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 [...]
The Sri Lankan government has identified over 300 acres of land in the Kandy District to construct a domestic airport proposed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the preliminary construction work is to commence next month. The government has identified the land in the Karandagolla area in Kandy to set up the airport. Media Minister Keheliya [...]
Libyan forces guarding Muammar Gaddafi’s body in a cold storage room let in members of the public to view the deposed leader for a second day today, but the wounds that may hold the clue to how he died were covered up. Gaddafi’s body lay on a mattress on the floor of the cold room, [...]
The CID today (October 11) arrested five suspects in Colombo allegedly connected with the shooting at Mulleriyawa while further investigations are being carried out into the incident that claimed four lives, Police Spokesman, SSP Maxi Procter stated.
A police official says former lawmaker Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and two of his supporters were killed today (Saturday) in an intraparty shootout during local council elections. Curfew has been imposed in Mulleriyawa police division till 6am tomorrow (Oct. 9) due to the incident and investigation has been handed over to the CID. So far five [...]
Indian tourists, business people and transit passengers will have to apply for travel authorization ahead of heading for Sri Lanka, in a few months from now. Indians constitute the biggest chunk of tourists into the country. On Wednesday, Sri Lanka’s Immigration and Emigration department announced that an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system that will replace [...]
Arrangements have been made to promote the Ratmalana Airport as a City airport as there is a growth of foreign private aircraft arrivals since of late. Chairman of Airport & Aviation Services (SL) Limited Mr.Prasanna Wickramasuriya, said that the number of private jets coming to Sri Lanka has increased by 30 percent and as such [...]
