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Lankaenews Office Set On Fire By Unidentified Gang-Reporter

Lankaenews office in Malambe set on fire by an unidentified gang who forcibly opened the doors; Thalangama Police say got a complaint-reporter-JNW

January 31, 2011 at 7:26 am

Remove All Illegal Election Propaganda Offices-Dept of Elections

Elections Dept informs police to remove all illegal election propaganda offices as a candidate can keep only one office-reporter-JNW

January 29, 2011 at 7:35 pm

Tree Feller Protests On Tower-Police

Tree feller who climbed on tower threatening suicide yesterday continues protest after police seized his chain saw-Mawathagama police-JNW

January 28, 2011 at 7:19 pm

36 Hour Water Cut Reduces To 12 Hours-Water Board

Water Board announces the scheduled 36-hour water cut in Colombo and its suburbs reduced to 12 hours from 8am to 8pm Sunday-reporter-JNW

January 28, 2011 at 4:37 pm

World’s Cheapest Car In Sri Lanka Soon-Report

Indian based Tata Motors plans to sell the Nano; the cheapest car in Sri Lanka as early as this year-report-JNW

January 28, 2011 at 3:28 pm

Nomination Papers By The UPFA For Jaffna Rejected-Reporter

Nomination papers by the UPFA for all 16 local bodies in Jaffna, Nuwara-Eliya Pradeshiya Sabha and Lindula-Thalawakele Urban Council were rejected-reporter-JNW

January 27, 2011 at 3:58 pm

LG Elections On March 17-Reporter

Commissioner of Elections has announced Local Government elections will be held on March 17-reporter-JNW

January 27, 2011 at 12:59 pm

SL-Windies ODI Series Rescheduled-SLC

Sri Lanka – West Indies three match One Day International  series rescheduled and matches will be played at the SSC ground from Jan 31-Sri Lanka Cricket official-JNW

January 26, 2011 at 4:29 pm

Pakistan Assists Flood Victims-Embassy official

Pakistan Government donates over Rs11mil worth relief items for flood affected-Embassy official-JNW

January 26, 2011 at 4:26 pm

Minimum Age Limit For House-Maids Raised-Info Dept

Cabinet approves to raise minimum age limit for female domestic workers overseas to 21 years from 18 with immediate effect-Info Dept-JNW

January 26, 2011 at 10:23 am

Govt Reduces Import Tax On Milk Powder-Finance Ministry Official

Govt reduces import tax of Rs50 per 1 kilo milk powder to Rs28; SL imports about 3,000 tonnes milk powder monthly-Fin Min official-JNW

January 25, 2011 at 4:45 pm

Court Martial Is Accepted & Valid-Supreme Court

Supreme Court rules that the court martial is accepted and valid according to the Constitution- Lawyer-JNW

January 25, 2011 at 2:00 pm

One Dead & Over 20 Hospitalised In Anuradhapura Prison-reporter

A tense situation reported inside the Anuradhapura prison; 1 dead and over 20 have been admitted to the Anuradhapura hospital-reporter-JNW

January 24, 2011 at 7:31 pm

Fire At Anuradhapura Magistrate Court Damages Documents-A’pura Fire Brigade

A fire at the Anuradhapura Magistrate court early this morning controlled; over 75% documents burnt and damaged-A’pura Fire Brigade-JNW

January 24, 2011 at 7:31 am

Court Rules To Forfeit All Property Of The World Tamil Movement-Report

A Canadian court rules to forfeit all property of the World Tamil Movement which financially assisted the LTTE-Foreign Media-JNW

January 22, 2011 at 7:38 pm

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

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