Welfare Camps Reduce To 22-DMC
598 welfare camps set up islandwide to shelter the flood affected people reduce to 22; only 3,456 persons now sheltered in camps-DMC-JNW
January 22, 2011 at 8:23 am
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Galle Literary Fest Misses Orhan Pamuk & Kiran Desai
Nobel prize winning author Orhan Pamuk & Kiran Desai won’t attend Galle Literary Fest following campaigns by rights groups-report-JNW
January 21, 2011 at 6:34 pm
TULF, PLOTE & TNA To Form Joint Alliance-TULF Leader
TULF Leader says TULF, PLOTE and TNA will contest local government elections as a joint alliance under the ‘house’ symbol-reporter-JNW
January 21, 2011 at 9:39 am
J Jayasinghe (SLAF), G Kumara & L Wijeratna (Army) Lead SLAF Cycle Race
J Jayasinghe (SLAF), G Kumara & L Wijeratna (Army) passed 1st sprint point of 2nd Leg of 526 km Air Force Cycle Race at Dambulla-reporter-JNW
January 20, 2011 at 9:26 am
Customs Nab Rs20Mil Racket-Customs Official
Customs nab 13 passengers returning from Dubai for bringing items worth Rs20mil illegally into the country-customs official-JNW
January 18, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Retail Price Must For Advertisements-CAA
All consumer products advertised in media must carry the retail price in advertisements with effect from February 01-CAA-JNW
January 18, 2011 at 5:04 pm
Doping Case Hearing Against Manju Postponed-report
Doping case hearing against Commonwealth gold medalist Manju Wanniarachchi postponed till May and new venue will be Kuala Lumpur-report-JNW
January 18, 2011 at 3:30 pm
De-mining In Vavuniya Finalized By 98%-GA Vavuniya
Resettlement and de-mining in Vavuniya finalized by 98%. 9,045 families already settled & another 300 to be settled soon -GA Vavuniya-JNW
January 18, 2011 at 12:56 pm
UN Asst Secy Gen For Humanitarian Affairs Due In Sri Lanka-reporter
UN Asst Secy Gen for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg is due in Sri Lanka Wednesday to visit flood affected areas-reporter-JNW
January 17, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Pirates Hijacked Sri Lanka-Bound South Korean Ship-Report
Somali pirates hijacked a Sri Lanka-bound South Korean cargo ship with 21 crew members on board. No Sri Lankans among the crew-report-JNW
January 16, 2011 at 8:09 pm
People Warned Not To Touch Unidentified Floating Objects-Army
Mines risk in East ceased by 95%; but warned not to touch any unidentified floating objects in reservoirs in Vanni & East-Army Spokesman-JNW
January 16, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Colombo Temperature Expected To Increase By Noon-Met Dept
Colombo temperature is 20.3c; but expected to increase by noon. Rains expected in East, North, North Central & Uwa along with Hambantota district-Met Dept-JNW
January 14, 2011 at 7:08 am
Queen Of England To Visit Sri Lanka In 2013-Foreign Affairs Minister
Queen of England to visit Sri Lanka in 2013 along with 53 heads of state to attend a Commonwealth Summit in Hambantota-Foreign Affairs Minister-JNW
January 13, 2011 at 7:03 am
24 Hour Relief Operation Is In Place For The Flood Affected-Info Dept
24 hour relief operation is in place by deploying tri-forces to ensure continuous supply of basic needs for the flood affected-Info Dept-JNW
January 12, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Sangupiddi Bridge Will Be Opened Jan 16-reporter
Sangupiddi Bridge which connects Jaffna and Pooneryn to be opened on Jan 16; cost of the 288 meter bridge is Rs800mil-reporter-JNW
January 12, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Laugfs Go Up-Consumer Affairs Authority
Price of a Laugfs gas domestic cylinder increased by Rs.36 & the new price will be Rs1556. Price of Litro gas not changed-CAA-JNW
January 12, 2011 at 8:15 am
Muslims Who Were Chased Away By The LTTE From Jaffna Resettled-GA Jaffna
1,200 Muslims in 360 families who were chased away by the LTTE from Jaffna in 1990 resettled in Welani, Chawakachcheri & Jaffna town-GA Jaffna-JNW
January 11, 2011 at 11:00 am