Thursday, 26th June 2014 President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday congratulated the Sri Lanka cricket team on their first ever Test series win in England. "Congratulations to the Sri Lanka cricket team on the 1-0 series vi ...
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President Rajapaksa begins State visit to Maldives
Thursday, 26th June 2014 President Mahinda Rajapaksa, commencing his four-day state visit to the Maldives and Seychelles, arrived at the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport in Male last evening. First Lady Shiranthi R ...
Destroyed papers to kill asylum bids
Thursday, 26th June 2014 By Stefanie Balogh Immigration Minister Scott Morrison in question time ASYLUM-SEEKERS will have to prove their identity and will be denied visas if they deliberately throw away their documents ...
Travel Advisory on Iraq
In view of the deteriorating security situation in Iraq, Sri Lankan nationals are strongly advised to exercise extreme caution in travelling to Iraq, until further notice. The Ministry of External Affairs urges all Sri ...
Sri Lanka: China like growth
Wednesday, 25th June 2014 By Anthony Dennis When builders set about restoring the original 150-year-old heritage wing of Colombo's classic Galle Face Hotel they made a fascinating, if not ever so slightly salacious, d ...
A smorgasbord of tourist attractions
Wednesday 25th June 2014 Lakshman I.Keerthisinghe LLB, LLM.MPhil,Attorney-at-Law "We met some wonderful people, learned how to head-bobble, ate rice and curry with our hands in dingy dives, held cobras, hugged elephan ...
Court order to dig mass grave
Wednesday, 25th June 2014 By Supun Dias The Kalawanchikudi Magistrate has issued a court order to dig up a mass grave which is suspected to contain bodies of some 100 Muslims who were alleged to have been abducted and ...