President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he looks forward to working with the President-elect of Iran Hassan Rohani to further strengthen relations between the two countries.

The President’s media unit said that President Rajapaksa had sent a congratulatory message to Rohani, who had won the recent Presidential elections.

“I am certain that your vast experience in the realm of politics and the affairs of the state along with your leadership qualities will provide the necessary guidance to steer Iran forward,&rdq

It is reported that police protection will be provided for all beef stalls that are on their way of the walk of the ‘Sinhala ravaya’ from Kataragama to Colombo

The Police reported that at Tangalle the protestors had broke opened a beef stall and had set fire to the belongings that were inside and they had come and prevented the fire from spreading.

A few days ago, I saw the documentary entitled, “Story of Adele Balasingham” produced by Boston Lanka (BL). It is obvious that BL is trying to rescue Sri Lanka from well-substantiated allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the last days of the war – May 2009.

BL has telecast many pro-government programmes portraying Rajapaksa as the most democratic leader in the world. It is believed that in fact BL is a mouth piece of the Sri Lankan government!

Lapses in British intelligence and the security services were severely exposed after six supporters of the LTTE invaded the pitch during the Sri Lanka–India clash at the ICC Champions Trophy tournament.

During the second semi-final of the tournament on Thursday, two LTTE supporters invaded the pitch, carrying the LTTE flag in the penultimate over of the Sri Lankan innings.

Sri Lanka Consul General Dr. Adambawa Uthumalebbe clarified to Saudi Gazette on Friday that the consulate has helped many legal workers in distress from the insurance scheme, which was implemented by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) in partnership with the International Social Security Program (ISSP).
Dr. Adambawa was responding to complaints by a few Sri Lankan workers published in a section of the Arabic press that the mission here is refusing to provide them air-tickets. He explained that the SLBFE takes care of

Is Sri Lanka’s moderate Tamil leadership to blame for the absence of a political settlement to the island’s festering ethnic conflict? There is definitely enough blame to go around in Sri Lanka, but Dayan Jayatilleka takes the case too far in his article in The Hindu, “From devolution to the deep blue sea” (Op-Ed, June 18, 2013). He argues that the Tamil Nationalist Alliance (TNA) has overplayed its hand, fails to understand the weakness of its position and asks for deals that are no longer on the table. They shou

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked the Sri Lankan media to refrain from giving publicity to the anti-Muslim activities of Extremist Sinhala Buddhist organizations. The President made this request when he met the editors of Sri Lankan newspapers and heads of TV and Radio stations for breakfast at “Temple Trees” on Friday June 21st 2013.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa with editors of government and private media institutions-June 21, 2013

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has urged India to play a proactive diplomatic role in discharging its commitment for a future for the Sri Lankan Tamil community marked by equality, justice and self-respect as committed in the 13th Amendment.

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of the CPI(M) in the Rajya Sabha Sitaram Yechury said the 13th Amendment was the consequence of the historic Rajiv-Jayawardene Accord and India was expected to play a role in the implementation of the provisions of the accord, wh

The Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS) said today that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) was incurring more heavy losses in billions of rupees after reopening the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery.

Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery had been shut down for almost two weeks until the reopening on May 28.

The JSS President Ananda Palitha said the output of the refinery had also reduced by 50 per cent from the output obtained before the shutting down of the refinery.