A man found with severe frostbite in subzero temperatures in the southern Polish mountains was being taken to a military hospital on Friday after his family identified him as a veteran of the Iraq war.
Algeria has uncovered a large cache of weapons believed to originate from Libya, including dozens of shoulder-launched missiles that can be used to shoot down airliners, newspapers said Monday.
Feb 20, Colombo: The president of Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union Nandika Pathirage says that the engineers have decided to avoid risky work and additional duties.
Feb 20, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has taken steps to auction a land that has recently caught attention due to a massive gem deposit found in it.
New NBA sensation Jeremy Lin has sparked a war of words between Taiwan and China as the rivals seek to lay claim to being the New York Knicks player’s true ancestral homeland.
Feb 19, Colombo: Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Eastern Provincial Council Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan says he would support the proposed amendments to the Town and Country Planning Ordinance if the changes proposed
Malaysian police say they have detained a Saudi journalist who apparently fled his country after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Twitter.
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New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose richly crafted dispatches surveyed two decades of Middle East turmoil, has died in Syria of an asthma attack.
Feb 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced today that the 1996 Cricket World Cup Trophy together with 30 other champions trophies won by Sri Lanka national cricket team over the years was safe in their respective shelves at SLC headquarters.
Feb 15, Colombo: The Norwegian Postal Authority, Posten Norge, has issued an apology to the Sri Lankan Ambassador in Oslo, Mr. E. Rodney M. Perera, for the recent issuance of LTTE stamps in Norway, the External Affairs Ministry said.
Feb 14, Colombo: SriLankan Airlines Engineering has secured its largest contract this year to conduct maintenance checks for an Indian airline.
Feb 13, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the contribution of the Sri Lanka Customs t to the development of the country is significant and it is the duty and a responsibility of the customs officials to see that the country receive the due revenue
Feb 11, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced that concessions will be given to essential transport services in the country to maintain the services without any interruption due to the fuel price hike that goes into effect from midnight Saturday.
Feb 08, Colombo: Elections Commissioner of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Deshapriya has decided to hold the elections for the two local government bodies in war-ravaged Mullativu District on March 24.
Feb 08, Colombo: Hundreds of activists of Sri Lanka’s main opposition political parties joined together in capital Colombo to stage a protest today, to demand the government to release the imprisoned former Army Commander
Feb 07, Colombo: The ‘We Are Sri Lankans’ organization affiliated to the dissidents group of Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has called on the government to remove the military presence from the North.
Feb 07, Honolulu: Sri Lankan expatriates in Hawaii celebrated the 64th Independence Day of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Consulate in Hawaii on February 04
Feb 06, Colombo: The management of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has taken steps to appoint a committee to probe the reasons for the frequent break downs of the country’s first coal power plant in Norochcholai.
> Feb 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s major Tamil constituent Tamil National Alliance (TNA), reiterating its call for autonomy in the Tamil-dominated Northern and Eastern provinces, has said that their proposals for the self-government had been given to the government and they
Feb 04,Colombo: Leader of Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremasinghe faced a protest by party members when he visited Beruwala during a visit to the South.
Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s state-owned Sinhala daily The Dinamina reported today that intelligence units have revealed information on a joint conspiracy by the country’s major Tamil party, Tamil National
Feb 02, Colombo: The Eastern Provincial Council of Sri Lanka has unanimously passed a resolution in the Council that land powers should be allocated to the provinces according to the 13th Amendment
