Close Watch Archive

Decision To Stop Visa-On-Arrival Postponed-Immigration Controller

Decision to stop visa-on-arrival postponed after requests from embassy officials & tourist agents-Immigration Controller-JNW

August 27, 2010 at 7:56 pm

SLMC Will Support Govt’s Proposals For Constitutional Change-SLMC MP

SLMC will support govt’s proposals for constitutional change will remaining in opposition-SLMC MP Hasan Ali-JNW

August 27, 2010 at 6:50 pm

Visa On Arrival Facility For Tourists Stops From October-Official

Visa on arrival facility for tourists will stop from 30th Sept, except for arrivals from Singapore, Maldives-Immigration official-JNW

August 27, 2010 at 4:59 pm

Court Martial Against Fonseka Held Today & Postponed To Aug 31-Military Official

Court Martial against Sarath Fonseka held today postponed to 31st Aug, will continue from 1st to 3rd of Sept-mil official-JNW

August 27, 2010 at 4:03 pm

SLMC High Command Will Discuss Constitution Changes-reporter

SLMC high command will meet in evening to discuss constitution changes & policies amid some speculation over crossovers-reporter-JNW

August 27, 2010 at 9:54 am

Cross The Road Only At Zebra Crossings-Police

Police will carry out campaign today in Greater Colombo to advice pedestrians to cross the road only at zebra crossings-Police media-JNW

August 27, 2010 at 7:58 am

Police Arrests Two Persons Who Extorted Money From People-Police

Police arrests two persons who extorted money from people in Mt Lavinia & Wellewatte posing as CID officers-police official-JNW

August 26, 2010 at 1:17 pm

Sri Lanka Lifts Ban On Sending Domestic Helpers To Jordan-Info Dept

Sri Lanka has lifted a ban on sending domestic helpers to Jordan after compromise between govt and recruiters over wages-Info Dept-JNW

August 26, 2010 at 11:36 am

Supreme Court Discharges ‘Lanka’ Newspaper Editor-reporter

Supreme Court discharges ‘Lanka’ newspaper editor from contempt of court charges after he makes an apology-reporter-JNW

August 25, 2010 at 6:24 pm

Sri Lankan Relief Team Begins Helping Flood Victims In Pakistan

A 16-member Sri Lankan medical relief team has reached North-West Pakistan and begun work helping flood victims-Defence Ministry-JNW

August 25, 2010 at 4:55 pm

Rs30 Tax On Imported Kilo Of Potatoes-President’s Office

President orders imposing a Rs30 tax on imported kilo of potatoes to protect local farmers-President’s office-JNW

August 23, 2010 at 8:07 pm

President Held Talks With UNP & SLMC-President’s Office

President held talks with UNP leader, other UNP MPs and SLMC’s Rauf Hakeem over constitutional amendments-President’s Office-JNW

August 23, 2010 at 6:00 pm

SLMC and TNA Say They Won’t Attend Lessons Learnt Commission

SLMC and TNA MP Sampandan say they won’t attend Lessons Learnt Commission, while Commission Secy says it is open for all parties-JNW

August 22, 2010 at 3:45 pm

313,000 Sit For The Grade 5 Scholarship Exam-Exam Dept Official

313,000 students will sit for the Grade 5 scholarship exam tomorrow at 2,744 centers islandwide-Exam Dept official-JNW

August 21, 2010 at 5:34 pm

Court Summoned Fonseka To Serve Charges Of Harbouring Army Personnel-reporter

High Court has summoned Sarath Fonseka on Sept 15 to serve charges of harbouring army personnel & making them disloyal to state-reporter-JNW

August 20, 2010 at 6:04 pm

Boat Services Along Five Major Canals In Colombo-Navy

Navy plans to offer boat services along five major Colombo canals; cleaning of canals is being carried out successfully-Navy-JNW

August 20, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Sangupiddi Bridge Completed In October-North Governor

320-metre long Sangupiddi bridge allowing travel to Jaffna via Poonarin over Jaffna lagoon will be completed in Oct-North Governor-JNW

August 19, 2010 at 1:14 pm