News Archive (2007 - October)

(Lanka-e-News, 2007 Oct 31, 7.20 PM) The cabinet that met under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapakse to issue an extraordinary gazette tonight to cancel the previous gazette under the chapter 40 of the Public Security Ordinance proscribing dissemination of subtle military information. The relevant gazette numbered 1521/3; dated October 29 was....

(Lanka-e-News, 2007 Oct 31, 7.20 PM) The two gunners who shot at Kumudu Champika Jayawardhana, the editor of a website belonged to Sirasa media network waited around half an hour near the residence of the editor at Gnanendra Mawatha, Nawala and when questioned by...

(LeN, 2007 Oct 31, 6.30 PM) Sri Lanka Freedom Party People's Wing (SLFP-PW) convener Mangala Samaraweera asks if chauvinism is government's official policy. He posed this question....

(LeN, 2007 Oct 31, 6.30 PM) United National Party (UNP) MP Dayasiri Jayasekara says that the President who stated in his Presidential manifesto to demolish jungle law and bring in freedom and privileges to pressmen has commenced to use jungle law to....

(Lanka-e-News-2007 Oct 30 12.00pm) Journalist Kumudu Champika Jayawardana of new Sinhala news web site was shot at around 11.45pm last night ( 30th Oct 2007) in Colombo, on his way home from office. He was admitted to Colombo General Hospital and underwent an urgent operation. His situation is not critical,...

(LeN, 2007 Oct 30, 7.15 PM) The Director of the Bribery or Corruption Investigation Commission Neville Guruge says that investigations are underway on the complaint against the way the Mig-27 aircrafts were purchased and...

(LeN, 2007 Oct 30, 5.30 PM) United National Party (UNP) media chief Lakshman Kiriella said that the only option before Sri Lanka is going for a cessation of hostilities and finding a political solution. Every survey conducted by....

(LeN-2007 Oct 29, 8.30pm) The following pictures show some of the aircrafts destroyed by LTTE attacks....

(Lanka-e-News, 2007 Oct 29, 7.30 PM) Senior state counsel Nerin Pulle said before the Court of Appeal today that no channel is licensed to broadcast news. The counsel made this statement...

(Lanka-e-News, 2007 Oct 29, 4.30 PM) A statement made by the President at the last government parliamentary group meeting on Lanka-e-News was published in the political columns of almost all the weekend newspapers. The President said, "Tamilnet said that eight aircrafts were destroyed....