 | Sinhala News Headlines | | |  Lakbima Online 2004-02-23 03:00:08  Lakbima Online 2004-02-23 03:00:12  Lakbima Online 2004-02-23 03:00:13  Lakbima Online 2004-02-23 03:00:14  Lakbima Online 2004-02-23 03:00:15  Lakbima Online 2004-02-23 03:00:16  Lakbima Online 2004-02-21 14:00:07 | | |  | From International News Sources | | | Sri Lanka opens election process BBC Asia 2004-02-17 03:01:10 Nominations open for the 2 April Sri Lankan elections ordered after the president dissolved parliament. | | |
 | Popular Articles | | | News in brief Daily News Online 2004-02-23 15:00:30 Colombo February 23 2004 Mr. John Schlosser the Director of the Office of Regional Affairs Bureau of South Asian Affairs for the US Department of State will visit Sri Lanka this week.While in Sri Lanka Mr. Schlosser will meet with a variety of government officials political leaders non-governmental groups and .... | Athaullah in secret deal with CBK Daily Mirror 2004-02-21 03:00:57 By Munza Mushtaq History in the making: Jathika Hela Urumaya Leader Ven. Ellawala Medhanada Thera pouring pirith water from the symbolic conch shell into the hands of Colombo District Candidate Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera after he and 22 other monks filed nominations yesterday .... | Mahanayakes reject Maha Sangha contesting elections Daily News Online 2004-02-22 15:00:24 Contesting Parliamentary Elections by the Maha Sangha is the beginning of the ruin of the Buddha Sasana and cannot be approved under any circumstances stated the Ven. Mahanayaka Theras of the Malwatta and Asgiriya Chapters in a media announcement yesterday.The joint statement by the Most Ven. Rambukwelle Sri Vipassi Mahanayaka .... | Monks take plunge into politics hand over nominations Daily Mirror 2004-02-21 03:00:58 By Pujitha Wijetunge History was made yesterday when 23 Buddhist monks representing the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) filed their nominations in the Colombo District Secretariat to contest the April 2 general elections. History in the making: Jathika Hela Urumaya Leader Ven. Ellawala Medhanada .... | | | |