Chennai Super Kings likely to drop Lankan players

Chennai Super Kings is set to drop Sri Lankan recruits Nuwan Kulasekara and Akila Dhananjaya for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League, starting on April 3.

No Lankan players in Chennai IPL matches: Jaya

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has written to the Prime Minister stating categorically that the eight Sri Lankan cricketers in the Indian Premier League will not be allowed to play matches held in Chennai

Centre urged to withdraw Katchatheevu pact with SL

Voicing concern over increased attacks on Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, the Tamil Nadu Government has asked the Centre to initiate diplomatic steps and urged for withdrawal of the 1974 agreement ceding Katchatheevu islet to the island nation

Saudi threatens to ban WhatsApp, Viber and Skype

Internet messenger applications such as Skype, Viber and WhatsApp, used by many migrant workers including Sri Lankans, face being banned in Saudi Arabia if operators fail to allow authorities in the kingdom to censor them, industry sources said

Ashley acting CEO of SLC

Ashley De Silva has been appointed acting Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka Cricket from April 1 to fill the vacancy created with the current CEO Ajith Jayasekara being appointed Tournament Director of the Sri Lanka Premier League

WB, IMF, ADB won’t be our funding sources: Cabraal

Sri Lanka will not go after global lending agencies such as the World Bank (WB) the IMF and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) because Sri Lanka is categorized as a Middle Income Nation, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said yesterday

SEC has taken no action against stock market mafia: COPE

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) came under heavy criticism by the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) last week for its inaction to control what former chairman Tilak Karunaratne termed as the stock market mafia, sources said

AG’s advice still pending on Malaka, Rehan case

The accuracy of the complaint made by an Army Major against Malaka Silva and Rehan Wijeratne and the contradictions contained in the affidavit submitted by the Major later on  have been sent to the Attorney General  for his advice, the Salve Island police informed Court yesterday

Powerful countries employing double standards-Gota

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today said that certain powerful countries and their allies are blatantly employing double standards when dealing with Sri Lanka.

Audio: Prohibit visiting India: Ven Omalpe Thera

“Taking serious note of the harassment caused to Sri Lankans by Indian extremists continuously, it is time that a decision is taken to ban travel between Colombo and Chennai at least for one year”, Ven. Omalpe Sobhitha Thera said ???

No need to carry Naval identity card

The special identity card issued to fishermen by the Navy will not be essential in the future, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Development Rajitha Senaratne said

Sports Minister rejects Thilanga's nomination

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage today said he had rejected Thilanga Sumathipala’s nomination for the presidency of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) as it violated the Sports Law.

Elections for sports Assns. Postponed: HRC

The election of office bearers for Handball and Badminton Association had been postponed due to complaint made to The Human Rights Commission, Chairman Human Rights Commission Justice Priyantha R.P. Perera said

Stay away from Commonwealth Heads meet: DMK

After quitting the UPA coalition on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, DMK on Monday demanded that India should boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled to be held in Colombo in November this year

NDTV has telecast wrong story: SL

The Sri Lankan government is to take action against Indian Television channel NDTV for having telecast photographs showing that the Kebithigollewa explosion in 2006 was planned by the Sri Lankan forces, External Affairs Ministry said

Lanka tourists escape bus blaze

Sixteen tourists from Sri Lanka had a providential escape today as the bus they had been travelling in was reduced to ashes.

Tamil film actors strike to support SL Tamils

Following the one-day token fast observed by Tamil Nadu Film Directors' Association ( TANTIS) and Film Employees' Federation of South India ( FEFSI) on March 19, it is now the turn of the Nadigar Sangam to go on a strike in support of Sri Lankan Tamils

Student group says no to Lanka in IPL

The Students Federation for Free Eelam is planning to petition the city police commissioner to urge him not to grant permission for the IPL cricket matches in Chennai, if Sri Lankan players are participating

Plane delayed at Mattala

A Sri Lankan Airlines flight was held up at the newly opened Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport yesterday for more than one and half hours due to the bowser that supplies fuel arriving late, Daily Mirror learns

No NPC, so no polls: Commissioner

The Elections Department stated that elections in the Northern Province  could not be held as the Northern Provincial Council was yet to be constituted by the  President.

We must find our own solution through dialogue: Douglas

The pressure exerted by the US sponsored resolution adopted at the UNHRC in Geneva  would not be of assistance for a political solution to the Tamil issue, EPDP Secretary  General Douglas Devananda said.

HC assures safety of Lankan visitors to India

The Indian High Commissioner has held meetings with Senior Monks of the Maha Sangha, to address their concerns about the two recent unfortunate incidents involving assaults on Sri Lankan Buddhist monks in the Tamil Nadu state of India.

‘UNHRC Resolution on SL soft but dangerous’

The Resolution passed by the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) last Thursday could be described as a soft but dangerous one, Human Rights Commissioner Dr. Prathibha Mahanamahewa said yesterday.

WHO findings link arsenic to kidney disease

Consequent to the World Health Organisation (WHO) establishing the high content of arsenic as the cause of kidney disease in the dry zone, the Agriculture Ministry will recommend a quality control on pesticides imported to the country

We will not be shaken by resolutions passed in Geneva: Wimal

Sri Lanka will not be shaken by resolutions that are passed in Geneva, and the dramas created by New York and Chennai, Minister of Construction Wimal Weerawansa said.

Computer knowledge is essential: President

In a world surging ahead with the latest technology, our children must acquire adequate knowledge of such, so as to face the challenges of the future, President Mahinda Rajapakse said at the opening of the Samanthurai Al-Asra Skills Lab this morning.

UNP unhappy over debate delay

UNP National Organiser and Member of Eastern Provincial Council Daya Gamage has protested against the postponement of a debate in the Council on a motion on lands in the East that were occupied by the security forces.

Police target SL businessman over double murder case

Homicide detectives are yet to track down a Sri Lankan businessman whom they believe holds the key to unlocking a decade-old murder mystery.

Lightning sparks fire in Orugodawatte fuel tank

A fire has broken out in a fuel storage tank in Orugodawatte, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Managing Director Susantha Silva said. Pictures

TN politicians creating problems in SL: Daya Master

Valautham Dayanidhi, alias Daya Master, the former spokesperson for the LTTE says during the war between the security forces and the LTTE both parties committed crimes and there was no point in conducting post-mortems on them now.