Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

A military court has convicted Sri Lanka`s former army chief for corruption, his lawyer says.

Sarath Fonseka was found guilty of breaching arms procurement guidelines.

Last month, he was stripped of his rank and pension after being convicted of engaging in politics while in uniform. He denied all the charges.

He led troops to victory last year over the Tamil Tigers, but fell out with the president after standing against him in polls, unsuccessfully.

Notice is hereby given that the earlier public notice on `Withdrawal of On Arrival Visa Facility` be treated as withdrawn until further notice.


W. A. C. Perera
Controller General of Immigration & Emigration
No: 41, Ananda Rajakaruna Mawatha,
Colombo -10.

(Lanka-e-News, July 12, 2010, 10.10AM) During the recent past, an armed group had arrived in white Vans and three wheelers, and had abducted 12 individuals in Maligawatte and Kotahena areas.

Three wheelers instead of white Vans being used for abduction is the latest fad.

Even after two years since the war ended, these abductions and disappearances by white Vans and three wheelers seem to be not ending.

Some of the abductees are alleged as linked to the underworld while others do not know why they were abducted. Among the 12 abductees, there is a 17 year old Tamil student.

Big congrats and best wishes to Kehelya as he is truly a good man to do that job well. Probably he might want to have a word with his IT chaps in the near future.

Victims` families tell their stories following Nato airstrike in Afghanistan

`I took some flesh home and called it my son.` The Guardian interviews 11 villagers

* Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Kunduz
* guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 September 2009 20.05 BST


At first light last Friday, in the Chardarah district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, the villagers gathered around the twisted wreckage of two fuel tankers that had been hit by a Nato airstrike. They picked their way through a heap of almost a hundred charred bodies and mangled limbs which were mixed with ash, mud and the melted plastic of jerry cans, looking for their brothers, sons and cousins. They called out their names but received no answers. By this time, everyone was dead.

At a meeting at the Lighthouse the Sri Lankan tourism minister appeared clueless when local hotel operators had been asking him about no booze available on the 31rst of December.

Will foreign tourist have to avoid SL during the peak season in order to celebrate new year in order to have no Champagne at midnight ?

Also participants had been wondering, why Mahinda Mama had chosen this honorable minister to promote SL tourism as he is only capable of the Sinhalese language.

`Sorry, the web site you are accessing has been closed by Royal Thai Police due to inappropriateness such as pornography, gambling or contain any information which is deemed to violate national security.`

What a surprise to see this message !!!

Seems like Mr. Brown is testing interstitials.

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Aug 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka`s Marxist party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said that the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa has no moral right to hold another Presidential election as he had already pledged to abolish the Executive Presidency before his term ends.

Sending a special letter to President Rajapaksa, the JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva said that he has neither moral right nor any possibility of holding another Presidential election according to the mandate received at the Presidential election held in 2005.

of Majorca, following a warning purported to be from the Basque separatist group, Eta.

Aug 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka and Myanmar agreed to continue joint and separate actions to curb terrorism that is threatening the regional peace and security and improve the bilateral relations between the two countries.

The two countries agreed to cooperate both bilaterally and at regional and multilateral fora in this regard during the during the second Meeting of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation between Sri Lanka and Myanmar was held in Colombo yesterday (Aug 04).

By Ayesha Wijeratne
Police teams investigating the broad daylight murder of Galle Municipal Council Opposition Leader Deshabandu Dushyantha Seneviratne are yet to make a breakthrough into the killing.
However, the Police said they have received vital information that would lead to several arrests soon.
Three Police teams have been deployed by acting DIG Southern Range Jayantha Kulatillake under the supervision of SP Premathileke Hettiarachchi and Galle Division SSP Keerthi Silva.

Forty-year-old Seneviratne was shot dead in the presence of his children at Beligahahandiya in Galle in the morning of July 22, by an unidentified gunman who had followed him in a motorcycle with another person.

Detectives piece together disturbing picture after Beruwala violence

The Government yesterday launched a manhunt for a controversial South Indian Islamic preacher amidst reports that he was responsible for sparking sectarian violence among Muslims in Sri Lanka.
Immigration Controller P.A. Abeykoon told the Sunday Times yesterday he had sought Police help to locate the preacher named Kovai Ayoob.

Tue, Jul 28, 2009, 06:46 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

July 28, Colombo: Following the suspension of pornographic web sites in Sri Lanka, the government has taken measures to ban all the movies rated `Adults-only` in the country.

The Minister of Cultural Affairs Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said the government will impose the ban as soon as possible on the `Adults-only` movies once the Cabinet approval is obtained.

Additionally, all the commercials telecast on local television channels should be approved by the government before telecast, the Minister said. Advertisements on TV, radio and newspapers will be required to obtain the approval of the Public Performance Board.

$104 for a return ticket between Kuala Lumpur and Colombo is now a reality for Sri Lankans.

From KL they connect to Phuket, Hong Kong, Beijing etc for just a few Dollar.

They are financially very strong and aiming to make Phuket another main hub now.

A great new travel option for all Sri Lankans now.