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Sri Lanka will host the next Commonwealth Leaders’ summit next year. The leaders of the Commonwealth Union, who met yesterday in New York, have decided to have their next meeting in Sri Lanka in 2009.

Kaushal Silva made a blistering century to pilot Sri Lanka ‘A’ to an easy 81-run win over South Africa ‘A’ in their fourth one day ‘international’ against South Africa in Bloemfontein last night.

The first convoy of food supplies since the aid workers pulled out on 16 September will travel under the UN flag to LTTE-held areas of the North in the next few days, according to the UN Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, Neil Buhne.

Thilina Kandamby and Rangana Herath turned a certain defeat in to a memorable win as Sri Lanka ‘A’ beat South Africa ‘A’ by four wickets in their fifth and final one day ‘international’ played in Benoni on Sunday.

Sri Lanka is on right track to achieve the MDGs by year 2015. Minster of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogaollagama said in New York. Participating in the interactive Round Table discussion segment of the high level meeting on the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) Minister Bogollagama said that sustainable development should be viewed in the context of the people, as the Government represents people.

Oct 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion Dr. Sarath Amunugama says that it is interested in oil exploration in Sri Lanka.

Oct 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka President’s younger brother and senior adviser Basil Rajapaksa, MP, visited the newly proposed site for the new international airport in Hambanthota district, the home of Rajapaksas, yesterday.

Oct 01, Colombo: The transport facilities provided to the Sri Lankan school children are in focus on the World Children Day that falls today with a death of a 12 year old girl in a mishap caused by the negligence of a school bus owner.

The LTTE terrorists fired artillery and mortars towards the Army detachment at Vavunathive in Batticaloa last night, Sunday the 21st of January.

LTTE pistol gang shot at Police personnel who were on their way to report for duties at Kulumadu checkpoint on Vavuniya-Mannar main road last evening, Sunday the 21st of January.

The Sri Ramachandra Medical College police at Porur, Chennai, arrested G. Elango, a LTTE Tiger agent carrying a British passport, on Friday and seized 28 ATM cards in his possession.

COLOMBO, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka’s Dialog Telekom, a unit of Telekom Malaysia (KLSE:4863), said it had bagged five million subscribers, started per second billing and cut tariffs for calls within the network.

COLOMBO, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Consumer prices in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo increased by 24.3 per cent in the 12-months to September 2008, down from 24.9 per cent in August, the government’s statistics office said.

COLOMBO, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Lanka Ventures said it had lost a tax case against the department of inland revenue but that it planned to appeal in the supreme court.

LTTE pistol men shot and killed a Police Constable in Vavuniya last evening, Sunday the 21st of January.

Oct 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Child Development and Women’s Welfare Sumedha G. Jayasena says that steps are underway to legalize abortion for the rape victims.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 (UPI) — Fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil Tigers has left 53 rebels and five soldiers dead, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

Oct 01, Colombo: D.K. Udayasiri, the businessman recently blacklisted by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) as an unauthorized person to accept deposits, reportedly have applied for a license to legalize his financial operations.

Oct 01, Colombo: Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has introduced a new and efficient module for businesses to obtain a license to operate and trade within 25 days, provided that all necessary criteria are met.

Oct 01, Colombo: Fitch Ratings yesterday affirmed the ‘AAA(lka)’ National Long-term rating assigned to Citibank N.A.- Colombo Branch (CitiSL).

Oct 01, Colombo: Department of Census and Statistics declared that inflation during the month of September has declined by 0.6% from 24.9% in August to 24.3% in September.

Oct 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s central bank is to inject more cash into the financial system in alleviating a credit crunch prompted by the rejection of a $700 billion U.S. bank-rescue plan.

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s central bank will inject more cash into the financial system, joining monetary authorities from Japan to Australia in alleviating a credit crunch prompted by the rejection of a $700 billion U.S. bank-rescue plan.

Representatives of British Tamils Forum who met the British Minister for the Department for Internat..

Finally, the last bit of confirmation regarding the LTTE`s use of mercenaries and further confirmati..