Another flight carrying Sri Lankans who were earlier stranded in Thailand arrived in the country last morning (03). This was the second such flight bringing Sri Lankans home, the first having arrived the previous day.
According to Thailand sources, over 100 Sri Lankans are still stranded in Thailand where earlier anti-government protestors blocked Bangkok’s main Suvarnabhumi [...]

Saudi Arabia’s king says the price of oil should be $75 a barrel, much higher than it is now, but his oil minister indicated Saturday that no measures will likely be taken until OPEC meets again next month. Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi said that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will “do what needs [...]

United Motors Lanka Plc (UML) has been awarded the approval for a vehicle assembly plant from a leading Chinese vehicle manufacturer/ exporter Zoyte.
The company is now in the process of awaiting domestic institution approvals to go ahead with the project, UML Chief Executive Officer Shanaka Yatawara told Daily News Business.
Zoyte one of the leading [...]

Troops of Sri Lanka Army 57 division today (Dec 1) reached long awaited milestone on their march into terrorist dens in Wanni with the liberation of the Kokavil town.
According to the battlefield sources, troops launched an offensive early last morning extending their forward boundaries towards east of the A-9 (Jaffna-Kandy) road. Infantrymen of the [...]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to meet XVI Pope Benedict at the Vatican today (01) at 9.00 pm Sri Lankan time, a source from the Presidential Secretariat.
President Rajapaksa will leave on a four day official visit to Turkey afterwards, he said.
The President is accompanied by first Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga and [...]

Triggered by fear and anxiety at LTTE’s inevitable defeat at Mullaitivu, some top officials of a renowned NGO and a nexus of pro-LTTE groups have held clandestine discussions to sketch-out urgent and drastic methods to stall the Wanni military operations.
According to informed sources, the discussion has taken place in a star class hotel at [...]

Colombo: Sri Lanka Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena said in the parliament yesterday that the state had leased 100 acres of land in a suburb of Colombo city to Prima company for 55 years at Rs. 100 (one dollar) per perch in 2001 when former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was in power.
Gunawardena also said that [...]

Aging LTTE leader Velupillai Prabkaran has been forced to cancel his traditional birthday celebrations as the Security Forces have reached his doorstep. Pro-LTTE websites reported that Prabhakaran, who turns 54 tomorrow, has ordered to cancel the celebrations which LTTE connects to their annual Mahaveer (heroes) day.
Prabhakaran is unlikely to appear in public as the Security [...]

Mumbai Police today declared Police curfew as the death toll in last night’s explosion and firing in India’s commercial capital reached 100. More than 125 people have been injured while three Police officers, including Mumbai’s Anti-terrorist unit head, were among the dead. Indian news agencies reported that 100 more people are held hostage by the [...]

Indian Cairns awarded licences: Oil exploration activities along the Mannar basin is expected to kick off early next year by an Indian oil company, Cairns Limited.They have been awarded exploration licences by the Government, Director General, Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat (PRDS) Dr Neil de Silva said.
“With the obtaining of licences from PRDS, the company [...]