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President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared on Saturday that all should unite to defeat terrorism and bring peace to the country so that all communities could live in amity.

The Vavuniya Police recovered unidentified bodies of four men, strangled to death in separate locations at Vavuniya, on Sunday the 07th of January.

Amnesty International (AI), an INGO working to protect Human Rights worldwide is yet to condemn the brutal LTTE attack on civilian busses recently in the outskirts of Colombo.

The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) stationed in Batticaloa said they recovered a large cache of weapons buried hidden by the Liberation Tigers in two separate jungle locations in recently captured areas. The weapons were discovered in Naarakamoolai, Kudumpimalai and in Thikiliveddai during a search operation carried out Monday morning, according to SLA.

With extracts drawn from Erik Solheim`s book `Nærmere` the Norwegians Against Terorism (NAT), an Osl..

Around 100 new railway carriages manufactured in China will arrive in Sri Lanka within the next thre..

Residents in Polonnaruwa have complained to the environmental authorities that the brother of a powe..

The National Drug Policy, drafted by the National Drug Authority to streamline and monitor pharmacie..

`It is extremely difficult for the people to enjoy their rights and dignity as equal citizens of a c..

The Australian government has tightened the noose on Sri Lankan visa applicants, especially those se..

Two 120 mm mortar rounds which had accidentally fallen overboard during a mid-sea transfer carri..

England’s tour of Sri Lanka later this year is expected to be given the go-ahead after an England and Wales Cricket Board delegation expressed satisfaction yesterday with arrangements in the country.

VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Hundreds of ethnic Sinhalese civilians fled three villages in northern S..

SRI LANKA Savings Bank Ltd will take over the business of the Pramuka Bank in terms of a policy decision, the Central Bank said yesterday.

COLOMBO: Around 100 new railway carriages manufactured in China will arrive in Sri Lanka within the next three months to address the severe dearth of carriages in the local train service.

VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Hundreds of ethnic Sinhalese civilians fled three villages in northern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, claiming the government had failed to protect them from attacks by Tamil Tiger rebels, locals said.

Dammika Prasad held his nerve to edge Sri Lanka A to a thrilling one-wicket win over Yorkshire. Sri Lanka reached their target of 240 with 10 balls to spare - a relatively comfortable victory in the end, having been in the perilous position of 73 for 6.

July 31, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Red Cross is to launch a nationwide campaign against the misuse of the Red Cross emblem, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in their latest bulletin released today.

Commander Hithanadura Udayasena Silva, Secretary General of the Sri Lanka National Olympic Committee, has given his approval of the proposed facilities for a possible Abuja 2014 Commonwealth Games after inspecting the venues.

July 31, Colombo: Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said that there was no need whatsoever to bear arms by anyone except the security forces, and such activities should be stopped.

July 31, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government today launched the 180 day accelerated eastern development programme named “Reawakening of the East” at Trincomalee.

Former Sri Lanka fast bowler Asantha de Mel was re-appointed chief of the national cricket selection committee which was reshuffled by the sports minister. De Mel and Don Anurasiri were retained from the previous selection panel and will be joined by Mahes Goonathilake and Ranjith Madurasinghe in the new committee. Amal Silva and Shabir Asgerally were dropped from the panel.

July 31, Colombo: A claymore mine explosion triggered by suspected Tamil Tigers killed three soldiers in south of Maseri in Varani, Jaffna today around 4.35 pm, Defense Ministry said.

The national cricket selection committee was reshuffled by Gamini Lokuge, the Sri Lankan sports minister, on Tuesday. However, despite opposition from the administration of Sri Lanka Cricket, former fast bowler Ashantha de Mel was retained as the chief of the selection panel.

July 31, Colombo: The applications for the admission of students to Grade One of Sri Lanka’s government schools will be commenced on 15 August and will close on 05 September.