Troops of 57 Division operating in Kilinochchi battle front had heavy confrontations with LTTE terrorists yesterday, 18 November. According to the defence sources, troops stepped up further into LTTE terrain despite the LTTE resistance in general area northeast of Akkarayankulam ...

  Around 450,000 small tea holders are facing a crisis due to the declining prices of tea, UNP frontliner Lakshman Kiriella says.Speaking at a press briefing held today (Nov. 19th), he added that many others in the rubber industry are similarly ...

   The United National Party is prepared for parliament elections at any instance, head of the UNP media unit, MP Lakshman Kiriella said.Speaking at a media briefing today (Nov. 19th), he said that the current parliament is a distorted one, ...

   The Sri Lanka Army says that transportation across the Omanthai Entry/Exit point faced a complete standstill today (Nov. 19th) due to the absence of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officials.The Omanthai Entry/Exit point, which is opened between ...

Colombo (ICRC) – As a neutral intermediary enjoying the trust of both the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is currently facilitating their talks to find suitable arrangements for a crossing ...

 STAFF and pupils at Ysgol y Faenol in Bangor welcomed a special guest from Sri Lanka last week as the school continues its links with the country. Teacher Mrs Warnakasuriya came over to visit Wales for the first time and ...

   Seven Sri Lankans were arrested on Tuesday in a joint operation by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority and the Commercial Affairs Department. Four of them were arrested in their hotel room, and eight counterfeit credit cards, a card printer, ...

   The thirty-fourth Session of the SAARC Programming Committee commenced today at Hotel Earl's Regency in the central hill country of Kandy.Delegates from the eight Member States of SAARC, the SAARC Secretary-General H.E. Dr Sheel Kant Sharma, officials of ...

JAFFNA: COLUMNS of heroic troops, extending their might through the KILALY and MUHAMALE Forward Defence Lines (FDL) were battling hard to pierce the enemy barriers in the past twenty-four hours at the time this report was pasted Tuesday (18) evening.  ...

The European Union in collaboration with the Goethe Institute, EU Member State Embassies in Colombo and the National Film Corporation will launch a European Film Festival to commence 28 November through to 6 December 2008 to showcase the rich and ...

British High Commissioner in Sri Lanka His Excellency Dr. Peter Hayes recently took time off his busy diplomatic schedule to spend time with the senior management of Hameedia, invited Sri Lankan corporates and the media, to share with them his ...

The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka granted investment approval to TradeCard Services (Private) Limited for a project to develop software for export. Mr. Dhammika Perera, Chairman / Director General signed the agreement and formally presented the BOI Certificate of ...