President-Opposition Leader Meet Today-UNP
President Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe held meeting today, says UNP official-JNW
August 10, 2010 at 11:28 am
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Gen Fonseka’s Lawyers Say They Won’t Attend In Vacation Period
Gen Fonseka’s 1st Court Martial held today & postponed to Tue; his lawyers say they won’t attend the five days as it is court vacation-JNW
August 9, 2010 at 2:18 pm
UNP Hasn’t Yet Suspended Talks With Govt-UNP Deputy Leader
UNP hasn’t yet suspended talks with govt on constitutional reforms, but could take such a decision, says UNP Dep Leader K Jayasuriya-JNW
August 7, 2010 at 10:41 am
Financial Fraudster Sakvithi Ranasinghe Arrested In Nawagamuwa
Financial fraudster Sakvithi Ranasinghe arrested in Nawagamuwa and now in police custody-Police spokesman-JNW
August 6, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Supreme Court Orders Sale Of Golden Key’s Some Assests-Lawyer
Supreme Court orders sale of Golden Key’s eye hospital, Sea Sand hotel & 3 floors of Ceylinco House to settle depositor money-lawyer-JNW
August 6, 2010 at 2:26 pm
MP Mangala Samaraweera Joins United National Party-UNP Official
MP Mangala Samaraweera joins United National Party at Srikotha office -UNP official-JNW
August 6, 2010 at 10:24 am
SEC Imposes 10% Upward & Downward Price Band-CSE
SEC imposes 10% upward & downward price band on all stocks traded on Colombo Stock Exchange-CSE statement-JNW
August 5, 2010 at 8:27 am
Odel Shares Surge On Debut, Stay At Rs 32.70
Odel shares surge on debut, close 117% at Rs32.70 from Rs15 IPO price; market ASI 1.1% to 5,214.8 pts on heavy Rs5.4 bil turnover-JNW
August 4, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Desmond Tutu & The ‘Elders’ Group Calls To Act On Ex-combatants-Report
Desmond Tutu and the ‘Elders’ group has called on govt to act on ex-combatants, remove emergency laws, address marginalization-report-JNW
August 4, 2010 at 8:18 am
Sri Lanka Thrash England In U19 T20 Opener-Report
England U19s face to a nine-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka U19s in the first Twenty20 international at Durham’s Riverside Ground on Monday. England won the toss and elected to bat first in Chester-le-Street but Luke Wells’s fourth-ball dismissal for three set the tone for the evening.
Fellow opener Jack Manuel topped scored on 23, to edge out Adam Rossington by one run. Joe Root and Ateeq Javid were the only other England batsmen to reach double figures, on 10 and 14 respectively, as the hosts were all out for 107 from 18.3 overs.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Ramith Rambukwella raced to an opening-wicket partnership of 75 before Rambukwella was bowled by Adam Ball for 36. Rajapaksa went on to claim his half century (54), with Yasoda contributing 14 as the visitors cruised to victory with more than six overs to spare-JNW
August 4, 2010 at 6:49 am
Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva Punishes Dengue Prevention Officer-Ministry Aide
Dep Min Mervyn Silva has tied an official working in Dengue prevention to a tree in Kelaniya for not attending a program-Min’s aide-JNW
August 3, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Court Hears Contempt Of Court Charge Against Lanka Newspaper Editor-Lawyer
Supreme Court hears contempt of court charge against Lanka Newspaper editor over an article; date refixed for Aug 25-lawyer-JNW
August 3, 2010 at 3:42 pm
First Court Martial Against Fonseka Postponed-Military Official
First Court Martial against Gen Fonseka postponed today; to be held next on five consecutive days from Aug 9th to 13th-Mil official-JNW
August 2, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Sangakkara Takes Top Spot In ICC Batsmen Test Ranking-Reporter
K Sangakkara takes top spot in ICC Test ranking of batsmen & M Jayawardena no 3 after their batting performance against India-report-JNW
August 2, 2010 at 7:32 am
LTTE Driver Of V Prabakaran Surrenders To Trincomalee Police-Military Official
LTTE driver of V Prabakaran, a resident of Kuchchaweli, has surrendered to Trincomalee police; investigation on going-Mil Official-JNW
July 31, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Court Orders Rs5 Million Be Paid To Patient Exposed To Radiation-Lawyer
Court orders Rs5 million be paid to a 33-year old doctor exposed to radiation due to a machine defect at a Colombo hospital-lawyer-JNW
July 31, 2010 at 11:13 am
Registration Of Persons In Colombo By Mobile Bus Unit-Defence Min officia
Under www.citizens.lk, registration of persons in Colombo being carried out for all ethnic groups using mobile bus unit-Defence Min official-JNW
July 30, 2010 at 5:23 pm