JVP on recruitment drive to form a new Sandhanaya
Colombo - Thursday: JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe confirming that the party had quit the coalition government over the tsunami aid sharing proposal. The …
Split in Lankan coalition government – Government Propaganda
Colombo - Thursday: JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says the President carried out a propaganda campaign using the governments official seal. Silva seen …
Split in Lankan coalition government – Government Propaganda 2
Colombo - Thursday: JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says the President carried out a propaganda campaign using the governments official seal. Silva seen …
Marxists Quit
COLOMBO (AFP) - The main Marxist coalition partner quit Sri Lanka's government in protest against President Chandrika Kumaratunga's plans to share tsunami aid …
Top British official says Sri Lanka’s rebuilding targets are optimistic
Top British officials say Sri Lanka’s reconstruction targets are optimistic at best, and urges setting up a controversial joint mechanism to share aid in …
Marxist party readies to quit Sri Lankan coalition, police end monk fast
Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. The monk was …
Sri Lankan president braces for coalition split over Tamil aid deal
Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. (AFP) Sri Lankan …
Better Late?
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is trying to increase its fixed electricity charges by August. online pharmacy buy ciprodex with best prices today in the …
JVP says will pull out of government by Thursday
The JVP today re-iterated that it would pull out of Sri Lanka’s coalition government tomorrow at midnight, if the joint mechanism is not pulled out. online …
Troubleshooter
Government and trade union talks on Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) restructuring collapses and trade unions call for mediation by the Prime Minister again. …
Power Surge
Fixed electricity prices could double after a Cabinet green light expected on Wednesday, to tide the thermal dependant Electricity Board through surging crude …
Top donors take a shot at ceasefire violations by Govt and LTTE.
A top meeting of donors in Washington on Monday took a shot at Sri Lanka’s fragile peace, whacking both the government and Tamil rebels for ceasefire …
Sri Lanka president resists militant monks and Marxists, likely to survive
President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who has staked her government's future on a tsunami aid-sharing deal with Tamil Tiger guerrillas, is likely to survive a …
Foreign donors warn Sri Lanka over escalating violence
Sri Lanka's main international donors Tuesday asked the Colombo government and Tamil Tiger rebels to take action to stop escalating violence and stem a wave of …
National Bhikku Front representatives call for the withdrawal of the controversy ridden proposal to share tsunami aid
Monday - Colombo: National Bhikku Front representatives call for the withdrawal of the controversy ridden proposal to share tsunami aid with the LTTE. National …
Buddhist monk’s life endangered by tsunami aid mechanism
A faction of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka claim the life of another monk is endangered by the proposed tsunami aid mechanism for the north and east. online …
Power Struggle
Ceylon Electricity Board trade unions were to meet late Monday for crucial talks on restructuring the state owned power utility ahead of a donor deadline on …
Sri Lanka police use tear gas, batons to break up monks protest
Police fired tear gas and used batons for the second time in days to break up a protest by Buddhist monks opposed to government plans to enter into a tsunami …
Sri Lanka president in talks to save coalition
Sri Lanka's president went into talks with opposition parties Monday in a bid to drum up support after a key coalition partner threatened to quit over a …
monks protest brings Colombo’s financial and central public transport district comes to a halt
Colombo’s financial and central public transport district came to a halt on Monday with the National Bikkhu Front attempting to march into the Presidential …