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Sri Lanka ruling party to begin election campaign next week
Mar 10 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) is to begin its propaganda campaign for the upcoming general elections nest week, the secretary of its main constituent party informed.
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Sri Lanka Health Minister to decide on the resumption of rubella vaccination programme
Mar 10 (CP) Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Health and Nutrition Nimal Siripala de Silva is to deliver the recommendations regarding the administration of rubella vaccine after studying the reports of the relevant committees.
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A passport office for Sri Lanka's Northern Province
Mar 10 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka Controller General of Immigration and Emigration P.B. Abeykoon says that a passport office will be opened soon in Jaffna for the benefit of the people of the Northern Province sparing the trouble of long distance traveling to obtain passports.
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UK Under-Secretary expresses willingness to support Sri Lanka's resettlement efforts
Mar 10 (CP) Colombo- The British government's Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service Sir Peter Ricketts, has expressed his country's willingness to support Sri Lanka to restore full freedom of movement to all IDPs, to complete the resettlement process and to help civilians rebuild their lives.
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Sri Lanka President to lead country towards self-sufficiency
Mar 10 (CP) Tissamaharama- Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa says his government will take the country towards prosperity and self-sufficiency strengthening the local economy at the village level. Addressing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Central Organisation in the Tissamaharama ....
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Economy stable
Mar 10 (DN) The prospects for Sri Lanka’s economy is bright and optimistic with much potential for massive scale growth and development, as revealed by various independent economic observations.
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Under Secretary of British Foreign Office in Sri Lanka on a two-day visit
Mar 09 (CP) Colombo- The Permanent Under-Secretary of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sir Peter Ricketts, is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka from March 9-10, the Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry said.
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Sri Lanka parliament extends emergency by another month
Mar 09 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka parliament extended the emergency regulations for another month by a majority of 69 votes. The parliament reconvened today to extend the emergency regulations after the legislature was dissolved in February.
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Sri Lanka's major opposition party to appoint a committee to look into discipline of party candidates
Mar 09 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka's major opposition United National Party (UNP) executive committee decided today to appoint a committee to look into the disciplinary matters of the party's election candidates.
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Sri Lanka parliament reconvenes to pass emergency
Mar 09 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka's dissolved 6th parliament reconvened today to extend the Emergency Rule for another month. The Emergency Law which gives wide powers to the government is renewed every month by a parliamentary vote. President Mahinda Rajapaksa called the dissolved parliament to reconvene since the current state of emergency was to expire on March 5.
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DNF files petition to annul election results
General Sarath Fonseka's party New Democratic Front (NDF) today filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to annul the presidential election results of four districts.
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Election Secretariat extends postal votes application deadline for Sri Lanka polls
The deadline for accepting postal vote applications for the upcoming general elections has been extended till February 26th midnignt.
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Accepting nominations for Sri Lanka parliamentary elections to begin tomorrow
Returning Officers will be accepting nominations for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka beginning tomorrow (19th) until noon of February 26th.
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Sri Lanka ruling party accuses the Marxists of attacking its office in Polonnaruwa
The ruling party of Sri Lanka today accused the opposition coalition of United National Party (UNP) and the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) of instigation the violence in Polonnaruwa yesterday.
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SRI LANKA: Religious leaders call for fair polls in April
Mar 09 (ENI) Sri Lankan religious leaders have called for free and fair polls scheduled for April in an election campaign that has already been marred by violence.
"If you cannot uphold law and reject violence during the elections, how can we trust that you will do this after the elections?" leaders of Sri Lanka's Congress of Religions challenged...
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Polls chief tells Parties to apply for air time
Mar 09 (Island) Commissioner of Elections Dayananda Dissanayake has asked secretaries of political parties and leaders of independent groups, contesting the forthcoming parliamentary elections, to apply before March 12 to the Chairmen of the Rupavahini Corporation and SLBC requesting air time.
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UN will not cause impact on Lanka - Minister
Mar 09 (DN) The United Nations (UN) will not be able to cause any impact on Sri Lanka, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said.
No resolution will be passed against Sri Lanka in the Security Council or in the Human Rights Commission, he said.
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Two new MPs to take oaths in Sri Lanka just for two days
Mar 10 (CP) Colombo- Two candidates of Sri Lanka's major opposition United National Party at the 2004 general election are likely to take oaths as Members of Parliament when the reconvened parliament meets on April 06 for the extension of emergency for another month.
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Ex-migrant workers of Sri Lanka are to be registered
Mar 10 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau has commenced a programme to register the persons who have returned to the home country after working overseas.
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Sri Lankan delegation to leave for Europe to discuss GSP Plus
Mar 10 (CP) Colombo- A high level Sri Lankan delegation is to leave for Brussels on March 15 for talks with the European Union (EU) to explore the possibilities of retaining the GSP plus trade concession and other issues, Minister of Export Development and International Trade, Prof. G.L. Peiris said.
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Raids on price gouging traders to begin from today in Sri Lanka
Mar 10 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka's Ministry of Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Services says it will carry out raids from today to nab errant traders who do not sell commodities especially rice at reduced prices.
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Rubella probe team hands in report
Mar 10 (Island) The report on the investigations conducted by an independent committee on the death of a 13-year-old girl in Wariyapola, Kurunegala following the administration of Rubella vaccine was handed over to Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday.
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MPs Johnston,Indika sacked from house
Mar 10 (DM) In a strange twist of events, Ministers Johnston Fernando and Indika Bandaranaike, who joined the ruling UPFA from the UNP, ceased to hold their MP posts from yesterday in the reconvened Parliament since they had withdrawn a Supreme Court case challenging their expulsion from the UNP.
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Land data of Sri Lanka being computerized
Mar 09 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) says that the first stage of the computerizing the data of the lands of the Western Province has been completed.
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Sri Lanka MPs asked to sacrifice this month's salary for the nation
Mar 09 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka Minister of Labor Dr. Mervyn Silva proposed the parliamentarians today not to withdraw this month's salary.
He made this proposal during the debate for the extension of emergency regulations declaring he would not withdraw his salary this month
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Sri Lankan Embassy in Kuwait Celebrates International Women's Day
Mar 09 (CP) Kuwait- The International Women's Day was celebrated on 8th March 2010 by the Sri Lankan Embassy Seva Vanitha Unit (Women's Association) with a programme dedicated to women. It is recalled that the Embassy Women's Association celebrated this day for the first time on 8th March 2009.
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Renowned musician Ravi Shankar meets Sri Lanka President
Mar 05 (CP) Colombo- The legendary Indian musician Ravi Shankar, who is currently on a visit to Sri Lanka, met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees Thursday evening.
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Nominations process in full swing in Sri Lanka
several political parties and independent groups handed in their nominations today ahead of tomorrow's noon deadline.
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Nomination process commences in Sri Lanka
Accepting nominations for the general elections have begun today in 20 administrative districts, The process will continue until noon of February 26th.
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Sri Lankan arrested in Britain for running on-line crime network
Britain's Serious Organsied Crime Agency (SOCA) today arrested a Sri Lankan native Renukanth Subramaniam, 33, for operating an on-line crime network that allowed criminals to exchange stolen credit cards and other information, stealing millions.
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DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Water Woes Fall on Women’s Shoulders
Mar 09 (IPS) COLOMBO- As a wife of a rice farmer and mother of two children aged nine and two, Sanjeevani Bandara’s days are packed with chores.
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UNFPA supports health services for resettled women in Northern Sri Lanka
Mar 09 (RW) COLOMBO– Getting proper health care is a challenge for thousands of Sri Lankans who have recently gone home to former conflict zones. UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is stepping up its support for the health and safety of women and girls who are returning, particularly those who are pregnant.
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Most election offices illegal: Monitors
Mar 09 (DM) Political parties and independent groups contesting the April 8 general election have violated the election law by putting up co-ordinating offices in excess of the number stipulated in the Parliamentary Election Act, polls observers said yesterday.
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The Fonseka affair: A perfect blunder?
Feb 15 (ANN) Are we headed for a third great cycle of violence? Sri Lanka has experienced two so far: the violence of the Sinhala underprivileged youth vs. the System, and the youth of the Tamil periphery vs. the Sinhala heartland. Are we living through the prelude of a third cycle, this time of a Cold war turning hot "factional strife turning into civil conflict- within the Sinhala establishment itself"
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