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Sri Lanka holds withdrawal of on-arrival visa

Aug 29th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka on Saturday suspended plans to scrap on-arrival visas for most nationals, including visitors from the US, Europe, Australia and Japan.
The government had announced it was withdrawing the landing endorsements from September 30 in a move widely seen as potentially damaging to the island’s tourism industry, which is recovering from 37 years [...]



Maid torture report arrives in Saudi Arabia

Aug 29th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News

RIYADH: The Sri Lankan Embassy received on Saturday the medical report regarding the Sri Lankan housemaid who was found with 24 nails and needles embedded in her legs, arms, hands and forehead, allegedly pushed into her body by the Saudi couple she worked for as a method of punishment.
A video statement from the victim translated [...]



Project launched to digitally map Sri Lanka

Aug 19th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News

The Government has taken steps to launch a project to digitally map the country to create a database and the pilot project will be started from the Gampha district today. The Ministry of Economic Development and Ministry of Defence with the assistance of the Kelaniya University has launched this special project, Minister of Public [...]



We always considered the battle as a humanitarian operation, says Defence Secretary

Aug 19th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News

Though most critics talked about the war in Sri Lanka no one spoke of the hardships the armed forces had to undergo to defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), said Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa during his submissions to the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee (LL&RC) in Colombo today.
The government had to study the [...]



Sri Lankan Opposition Up In Arms Against Fonseka’s Court Martial

Aug 19th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News

Opposition parties in Sri Lanka Wednesday were up in the arms against the court martial of former Army chief Sarath Fonseka, who played a key role in crushing the Tamil rebels last year, thus ending a two decades-long ethnic conflict in the island country.
Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has asked the ruling government to table complete [...]



Fonseka found guilty – First Court Martial

Aug 14th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News

Sri Lankan military court has convicted Sarath Fonseka, a former army chief, of meddling in politics, the AFP news agency has reported quoting a senior military source.
“The guilty verdict was read out to General Fonseka at the court martial a short while ago,” the military source told AFP on Friday.
“The president as commander-in-chief must now [...]



Ashok Leyland to ship out 1,000 buses to Sri Lanka

Aug 12th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland has bagged an order worth $26 million to export 1,000 buses to Sri Lanka by March 2011.
The order is for Viking buses with seating capacity varying from 42 and 58. The buses will be supplied to People Leasing Company, which in turn will sell these to the private sector there, [...]



Mervyn stripped of Deputy Minister post, SLFP membership cancelled

Aug 11th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has stripped Mervyn Silva from his deputy minister post and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party has cancelled his party membership, President’s media told a short while ago.
The incident involving Minister Mervin Silva sparked protests from the opposition and development officers. According to officials in the Presidential Secretariat, the Highways Minister has been [...]



Jaffna peninsula to be mine free by September

Aug 9th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News

De-mining operations will be completed in the Jaffna peninsula by September this year, says Security Forces Commander, Jaffna Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe. Baring Muhamalai, the entire peninsula is expected to be mine free, according the Jaffna Commander.
Most of the areas along the northern railway line have been cleared of land mines and other improvised explosives [...]



Fill up your passports with personal details – Controller of Immigration

Aug 4th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News

Sri Lanka immigration authorities instructs the passport holders to fill in the blanks provided in the inner cover of the passports when they go abroad and the Controller of Immigration and Emigration has requested the people to consider it as a requirement as this information is vital in the event of a death, an accident [...]