Monday 6th February, 2012
Clarke says Oz deserves to be ODI favourites ahead of triangular series against India, Sri Lanka
Australian captain Michael Clarke has said his team deserves to be regarded as favourites, ahead of the triangular one-day series against Sri Lanka and India. "We're the No. 1 one-day team in the ...
Lanka ranked as moderate performer
Disna Mudalige The overall environmental performance is improving in Sri Lanka and it has been ranked as a moderate performer, according to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released ...
Lanka’s progress praiseworthy - Russian President
Sri Lanka has achieved significant results in securing sustainable economic and social development, consolidation of democratic state institutions, Russian President Dmitry A Medvedev in a message ...
Lanka marks Independence with pomp and pageantry
General SourcesDharma Sri Abeyratne Rasika Somarathna and Nimal Wijesinghe in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka celebrated the 64th anniversary of gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1948 with pomp and ...
US diplomats heading to S. Lanka for civil war talks
General SourcesThree American diplomats will travel to Sri Lanka for talks about alleged killings of civilians by government troops in their campaign to defeat the Tamil Tigers, an official and report said ...
Government deprives free education through “Mahinda Chinthanaya”-Ranil
Digatha NewsOpposition and United National Party (UNP) Leader of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremasinghe says that under the Mahinda Chintanya or Mahinda Rajajapaksa’s vision, deprived free education for needy ...
Tea industry to affect due to Middle -East crisis.
Digatha NewsSri Lanka’s tea industry has come to a dead end due to unrest created in the Middle East. Small tea holders have been severely affected due to the crisis in the Middle East. Tea factories also ...
Chamber urges early introduction of Colombo, Madurai flight service
General SourcesA delegation from Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry accompanied by Mr B. Manicka Tagore, Member of Parliament from Virudhunagar, met Mr Prasad Kariyawasam, High Commissioner for Sri Lanka ...
Jayawardene eyeing finisher's role at Daredevils
CricinfoMahela Jayawardene , the Sri Lanka captain, has said he will complement the big-hitting batsmen at his new IPL franchise, the Delhi Daredevils, and will try to play the role of a finisher. ...
Sri Lanka may drop dollar to meet Iran oil sanctions - report
Ada DeranaSri Lanka may avoid a costly squeeze by the United States sanctions on Iranian crude by purchasing it in a currency other than dollars, following ...
Tamil actress arrested in prostitution case in Pune
India TodayPune last evening, police said on Sunday. "We laid a trap and sent a decoy customer. Caroline is quite popular in Chennai. She has played heroine in movies- 'Rain', ...
Australia defeats flat India
The Sunday LeaderIndia's abject batting performances returned to haunt them as Australia won game one in the Commonwealth Bank series by 63 runs courtesy of the Duckworth and Lewis method. A man of the match ...
Hirunika to join politics.
Digatha NewsHirunika Premachandra, the daughter of late Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra has announced she will join active politics from the Sri Lanka Mahajana Party.The reason for joining differnet political ...
London bound flights cancelled.
Digatha NewsLondon –bound direct flights from Colombo have been cancelled indefinitely following adverse weather conditions in European skies, a spokesperson for the Katunayake International Airport ...
Hirunika to join active politics
Ada DeranaThe daughter of former MP Baratha Lakshman Premachandra, Hirunika Premachandra stated that she will join active politics through the Sri Lanka Mahajana ...
Health Ministry to amend laws concerning fake doctors
Ada DeranaThe Health Ministry is set to amend the laws concerning fraudulent doctors who have no qualifications in the medical field stating that a minimum fail sentence of five years should be given ...
Sri Lanka looks to revive Tuticorin ferry service
General SourcesSri Lanka is looking for a new operator to revive the much talked about ferry service between Colombo and Tuticorin that had hit a snag due to economic and legal problems after a few months of ...
Two suspects apprehended for running marijuana racket
Ada DeranaTwo suspects were apprehended for the operation of a large scale marijuana racket in the Bellanthara area while the Dehiwala police arrested the two in possession of four kilogrammes of ...
Sri Lanka: Westminister exhibition on Tamil genocide brings MPs to voice for international investigations
General Sources[TamilNet, Sunday, 05 February 2012, 08:54 GMT] MPs, peers from the House of Lords and a cross-party group of politicians endorsed the call for an independent, international investigation into ...
Rupee devaluation resulted in prices of fuel, imported items to rise
Digatha NewsThe Central Bank on Friday finally veered towards IMF calls for a devaluation of the rupee, depreciating the local currency marginally against the US dollar and initiating measures to curb credit ...
Sri Lankans celebrate independence
San Francisco ChronicleDancers perform during a parade celebrating Sri Lanka's 64th Independence Day, marking the country's independence from British colonial rule in 1948, in Anuradhapura, about 80 kilometers ...
Poor response for President’s call to nominate reps for PSC
Digatha NewsPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decision to call a meeting of all political party representatives to persuade them to nominate members for the proposed Parliamentary Select committee (PSC) to ...
Two die and two injured after trishaw crashes into lorry
Ada DeranaTwo persons were killed when a trishaw crashed into a stationary lorry on the Maradankadawala-Habarana road in Kekirawa, police stated. Two other were critically injured and were rushed to ...
Roads around Gangaramaya closed for Navam Perahera
Ada DeranaSeveral roads around Gangaramaya will be closed on February 6 and 7 from 6.45pm until the end of the Navam Perahera, police ...
Two buses collide injuring 16 people
Ada DeranaA SLTB bus and a private bus collided on the Hambantota-Tangalle road near the Sittikulama junction injuring and hospitalizing 16 people this morning at 6.45am police ...
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