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Sri Lankan Born Business tycoon, Raj Rajaratnam currently booked on charges of Insider trading has now gone on a selling spree in his home country stock market, the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). The proceeds from exiting these shares are believed...

10 reported swine flu deaths in the Hill Capital of Sri Lanka, Kandy have forced the Central provice Government to Close the schools in the area effective Monday the 23rd of November. This decision was taken by the Central Province...

Sri Lanka's government says people held in special camps since the end of the conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels will be free to leave next month...An aide to the president also confirmed a pledge to close the facilities. Sri Lanka...

Retired General Sarath Fonseka’s candidature for presidency as a consensus Opposition contender from the newly United National Front (UNF) was subject to his accepting a 10-point policy statement of the Front, Opposition leader and former PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.

People are still not given free access to leave these camps on their own free will," UN humanitarian chief John Holmes told Agence France-Presse on Thursday, after a visit to the camps. Holmes, who ended a three-day visit on Thursday,...

Regional series back to one round by Tony Cozier Saturday, November 21st 2009 TO accommodate renewed international competition for the West Indies ’A’ team, the regional first-class tournament is to revert to one round from next season after a year...

Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Management Rishard Bathiutheen met with an accident on Monday November 16th and now admitted to Apollo hospital, in Colombo for treatment. Minister Rishard Bathiutheen vehicle met with an accident at Rambawa, located near Madawadchiya, while...

What could be better news for thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils displaced by bloody fighting between government troops and separatist rebels, and huddled in crowded camps with no freedom to move out? The government announced on Tuesday that it was...

However, several analysts said that the move by the government-appointed central bank governor was politically motivated, as Sri Lanka’s president is likely to be challenged in upcoming polls by the country’s former top military figure. The central bank said it...