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• Sanath Jayasuriya sets his sights on 2011 World Cup

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 14:02 Author:

  Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, who turned 40 on today (Tuesday), has said he wants to carry on until the 2011 World Cup....

• Nirupama Rao to be next Indian foreign secretary

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:37 Author:

  India's Ambassador to China Nirupama Rao was on Tuesday named as the next Indian foreign secretary to succeed Shivshankar Menon who will be retiring on July 31 after an eventful three-year stint as the top diplomat....

• Nine Indicted with Funding LTTE

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:36 Author:

  The Attorney General has filed indictment against nine persons for granting Rs. 35 million to the LTTE from the funds of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation in 2006....

• Detention Order on Tamil MP extended by another 90 days

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:31 Author:

  The Colombo Chief Magistrate granted permission to hold Wanni District TNA parliamentarian Sathasivam Kanagaratnam by another 90 days for the CID to continue investigations into the alleged links between the legislator and the LTTE....

• JHU will not leave the govt. – Susil Premajayantha

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:30 Author:

  UPFA General Secretary, Minister Susil Premajayantha said the JHU would never leave the government although it has threatened to quit if the 13th amendment to the Constitution was fully implemented....

• JVP to bring 2 million people to Colombo against power devolution

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:29 Author:

  JVP Leader Somawansa Amerasinghe says the party would bring 2 million (20 lakhs) people to Colombo in protest against the government if it decides to fully implement the 13th amendment to the Constitution....

• 22 considerably strong statements has made on the conflict in Sri Lanka - Ban ki moon

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:28 Author:

  Dealing with an array of global crises, Ban said he "humbly accepts" critical input, but emphasized in a special interview with Yonhap News Agency in his New York office on Thursday that the U.N. functions in a very different manner to a single government...

• BOI signs agreement with Huichen Investment (Holdings) China

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:23 Author:

  By Dilip S.SamarasingheAnura Priyadharshana Yapa, Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion hosted the signing of an agreement towards the establishment of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) dedicated for Chinese Investments at his Ministry. ...

• First 24/7 Sinhala radio to go on air from Sydney this year

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:10 Author:

  Ruwan Media, a branch of Ruwan International Pty Ltd announces today that it will launch the first ever 24/7 Sinhala FM radio outside Sri Lanka from Sydney this year. This is the first 24 hours run live Sinhala real time radio ever established outside Sri...

• 'China zone' in Sri Lanka

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:09 Author:

  SRI Lanka on Tuesday granted Chinese companies a separate economic zone on the island which has just ended nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed....

• Large quantities traded but Colombo shares ease

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:08 Author:

  Share prices fell at the Colombo bourse on Tuesday moving in negative territory most of the time with large transactions is less-popular stocks, brokers said. ...

• Two LTTE torpedoes recovered from Puthukudiyiruppu area

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:07 Author:

  Task Force-8 troops unearthed two big LTTE torpedoes with their launcher from Puthukudiyiruppu area  acting on information provided by a former LTTE cadre, Media Centre for National security said. The two torpedoes were, each 26 ft in length and 5 ft 7 ...

• IDPs' issue more importanat than 13th Amendment, Minister Keheliya

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:06 Author:

  The resettlement of the thousands of IDPs living in relief centres in the north should be the number one priority for the government and not the pursuance of the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Government spokesman Minister Kehel...

• Minor flood situation in Ratnapura

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:05 Author:

  A minor flood situation has been reported from the Ratnapura area following heavy rains, the Disaster Management Centre reported today. People living around the Kaluganga have been told to be vigilant about rising water levels while the relevant official...

• Army gives green-light for Madu festival

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:04 Author:

  The Army has given the green -light to conduct this year’s Madhu church festival in August, the Army announced today. ...

• 22,000 LTTE, 4,000 soldiers died in Wanni humanitarian operation

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:02 Author:

   Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said today (June 30) that around 22,000 LTTE cadres had been killed in the entire Wanni humanitarian operation....

• Gas prices revised

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 12:58 Author:

   The Consumer Affairs Authority says the prices of the two domestic gas suppliers have been revised with effect from midnight today (June 30).Accordingly, Shell Gas will reduce its price of a 12.5 kg cylinder by Rs. 53, and its new price will be Rs. 1,44...

• Administration of Sri Lanka harbours and airports to change hands

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 12:55 Author:

   Administration of the airports and harbours in Sri Lanka which was under the civil administration is to be handed over to the Department of Immigration and Emigration. ...

• AIADMK members evicted en masse from TN Assembly

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 12:54 Author:

  Opposition AIADMK members were evicted en masse from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, on Tuesday, as they disrupted the proceedings by raising slogans to demand passage of a resolution on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue....

• Protests against Moragahakanda irrigation project in Sri Lanka

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 12:52 Author:

   The people, living in around the Moragahakanda irrigation project, this afternoon staged eleven protest campaigns at Naula in Matale demanding a proper system for their compensations. ...