News Archive (2007 - July)

(Lanka-e-News - 2007 July 31, 8.30 PM) The Supreme Court today (31) ordered the Public Performances Control Board to watch Ashoka Handagama's film 'Aksharaya' again and to give its decision on 06 August. Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva said that the Supreme Court would take a suitable verdict...

(LeN-2007 July 31, 5.00pm) SL Army soldiers continuing their quest for the weapons in the Thoppigala jungle terrain yesterday (July 30) uncovered four large stocks of weapons from Tihiliveddi, Aliya Ode, Meeyankalluwa and Motagala areas. The weapons included heavy mortar launchers, heavy machine guns, an anti air missile,..

(Lanka-e-News - 2007 July 31, 7.00 PM) The Welfare Association of the Western province Foreign Employees and the Employment Agencies states that four more Sri Lankan migrant workers are facing the threat to be beheaded like the underage housemaid Rizana Nafeek and urges the government to act fast to save their lives...

(Lanka-e-News - 2007 July 31, 7.00 PM) Certain sub agents of mobile phone SIM cards provide false details to the parent companies and obtain active SIM cards to use for the ransom taking, threatening and other crimes, the Police have revealed. According to a press statement issued by Senior Superintendent of Police Rienzi Perera...

(Lanka e News - 2007 July 30, 8.40 PM) The most crucial document pertaining to Sri Lanka's national conflict and the ethnic war was signed on 29 July between then President J.R. Jayawardhana and the Prime Minister of India Rajeev Gandhi. When 20 years fulfill for the Indo-Lanka accord, we are again at the beginning of the conflict after turning 180 degrees...

(Lanka e News - 2007 July 30, 7.40 PM) United National Party (UNP) Colombo district leader and MP Ravi Karunanayaka addressing a press briefing held in the capital today (30) said that the time is ripe for the government to pack the baggage to go home. Mr. Karunanayaka slammed the government and the leadership for increasing the cost of living to an intolerable height, for increasing the price of fuel again...

(LeN- 2007 July 30, 7.00 PM) A proposal to thank the President was defeated in Mathara Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) today. The proposal was defeated with a majority of 10 votes in the Mathara PS in which the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) holds power...

(LeN- 2007 July 30, 7.00 PM) UNP Secretary Thissa Aththanayaka said that the President, in fear of the ruling party internal tendencies to change sides at a critical moment, had phoned certain UNP MPs and proposed to give money and posts in the government....

(Lanka-e-News - 2007 July 29, 8.00 PM) Famous Sri Lankan model Nadeeka Samanmalee Perera was adjudged the world's best model at a modeling contest held in Spain. 23 year old Nadeeka was adjudged Miss Sri Lanka last year and...

(Lanka-e-News - 2007 July 29, 8.00 PM) Lanka-e-News learns that the government is tapping the private telephones of the government MPs as a measure to suppress the direct and indirect resistance of the Ministers and MPs to the President and the government. SLFP-People's Wing Chief Convener Mangala Samaraweera said in an interview with the Lakbima newspaper that the government had commenced to tap telephones of each SLFP MP....