Court Acquits Sumathipala In Passport Case
High Court clears Thilanga Sumathipala & drops 2-year jail term after appeal, for allegedly sending person abroad with false passport-lawyer-JNW
May 22, 2008 at 11:15 am
Close Watch Archive
Sri Lanka Gets 101/192 Votes, Doesn’t Get UNHRC Seat-Report
Sri Lanka gains 101 out of 192 possible General Assembly votes on UN Human Rights Council, but doesn’t get one of four seats to Asia-report-JNW
May 22, 2008 at 9:15 am
LIOC Raises Diesel Price By Rs20
Lanka IOC raises price of litre of diesel by Rs20 to Rs100 from midnight-LIOC Official.
International crude oil hits record $130/barrel-report-JNW
May 21, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Explosion Near Katugastota Rail Track
Explosion near railway track in Katugastota at 11.50pm, no damage to track; investigation being conducted & trains to resume soon-MCNS-JNW
May 21, 2008 at 7:08 am
Homeguard Killed In Buttala, Search Ongoing-Defence Ministry
Homeguard killed by unidentified gunmen in Buttala Monday, search underway.
Medical team to be sent to help China quake victims-Defence Ministry-JNW
May 20, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Two Women Rescued 7 Days After China Quake
Two women found conscious & rescued seven days after earthquake in China.
More than 71,000 people now feared dead, buried or missing-report-JNW
May 19, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Six Police Personnel, Three Civilians Killed In Suicide Blast In Fort-Police
Six police personnel, three civilians killed, more than 70 injured due to suicide explosion near Sambuddhaloka Temple Fort-Police Spokesman-JNW
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May 16, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Explosion Heard In Fort-Reporter
Sound of Explosion heard in Fort Colombo-reporter-JNW
May 16, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Air Force Bombs LTTE Locations
Air Force bombs sea tiger base south of Vethilaikerni Jaffna at 6.45am.
Jets bomb LTTE base north of Welioya FDL 7.30pm Thur-SLAF Spokesman-JNW
May 16, 2008 at 8:49 am
Colombo-Katunayake Expressway Work To Begin Soon
Colombo-Katunayake expressway work is to begin within 60 days in $310m contract with Chinese firm; to be completed in 4 years-Info Dept-JNW
May 15, 2008 at 1:21 pm
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
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