Galle face road open to public
A section of the Galle face road between Colpity and Fort is open for public transport and light vehicles (one way) from 6am-8pm with effect from today, police spokesman SSP I. M Karunaratne told Daily Mirror online. The section of the road adjoining Army Headquarters and the Presidential Secretariat will remain closed.
[Views:65] [Tue, Jan 12, 2010] [Full Article]

Lanka invites Maxis, Telekom to invest in satellite
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka is inviting two top Malaysian teleco operators Maxis Communications Berhad and Telekom Malaysia to invest in their US$150 million (RM525 million) maiden satellite project.
[Views:138] [Tue, Jan 05, 2010] [Full Article]

Environmental Authority to fine roadside garbage dumpers
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) is in the process of drawing up plans to fine those who litter garbage along the roadside in order to curb health hazards and other inconveniences caused to the public as a result of people dumping garbage along key roads, Chairman of the CEA Professor W. Abeyewikrema told.
[Views:116] [Thu, Dec 24, 2009] [Full Article]

World Bank lends 182 million to Sri Lanka
The World Bank has announced a 182-million-dollar loan to help Sri Lanka assist refugees and rebuild Tamil majority provinces that were ravaged by nearly three decades of civil war that ended earlier this year.
[Views:96] [Fri, Dec 18, 2009] [Full Article]

Tale of war and peace in the 2004 tsunami
For two of Asia’s longest-running insurgencies, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami offered a chance for peace in each.In Indonesia’s Aceh, one of the worst calamities in history led to a historic peace agreement, and the former rebels are now in power in a province once under military rule.
[Views:107] [Fri, Dec 18, 2009] [Full Article]

Sri Lanka’s war displaced free to leave camps: Official
Tuesday, thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Sri Lankawill be free to leave state-run camps where they have been detained since the military’s victory over separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels.
[Views:123] [Tue, Dec 01, 2009] [Full Article]

Displaced people to get freedom of movement from tomorrow
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka will Tuesday allow thousands of civilians to leave state-run camps where they have been detained since the military's victory over Tamil Tiger separatist rebels, a senior official said.
[Views:108] [Mon, Nov 30, 2009] [Full Article]

Economic collapse in Lanka would affect all- IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says an economic collapse in Sri Lanka would make lives worse for everybody and it was in that context that the international agency had decided to give economic support to the country.
[Views:120] [Fri, Nov 20, 2009] [Full Article]

New lions to be brought to the Dehiwala Zoo soon
A group of new lions are to be brought from Armenia and China to Sri Lanka, as the current Lions in the Dehiwala Zoo are to be transported to the Hambanthota Safari park when it’s completed, Duminda Jayaratne, Director General of the Zoo told.
[Views:119] [Thu, Nov 19, 2009] [Full Article]

Security clearance not required to travel from Jaffna
Civilians traveling from Jaffna to Colombo will not require special security clearance from today, Northern Province Governor Major General G.A. Chandrasiri said today. According to him civilians can travel freely by producing only their National Identity Card or some form of identification paper.
[Views:105] [Thu, Nov 19, 2009] [Full Article]

Tamil Nadu to boost funding for Lankan refugees camps
The Tamil Nadu government Thursday decided to allocate Rs.100 crore for improving the amenities in the 115 camps for Sri Lankan refugees in the state and also for extending various welfare measures to them at par with Indian citizens.
[Views:135] [Fri, Nov 13, 2009] [Full Article]

Steps to curb sale of pirate disks from Lankan market
The Censor Board is drawing up plans to introduce a license to multimedia disk traders in Sri Lanka. Under the new license, retailers of the music and movie disks will need to posses the consent of the copy write holder of the content if it is to be sold in the market, Chairman of the Censor Board Mr. Asoka Serasinghe told.
[Views:123] [Fri, Nov 13, 2009] [Full Article]

New regulations for reality programs, musical shows
The government is to introduce new regulations to broadcast reality musical programs on television or radio stations from next year. Such programs will have to obtain clearance from the public performance board from January, the Chairman of the board Asoka Serasinghe told.
[Views:154] [Mon, Nov 09, 2009] [Full Article]

Prices of sugar tinned fish, dhal reduced with effect from midnight
The Government has reduced the prices of sugar, tinned fish and dhal with effect from midnight today, Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardena said today.
[Views:173] [Fri, Nov 06, 2009] [Full Article]

EU tells Sri Lanka it wants action and not just words
The European Union (EU) has continued to put pressure on the Sri Lankan government to address several concerns being raised over alleged human rights allegations including media suppression and has insisted that Sri Lanka must respond through actions and not words.
[Views:132] [Fri, Oct 30, 2009] [Full Article]

Emergency appeal as drought hits Hambantota, Monaragala
The Government had made an emergency appeal for water browsers, tanks, plastic cans and food items from donors to provide relief to 75,000 families affected by the drought in Hambantota and Monaragala, District Secretaries the local authorities in the area said.
[Views:158] [Tue, Oct 27, 2009] [Full Article]

Containers filled with IDP aid headed to Vauniya
After going through much red tape and delays the 884 tons of aid sent through the Captain Ali vessel almost five months ago, finally set off to Vauniya today evening.
[Views:131] [Sat, Oct 24, 2009] [Full Article]

More than 43,000 IDPs resettled in the north today
A batch of 41685 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) were resettled in Vauniya, Mannar, Mullathiv and Killinochi today.
[Views:112] [Fri, Oct 23, 2009] [Full Article]

I am only people’s guardian - President
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday emphasized that he was no King but was a guardian of the people. Addressing a large crowd following the commissioning of Sri Lanka’s longest bridge, in Kinniya, the President said when he came to this function he saw some hoardings and posters which had the title King before his name. “I am no King but I am the guardian of the people today, tomorrow and in the future,” President Rajapaksa said.
[Views:190] [Wed, Oct 21, 2009] [Full Article]

Websites which distort facts to be blacklisted- Government
Irresponsible web sites which resort to distorting facts to create a rift between the government and 'other' parties would be black listed and publicized through the provisions available through the state media
[Views:127] [Wed, Oct 21, 2009] [Full Article]