Three Pakistan players suspended by ICC and charged under anti-corruption code
The three Pakistancricketers at the centre of an alleged betting scam that has thrown world cricket into crisis were last night charged under the anti-corruption code of the game’s governing body and provisionally suspended. ...
[Views:41] [Fri, Sep 03, 2010] [Full Article]

8000 openings
There are some 8000 vacancies in 12 free trade zones including the Katunayaka, Biyagama and Koggala zones, the Additional Director General of the Board of Investment (BOI) A.M. C Kulasekera told. ...
[Views:32] [Fri, Sep 03, 2010] [Full Article]

Why all Tamil parties can’t come together, questions Rao
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao expressed India’s sentiments towards the wellbeing of minorities in Sri Lanka but questioned why all Tamil parties couldn’t come together, Nalliah Kumaraguruparan General Secretary DPF said today. Kumaraguruparan relea ...
[Views:36] [Fri, Sep 03, 2010] [Full Article]

Public servants rights curtailed – Ranil
Today the rights of the Public Servants have been curtailed and the best example for that is taking away Sarath Fonseka’s pension, UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe told a press conference today. Wickremasinghe added that in future even if a politician ...
[Views:30] [Fri, Sep 03, 2010] [Full Article]

Thewarapperuma released on bail
The Mathugama Magistrate courts today released UNP Kalutara District MP Palitha Thewarapperuma on bail today. He was arrested December 2009 for allegedly assaulting a secretary of a government minister. ...
[Views:29] [Fri, Sep 03, 2010] [Full Article]

Sites blocked
Following the court order last week to ban over 100 pornographic local websites, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) said that most of these sites have already been blocked as of today. ...
[Views:36] [Fri, Sep 03, 2010] [Full Article]

Maid denies Saudi accusations; reveals how she came through airport
Tortured Sri Lankan maid Ariyawathie denied Saudi accusations that she is lying and her story is baseless. Ariyawathie has revealed how she was taken at 2am to the airport and how when the alarms went off at the barrier no one questioned her. ...
[Views:39] [Fri, Sep 03, 2010] [Full Article]

Pakistan credibility reaches breaking point
The corruption scandal that exploded this week is the latest damaging blow to Pakistan cricket and former players fear it could be the one that finally crushes the credibility of the sport in the South Asian nation. ...
[Views:50] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]

Torture allegation a figment of the maid’s imagination – Saudi Official
Saudi officials have refuted claims that a sponsor in Riyadh hammered nails into the body of his Sri Lankan housemaid as punishment terming that the torture allegations as a figment of the maid’s imagination. ...
[Views:49] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]

Sand to Maldives
The cabinet has granted approval to sell sea sand in the Kirinda harbor to the Maldives, the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau told. ...
[Views:54] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]

Suicide attempt
A man who had been sentenced to death by the Jaffna High Court today attempted suicide by jumping off the second floor of the Court complex. ...
[Views:62] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]

Plane parts found
The Army has recovered several torched LTTE light aircraft parts that had been kept hidden inside a container in Vellamullivaikkal and Ampalawanpokkanai during the peak of the battles in Wanni. ...
[Views:54] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]

Rajaratnam allegedly funded LTTE: US Judge lets suit proceed
A lawsuit accusing a Wall Street hedge fund manager and his father of using a charitable foundation to funnel millions of dollars to the LTTE, a Sri Lankan terrorist group, can go forward, a federal judge in New Jersey says. ...
[Views:45] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]

Fonseka still sick
The second Court Martial probing charges against Sarath Fonseka resumed its sittings this afternoon. However, the Medical officer informed the Court that Fonseka was not fit to be present for the proceedings for the second consecutive day. ...
[Views:47] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]

Indonesia court orders Buddha Bar shut after complaint
The Indonesian branch of the Buddha Bar, an international chain of upmarket bars, has been ordered to close because its name caused distress to Buddhists, local media reported on Wednesday. ...
[Views:37] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]

John Rankin appointed new British High Commissioner
John Rankin has been appointed British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Non-Resident British High Commissioner Maldives in succession to Dr Peter Hayes, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Rankin will take up his app ...
[Views:42] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]

Gas tax goes up
The Finance Ministry has decided to increase the import tax on gas by Rs. 5 from today. The decision has been communicated to the Customs Authority, the Tariff Facilitation and Appraisement department of the Customs Authority told. ...
[Views:44] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]

Saudi official denies Sri Lankan maid was abused
A Saudi official has denied a Sri Lankan maid’s allegations that the couple she worked for in the Gulf kingdom hammered nails and needles into her body. ...
[Views:25] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]