Jayasuriya Cracks 114 In IPL Game
Jayasuriya smashes 114 in 48 balls (9 fours, 11 sixes) as Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League 20-over game Wed-JNW
May 15, 2008 at 9:02 am
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Railway Unions Call Off Strike
Railway unions call off planned strike from midnight after discussion with transport minister over salary, other issues-union official-JNW
May 14, 2008 at 10:33 pm
President Addresses Oxford Union
President Rajapaksa in address to Oxford Union in UK says govt development strategy is empowering the rural economy & defeat & disarming LTTE-JNW
May 14, 2008 at 3:52 pm
EPDP Leader’s Advisor Shot In Jaffna
EPDP Leader Minister Devananda’s advisor Maheshwaree Velayuthan shot by LTTE in Jaffna, succumbs to injuries-MCNS-JNW
May 13, 2008 at 9:52 pm
SLT To Buy 75% Stake In Wireless Broadband Co
SLT says will buy 75% stake in Sky Network (Pvt) Ltd for $1mil for wireless broadband frequency access for use such as IPTV, video on demand-JNW
May 13, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Special Security For Vesak
Special security arrangements to be in place May 15-25th at all places Vesak celebrated with extra policemen, civil defence-police spokesman-JNW
May 13, 2008 at 8:33 am
New Political Party Documents Submitted
MP N Gunatilake submits documents to Elections Dept to register new party Jathika Nidahas Peramuna-group official-JNW
May 12, 2008 at 11:11 am
UPFA Gets 8 Seats in Ampara District
In Ampara district election results, UPFA wins 8 seats (52.96%), UNP 6 seats (44.52%)-Info Dept-JNW
May 11, 2008 at 12:50 pm
UNP Wins 5 Seats In Trinco District
In Trinco district election results, UNP wins 5 seats (51.37%) 70,858 votes, UPFA 4 seats (42.99%) 59,298 votes, JVP 1(3.09%) 4,266-Info Dept-JNW
May 11, 2008 at 9:47 am
Batticaloa District Goes To UPFA
In Batticaloa district poll results, UPFA wins 6 seats, UNP 4 seats, Tamizh Dem Nat. Alliance 1;
UPFA gets 58.09% votes, UNP 32.31%-Info Dept-JNW
To view results click here
May 11, 2008 at 7:56 am
Susanthika Placed 4th At IAAF Meet In Doha
In Qatar IAAF meet, Susanthika Jayasinghe placed 4th in 100m with 11.24s timing; Allyson Felix of US 1st in 10.93s, fastest woman this year-JNW
May 10, 2008 at 3:58 pm
15 Incidents Of Intimidation Reported-PAFFREL
PAFFREL says 15 incidents of intimidation reported so far in East elections today, CAFFE says 68 incidents reported-JNW
May 10, 2008 at 1:05 pm
40% Voter Turnout So Far-PAFFREL
Over 40% voter turnout so far in East elections-PAFFREL.
LTTE fires 7 mortars at village in Pannalgama Ampara, four civilians injured-MCNS-JNW
May 10, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Cargo Ship Sinks In Trinco Harbor-Navy
A cargo ship sinks after damage from under water blast inside Trincomalee harbour at Ashroff jetty 2.15am, no casualties from blast-Navy Spokesman-JNW
May 10, 2008 at 5:56 am
Karuna Released From Imprisonment-British HC
Karuna Amman released from imprisonment for using false documents; now being detained by immigration, says British High Commission official-JNW
May 9, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Casualties Rise To 11 Killed, 29 Injured-MCNS
Casualties from bomb blast in Ampara town rises to 11 people killed, 29 injured-MCNS-JNW
May 9, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Eight Civilians Killed In Ampara Town Blast-MCNS
Eight civilians killed from bomb blast in “New City Cafe” in Ampara town, in casualty details so far-MCNS-JNW
May 9, 2008 at 6:51 pm