Sri Lanka today welcommed the European Union’s (EU) decision to re-list the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a banned terror outfit. The EU’s decision came after a comprehensive review of listed terrorist groups. Government sources said the EU’s decision show’s its commitment to eliminate international terrorism and that Sri Lanka would extend its [...]
India don’t like the UDRS and one moment during the thrilling World Cup group match against England in Bangalore will have given them even more reason to distrust the technology when Ian Bell survived an lbw referral. It left MS Dhoni cursing the system as he called it an adulteration of human decision making and technlogy. At [...]
Arjuna Ranatunga, even though is on the wrong end of political aspirations, is definitely a lover of Sri Lanka. Most recently AR correctly pointed out the fact that middle order of Sri Lankan batting line up is weak and either Sangakkara or Jayawardena should bat down the batting order. We have depended too much on [...]
Hot on the heels of the furore over revelations that Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) is to receive a Rs 393 million tax refund of monies already paid to the Inland Revenue, deep unhappiness over the restructuring of the BOI and the slow progress that Sri Lanka’s premier investment agency is making in terms of [...]
Colombo district MP Praba Ganesan claimed that although the government promised them to provide Rs. 20 million for development activities related to the welfare of the Tamils in the country, they have not received anything yet in this regard. “Nuwara Eliya district Parliamentarian P. Digambaram and I were promised by the Minister of Economic Development [...]
It is the responsibility of the political parties to organize a people’s struggle similar to other countries like Libya. The JVP will undertake this responsibility on behalf of the masses, JVP Propaganda Secretary Vijitha Herath said today. (YP-Dailymirroronline)
A woman who had admitted herself to the maternity ward of the Kalubowila Hospital after appearing as a pregnant woman was later discovered to have stuffed her clothes to appear 8-9 months pregnant. Two suspects including a woman appearing as her mother were handed over to the police by hospital authorities after the hoax came [...]
The owners of the illegal night club that is operating on the 10th floor at the Global Towers Hotel in Wellawatte pays a sum of Rs. 3 lakhs every month to one Minister Mervynnn Silva’underworlddd members known as Maligawatte Ranji alias Donald, a senior officer from the Wellawatte Police said. He said that Donald also [...]
Double murder-accused US official Raymond Davis has been found in possession of top-secret CIA documents, which point to him or the feared American Task Force 373 (TF373) operating in the region, providing Al-Qaeda terrorists with “nuclear fissile material” and “biological agents,” according to a report. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is warning that the situation [...]
UNP MP Sajith Premadasa has rejected a state-owned media claim that the wife of Clarence Wijewardene was going to file a case against him over an intellectual property breach. According to Mr. Premadasa, relatives of the late singer had told him to continue singing his songs. Last week, at a public meeting in Weerapokuna, the [...]
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The Colombo Port is in disarray with at least 2,000 vehicles imported to Sri Lanka mostly from Japan languishing at different parts of the Port for many months. “The problem has been ongoing for many months now ever since the import taxes were drastically reduced,” said an official at the Colombo Port who oversees logistics. [...]
It is with great alarm that the peace loving people of the civilised world witness the despotic regime of Muammar Gaddafi killing his own people, using heavy weapons and even fighter aircraft to bomb civilian targets in a desperate attempt to retain power. Looking at the brutal suppression of peaceful civilian protests in Libya by [...]
Sri Lanka has lodged a strong protest to India over the interference in the country’s judiciary by New Delhi’s Jaffna-based Consul General V. Mahalingam, a senior official in the External Affairs Ministry said yesterday. Speaking on grounds of anonymity, the official said the government’s concerns were expressed by External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris during a [...]
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