Sri Lanka’s First Highway Opened

Sri Lanka’s first Highway(E- 01 Southern Expressway) was ceremonially declared open by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse. The 95-kilometer expressway runs from Kottawa in Colombo district to Pinnaduwa...

First Natural Gas Deposit Found in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced  that Sri Lanka has found a natural gas field for the first time. He stated that he had been informed of this by Cairn, the company exploring for oil and gas...

Australia win first test beating Sri Lanka

Australia win the first Test match by 125 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three match series against Sri Lanka Chasing a mammoth total of 379 to win, Sri Lanka was on 126 for 5 when the match began today on the fourth day, and put up a fight without losing a wicket till...

Sri Lankan President proposes to lift Emergency Laws

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated in parliament that there was no longer a need to impose emergency regulations within the country proposing that the parliament remove the emergency laws currently imposed.Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa proposed to...

Sri Lanka to get 14 Mi-171 helicopters from Russia

Sri Lanka has signed a contract to purchase 14 Mi-171 helicopters from Rosoboronexport State Corporation, a state-owned arms enterprise under a Russian credit deal, Russia's state news agency Itar-Tass...

Sri Lankans in UK protest against Channel 4

Around 3000 Sri Lankans associations and individuals in Britain held a massive demonstration on Sunday against the Channel 4 TV, which produced and broadcasted a documentary, named "Sri Lankas Killing Fields",...

Sri Lanka 3rd-Google Plus Users

Sri Lanka stands third place at Google Plus users list according to a statistics web site. USA and India are leading the list. There are 14,972 Sri Lankan users in the list.Now this is an interesting update for...

England won the Natwest Cricket Cup 2011

England won the Natwest Cup 2011 beating Sri Lanka Cricket team by 16 runs short while ago. England held on to claim a tense 16-run triumph over Sri Lanka in the NatWest Cricket Series decider at Old Trafford. Tim...

Channel 4 Video is a Fake- Sri Lanka Proved

The Sri Lankan Defence Ministry has released what it claims to be the authentic video as opposed to the one aired by Channel 4 showing some people in uniform shooting some men who are bound and gagged. Sri Lankan...

Sri Lanka won 3rd match-Natwest series 2011

Sri Lanka beat England short while ago by 6 wickets in the third one day international at Lords today and lead Natwest the 5 match series 2-1. Young 21 year old Dinesh Chandimal scored his second career century as...

India Won the Cricket World Cup 2011

  India won the ICC World Cup 2011 defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai a short while ago. Sri Lanka scored 274 for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of the allotted 50 over....

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 News

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets defeating Kenya. Sri Lanka 146 for 1 (Tharanga 67*, Dilshan 44) beat Kenya 142 (C Obuya 52, D Obuya 51, Malinga 6-38) by nine wickets ...

2 Kfirs Jets Crashed in Sri Lanka

Two Fighter Kfir jets belongs to Sri Lankan Air Force crashed killing one pilot today (1-03-2011) morning. Fighter Jets were on a fly pass rehearsal for the 60th Anniversary celebrations of the Sri Lanka Air...

Manju Wanniarachchi Won Gold Medal-Sri Lanka

Breaking News... Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi won the gold medal in the 56 kg Bantam weight category at the Commonwealth Games beating Wales boxer  in New Delhi.  The 30 year old pugilist creates history by becoming the second Sri Lankan to capture a...

Sarath Fonseka Jailed-Sri Lanka

Breaking News...Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has confirmed 30 months jail for Sarath Fonseka former Army Commander. FORMER Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka has been jailed for 30 months following his conviction by a military court, an official said. President...

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