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Iran Willing to Share N. Technology with Sri Lanka
on 15 August, 2008 01:10:00
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is willing to share nuclear technology for peaceful purposes with Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said. Mottaki, who was in Colombo to attend the 15th SAARC Summit told The Island, that Iran and Sri Lanka are ...
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editor 06 September, 2008 16:27:00
Sri Lankan Leasing Firms Vulnerable to Economic Pressure
Fitch Ratings-Colombo/Mumbai/Singapore-02 September 2008: Fitch Ratings observes that the underlying risks of Sri Lanka's specialised leasing company (SLC) sector have increased in light of the highly inflationary and rising interest rate environment that has prevailed since end-2006, according to a ...
editor 06 September, 2008 16:26:24
Global Reinsurance Sector Rating Outlook Remains Stable
Fitch Ratings-London-02 September 2008: Fitch Ratings' rating Outlook on the global reinsurance sector remains Stable. The agency believes that individual companies' operating performance, capitalisation, and anticipated market conditions, despite their deterioration over the past year, will continue to support ...
editor 06 September, 2008 16:25:42
Army Chief unveils 'War Heroes' memorial in Jaffna
Paying utmost tribute to the sacrifices made by the tri-forces personnel and Police in the call of duty, the Army Chief Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka unveiled the 'War Heroes' memorial at Palaly, during a field visit made to the peninsula ...
editor 06 September, 2008 16:24:48
Law used to suppress Buddhist monks - JHU
A Non Government Organization named Environmental Foundation Ltd, has used the law of the country to suppress the Buddhist monks, Kalutara District parliamentarian of the Jathika Hela Urumaya, Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said.Ven. Rathana Thera was speaking on the crisis ...
editor 06 September, 2008 16:24:11
DBS quits “Nation” in dismay
A very reputed and respected journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj, popular among English readers who was contributing a column to the “Nation” news paper has informed the new management of the Rivira Media Corporation that he is calling it quits ...
editor 06 September, 2008 16:23:28
No military effect or value in Tamil Tigers' aerial attacks, says Defense Secretary
(Lanka-e-News,) Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajaakse says that the LTTE's air attacks launched by two light weight aircrafts have no military effect or value. He says that these attacks are launched to appease their support base and to appear still strong ...
editor 06 September, 2008 16:22:47
Three arrested in Sri Lanka hill country for sending money to LTTE
Sri Lanka Police today arrested three persons who were involved in a large number of thefts and lootings in Nuwara Eliya and sending the money to the LTTE in North.“Three suspects were arrested by the Nuwara Eliya police ...
editor 06 September, 2008 16:22:11
Government to issue a special identity card to the residents of Jaffna peninsula
Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara recently revealed that the Government will be issuing a new identity card to the residents of Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka.According to Brigadier Nanayakkara, the new identity card, carrying a recent photograph of the ...
editor 06 September, 2008 16:20:56
Securities Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka asks John Keells for disclosure in price sensitive information related to Lanka Marine Services
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) of Sri Lanka has asked John Keells Holdings (JKH) to make timely disclosures after a court order on its bunkering unit, Lanka Marine Services (LMS), seeking legal advice on what it could do to help implement ...
editor 06 September, 2008 07:11:42
CPA files FR petition against detention order amendment
Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court yesterday (September 05th) against the amendment empowering the Defence Secretary to detain persons for prolonged periods.Noting that the amendment violated fundamental rights, the ...
editor 06 September, 2008 07:10:40
CID to grill Polgampola
The Janatha Vimukti Peramuna Parliamentarian Anuruddha Polgampola, who resigned his seat early this week, is to be questioned by the CID over his involvement in human smuggling to Japan, Police media spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekara said yesterday (5).The Japanese authorities ...
editor 06 September, 2008 07:09:45
Magistrate orders to file explanation on two different JMOs’ reports
The Colombo Magistrate yesterday asked for explanation from the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) as to why two different JMOs’ medical reports had been filed in court in the inquiry into the alleged involvement with a terrorist organization of ...








