Colombo to London and Manchester to support Sri Lankan students travelling for higher studies to the UK.
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