A leading Malaysian company is to develop a US $ 100 million speed railway project in Sri Lanka. The proposed railway from Colombo Kollupitiya to the Katunayake Airport is aimed at the huge influx of expected tourist arrivals in the coming years. The project with a new railway track along the coastal line will be [...]
The Islamic Solidarity Front (ISF) today warned of a group of ‘Wahabi’ Muslim extremists who have entered into certain parts of Sri Lanka among moderate Muslims and creating division by spreading Wahabism. Riyaz M. Sally, president of the Islamic Solidarity Front speaking to Ada Derana said that these Wahabi groups among which is the ‘Thauheed [...]
The explosion had taken place when two Chinese nationals of the construction company had come in a double cab and two dump trucks to obtain explosives from three containers which were parked at the Karadiyanaru police station. According to sources one dump truck had blasted and due to a sympathetic detonation all the containers had [...]
An accidental explosion had occurred at an explosives dump near the Karadiyanaru police station at Batticaloa a short while ago. Hospital sources say that seven injured people have been brought to the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital. Adaderana
The prestigious Business and Investment guidance magazine has ranked Sri Lanka 83rd in the latest Forbes Best Countries for Business list, ahead of China at 90, Pakistan at 92 and Bangladesh at 109. In its fifth annual rankings, Forbes magazine has categorized 128 nations of the world on the basis of property rights, technology, corruption, [...]
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa this evening paid an inspection visit to his namesake International sports complex and International Cricket ground at Diyagama in Homagama to observe the progress of its construction. The Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Diyagama, Homagama, about 15 kilometers southeast of capital Colombo will facilitate the sports of rugby, soccer, as [...]
Regarding reports that 25 UNP MPs have threatened sit as Independent MPs, UNP MP Ranil Wickremasinghe today releasing a statement claimed that he has not been conveyed of any such intention by any MP. He added that if any such communication is made, the matter will be taken up at the Working Committee. However UNP [...]
The disciplinary committee appointed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to probe the incident of a Samurdhi officer being tied to a tree at Kelaniya, has decided that former Deputy Minister Mervin Silva is not guilty. The three-member committee which handed over its report to President Mahinda Rajapaksa has stated that there was no [...]
