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Fonseka to be court marshaled

General Sarath Fonseka who was arrested late this evening will be Court Marshalled for the military crimes he has committed, Director General of the Media Centre for National Security Lakshman Hullugala told state television a short while ago.

Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate arrested: Party

Times of India 
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka arrested former army commander and losing presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka at his office on Monday night, witnesses said.

Sri Lankan artistes honored by the Sri Lanka Mission In New York to mark National Day
Feb 08, New York: The Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, Dr. Palitha Kohona and the Sri Lanka Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York hosted a gala concert on February 5th.

Nearly 2.1 lakh IDPs resettled in North Lanka

Zee News 
Colombo: Nearly 2.1 lakh IDPs have been resettled in Northern Sri Lanka so far, a senior official said on Monday adding that still 70000 displaced Tamils

Gazprom seeks development of offshore fields in Sri Lanka

ITAR-TASS
MOSCOW, February 8 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's gas giant Gazprom plans to take part in exploration of offshore hydrocarbon fields in Sri Lanka.

Cry for Self-Rule by Sri Lanka's Tamils Is Muffled by Reality

New York Times -
More Photos > By LYDIA POLGREEN JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — Jaffna is a city of ruins. Some are physical, like the overgrown jumbles of mold-streaked concrete where

Lanka wins 13 Gold Medals

Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka has secured the third place in the medal table of the 11th South Asian Games held in Dhaka after winning six gold medals yesterday.

'Israel willing to assist Lanka, in Defence'

Daily Mirror
Israel President Shimon Peres reiterated that his government was willing to assist Sri Lanka in any area of concern as needed in the future

Sri Lanka army denies plan to arrest former chief

eTaiwan News
AP Sri Lanka's military denied Sunday a newspaper report that former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka will be tried

FM alleges UNP, JVP, LTTE nexus

Daily Mirror 
In a statement over the recent attempt to burn the Sri Lankan flag at the Sri Lankan High Commission in London, the Foreign Minister cautioned

Container traffic up at Sri Lanka ports

Lanka Everything 
According to the SLPA, container operations saw a record increase of 12.5% in December 2009. In December 2009 the ports handled 153317 containers

* People Friendship University of Russia honors Sri Lanka President with a ...

Colombo Page 
... on Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a ceremony held at the Kremlin Conference hall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University.

Lankan athletes dazzle

Sunday Observer
Sri Lanka athletes put up a tremendous performance to win two gold, three silver, one bronze at the 11th South Asian Games athletics held at the Bangabandu

Conspiracies and Coups: New Bottles, Old Wine

Asian Tribune
He opined that these conspiracies are being hatched by pro-Tiger elements within and outside Sri Lanka and by countries which had hoped to benefit,

Rajapaksa to announce dissolution of Parliament

The Hindu
With the extension of emergency laws by another month on Friday, the Sri Lanka Parliament is all set to be dissolved in the next few days

Sri Lanka under fire after extends emergency rule

AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka faced criticism Saturday for extending a state of emergency giving sweeping powers to security forces to detain suspects ahead

Cricket Australia announces itinerary for Sri Lanka series

Lanka Times 
Cricket Australia (CA) announced the itinerary for Sri Lanka's short tour of Australia where the tourists will play three One-Day Internationals and a T-20

Sri Lanka and 11 other countries taking part in Indian Navy's biggest war game ...

Lanka Times
The Sri Lankan Navy and navies from 11 other countries in the Asia-Pacific region are taking part in Exercise Milan 2010

Parliament elections to be held soon: Sri Lankan PM

Press Trust of India
Colombo, Feb 5 (PTI) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake today said parliament elections would be held soon and that the government

Sri Lanka launches offensive against army deserters

Khaleej Times
COLOMBO - Sri Lankan police and troops began a crackdown Friday against thousands of military deserters after a large number failed to heed a surrender call

MR responds to world concerns

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in an opinion piece written for the prestigious US publication, Wall Street Journal, called on the international community to support the government as it looks at building a peaceful and successful Sri Lanka.

Unity in Diversity

Ceylon Daily News 
Yet he is widely reviled internationally and even within Sri Lanka. Except that a majority of his people re-elected him, Mahinda Rajapaksa has few friends

Sri Lankan president calls for reconciliation

BBC News 
The Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has marked his country's independence day by speaking of the need for national

Probe to kill President continues

Daily Mirror
“Sri Lanka just began to enjoy the freedom by defeating three decades long terrorism and we have to be very careful about the country.

Sri Lanka leader says Tamils should work with govt

Washington Post 
AP KANDY, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's president called Thursday for minority ethnic Tamils to work with the government to settle their differences but said

HSBC to open in Sri Lanka former war zone: central bank

Lanka Business Online 
February 4, 2010 (AFP) - Banking giant HSBC will open a branch in Sri Lanka's former war zone, the first foreign bank to do so since the end of the

 

The defeated candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential election, Gen Sarath ...

BBC News -
Gen Fonseka, Sri Lanka's former army commander, was arrested at his office on Monday night. Gen Fonseka's wife confirmed to the BBC that her husband had

Sri Lanka shares hit new record on bullish sentiments

Reuters India 
COLOMBO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares .CSE hit an all-time high on Monday, led by hopes of better earnings

Obama asks Rajapaksa to work for national reconciliation

Times of India 
COLOMBO: US President Barack Obama has asked his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa to seize the opportunity to work for national reconciliation

Sri Lanka Foreign Minister condemn attempts to destroy Sri Lankan national ...

Asian Tribune
The Sri Lanka High Commission in London informed that a group of around 25 protesters consisting of JVP and UNP supporters had carried out a protest

Inimitable Jothi 74th birth anniversary falls this week

Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka's undisputed playback king HRJothipala passed away more than 23 years ago, but he is considered Sri Lanka's most popular singer even today.

SL Parliament to be dissolved this week: Maithirpala Sirisena

TamilNet
Mr.Maithiripala Sirisena is the General Secretary of the main constituent Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) of the ruling UPFA.

'Court martial' looms for S.Lanka's defeated candidate

AFP
COLOMBO — Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka could be hauled before a court martial to answer charges of plotting a coup to topple

Overcrowding at Kandy exhibition

Daily Mirror 
Overcrowding at the Deyata Kirula National Development Exhibition underway in Kandy forced organizers to suspend admissions for at least half an hour

Deyata Kirula gathers momentum

Sunday Observer
by Bandara PILAWALA People rush in their thousands to the 'Deyata Kirula' exhibition held at Pallekele in the historic city of Kandy.

Sri Lanka fight for gold

Sunday Observer 
The Twenty20 cricket competition of the 11th South Asian reaches climax with Sri Lanka taking Bangladesh in the final today (7) at the Shere-Bangala

Russia to Lend Post - War Sri Lanka $300 Mln For Arms

New York Times
By REUTERS COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa left on Saturday for Moscow, where he will sign a $300 million

SL forces bust LTTE chief's hideout

Oneindia
Colombo, Feb 6: In an extension of its operations on LTTE hideouts, the hideout of the slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was busted by the Sri Lankan

Sri Lanka's 'Eton' celebrates its 175th birthday

BBC News 
This is Royal College, one of Sri Lanka's most famous schools, which celebrates its 175th birthday this month. Its alumni include the country's only Nobel

Deyata Kirula 2010- 'Sri Lanka's vision for tomorrow'

On Lanka
Supported by the National Lotteries Board and Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, the Deyata Kirula-2010 exhibition also hosts 15 Asian Countries at the event.

Sri Lanka state says ready to buy paddy output

Lanka Business Online 
Feb 05, 2010 (LBO) - A Sri Lanka state agency is to be given money to buy 140000 metric tonnes of paddy produced in the upcoming main cultivation season

Sri Lanka shares gains on earnings expectations

Reuters India
COLOMBO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares .CSE rose 0.24 percent on Friday, led by hopes of better earnings due to

Arms trafficker further remanded

Daily Mirror
Subsequently the arms had been sent to Sri Lanka by the vessels belonging to the LTTE movement. The CID said they wanted to identify the other suspects

Aussie cops warned on Tamil arrest

Australian Federal Police officers were warned by a judge saying they could face criminal charges over their arrest of a Sri Lankan Tamil man at gunpoint on terrorism charges. He was removed him from his car at gunpoint and made to lie face down.

Muslims trust Rajapaksa, expect he will resolve their issues

Asian Tribune
Therefore, there is no need for the UPFA to enter into a fresh alliance either with Sri Lanka Muslim Congress or with its leader Rauff Hakeem

Rajapaksa promises peace and prosperity at Independence Day speech

The Hindu 
AP Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa at the 62nd Independence Day celebrations in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka leader calls for unity after poll win

AFP 
COLOMBO — Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday issued an independence day call for unity and reconciliation after his victory in a bitterly

Sri Lanka's president defends wartime policies

Earthtimes
By : dpa Colombo - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday spoke out in defence of the hard line he adopted towards foreign interference

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