BOI says signed $28mn deal with China's

BOI says signed $28mn deal with China's Huichen Investment to manage special economic zone in Mirigama dedicated to Chinese investors -LBO

All Party Committe'

First sitting of 'Development & Reconciliation All Party Committe' chaired by President on Thursday (2) at 11 am- www news.lk

Revision of LP gas

Revision of LP gas prices are with effect from midnight today New prices are Shell gas 1447 Rs and Laugfs gas 1407 Rs-adaderana.lk

Gas Price increase

Price of a 12. 5 kg Laugfs gas cylinder will increase by Rs. 100 & Shell gas will be reduced by Rs. 53 with effect from midnight-Govt-Daily Mirror

Gas Price increase

Shell gas reduces price of 12.5 kg cylinder by Rs 53 (1500 Rs to 1447) and Laugfs increases by Rs 100 (1307 Rs to 1407 Rs)-adaderana.lk

Colombo inflation (point-to-point)

Colombo inflation (point-to-point) drops to a life low of 0.9% for June as measured by the CCPI - First Guardian Equities-adaderana.lk

CORRECTION Inflation in Colombo

CORRECTION Inflation in Colombo in the 12-months ending June is 0.9%, down from 3.3% in May. In the month of June, prices move up 1.3%: Census dept.-LBO

Inflation in Colombo during the

Inflation in Colombo during the 12-months ending June is 1.3%, down from 2.0% in May. In the month of June, prices move up 0.9%: Census dept.-LBO

Shares almost flat. Investors cautious. T/o Rs.567mn. Distilleries 87.75 +0.75. Dialog 5.25 +0.25. Com Bank 134 -2.00. ASI 2,432.15 -0.32%: brokers, CSE -LBO

President decides to appoint

President decides to appoint a Development & Reconciliation Committe comprising representatives of all political parties-www.news.lk

Flood alert @ Rathanapura

Residents in Ratnapura & close to Kalu Ganga warned of possible flood situation as river water level rises to 5.47 metres-Disaster Mgt Cen-JNW

A mosquito-coil maker, who had Dengue breeding places in factory

A mosquito-coil maker, who had Dengue breeding places in factory, gets 6-mths rigorous imprisonment suspended & Rs1500 fine-Weerangula police-JNW

50,000 new recruits being taken to military & police

50,000 new recruits being taken to military & police; a strong defence force will be maintained even though LTTE eradicated-Min Rambukwella-JNW

Task Force 8 troops recover two torpedos

Task Force 8 troops recover two torpedos, a torpedo launcher & 130mm artillery gun buried in Puthukudiyirippu today-MCNS-JNW

First Asian Youth Games will kick off shortly

First Asian Youth Games will kick off shortly in Singapore bringing together over 1400 athletes from 43 countries including SL-www.news.lk

Shares down on profit taking

Shares down on profit taking. T/o Rs.263mn. Dialog 5 -0.25. Hayleys 131 -1.00. LOLC 105 -3.75. Sampath 109.75 -1.00. ASI 2,435.73 -0.66%: brokers, CSE -LBO

Jathika Nidahas Pramuna Get ministerial portfolios sources

MPs Nandana Gunathilake and Piyasiri Wijenayake to get ministerial portfolios sources confirmed-adaderana.lk

A 21-year old girl becomes 14th H1N1 Swine Flu patient

A 21-year old girl becomes 14th H1N1 Swine Flu patient; nine patients now being treated while five discharged from hospital-Dr IDH Hospital-JNW

Troops find haul of weapons in Dharmapuram

Troops find haul of weapons in Dharmapuram in Kilinochchi & few Mullaithivu areas including mortars, guns & C4 over weekend-MCNS-JNW

Sri Lanka won the Seventh Asian Netball Championship

Sri Lanka wins the seventh Asian Netball Championship played in Malaysia, beating Singapore 78-48-adaderana.lk

Sri Lanka won the Seventh Asian Netball Championship

Sri Lanka wins the 7th Asian Netball Championship beating Singapore (78-48) in Malaysia. Nine countries including India, Hong Kong played-JNW

Sri Lanka won the Seventh Asian Netball Championship

Sri Lanka won the Seventh Asian Netball Championship beating Singapore (78-48) in the final played in Malaysia today-Daily Mirror

New Chairman SLIC

On a directive of President, Pradeep Kariyawasam has been appointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd.-www.news.lk

Govt to boost buffer stock of rice

Govt to boost buffer stock of rice by further imports to meet possible shortage from November '09 to February '10-www.news.lk

Supreme Court approves directors of SLIC

Supreme Court approves P Kariyawasam, A Meddegoda,R A Jayatissa,C Amaratunga,Nalaka Godahewa,Ravi Abeysuriya & A P Lekamage as directors of SLIC-adaderana.lk

ASI down 0.2%, Milanka down 1.4% during week. Foreigners bought Rs.569mn, sold 715mn: net outflow of 146mn for week. Friday 20.6mn net inflow: brokers -LBO

SLIC new directors

Supreme Court approves P Kariawasam, A Meddegoda, R A Jayatissa, C Amaratunga, Nalaka Godahewa, Ravi Abeysuriya, A P Lekamge as SLIC directors: lawyers -LBO

Water cut from 8am Saturday to 8am Sunday

Water cut from 8am Saturday to 8am Sunday in Kelaniya, Peliyagoda, Hedala, Wattala, Mahara & Kiribathgoda due to repair-Water Board-JNW

New board of directors of SLIC-

Supreme Court today approved 7 names submitted by Treasury Secretary as new board of directors of SLIC-Daily Mirror

Shares up. Midcap stocks active

Shares up. Midcap stocks active. T/o Rs.596mn. Nawaloka (2.70 +0.10), Reefcomber (1.50 +0.10) heavily traded. ASI 2,447.04 +1.16%: brokers, CSE -LBO

Tamil Language to be made mandatory

From July 1st Tamil Language to be made mandatory for the new employees of the State sector says minister D E W Gunasekara-adaderana.lk

Instead of a strategic investor for Seylan Bank

, a share issue to raise Rs3 bil will open to state & other investors in Aug-Central Bank-JNW

Government to extend contracts

Government to extend contracts of Standard & Poor's and Fitch Rating rating agencies for three years from September 2008 :information office -LBO

State institutions to support Seylan

State institutions to support Seylan in a Rs3bn capital boost in August Central Bank says in CSE filing -LBO

New Colombo south port terminal contract

New Colombo south port terminal contract award by year-end;facility assured of cargo by Indian containerisation:SLPA chairman Priyath Wickrama -LBO

Maldives planning ...

Maldives planning 6mn cubic feet, US150mn crude and bunker terminal: Portworld. Dow+2.0, Tokyo+0.2. NY oil 70.12+1.45, 69.78+1.45. Asian gold 941+8 -LBO

Pop star Michael Jackson has died

Pop icon Michael Jackson, 50, died in LosAngelese hospital. He was rushed to hospital after suffering from cardiac arrest on Thursday-Daily News

Pop star Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles

Pop star Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, USA at age of 50 after a cardiac arrest. He won 13 Grammy awards in his career-report-JNW

Pop star Michael Jackson has died

Pop star Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, USA at the age of 50 after suffering from a suspected cardiac arrest-adaderana.lk

Michael Jackson died

The self proclaimed King of Pop Michael Jackson died of a heart attack late Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 50 years old-Daily Mirror

A female journalist says was taken in a white van

A female journalist says was taken to Kandy from Colombo in a white van, questioned & later released in Kandy, in Wattala Police statement-JNW

Stocks down on profit taking

Stocks down on profit taking. T/o Rs.686mn. JKH 133.25 -1.25. Com Bank 134 -2.25. NDB 147 -3.00. Dialog 5.25. ASI 2,422.37 -0.73%: brokers, CSE -LBO

Accepting applications for postal votes in Uva

Accepting applications for postal votes in Uva PC and Jaffna/Vavunia local government polls extended till June 30. Jaffna/Vavunia polls on August 8-Daily News

Elections for Jaffna August 8th

Elections for Jaffna Municipal Council and Vavuniya Urban council are to be held on August 8th -Elections Dept-Daily Mirror

Jaffna Municipal Council and Vavuniya Urban council

Jaffna Municipal Council and Vavuniya Urban council elections to be held on August 8th says Department of Elections-adaderana.lk

The bill introducing the new Chief of Defence

The bill introducing the new Chief of Defence Staff post was passed in Parliament a short while ago- Reporter-Daily Mirror

'Economic Resurgence Certificates'

Sri Lanka planning to issue, 'Economic Resurgence Certificates', a high yield foreign exchange denominated security targeted at expat workers: officials -LBO

plastic potatoes' hidden in a container

Customs seizes 2.5 kg of heroin worth over 12 million concealed in 'plastic potatoes' hidden in a container- info.lk

50-75 million investment in SL

Foreign stock market investor Calamander Capital says plans $50-75 million investment in SL rubber, tea, coconut, ceramics companies - JNW

Sri Lanka Small Miracle

Sri Lanka Tourism says new logo & "Sri Lanka Small Miracle" tagline launched after research by AC Nielson; 2011 declared Visit Sri Lanka Year-JNW

MP Basil Rajapaksa met the Indian Foreign Minister

A delegation led by MP Basil Rajapaksa met the Indian Foreign Minister today. Sri Lanka agreed to most of India's requests during the talks- PTI-Daily Mirror

passenger bus collided with a van

Six dead, 16 others injured when a passenger bus collided with a van in Tholangamuwa, Warakapola this evening- Police-Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Riyadh has passed away

Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Riyadh A.A.M. Marleen has passed away -Foreign ministry-adaderana.lk

country's biggest VAT default

Colombo High Court remands a witness in country's biggest VAT default case of Rs3.9 bil for allegedly giving false evidence-lawyer-JNW

Major fire in Koralawella

Major fire in Koralawella, five houses completely destroyed. Fire units from AirBase and Colombo/Dehiwala fire Dpts called; Moratuwa Police-Daily News

Sri Lanka still negotiating with IMF on loan

Sri Lanka still negotiating with IMF on loan. First tranche could come in two months: Minister Amunugama -LBO

Uva provincial council election August 8th

Uva provincial council election to be held on August 8th says Department of Election-adaderana.lk

Tea output of 300 mil kg expected

Tea output of 300 mil kg expected in 2009 vs record 318 mil in 2008.
Jan-May was 105 mil kg, down 27% on fertilizer prices, drought-Tea Board-JNW

Three people charged Rs30,000 in total

Three people charged Rs30,000 in total for not cleaning Dengue breeding grounds in Tangalle-Police.
11,589 persons now ill from Dengue-JNW

The Sri Lankan cricket team returned to the country

The Sri Lankan cricket team, runners up in the 20/20 World Cup, returned to the country a short while ago & were welcomed b

US will not block IMF loan

LTTE to remain on US terrorist list following latest review; US will not block IMF loan to Sri Lanka- US State Department official-Daily Mirror

The army today unearthed more than 100 kg of gold

The army today unearthed more than 100 kg of gold jewellery & over 5 Million Rupees in cash hidden in Vellamullivaikkal, Mullaitivu-Daily Mirror

Stocks close down

Stocks close down. Retailers take profits. T/o Rs.762mn. JKH 135.25 -1.75. Com Bank 137 -3.00. Distilleries 84.50 +0.50. ASI 2,436.36 -0.44%: brokers, CSE -LBO

Police & army have surrounded the 'Applewatta' area in Maligawatta

Police & army have surrounded the 'Applewatta' area in Maligawatta in a joint operation to arrest an armed gang said to be hiding there- Police-Daily Mirror

24-hour fishing allowed for fishermen in Mannar

24-hour fishing allowed for fishermen in Mannar district-MP B Rajapaksa.
Two TMVP members arrested with 2 hand grenades in Batticaloa- Police-JNW

SI attached to Boralesgamuwa Police shoots his wife

SI attached to Boralesgamuwa Police shoots his wife, her father and mother in Dehiwala, killing all three. SI now in hospital; Police-Daily News

police sub inspector shoots & kills his wife

In Dehiwela, Nikape Rd a police sub inspector shoots & kills his wife, mother-in-law & father-in-law & now in police custody-police.spokesman-JNW

The ICC conducted a suprise dope test on Pakistan all

The ICC conducted a suprise dope test on Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi following his team's win over Sri Lanka yesterday-Report- Daily Mirror

Stocks down on retail profit taking

Stocks down on retail profit taking T/o Rs.790.8mn. JKH (137.00 -1.00) heavily traded. Distilleries 83.75 -2.00. ASI 2,447 .20-0.39% brokers CSE -LBO

Dr.Jayalath Jayawardena handed over the UNP nominations

Jayalath Jayawardena handed over the UNP nominations list for Jaffna MC. A.Sathyendran is Mayoral candidate.Vaunia list will be submitted tomorrow-Dalily News

UNP hands over nominations

UNP hands over nominations to the Jaffna Municipal council-adaderana.lk

Sri Lanka official reserves (with domestic placement of US$165mn) at 1,296 in April, up from 1,272mn

Sri Lanka official reserves (with domestic placement of US$165mn) at 1,296 in April, up from 1,272mn May+June $367mn bought from forew markets : CBSL-LBO

April exports fall 28

April exports fall 28.2% to US$437.6mn from year ago, imports fall 53.5% to $604.3mn. Trade gap narrows for 4th month,down 76% to $166.7mn : Central Bank -LBO

Singapore based Calamander group to start US$50mn

Singapore based Calamander group to start US$50mn private equity fund says Bloomberg newswires -LBO

First child with H1N1 flu is cured of it &

First child with H1N1 flu is cured of it & discharged from hospital; three other patients likely to be discharged in few days-Dr IDH Hospital -JNW

Sri Lanka private sector credit shrinks

Sri Lanka private sector credit shrinks for fourth straight month CBSL. Tokyo flat, HKong +0.2, NY oil $69.16-0.39, Brent 68.95-0.24. Asian gold $953+16 -LBO

T.M.Dilshan is named player of the tournament

T.M.Dilshan is named player of the tournament in the Twenty20 world cup-Daily Mirror

Pakistan are the 2009 Twenty20 world champions

Pakistan are the 2009 Twenty20 world champions; beat Sri Lanka in the final by 8 wickets-Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka reach 138/6

Sri Lanka reach 138/6 in 20 overs in the final of the Twenty20 world cup against Pakistan Sangakkara top scored with 64-Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka won the toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first in the final of the Twenty20 World Cup against Pakistan at Lords-Daily Mirror

President Rajapaksa has no intention to be in power beyond people's mandate-

President Rajapaksa has no intention to be in power beyond people's mandate- Minister Anura P. Yapa -www.news.lk

UN says two of its local staff have been arrested

UN says two of its local staff have been arrested; not aware of charges after reported missing eight days ago-JNW

President Rajapaksa was honoured

President Rajapaksa was honoured with a rare title by the prelates of the Ramanna Maha Nikaya & Amarapura Maha Nikaya for wiping out terroism- Daily Mirror

TM Dilshan's unbeaten 96

TM Dilshan's unbeaten 96 sets up Sri Lanka's 57-run victory against West Indies to secure place in ICC T20 final vs Pakistan; SL 158-5 ,WI-101-JNW

Sri Lanka final with Pakistan

Sri Lanka (158/5) beat West Indies (101) by 57 runs and quallify for the final with Pakistan in the 20/20 world cup-adaderana.lk

Sri Lanka qualify for the finals

Sri Lanka qualify for the finals of the Twenty20 World Cup against Pakistan by beating the West Indies in the semi finals beating the west indies in the semi finals by 57 runs- Daily Mirror

West Indies won the toss

West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl first in the Twenty20 semi final against Sri Lanka at the Oval-Daily Mirror

Youth vocational training center opened In IDP center

Youth vocational training center opened in Ramanadanpurawelfare center today enrolling 632 student minister Piyasena Gamage –www.news.lk

Water cut Saturday 9am to Sunday 9pm

Water cut Saturday 9am to Sunday 9pm in Moratuwa, Mt Lavinia, Dehiwala, Kohuwala, Havelock Town, Borella, Maharagama due to repair - Water Board-JNW

Two more H1N1 flu patients identified

Two more H1N1 flu patients identified; they are two children related to first two and who were on same flight-IDH Hospital Dir-JNW

Jaffna peninsula fishermen will be able to fish during 24 hours

Jaffna peninsula fishermen will be able to fish during 24 hours of the day, in significant easing of restrictions from now- MP Basil Rajapaksa-JNW

Fishing restrictions in the North have been eased with immediate effect

Fishing restrictions in the North have been eased with immediate effect Restrictions in the East was relaxed last week- Government- Daily Mirror

Scale down Sri Lanka war-risk level

Joint Cargo Committe London, comprising Lloyd's and IUA markets, scale down Sri Lanka war-risk level from severe to high,removes 'Air War'-risk - Daily Mirrorr

Sri Lanka war-risk level scaled

Sri Lanka war-risk level scaled down from 'severe' to 'high' and 'air war' risk removed by Joint Cargo Committee London-Info Dept-JNW

Sri Lanka repays US$125mn out of a US$150mn arranged

Sri Lanka repays US$125mn out of a US$150mn arranged by Standard Chartered Bank CB Governor. India asks US, China to restart Doho trade- talks :AFP -LBO

Rubber prices reach record high in the local market with a kilo gaining Rs

Rubber prices reach record high in the local market with a kilo gaining Rs 215- Dept. of Rubber Development-www.news.lk

Police arrest three suspected LTTE members in Borella

Police arrest three suspected LTTE members in Borella who were planning to murder President Mahinda Rajapaksa-police spokesman-JNW

Pakistan beat South Africa yesterday

Pakistan beat South Africa yesterday to qualify for the Twenty20 world cup finals Sri Lanka play the West Indies in the 2nd semi final today - Daily Mirror

The Mt. Lavinia Magistrate rejected bail- Lalith Kotalawela

The Mt. Lavinia Magistrate rejected bail for 14 suspects including Lalith Kotalawela when the Golden Key case was taken up for hearing today.

Colombo stocks surge amidst high foreign activity

Colombo stocks surge amidst high foreign activity Market up 60% so far this year. Turnover over Rs 2 billion today - First Guardiana Equitie

Colombo Stock Exchange becomes the 4th best

Colombo Stock Exchange becomes the 4th best performing stock market in the warld (US$ terms) after Peru, Brazil, Russia - CSE - Ada Derana

Colombo Stock Exchange creates history today

Colombo Stock Exchange creates history today by recording highest Number of transactions (15,290 trades) in a single day- CSE - Ada Derana

LTTE head of external affairs

LTTE head of external affairs, Arivazhakan, who earlier disputed claims that Prabakaran was dead, has now confirmed in a statement Praba is dead-Daily Mirror

450,000 tourists expected this year

450,000 tourists expected this year up from 438,475 in 2008 During Jan-May 157,495 arrived, down 19% year-on-year-Tourist Board offical-JNW

A'pura Maha Vihara Sangha Sabha confered the hon title 'Sri Weera Wicrema Lankadheshwara' to the President today for re-uni - info.lk

Colombo Stock Exchange benchmark

Colombo Stock Exchange benchmark index up 60.0% since the begining of the year. Highest number of trades (15,290) in a single day recorded today -CSE -LBO

Central Bank buys US$218mn so far in June

Central Bank buys US$218mn so far in June Since March float US$378mn has been bought from forex markets. CB Governor -LBO

Shares up

Shares up T/o Rs.2.0bn. JKH (137.25 +9.00) & Sierra Cables (1.70 +0.20) most traded. Aitken Spence 630 +30.00. ASI 2,399.46+2.41%: BROKERS -cse-lbo

Seeking IDP camp

MP M Ganesan says Supreme Court petition filed along with J Jayawardene, M Samaraweera, Hasan Ali & Lakshman Senaviratne seeking IDP camp access -JNW

තමන්ට අවතැන් කඳවුරු නිරීක්‍ෂණයට යාමට ඉඩ දෙන්නැයි ඉල්ලා විරුද්ධ පක්‍ෂ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ගෙන් අධිකරණයට පෙත්සමක්

තම සියලූ දෙනාට උතුරේ අවතැන් කඳවුරු වල වෙසෙන අවතැන් වූවන් හමු වීමට හා අවතැන් කඳවුරු නිරීක්‍ෂණය කිරීම සඳහා එහි යාමට ඉඩ සලසා දෙන්නැයි ඉල්ලා ජයලත් ජයවර්ධන, මංගල සමරවීර, හසන් අලී හා ලක්‍ෂමන් සෙනවිරත්න යන මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් විසින් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට පෙත්සමක් ගොනු කරනූ ලැබූ බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී මනෝ ගනේෂන් ප්‍රකාශ කරයි.

Golden Key depositors are now holding a demo

Golden Key depositors are now holding a demo opposite the MtLavinia court appealing not to grant bail to suspects. The case will be taken up today -Dalily News

The new Commissioner of Department of Inland Revenue

E N N Medagoda has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Department of Inland Revenue-adaderana.lk

Three suspected LTTE cadres were killed by Vaunia

Three suspected LTTE cadres were killed by Vaunia Police in a shoot out near Kalaimagal school in Nelumkulam;Police Spkm-Dalily News

A high demand for low grown tea

A high demand for low grown tea and the sharpest price increase in a single week for ex-state tea shown at auctions last week-info.lk

Cabinet decides to award the rights of telecasting cricket

Cabinet decides to award the rights of telecasting/broadcasting International Cricket Matches played in SL to State Media Agencies- info.lk

Over 200 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Montreal,

Over 200 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Montreal, Canada are facing deportation from Canada says Canadian media-adaderana.lk

Maldivian President will arrive in Colombo

Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed will arrive in Colombo in the afternoon on a two day state visit; Foreign Ministry-Daily News

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Second case of Swine Flu detected in Sri Lanka

Second case of Swine Flu detected in Sri Lanka, the brother of first child; the family is being monitored & quarantined says health Ministry-JNW

Second confirmed case of Swine Flu.

Second conformed case of Swine Flu has been detected in Sri Lanka. The patient is the brother of the first case detected yesterday.

No hike in petrol and diesel prices-

No hike in petrol and diesel prices- Secretary to the Ministry of Petroleum & Petroleum Resources-www.news

officially launch "18 Month Road Map to Promote Spoken/Communicative English"

President Rajapaksa to officially launch "18 Month Road Map to Promote Spoken/Communicative English" on June 22 at Temple T rees-news.lk

Sri Lanka's economy grew

Sri Lanka's economy grew by 1.5% in the first quarter of 2009 with agriculture growing 3%, Industries 1.9% & Services 1% - First Guardian Equities - Ada Derana

Market gains across the board

Market gains across the board T/o Rs.1.01bn. JKH (128.25 +4.50) & Dialog (5.50) heavily traded. NDB 135.25 +5.25. ASI 2,342.92+2.20%:brokers, CSE-LBO

Telecom sector CEOs agree to quick deployment

Telecom sector CEOs agree to quick deployment of services in North in meeting with North Task Force chaired by MP Basil Rajapaksa-DG TRC-JNW

All passengers who came to Sri Lanka on board

All passengers who came to Sri Lanka on board the flight on which the Swine Flu victim travelled in will be tested for the virus-Health ministry-Daily Mirror

all medicines needed to counter H1N1 Flu

Health Minister says all medicines needed to counter H1N1 Flu are available; other passengers on flight are being tested; info epid.gov.lk-JNW

TNA MP for Vanni S Kishore says he supports govt's

TNA MP for Vanni S Kishore says he supports govt's resettlement & north development program; will continue to be a TNA MP-JNW

A9 road to Jaffna opened for private sector

A9 road to Jaffna opened for private sector use from today with 20 lorries setting off, says Essential Services Dept official-JNW

Sri Lanka will face the West Indies on Friday

Sri Lanka will face the West Indies on Friday, and South Africa will take on Pakistan on Thursday in the ICC T20 semi-final-Ada Derana

The Govt should make the Tamil people-next US ambassador

The Govt should make the Tamil people understand that they have a future in a unified Sri Lanka - Patricia Butenis next US ambassador nominee -Ada Derana