The government said today that their must be a surveillance mechanism to monitor the funds and activities of NGOs to ensure that they do not work against the government, a...

Pakistan opposes a move by New Zealand to ask for a new venue for their Davis Cup tie, amidst security concerns.

COLOMBO, March 10 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals jumped by nearly 70 percent in February compared to a year earlier to its highest level in over two years, boosted by the end of a 25-year war, the tourism board data showed on Wednesday.

(Lanka-e-News 10.March.2010 11.50PM) The CID has summoned media personnel Lal Priyantha on the 8th ,and questioned him for five hours and elicited answers from him....

Mar 10, Colombo: China, through its Export-Import (Exim) Bank has provided Sri Lanka with a Concessional Loan of US$ 190 million to construct the country's second airport in Mattala and another US$ 100 million to expand the capacity of the Sri Lankan Railway, Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

It was a happy moment for Private Karunarathne and family. A dream come true. Private WMM Karunarathne- a war hero of the Sri Lanka Army Gajaba Regiment (GR) could own a place that he and his beloved family would call 'Home'.

In order of arrival at 10 Downing Street

The Sri Lankagovernment says it will abolish or reform executive presidency if elected with two thirds majority at the forthcoming election. Constitutional Affairs Minister DEW Gunasekara told the BBC that the government is also planning to introduce a fresh constitution in the new parliament. ?There is an opinion in the country that the executive presidency should [...]

China in its latest friendly gesture has come forward with a funding arrangement of a total of US$ 290 million for two development projects in Sri Lanka.

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