LOS ANGELES: The Sri Lanka Foundation announced that the annual 'Sri Lanka Day' will take place on Saturday the 23rd August on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Since its inception in 2006, Sri Lanka Day includes the best ...

 Susanthika Jayasinghe was placed third in the second round of heats moments ago at the Olympics in Beijing. She clocked a time of 22.94 seconds and qualified for the semi-finals in the Women’s 200m.

  WANNI & NORTH: FIERCE FIGHTING for supremacy in NAVATKULAM, PALAMODDAI, UYLANKULAM, SINNAPULIYANPERUMAL, VANNARIKULAM and NACHCHIKUDA areas in the VAVUNIYA and MULLAITTIVU districts during Monday (18) inflicted death on twenty-three Tiger terrorists and injury to at least twenty-one more.      Pitched ...

   Security forces have taken measures to summon the war refuges back to government controlled territories in Mannar and Vavuniya districts from the safe havens they have sought from Kilinochchi district.  Around 200,000 people have fled to Kilinochchi district and they ...

  Lanka dissent -The Railway Department has decided to offer a tender for 15 rail locomotives to the highest bidder, department sources said.  The tender that closed on May 9th had eight responses, and seven accepted bids had prices ranging between ...

 The Free Media Movement says a TMVP (Karuna faction) supporter/member threatened journalist Thakshila Jayasena of Sandeshaya - BBC Sinhala Service soon after she covered a protest by the United National Party.  According to Ms. Jayasena, the incident occurred on 15th ...

   The public, regardless of political differences, should line up and protect democracy, says the JVP Chief Ministerial candidate for the North Central Province at the upcoming polls, Wasantha Samarasinghe.  Speaking at a media briefing in Koswatta, Nawala today (August 19th) ...

  The Solidar INGO Consortium has suspended humanitarian operations in the LTTE-held sectors of the Vanni District following the seizure of nine vehicles belonging to the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) by the LTTE. The UN Mission in Colombo said on behalf of ...

With the improvement in the security situation in the Jaffna peninsula, the farmers who own paddy land in the Ariyalai East High Security Zone (HSZ) have got the opportunity to cultivate their land. According to the Army Security Forces Headquarters ...

Following the Fundamental Rights case, occupants in Glennie Street agreed to either accept temporary houses in Totalanga or receive one year rental fees until the Dematagoda housing complex is ready. The Supreme Court ordered more time to be given to ...

Two Sri Lankans will be given a unique opportunity to pilot Emirates' new Airbus A380. Captains Suren Ratwatte and Suhail Hashim, who joined Emirates in 1989, are among the first of the airline’s pilots to fly the brand-new aircraft. 

  Susanthika Jayasinghe was placed third in the second round of heats moments ago at the Olympics in Beijing. She clocked a time of 22.94 seconds and qualified for the semifinals in the Women’s 200m.