The Sri Lanka Navy has teamed up with the US Navy for training. The purpose is to engage in counter piracy exercises. USS Ford is a United States Naval Ship which had reached the Galle Port on a goodwill visit. It arrived last afternoon. USS Ford is a guided-missile frigate with a length of 136 ...

The United States Navy ship, USS Ford (FFG-54), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate will call on Sri Lanka's southern port of Galle Oct 11-14, the U.S. Embassy announced on Monday.

Oct 10, Colombo: The United States Navy ship, USS Ford (FFG-54), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate will call on Sri Lanka's southern port of Galle Oct 11-14, the U.S. Embassy announced on Monday.

Colombo, Oct 10 (IANS) USS Ford, a frigate of the Oliver Hazard Perry Class of the US Navy, will call on Sri Lanka's southern port of Galle Oct 11-14.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that no force will be allowed to deprive the country of the freedom and the peace enjoyed by the people of all communities, with the eradication of terrorism which plagued the country for over 30 years.

Ford recently announced the appointment of Future Automobiles as the exclusive Ford Dealer in Sri Lanka. This announcement is concurrent with the introduction of five class-leading models into the Sri Lankan market to reinforce Ford’s financial and commercial commitment into the region. The award-winning models offered were the Everest, Focus, Ranger, Fiesta and Figo. “We ...

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By Jamila Najmuddin and Easwaran Rutnam A bomb disposal squad in Sri Lanka screeches past a police barricade followed by an ambulance and stops next to a police station. Officers rush into the police station followed by police sniffer dogs. There is commotion inside the police station after policemen and policewomen realise that a bomb ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that no force will be allowed to deprive the country of the freedom and the peace enjoyed by the people of all communities, with the eradication of terrorism which plagued the country for over 30 years.

Cadres of the para military group led by Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilliayan, chief minister of the Eastern provincial Council (EPC), have been involved in several robberies in the province, sources in the east said. On April 13, members of this group had robbed jewelry worth 1.5 million rupees from a house at Aaraiyampathi West Kaatumawadi area in Kaathankudy police division in ...

Nationalism, Cricket and the Religio-Politics of Sport On social networking sites, such as Facebook, debates about the usefulness of the boycott were pervasive. Some members of the diaspora argued that supporting the Sri Lankan cricket team against India in the...

Roads Bring Development Roads, bring forth with it development, Sujeewa Mudalige, senior partner PriceWaterhouseCoopers Sri Lanka, an audit firm, told this reporter. Mudalige, who holds other key appointments such as being the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, said that he has impressed upon Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Ajith ...

by Somapala Gunadheera Of late there have been some adverse comments on the failure to downsize the armed forces after the defeat of the LTTE and engagements of soldiers in seemingly infra dig civilian activities. It appears to be in...

The Galle Literary festival is a haven of civilised values in a country that is no stranger to strife by Robert McCrum Associate editor, The Observer, UK [Click for more pictures] Ever since the Hay festival set up shop overseas...

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) recently entered into an agreement with the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) aimed at boosting company directors through a Company Directors Course. Scheduled to be an annual event, it will kick off at Cinnamon Grand Colombo on February 10. It will cover Governance, Compliance, Finances, Strategy Risk ...

By Kelum Bandara and R. Sethuraman Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, after a long period of silence, expressed herself in an exclusive interview with Daily Mirror at her residence in Horagolla. She discussed about her currents activities and future plans in...

By Nirmala Kannangara – Photos by Lalith Perera It is the festive season and as the whole of Sri Lanka gathers to celebrate this season of goodwill and cheer there still remains a group of people confined to their prison cells.With the bustle of the Christmas spirit and the rising cost  of living, few have the time and the ...

by Ranil Wickremesinghe By the 4th century BC, Asia had begun its first cycle of economic growth and power. This was the reason why Alexander the Great decided to travel eastward to establish an empire. At that time there was...

Sri Lankan bantamweight boxer Manju Wanniarachchi has tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone

by Ranga Jayasuriya "I was taken to the upstairs, where there were four police officers. I was ordered to strip naked. I felt shamed. I looked around. Then a cop shouted at me to strip or else will be beaten....

by Dr.A.C.Visvalingam President -CIMOGG One hundred and sixty-one Members of Parliament, in their understandable admiration of President Rajapaksa’s leadership in eliminating the LTTE, appear to have taken up the position, by voting for the 18th Amendment ("18A"), that he can...

Hot this season on the political column circuit – all things Orwellian. The President amended the constitution. Everyone’s talking about democracy infringed and the boot stamping on the face and people vanished forever. George Orwell’s 1984 has suddenly become the go-to reference when describing the political situation. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great book. ...

by M.S.Shah Jahan “The Saudi sponsor, who is over 60, suffers from heart conditions. The sponsor’s doctors have advised him to do only 25 percent of his normal work because of his weak heart....

Kosawathe police in Chilaw district arrested Wednesday six deserters of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) including an officer who had robbed one million rupees worth jewelry from a woman who had recently returned from Middle East, posing as Interpol officers, the police said.

There are times when one simply cannot believe the attitude of the government. It acts with an impunity never quite before seen and unlikely to be seen elsewhere either. They send out signals to the international community with no apparent care in the world for what our overseas trading partners think. The case of stripping ...

by Kusal Perera Latest news on Mervyn caught every one off guard and in total surprise. There were frantic calls on Tuesday night by many who wanted to know, if the news was right. Some one left a comment for...

Latest news on Mervyn caught every one off guard and in total surprise. There were frantic calls on Tuesday night by many who wanted to know, if the news was right. Some one left a comment for an online news on Mervyn’s removal that said, “Don’t do this. This would rob us, of our popular ...

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has reintroduced checking of all vehicles passing through the main road in Batticaloa to Vaazhaichcheanai, Kalmunai and Verukal areas. This checking of civilians causes untold hardships during emergency travelling, residents express concern. Despite these checking by police and SLA, paramilitary gangs continue to rob and involve in other crimes, they added.

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “You’ve made the world in to a madhouse….an enclosure in which the sane are trampled underfoot by a herd of galloping lunatics”. - Ernst Toller (Hoppla, Such is Life!) We are living through a transformative time, a...

by Charles Haviland In a horrific turn of events in Sri Lanka's biggest city, Colombo, between seven and ten hawkers, homeless people or beggars have been murdered in the space of a few weeks....