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(Srilankamirror) - People in the Saddam Hussein Village in the east are protesting against plans to change its name. According to BBC Sandeshaya, the villagers, who had been expelled by the LTTE, have now returned to their homes. They have sought and promised renewed aid assistance
Dec 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has promised to resolve the issue of delayed payment of salaries to the players of the national cricket team next week, BBC reported.
Srilankamirror - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has said it is currently discussing with the international cricket players union to look for a solution to the non-payment of Sri Lanka player salaries. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has told the BBC Sinhala service in October that the players
(Srilankamirror) - Questioning the arrest of an Indian nun over a baby farm allegation, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has decided to boycott all government functions in protest over the incident. The Colombo archbishop told the media that he has serious questions over the conduct of the National Child Protection Authority, police and the media regarding the charge against ‘Prem Nivasa’...
Srilankamirror - A 30-year-old Sri Lankan has died after being stabbed in the neck while working in a Merseyside store, the BBC reports. Merseyside Police said the man was found with a knife wound to his neck at Stanley News on Kingsway in Huyton at about 21:00 GMT on Tuesday
At least 65 Tamil prisoners in Anuradhapura are on a hunger strike seeking proper protection, the BBC news reported Former Jaffna district parliamentarian MK Sivajilingam speaking to BBC said the prisoners launched a protest after being assaulted by the prison officials on Sunday
M.K. Sivajilingam has told BBC Sandeshaya that the prisoners have launched a protest after being assaul...
Srilankamirror - The Road Development Authority (RDA) has said there may be a few lapses in the Southern Expressway since it is the country’s first expressway. Head of the RDA, Ranjith Premasiri has told BBC that there may be a few lapses. “This is the first (such) experience
right to contest the upcoming elections for SLC. Sumathipala has told BBC Sandeshsaya that former interim ...
Srilankamirror - The JVP, which supported the government’s war against the LTTE has called for an investigation into alleged war crimes. JVP Leader, Somawansa Amerasinghe has told BBC Sandeshaya that the party supports the recent statement by the Defence Secretary that accountability
injuries to his aged mother. The attack comes hours after an interview by Mr. Anaimukan to BBC Tamil ...
Sri Lankan conservationists couldnt be happier at the news of multinational food firm Dole based in the US abandoning plans to start a banana plantation at a national park, the BBC website reported. Conservationists quoted by the site said Dole had hoped to team up with a local company
NEW Zealand is a stronger country brand than Australia, an international survey shows. FutureBrand’s country brand index, which is run in association with BBC World News, assessed 113 countries. The latest annual index released at the World Travel Market in London on Thursday (UK time) rated
"The ban on TamilNet is the first instance of what the Free Media Movement believes may soon be a slippery slope of web and internet censorship in Sri Lanka," BBC reported on 20th June 2007 when local reports indicated that access to TamilNet was blocked by unannounced directives to service
An enjoining order against TNL TV and Isira Radio, and its chairman Shan Wickremesinghe was issued by the Colombo District Judge Ranjith Wathupola preventing them from carrying any ‘defamatory statements’ against managing director of Triad (Pvt) Ltd., Dilith Jayaweera. Jayaweera has sent a letter of demand of Rs500 million to Shan Wickremesinghe and his co-host Sudath Jaysundera for making defama...
Will the LLRC report re-write history? Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission will issue its report soon (hopefully to the public). It is not necessary to mention leaks; it is enough to simply look at the initial statement of purpose. “To inquire and report on the following matters that may have taken place during ...
Sarath Fonseka, the former army Chief who led the Sri Lankan Army to completely wipe out the LTTE has been jailed for three years for implicating the government in war crimes. The court has ruled out that he lent credence to allegations the defence secretary ordered Tamil Tigers to be killed as they tried to surrender ...
Colombo is beefing up security ahead of the delivery of the verdict in the controversial white flag case against former army commander General Sarath Fonseka. While there are reports that a key witness against Fonseka has fled the country in fear on a Cathay Pacific Flight bound for Hong Kong, police have also moved in a ...
(Srilankamirror) - Hirunika Premachandra has welcomed the court order to arrest MP Duminda Silva in connection with the killing of her father, presidential advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra. Speaking to the BBC from an undisclosed location outside Sri Lanka, she has said that the news
BBC Sandeshaya says that it reliably learns that a brand new Aston Martin car has been hurriedly imported to Colombo by a wealthy businessman. The new Rs. 55 million sports car has been brought using a specially chartered aeroplane from UK. Former Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Upali Dharmadasa
A brand new Aston Martin car has been hurriedly imported to Colombo by a wealthy businessman, BBC Sandeshaya reliably learns.
A brand new Aston Martin has been hurriedly imported to Colombo by a wealthy businessman, BBC reliably learns.
Colombo (Srilankamirror) - Joint Managing Director of Triad Advertising Dilith Jayaweera has sent Letters of Demand to British Broadcasting Corporation for broadcasting an interview with Shan Wickremesinghe of TNL Network (Pvt) Ltd on Sandeshaya BBC Sinhala Service on 26th October 2011
(Srilankamirror) - Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as prime minister of Italy, after dominating the country's politics for 17 years. President Giorgio Napolitano accepted his offer and is likely to appoint technocrat Mario Monti his successor. Mr Berlusconi lost his majority amid an acute debt crisis that threatens the eurozone. He promised to go once MPs had approved new austerity meas...
Colombo (Srilankamirror) - The CID has summoned a widow who gave evidence to the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission. According to BBC Sandeshya, the CID has asked Ratnam Poongothai, a 45 year old mother of four children from Kalmunai to give detailed explanation
(Srilankamirror) - The convicted insider trader, Sri Lankan born Raj Rajaratnam, has been handed a record fine by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a civil case. A judge ordered the former founder of Galleon Group, a hedge fund, to pay 92.8 million dollars in penalties, BBC reports
Indian Congress Parliamentarian Sudarshan Nachchiappan has emphatically mentioned that the propaganda carried out by the Diaspora with regard to Sri Lanka cannot be endorsed. He invited the Diaspora to visit their motherland and witness the real situation. In a special interview with the BBC Tamil
Following is the address delivered by Senior Minister for International Monetary Cooperation Dr. Sarath Amunugama at the fourth South Asia Economic Summit (SAES IV) Plenary Session: In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, there has been a noticeable shift in economic clout, moving from the USA and the debt-plagued countries of the Eurozone, to ...
British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Sri Lanka on Sunday to make progress on human rights before it hosts the next Commonwealth leaders meeting in 2013 to prevent the likelihood of boycotts, AFP reported. Cameron said he pressed President Mahendra Rajapaske during this year's Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Australia to show that Colombo did not "have things to hide" fol...