News Archive (2008 - November)

(Lanka-E-News, Dec. 01, 2008, 10.45 AM) Troops of Sri Lanka Army 57 division today (01) reached long awaited milestone on their march into LTTE dens in Wanni with the captured of the Kokavil town,...

(Lanka-e-News-29th Nov 2008-11.30PM) The Sri Lanka Embassy in Thailand has requested the Malyasian embassy in Thailand to expedite visa applications for Sri Lankans stranded in the country to...

(Lanka-e-News, November 29, 2008, 10.00 PM) Another Minister is reportedly getting ready for a swindle like hedging that took away $ 700 million from the country. The Minister cum coconut mill owner...

(Lanka-e-News, November 29, 2008, 10.00 PM) A police curfew has been imposed in Batticaloa district since this morning (29). Police media spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekara said that the aim pf the curfew was to conduct a special...

(Lanka-e-News, November 29, 2008, 9.45PM) The Batticaloa district local government chairmen’s federation informed the President Mahinda Rajapakse via Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillaiyan that the Army was...

(Lanka-e-News, November 29, 2008, 11.00 AM) Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) that is now in a dialogue with the United National Party (UNP) for a broad dialogue...

(Lanka-e-News, November 29, 2008, 11.00 AM) One soldier was killed in a clash with the LTTE at Inguruwaththa, Pokuraniya area in Thoppigala 27th night. Army spokesman Brigadier udaya Nanayakkara said...

(Lanka-e-News, November 29, 2008, 11.00AM) The Special Investigation Unit of Maradana police station arrested a Buddhist monk who allegedly ran a brothel of boy prostitutes...

(Lanka-e-News, November 29, 2008 11.00 AM) Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva issued an interim injunction yesterday (28) suspending duties of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation

(Lanka-e-News-28th Nov.2008 8.30PM) The Sri Lanka Embassy in Bangkok has set up an emergency help desk to assist stranded Sri Lankans in Thailand as a result of the closure of two airports in Bangkok. Suvarnabhumi airport, the main international airport and Bangkok’s main...