According to a research report by JP Morgan, Sri Lanka’s National Savings Bank (NSB), is expected to raise a US $ 1 billion bond to fulfill Government funding needs with several other private banks to follow suit, as the government is …
Sanath Jayasuriya is not in favour of junior players playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament as they adopt different technique in the shorter version (T20) of the game. “I personally feel our youngsters should keep away from IPL as they adopt …
An’ so they left their native land In spite of their devotion, An’ so they came, or they stole, Were sent across the ocean. An’ came out to Australia. With the boat people bogeyman running amok over Australia’s electoral landscape …
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a global human rights organisation, is to release a highly controversial report on Sri Lanka which alleges rape and torture of detainees at the hands of the army and police on Monday. The HRW, which has prepared a 140-page report, “‘We Will …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– Islamic clerics tried to calm religious tensions at press conference on Thursday (21) by requesting shops to sell halal meat only to Muslims, after protests by hardline Bodu Bala Sena group. Food manufacturers have labelled all their …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– The visit of United National Party MP Karu Jayasuriya and his wife to Nagapattinam was cut short following protests by political parties on Thursday morning. According to Police they checked into a hotel on Wednesday night in Thirukkadaiyur in …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– TNA Leader R Sampanthan gives notice of an Adjournment Motion Seeking Govt Action on Military Personnel who disrupted the non – violent fast at the Durgai Amman Temple. In his motion he states that the displaced people of …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– Tamil Nadu will not host the Asian Athletics Games scheduled for July, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said, because the Centre has not asked Sri Lanka to skip the event. Jayalalithaa said her government had written to the Asian Athletics Association …
The Sri Lankan government said yesterday (20) it will seek the support of several countries including China against a U.S. sponsored resolution against the island nation which is to be submitted before the UN Human Rights Council next month. The Sri Lankan …
The Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam on Wednesday rejected claims made by a documentary that showed ‘LTTE’s chief Prabhakaran’s 12 year old son shot dead. A British documentary had earlier shown photos of the late LTTE chief’s son being fed …