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Breaking News from Sri Lanka |
Last Updated = Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 11:53 am SL Time
| * Germany arrests six Tamil Tiger fund raisers :: The German police have arrested six Tamil Tiger separatists suspected of raising funds for the banned LTTE terrorist organization.
[Updated = Fri, Mar 5, 2010, 09:47 pm SL Time]
* Renowned musician Ravi Shankar meets Sri Lanka President :: Mar 05 (CP) Colombo- The legendary Indian musician Ravi Shankar, who is currently on a visit to Sri Lanka, met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees Thursday evening.
[Updated = Fri, Mar 5, 2010, 08:05 pm SL Time]
* Hicorp director furhter remanded :: The Colombo Fort Magistrate and Additional District Judge Ms. Lanka Jayaratne rejected bail today to Wellington Dehoedt, the director of Hicorp (Pvt) Limited.
[Updated = Wed, Mar 3, 2010, 07:46 pm SL Time]
* Navy rescues 12 Chinese fishermen :: Sri Lanka Navy on Sunday (Feb 28) rescued 12 Chinese fishermen who plunged into the high seas off Sangamankanda in Eastern Sri Lanka.
[Updated = Tue, Mar 2, 2010, 01:20 am SL Time]
* Army recovers thousands of explosive devices in Northern Sri Lanka :: Troops of Army's 681 Brigade recovered 2,146 IEDs explosives from Puthukkudiyiruppu area in Mullaitivu on Sunday (28).
[Updated = Mon, Mar 1, 2010, 12:37 am SL Time]
* DNF files petition to annul election results :: General Sarath Fonseka's party New Democratic Front (NDF) today filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to annul the presidential election results of four districts.
[Updated = Fri, Feb 26, 2010, 10:12 pm SL Time]
* Nominations process in full swing in Sri Lanka :: several political parties and independent groups handed in their nominations today ahead of tomorrow's noon deadline.
[Updated = Thu, Feb 25, 2010, 11:21 pm SL Time]
* New coach appointed for women's cricket team :: Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former Josephian coach Harsha De Silva to take the reins of the national Women's squad.
[Updated = Thu, Feb 25, 2010, 01:36 am SL Time]
* Police teams deployed to arrest Fonseka's son-in-law :: Two special police teams have been deployed to arrest Danuna Tilakaratne, the son-in-law former military chief General (Retd) Sarath Fonseka, the police said. He is absconding arrest.
[Updated = Wed, Feb 24, 2010, 09:03 pm SL Time]
* Election Secretariat extends postal votes application deadline for Sri Lanka polls :: The deadline for accepting postal vote applications for the upcoming general elections has been extended till February 26th midnignt.
[Updated = Mon, Feb 22, 2010, 09:06 pm SL Time]
* Anura Tennakoon new national cicket team manager :: Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed Anura Tennakoon as the new manager of the national team effective from Saturday.
[Updated = Sun, Feb 21, 2010, 11:19 am SL Time]
* Nomination process commences in Sri Lanka :: Accepting nominations for the general elections have begun today in 20 administrative districts, The process will continue until noon of February 26th.
[Updated = Fri, Feb 19, 2010, 08:34 pm SL Time]
* Accepting nominations for Sri Lanka parliamentary elections to begin tomorrow :: Returning Officers will be accepting nominations for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka beginning tomorrow (19th) until noon of February 26th.
[Updated = Thu, Feb 18, 2010, 11:40 pm SL Time]
* Danuna Tilakaratne's mother granted bail :: The Mount Lavinia Magistrate Court granted bail to Mrs. Asoka Tilakaratne who was arrested by the CID this morning for questioning on the foreign currency found in her bank lockers. The Judge has ordered her not to leave the country.
[Updated = Wed, Feb 17, 2010, 08:25 pm SL Time]
* 'Lanka' newspaper editor released :: Feb 16 (CP) Colombo- The Nugegoda Magistrate Court has ordered the release of Chandana Sirimalwattha, Chief Editor of Marxist newspaper 'Lanka' after being detained for 18 days.
[Updated = Wed, Feb 17, 2010, 01:14 am SL Time]
* Sri Lanka's trade gap narrows for 12 months in a row :: Feb 16 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka's trade deficit contracted for 12 consecutive months in December 2009, the Central Bank said releasing its external sector performance report for the month.
[Updated = Tue, Feb 16, 2010, 08:26 pm SL Time]
* Two killed in an accidental explosion in Jaffna :: Feb 15 (CP) Jaffna- Two school children were killed and six others were injured in an accidental bomb explosion in Jaffna this afternoon, the police said.
The explosion occurred at Mambalam Junction in Puliadi along A-9 Road around 3:00 p.m. today.
[Updated = Mon, Feb 15, 2010, 07:17 pm SL Time]
* The Fonseka affair: A perfect blunder? :: Feb 15 (ANN) Are we headed for a third great cycle of violence? Sri Lanka has experienced two so far: the violence of the Sinhala underprivileged youth vs. the System, and the youth of the Tamil periphery vs. the Sinhala heartland. Are we living through the prelude of a third cycle, this time of a Cold war turning hot "factional strife turning into civil conflict- within the Sinhala establishment itself"
[Updated = Mon, Feb 15, 2010, 06:05 pm SL Time]
* Sri Lankan arrested in Britain for running on-line crime network :: Britain's Serious Organsied Crime Agency (SOCA) today arrested a Sri Lankan native Renukanth Subramaniam, 33, for operating an on-line crime network that allowed criminals to exchange stolen credit cards and other information, stealing millions.
[Updated = Fri, Jan 15, 2010, 12:07 pm SL Time]
* Sri Lanka ruling party accuses the Marxists of attacking its office in Polonnaruwa :: The ruling party of Sri Lanka today accused the opposition coalition of United National Party (UNP) and the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) of instigation the violence in Polonnaruwa yesterday.
[Updated = Fri, Jan 15, 2010, 12:05 pm SL Time]
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