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fighting of the civil war took place in 2009," BBC reported. Howitt said that there should be full ...
What to expect on 16 DecemberThe organisers behind the exciting and highly anticipated weekend set to take Colombo by storm, are ready to share their inside plans with the public. After many months of logistics and operational planning, the 16 and 17 of December is looking to promise an event unlike any event Sri Lanka ...
- Colombo Night Races and Electric Peacock Festival in December (Category: Business)
- Colombo revs up for Night Races (Category: Business)
- Up close and personal with Voice Print (Category: Business)
- Strong hop festival at WIP! (Category: Business)
A teenager was arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of a Sri Lankan shop assistant in Merseyside, UK, the BBC reported. Mahesh Wickramasingha, 30, died after being stabbed in the neck while working at Stanley News in Kingsway, Huyton on 29 November. A police spokesman
- Expert body to reform the law (Category: South Australia)
- Desal firms in $9m suit strife (Category: South Australia)
- Matara MC Opp. leader leaves meeting in protest (Category: Breaking News)
- First poppy flower (Category: Business)
(Srilankamirror) - Convicted Sri Lankan-born hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam has arrived at a US federal prison to begin serving the longest-ever sentence for insider trading. Rajaratnam, who was sentenced to 11 years in jail, reported to a facility in Massachusetts, BBC Sandeshaya reports
- Premajayantha meets senior most Tamil member of SLFP (Category: Breaking News)
- Raj Rajaratnam gets record fine of $92.8m for insider trading (Category: Breaking News)
- Raj Rajaratnam ordered to serve 11 years in prison (Category: Breaking News)
- Raj seeks to remain free while appealing wiretap use (Category: Business)
By Peter Day The Ray Wijewardene Charitable Trust that continues the legacy and the vision of the late Sri Lankan innovator is organising the inaugural ‘Ray Wijewardene Memorial Lecture’ to be held on 13 December 2011. The Ray Wijewardene Charitable Trust organises the lecture with the Institution of Engineers of Sri Lanka – of which ...
- Harnessing knowledge: Grassroots innovations for inclusive development (Category: Business)
- ‘The Ray’ award to commercialise Sri Lankan inventions (Category: Business)
- Biennial ‘Ray Award’ to commercialise Sri Lankan inventions (Category: Business)
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
- Chamara Silva called up as injury cover (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Tennakoon to be replaced by Ranjith Fernando? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ashantha de Mel reappointed chief selector (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga comes down hard on Interim Committees (Category: Breaking News)
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
- Former Mississippi Gov. William F. Winter dies at 97 (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- March on Capitol costs Georgia man his job at car dealership (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- March on Capitol costs Georgia man his job at car dealership (Category: USA, Maryland)
- March on Capitol costs Georgia man his job at car dealership (Category: USA, Maine)
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
- No Kusa Paba in Anuradhapura (Category: Breaking News)
- Parents take to streets in protest (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian culture ministry blocks Kandy museum project (Category: Breaking News)
- Khuram Shaikh murder suspects remanded further (Category: Breaking News)
right to contest the upcoming elections for SLC. Sumathipala has told BBC Sandeshsaya that former interim ...
- Thilanga to run for cricket presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga to hand in nominations today (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket interim committee dissolved, competent authority appointed (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga’s supporters hand in cricket nominations (Category: Breaking News)
injuries to his aged mother. The attack comes hours after an interview by Mr. Anaimukan to BBC Tamil ...
(BBC) Conservationists in Sri Lanka have welcomed a decision by US-based multinational food firm Dole to abandon plans for a huge banana plantation. Campaigners say Dole had hoped to team up with a local company, Letsgrow Ltd, to plant the bananas in Somawathiya National Park. The park is home
- Tassie dole queues grow (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Off the dole and on to mine sites? (Category: Western Australia)
- Dole cheat hardline (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Dole bludger 'myth' hit (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
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
- Dole bludger 'myth' hit (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Tassie dole queues grow (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Animal games of carpark ticket cheats (Category: South Australia)
- Security camera captures woman walking away with toddler (Category: USA, Washington)
"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
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 ...
- Amnesty demands Sri Lanka war crimes probe (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says Pre-judgment of LLRC's outcome by AI unacceptable and unwarranted (Category: Breaking News)
- The UN Panel’s Report On Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- FULL ACCOUNTING TO DEAL WITH WAR CRIMES CHALLENGES (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Sri Lanka’s Ex-Army General to write his autobiography (Category: Breaking News)
- Sarath Fonseka released from jail (Category: Breaking News)
- Fonseka’s Secretary to be indicted (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Army Chief ordered in Courts to hand over HiCorp fraud charges (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Verdict on white flag case against Sri Lanka's former Army Commander on Friday (Category: Breaking News)
- Verdict of Sri Lanka's white flag case tomorrow; main witness leaves country (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Supreme Court to hear former Army Commander's appeal against verdict (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Supreme Court names a five-judge bench to hear White Flag appeal next month (Category: Breaking News)
(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
- Hirunika Premachandra to enter politics from SLMP (Category: Breaking News)
- Mother opposes Hirunika’s political entry (Category: Breaking News)
- Hirunika returns home (Category: Breaking News)
- Police ordered to probe Bharatha family death threats (Category: Breaking 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
- Lakshman Hulugalle says Duminda Silva 'not a suspect' (Category: Breaking News)
- Dilith sends LoD to BBC Sandeshaya (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Govt. not under pressure from India’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Prisoners commence hunger strike (Category: Breaking News)
Offering epic safari adventures, Chaaya Wild transcends expectations and enthrals nature enthusiastsBy Marianne David If there’s one message that Yala reinforces, it’s the fact Sri Lanka is so abundantly blessed – a miracle in many ways. Despite its rising position as a hotspot for leopards being temporarily halted in its tracks during the latter stages ...
- Leisure laughs! (Category: Business)
- Chitral’s take on Chaaya Wild and the wild (Category: Business)
- Project Leopard: Chaaya Wild’s responsible tourism drive (Category: Business)
In an exclusive interview with the Daily FT, Keells Hotel Management Services Head of Eco Tourism and Special Projects Chitral Jayatilake said that over the years, Yala has progressed from being a great place to go on safari to a great place to see leopards. According to Jayatilake, the transition took place over the last ...
- Project Leopard: Chaaya Wild’s responsible tourism drive (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankans urged to diversify leopard trail (Category: Business)
- Wildlife Filmmaker ‘wowed’ by unique leopard sightings (Category: Business)
- 26 leopards, 16 blue whales: Roger Hooper’s ‘Ultimate Island Safari’ (Category: Business)
(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
- Premajayantha meets senior most Tamil member of SLFP (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajaratnam begins serving 11-year prison term (Category: Breaking News)
- Raj Rajaratnam ordered to serve 11 years in prison (Category: Breaking News)
- Raj seeks to remain free while appealing wiretap use (Category: Business)
The inaugural Colombo Night Races and the second Electric Peacock Festival will take place this December, taking entertainment in Colombo to another level. The organisers of both events promise the country a weekend like never before, packed with fast cars and stellar music acts. The two events will take place on 16 and 17 of ...
- Colombo revs up for Night Races (Category: Business)
- Alternating races could ease crowded F1 calendar (Category: Business)
- Night Races Will Affect Roads (Category: Breaking News)
- Roads in Fort closed for night races (Category: Breaking News)
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
- ‘LTTE terrorist Diaspora’ must be exposed (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian intelligence is maintaining links with Rudrakumaran and Global Tamil Forum (Category: Breaking News)
- Send a team to SL: Congress MPs (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil diaspora backs India’s call to implement 13th Amendment (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Asia Pacific trade and investment (Category: Business)
- Developing Asia’s growth to moderate amid global uncertainty, says ADB (Category: Business)
- Challenging times for Asia Pacific (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
Races are scheduled to kick off from 7.00p.m on 17 December By Kshanika Argent For the first time in Sri Lanka’s history (with the exception of a brief period in the 60’s) Colombo will witness night races at the inaugural Colombo Night Races which coincides with the second Electric Peacock Festival, scheduled for this December. ...
- Colombo Night Races and Electric Peacock Festival in December (Category: Business)
- McLarens Formula the most competitive event at Colombo Night Races 2011 (Category: Business)
- McLarens Formula the most competitive event in Colombo Night Races 2011 (Category: Business)
- UML races to highest ever half yearly after tax profit (Category: Business)
‘World Chall-enge’ is a global contest conducted by BBC TV, Newsweek and Shell. During its six-year existence, Sri Lanka has been able to win the top prize not once, but twice. In 2006, it was ‘Maximus,’ a firm making paper out of elephant dung, that won this prestigious
- Jana Aragalaya now ‘Frontline Socialist Party’ (Category: Breaking News)
- For tourism, after BRICs, Lanka-included SLIMMA is the best (Category: Business)
- Results of 2012 SAARC Film Awards (Category: Business)
- ‘The Artist’ Wins Producers Guild’s Best Picture Award (Category: Business)
During the Leaders’ Forum of the 36th session of the UNESCO General Conference held on 26th October this year, Prof. Tissa Vitarana, Senior Minister for Scientific Affairs, made a statement based on the theme of the discussion “How does UNESCO contribute to building a culture of peace and to sustainable development”. Speaking at a plenary ...
- Prof. Vitarana in UNESCO Leader’s Forum in Paris (Category: Breaking News)
- Kapilavastu Relics exposition from Aug 19 (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Technology Marketplace’ exhibition now on at BMICH (Category: Business)
- Time to reconvene APRC, says Tissa Vitarana (Category: Breaking News)
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...
- David Cameron tells Lanka to make progress on rights by 2013 (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth sessions end with agreement on reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Britain urges SL to make progress on rights by 2013 (Category: Breaking News)
- Britain urges Sri Lanka to make progress on rights by 2013 (Category: Breaking News)
There seems to be a link between Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), illegal drugs and the recent murder of a presidential advisor, says the owner of a private media network. Shan Wickramsinghe, the owner of the TNL media network, told BBC Sandeshaya that ...
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