ExpoAir, the pioneering domestic aviation company in Sri Lanka in operation since 1997 announced the resumption of regular flights from Colombo to Jaffna on Wednesday 25 January. Offering a unique service based on value for money, with stringent service standards, ExpoAir stands out as the only domestic airline to have continued operations from Colombo to [...]
Co-operatives and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando told Parliament yesterday that the decision to introduce plastic crates was not a hurried decision and the subsequent gazette notification which was issued in January this year. Winding up the committee stage debate on his ministry, Minister Fernando said though the gazette was issued in January, the President [...]
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam leader Vijayakant and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko on Sunday condemned the Indian Coast Guard’s suggestion that the area up to five nautical miles from Indo-Sri Lankan International Maritime Boundary Line could be proclaimed a “no fishing zone” and fishermen violating the ban should be made to face [...]
Six individuals including three army soldiers were arrested while engaged in illegal excavations in search of hidden treasures. Police said the suspects were arrested at a land in Kelegama, Thambuththegama last night following information received from area residents. Five of the suspects are from Gampaha while the other is a resident of Eppawala, according to [...]
Sri Lankan officials think their bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games may have been doomed because of the deeply flawed games held last year in neighbouring India. Hambantota was defeated by the Gold Coast in Friday’s polling in St. Kitts, with members of the Commonwealth Games Federation voting 43-27 in favor of the Australian [...]
The Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat has received a further discovery notice over the weekend from Cairn Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, the operators of Sri Lanka’s second exploration well in the Mannar Basin. Three petroleum bearing formations were encountered between 4067 and 4206m, comprising a gross pay of 24m and containing gas with further indication of liquid [...]
The proposed Revival of Under-performing Enterprises and Under-utilized Assets Act will only be applied to businesses and properties listed in the bill and will not affect those outside it, President Rajapaksa told a group of organization heads representing the private sector. The government will not take over any business ventures or assets of the private [...]
The Sri Lankan living in Perth, Australia, launched a protest campaign against ABC Media Chanel in Perth on Saturday accusing the ABC of biased reporting. Hundreds of Sri Lankans wavig placards and shouting slogans gathered in Perth to protest the ABC media accusing the news service of catering to the Tamil Tigers and requesting it [...]
Sri Lanka’s government on Thursday sought to dismiss war crimes allegations as propaganda from its defeated rivals, as it came under further pressure ahead of a Commonwealth summit. A spokesman for Sri Lankan President Mahendra Rajapakse described the heavy focus on the issue in the lead-up to Friday’s gathering of leaders from the 54-nation Commonwealth [...]
Sri Lanka’s major Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is to file a Fundamental Rights petition before the Supreme Court Monday (24) against the government’s move to register the lands in the North and East. The TNA says that the government has failed to respond to the request made by the party to [...]
