China said Saturday that it believes the Sri Lankan government and people will handle properly problems conerning its civil war and urged the international community not to complicate the issue. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks when asked to comment on a panel report on armed conflicts in Sri Lanka published by the [...]
Six national captains, including four from Sri Lanka, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardane, Kumar Sangakkara and T. M. Dilshan, will lead seven Provincial teams in the forthcoming Sri Lanka T20-Premier League (SL-T20-PL) Tournament. The seventh captain will be former Sri Lanka vice-captain, Chaminda Vaas. The Sri Lanka T20 Premier League will feature almost 35 international cricketing [...]
After former Sri Lankan cricket skipper Hashan Tillakaratne alleged that match-fixing has been common in Sri Lanka’s cricket, the national sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage spoke to TIMES NOW and rubbished these claims. The sports minister said, “It seems that all these claims are his personal views. We don’t have anything to prove the same. If [...]
It was May 2009, the Sri Lanka Army was advancing fast under heavy fire. The LTTE, or what remained of them were giving no quarter as the battles intensified. Things got ugly, and civilians died. After the dust settled, no one knew quite what happened. The winners rejoiced, while the losers were eliminated. But unbeknownst [...]
Amid speculation about the origins of the royal engagement sapphire worn by Kate Middleton, it appears that the gem may have come from Sri Lanka. Although the origin of the sapphire in Princess Diana’s engagement ring is a well guarded secret, the Sri Lanka Gem and Jewellery Association claims that the gem originated in Sri Lanka 35 years ago. However, according to theBBC, a spokesman for [...]
Sri Lanka on Wednesday said the publication of U.N.-appointed panel’s report blaming it for thousands of civilian deaths at the end of its civil war threatens peace-building efforts and is motivated by the political agenda of “interested parties.” The United Nations on Monday published the findings of a three-member panel Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed to [...]
A United Nations panel has found credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both sides during the final stages of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict, according to a U.N. report released Monday. The three-member panel recommends the government of Sri Lanka immediately conduct an investigation into the alleged violations of international law [...]
Sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage had been misled into ordering the Sri Lankan cricketers home early from the Indian Premier League, said his predecessor Gamini Lokuge. Speaking to ‘Sri Lanka Mirror’, Mr. Lokuge rejected claims that he had entered into an oral or written agreement with the BCCI regarding Sri Lankan players’ participating in the IPL. [...]
UNP MP Harin Fernando said yesterday that he was prepared to debate Ports and Highways Deputy Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena over a rock that has surfaced at the Hambantota Harbour, resulting in ships not entering the area since it was declared open recently by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He told The Island that the debate should be [...]
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon says he will only launch an international investigation into allegations of possible war crimes taking place at the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka that ended in May, 2009, if the member states agree. After releasing the Expert Panel report on Sri Lanka a UN statement said “the secretary-general [...]
The Anti-Corruption Unit of the Mirihana police that encompasses the Nugegoda Division has been able to bust a well-organized racket in which sex workers have been supplied in a vehicle bearing the sticker ‘VIP Presidential Secretariat’ last week. The sticker, it was revealed, was to avoid being stopped by the police while engaging in the [...]
The sacred hair relic of the Lord Buddha given to President Mahinda Rajapaksa as a personal token during his visit to the Bangladesh was initially decided to be placed at the Temple Trees. However, he had changed his mind and handed it over to the Gangarama temple following concerns raised by a Malayali astrologer, a [...]
Governing party parliamentarian Rajiva Wijesinghe has intervened and got a scholarship for UNP parliamentarian Buddhika Pathirana through the German NGO Ebert Stiftung. Buddhika is scheduled to travel overseas on the 10th of May. However, several members of Sajith Premadasa’s group had asked Buddhika to postpone the visit since an article was published in the Lankadeepa [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sent Minister Mervyn Silva on a pilgrimage to the Nepal on the insistence of Defence Secretary Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. The Defence Secretary has told the President that the suspects in the extortion incident at the Peliyagoda fish market have not been identified at the identification parade due to threats made by [...]
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