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Drafting of the new legislation for granting dual citizenship to expatriate Sri Lankans completed 14 Aug 2013 | 08:39 am
Authorities in Sri Lanka have completed the drafting of new legislation to grant dual citizenship to Sri Lankans residing overseas. The spokesperson said the draft legislation has already been submitt...
Yala National Park closed in September for maintenance 7 Aug 2013 | 07:30 am
According to the wildlife department, the Yala National Park will be closed for visitors in September. The spokesperson said bookings of bungalows would not be allowed for local or foreign visitors fr...
Government to pay Compensation for victims of Weliveriya 7 Aug 2013 | 07:25 am
The Sri Lankan government expressing condolences to the families of the dead and wounded residents of the Weliweriya area in Gampaha district during a protest last week said the government will compen...
Indian Govt says ‘terror’ attack after blasts at Mahabodhi Temple 9 Jul 2013 | 05:02 am
REUTERS – A series of explosions in and around Buddhism’s holiest shrine in Bihar injured two persons early on Sunday, in what the government described as a “terror” attack. The Mahabodhi Temple compl...
Tamil Nadu fishermen enter Sri Lankan waters 10 May 2013 | 04:05 pm
Jaffna forum – The claim of Tamil Nadu fishermen that they do not go beyond Kachchativu to fish and that they are attacked by the Sri Lankan Navy in Indian waters is completely fictitious, say Jaffna ...
5 year old girl fights for life after ‘rape’ 21 Apr 2013 | 01:49 pm
After the kidnapping and rape of a 5 year old girl in New Delhi, demonstrators protest at police headquarters over reported malfeasance by officers handling the case. Young girl was in serious conditi...
British woman in India, fearing a sexual assault ‘shouted for help for hour’ 25 Mar 2013 | 04:05 am
A British woman who jumped from a hotel balcony in India fearing a sexual assault said on Sunday she shouted for help for more than an hour before she fled. Jessica Davies, 31, from London, said she h...
No official record of Indian fishermen killed in Sri Lankan waters! 14 Mar 2013 | 04:06 am
Indian Minister of Defence, Shri A.K. Antony in a statement to the Indian Parliament has said that there is no official record of Indian fishermen killed in Sri Lankan territorial waters. A total of 2...
Magnitude 8 earthquake strikes Solomons Islands 6 Feb 2013 | 09:20 am
A major magnitude 8 earthquake was feared to have flattened villages in the Solomon Islands on Wednesday and triggered a tsunami. A wave measuring 3 feet reached the Solomon Islands after the quake, t...
Air asia service to be discontinued to Sri Lanka 23 Jan 2013 | 01:56 am
Malaysia’s budget carrier AirAsia is withdrawing daily flights from Kuala Lumpur to Colombo from 26 February saying the decision is “due to commercial reasons”. The unexpected development also surpris...
