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May 01, Colombo: Two Sri Lanka police Special Task Force (STF) officers were killed in a suspected LTTE claymore attack this morning at Kebithigollawa in Anuradhpura, about 250 km (156 miles) northeast of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, the military said.

SHARJAH — Aruna Bandaranayake returned a superb five-wicket haul to guide Lanka Lions to a 33-run victory over UAE Nationals Cricket Team in the 34th Bukhatir League ‘A’ Division Tournament, organised by the Sharjah Cricket Council, at the Sharjah stadium, a Press release said.

The Sinhala support for the Government`s military campaign continues to be strong whilst their suppo..

May 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka security forces arrested a local UNDP worker at a road block in Vavuniya yesterday afternoon for carrying a micro pistol with him, the Defence Ministry said.

Colombo, May 1 (IANS) Arjuna Ranatunga, head of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) interim governing body, Thursday removed its media manager allegedly for ‘being too good with the media’.

May 01, Colombo: Former minister and Mayor of Colombo, Sirisena Cooray has filed a court case against present deputy mayor of Colombo, S. Rajendran demanding 10 million rupees for breaching a contract.

May 01, Ratnapura: Sri Lanka’s Government Medical Officers Union (GMOA), yesterday decided to close the 6th surgical ward of the Ratnapura General Hospital over a clash between a doctor and a nurse.

May 01, Trincomalee: Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe yesterday wowed to bring an act in parliament to disarm the armed groups once his party wins the Eastern Provincial Council Polls scheduled to be on May 10.

May 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal yesterday said that it will decide on May 8th whether to postpone the upcoming Eastern provincial Council polls.

May 01, Colombo: Several Sri Lankan political parties and trade unions this year are to hold their May Day rallies in low key today.

Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) leader V. Anandasangaree has appealed to people and leaders of Tamil Nadu to act with `care and caution’ in dealing with the Sri Lanka ethnic problem and not to be swayed by emotional speeches made by some politicians.

Thirty-one (31) civilians belonging to fourteen (14) families including fifteen males (15), eleven females (11), three boys (03), and a girl reached the government controlled areas west of Vakarai, on Tuesday the 16th of January.

May 01 (NY-USA): The Sri Lanka Association of New York will sponsor a grand presentation by Rohan De Silva (Piano) and Rohan de Lanerolle (Baritone) at the Weill Recital Hall, at Carnegie Hall, New York City on Wednesday May 7, 2008 at 8.00 pm.

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a former medical student of Jaffna University from Pottpathi Vee..

Soon after military offensives commenced northwest of Giant Tank, Mannar, troops engaged in an effec..

The Somawansa Amarasinghe faction of the JVP yesterday took up the gauntlet thrown down by the dissi..

Adding a comical twist to the Eastern PC polls, a 17-year-old school girl in Ampara received an offi..

Government yesterday decided to implement the proposal of the National Transport Commission (NTC) to..

Iran, OPEC`s second-largest producer, has stopped conducting oil transactions in U.S. dollars, a top..

Operation in the new heroin corridor involved in regular heroin smuggling to Sri Lanka, who see the contraband flowing from Afghanistan and Pakistan to China and Russia as well Via Delhi and Kolkata seem to be now slowly shifting their base back to Chennai.

The historical relationship between Sri Lanka and Iran reached its climax when the work on the Uma Oya project was inaugurated on Tuesday (29) at Wellawaya, with the participation of Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka, Iranian Commerce Minister, Meer Kashami and Energy Deputy Minister Rasul Shahir.

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama declared that Sri Lanka’s relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran has registered a quantum leap.

Launching a pathway to gain access to the United States Medical Licensure introducing in Sri Lanka by the International Scholar Professional Services (Pvt) Ltd for Sri Lankan doctors and female and male nurses would keep the medical service in Sri Lanka in a higher echelon, Head of the Economic Affairs and Commercial Sector, US Embassy, Robert Gabo told the Daily News Business yesterday.

Members of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP), which terminated its observation mission reasoning that the proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) setup by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) did not satisfy basic international norms and standards, reiterated Wednesday that they stand by their “clear assertions” of their concluding statement which blamed the …

Apr 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his May day message said that his government will continue its strong commitment to safeguard the rights of the working people and strengthen the economy.