UNP Galle District MP Manusha Nanayakkara has stated that he will support the upcoming Constitutional Amendment of the Government. Manusha addressing a press conference said that while the opposition suffers defeat after defeat, a service could rendered to the country by joining the President. .

Seeking to give a fillip to bilateral military ties, army chief General V.K. Singh is set to undertake a five-day visit to Sri Lanka from Sunday to discuss defence cooperation. .

Shiral Lakthilaka Convenor of the The movement against the 18th amendment today stated that they have declared September 8 a Black Day. He added that a massive protest will be organized at the Borella Ayurveda Junction on the same day. .

Agreements have been signed to construct the largest Hotel Complex in Sri Lanka at Kalpitiya. Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that the Government is making attempts not to cause any damage to the bio-diversity and the people in the area due to the construction. It is being constructed at the expenditure of 1.2 billion rupees. The ...

The Sri Lanka Shipping Corporation is to ship coal for the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant from Indonesia. Chairman of the Shipping Corporation, Prasad Galhena said that the transport of coal for the Norochchole power plant has been vested in the Sri Lanka Shipping Corporation by the Ceylon Electricity Board. The Shipping Corporation will be established ...

A new reservoir is being constructed to supply water for hundreds of acres of paddy land in Wennappuwa. The aim is to store water to cultivate 245 acres of paddy fields during the Yala and Maha seasons. The two acre reservoir is being constructed on the advice of Minister Milroy Fernando. The Agrarian Services Department ...

Minister Patalie Champika Ranawaka has said that the Ceylon electricity Board has become a profitable institution following a gap of 12 years. The Minister said that coal power plants and natural gas power plants will be introduced in the next five years to reduce the operational cost of thermal power plants. He said that in ...

25 development projects were launched in the Rambukkana area concurrent to the 59th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. The constructions were started under the patronage of Deputy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya. The projects will cost four million rupees. Roads in Bathamure, Ek-wataya, Wallalgoda and Baddewela areas will be renovated under the programme.

26 suspects who were allegedly engaged in human trafficking have been remanded. They are believed to have sent various persons including tiger terrorists to Australia in fishing vessels. The CID has arrested these suspects on the information provided by 140 persons who were prepared to leave for Australia when arrested in Matara recently. The CID ...

UNP Parliamentarians Lakshman Seneviratne and Earl Gunasekera have decided to extend support for the proposed constitutional reforms. The Parliamentarians said that it is a need of the hur that has to be fulfilled to make a huge step in development. A media briefing is currently being held at the residence of Parliamentarian Earl Gunasekara at ...

Job opportunities are being increased in the Free Trade Zones. The B.O.I. said that about 8000 job opportunities are created in the Free Trade Zones including Biyagama and Koggala Free Trade Zones. Additional Director General of the B.O.I., M.C. Kulasekera said a majority of jobs relate to the apparel industry. The B.O.I. said that more ...

The Government is considering the removal of legal barriers to facilitate graduates who are affiliated to the public service to enter the administrative service. The Attorney General has informed this when a petition filed by the Association of Employed Graduates was taken up before the Supreme Court. The petition seeks the issuance of a directive ...

Two persons including a Maldivian businessman attempting to smuggle foreign currency worth over 7 million rupees were arrested by Custom officials at the Katunayake airport. Foreign currency worth over 3 million rupees was found in the possession of the businessman. The suspects were released after the currency they were carrying was confiscated. The businessman who ...

The new constitutional amendments bill is illegal, says UNP Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera. He said that attempting to pass a bill that removes the term limit of the executive presidency while a petition regarding the president’s second term election is still pending a verdict is illegal as well as unethical.

Representing the Sri Lankan ad industry in the 2010 Young Spikes Media Contest to be held in Singapore between 19-21 September are a duo from Bates 141 Strategic Alliance’s media and digital specialization units Mediaedge and 141D, R. Gopi Krishna and Udara Hettiarchchi.

The SLFP celebrated its 59th anniversary at Temple Trees yesterday (2). The President addressed over 15,000 people at the event. He explained that the aim of the constitutional amendments was to strengthen democracy, rather than simply extending his tenure for a third term. Rajapaksa added that the aim in deleting the clause pertaining to term ...

The Attorney General today informed the Supreme Court that he had decided to clear Bottom Line and Nation newspaper Defence correspondent Ruwan Weerakoon of the charge that he was working to topple the government.

UNP Badulla Disctrict MP Lakshman Senevirathne today said that ideally the UNP should vote in favour of the constitutional amendment proposed by the Government. Senevirathne however added that his vote will be decided on September 8.

UNP Polonnaruwa District Earl Gunasekara today said that he will support the government’s constitutional amendment and will vote with the government when the proposals are presented in Parliament on September 8.

Another UNP parliamentarian pledged support to the government’s proposed constitutional amendments today (3). UNP Badulla District Lakshman Seneviratne announced his decision to vote for the government’s proposed constitutional amendments in parliament next week. Seneviratne made this comment at a press conference in Colombo. UNP Polonnaruwa District MP Earl Gunasekera yesterday (2) said he would ...

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It is no longer Miss but Mrs England - Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge, who currently wears the coveted crown, has married. The soldier, dubbed “Combat Barbie”, tied the knot in a secret ceremony held in Sri Lanka, in June.

Sept 03, Colombo: The second court martial probing charges against Sri Lanka's former Army Commander and current DNA parliamentarian General (Retired) Sarath Fonseka will resume its sittings today.

Sept 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) affiliated National Trade Union Center (NTUC) has commenced discussions with other trade unions and union representatives to jointly fight for winning salary increments for the working masses.

Sept 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has left for India on a two-day official tour.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the government has brought before the people, a new constitution, which is a people-centric...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the government officials to move away from the traditional procedures followed in budget formulation...

Demining groups operating in the North and East have achieved tremendous success by removing over 300,000 landmines laid by LTTE terrorists during war time, said Military Spokesman Major General UAB Medawela.

(Lanka-e-News, Sep.03, 2010, 10.05 AM) The JVP Secretary Tilvin Silva speaking before a large gathering yesterday (02) in front of the Railway station, Fort on the occasion...

A group of 26 people accused of running a large scale people smuggling racket have been arrested and remanded by the Criminal Investigations Department. The suspects are reported to have illegally transported several individuals including LTTE terrorists to Australia in ships.

SriLankan Airlines significantly reduced its loss in the last financial year and will shortly launch wide-ranging expansion projects to transform the National Carrier and drive growth in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry.

Sept 03, Mullikulam: Sri Lankan military plans to establish military bases in strategically significant places to strengthen the national security further, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said Thursday.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party celebrates its 59th Anniversary at a time the party...

The party leaders have decided to hold debate and vote on the Constitutional Amendment Bill on September 8. Initially the amendment bill was to be debated for two days on September 8 and 9. The governing party leaders have said there was no need for a two-day debate and requested it to be completed in ...

Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said the Sri Lankan government has assured that the army will return the land of the displaced Tamils in the country’s northern Vavuniya district, Indian media reports stated. The Times of India has stated that Rao after concluding her three-day trip to Sri Lanka on Thursday (2) had said ...

Another 27 houses constructed at Thorayaya in Kurunegala under the Second Phase of Api Wenuwen Api programme by the Ministry of Defence has completed and to be handed over to war heroes on 5th September.

The proposed amendments to the existing elections system will be brought before Parliament after the Constitutional Amendments Bill which will be taken up on Wednesday (Sept. 08), Chief Government Whip Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told Adaderana. ....

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Sri Lanka has assured New Delhi that its army will return the land of the displaced Tamils of Indian..

Sri Lanka`s Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) affiliated National Trade Union Center (NT..