Sri Lanka's Sinhala daily The Divaina newspaper reported yesterday quoting an unnamed senior government official that the government has taken steps to reduce the high security zone of the Jaffna peninsula in the Tamil dominated Northern Province by 40%.He said that the high security zone that stretched over 4000 hectare before the end of war has now been reduced by ...

Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli today ordered the Prisons Department to send former women's political wing leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) for rehabilitation.Accordingly, former women's political wing leader of LTTE Subramanium Shivathavi, a.k.a. Thamilini is to be transferred to the Punthottam rehabilitation camp of Vavuniya.Criminal Investigation Department (CID) informed court that instructions have come from the Attorney ...

hree out of the four witnesses of the political double murder of Katuwana, Sri Lanka identified the suspect G.G. Amarasena alias Julampitiye Amare at the identification parade held at Walasmulla court today.Julampitiye Amare surrendered to court on June 19 after the witnesses of the political double murder gave evidence that he was present among the attackers.Two supporters of Marxist People's ...

A Sri Lankan court granted bail today to a senior Minister who surrendered to courts.The Senior Minister Athauda Senevirathna was granted bail of Rs. one million by Warakapola magistrate Awantha Lakmal Wikramasuriya.Senior Minister Athauda Senevirathna surrendered to Warakapola magistrate court for a case against him over trespassing a private property and damaging machinery there.The Minister was ordered to appear in ...

US Embassy of Sri Lanka said in a statement that the recent testimony of US Ambassador-designate to Sri Lanka Michele J. Sison is in complete accordance with U.S. policy as well as previous statements made by U.S. Officials on Sri Lanka.The statement further said that Sison reflected the issues discussed during Secretary Clinton’s meeting with Minister of External Affairs G. ...

Timex and Fergasam Group which supplies to top labels such as Marks & Spencer, Victoria’s Secret, House of Frazer, Diesel, H&M and SUZI Chin is to set up a new apparel factory complex in Mannar, Sri Lanka.US $ 5 million Board of Investment (BOI) approved project is considered a grand opening of the former war ravaged Tamil dominated area of ...

Sri Lanka Federation of University Teachers' Associations (FUTA) has decided to boycott duties pertaining to the evaluation of G.C.E. Advanced Level examination.The boycott is to be enacted in relation to the 2012 Advanced Level examination sheduled to be held in August.The FUTA has taken this decision at the executive committee meeting held yesterday, says Terence Madujith, the secretary of the ...

Environmentalists of Sri Lanka linked to Nature Study Center demand the government to revoke the permission given recently by the Ministry of Wildlife and Peasants Services to the Board of Investment to grow Kothala Himbutu (Salacia reticulata) as a export crop.130 plant species have been identified as potential sources of natural compounds that can be used to create emulsions and ...

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Sri Lanka police spokesman Superintendent of Police Ajith Rohana said that a local government member of Godakawela Pradeshiya Sabha has been arrested by Criminal Investigation Department in connection with an abhorrent killing of a school girl and her mother. The local government member is also a coordinating secretary of Minister of State Administration and Home Affairs John Senevirathna. The Minister ...

"Thank you for your letter of March 19 regarding the ongoing session of the UN Human Rights Council and the introduction of a resolution therein on the post-conflict situation in Sri Lanka.As Your Excellency is aware, the Government and the people of India have stood firmly by Sri Lanka in its struggle against terrorism. The end in May 2009 of ...

Sri Lankan environmentalists say that the approval given to the Board of Investment by the Ministry of Wildlife and Peasants Services to grow Kothala Himbutu (Salacia reticulata) is used by a Japanese company named Eco Tech Create 21. The company has begun growing the rare medicinal plant in 50 acres in Anamaduwa area.The environmentalists say that this should be stopped ...

Sri Lanka's major opposition United National Party (UNP) MP Anoma Gamage has written to the speaker of parliament, Chamal Rajapaksa, requesting the Chairman of state-owned Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) Hudson Samarasinghe summoned before the parliamentary privileges committee.The MP stated that a speech delivered by her on February 08 at the adjournment debate of the parliament on the import and ...

Sri Lanka Elections Secretariat announced today that postal voting for the Pudukudirippu and Maritimepattu local government Pradeshiya Sabhas has been postponed indefinitely. The postal voting for these two local councils were to be held on March 15 and 16. The Election Secretariat sources said that the decision to postpone the postal voting was due to an anticipated outcome of petitions ...

Sri Lanka Secretariat for Elders say that the government has decided to penalize the persons who do not take care of the elders.Secretariat for elders has opened a hotline with the number 011 2 824 082 for the public to lodge complaints regarding incidents of not taking care of the elders.The Director of the Secretariat for Elders J. Krishnamurthy says ...

Source: Albert Bigelow Paine, Thomas Nast: His Period and His Pictures, 1904 Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa's media spokesman Bandula Jayasekara says that the cabinet has granted approval to release Sarath Fonseka.The proposal in this regard has been moved by the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the spokesman says.However, the cabinet spokesman Acting Minister of Communication and Media Lakshaman Yapa Anewardhana today ...

Udaya Disanayaka, an ex-employee of Avant Garde Maritime Security Company which is under probe now, lodged a complaint in CID today against the company regarding international illegal arms trade.Udaya Disanayaka claimed he had worked in Kenya as an operations manager of Avant Garde. He accused the company of violating laws pertaining to firearms, foreign exchange, labour, immigration and emigration.He directly ...

Joint Trade Union Coalition of Sri Lanka, a collective of 35 trade unions have decided to hold a massive protest in Colombo next week.Saman Rathnapriya, a convener of the trade union coalition said that the protest would be held on February 23 at 3.30 at Lipton Circus, Colombo.The trade union coalition says that 10,000 employees of the public and private ...

The charges of the Lotus Pond Mahinda Rajapaksa Theater is definitely too dear to Sri Lankan performing artistes like dramatists. It may be OK for some light vein popular musical shows but not for classical musical presentations. Low quality laugh drama like Tennyson Cooray's too may go there.How can a Sri Lankan dramatist afford Rs. 1,050,000 for two shows there ...