Colombo Informer

Beware travelers to Sri Lanka of extortion scam by immigration officers By Juergen T. Steinmetz, eTN Publisher | May 19, 2013. (eTN) – After a short and pleasant flight on SriLankan Airllines, the national airline for Sri Lanka, from the Maldives, I arrived at Colombo International Airport. Immigration forms were given to … Full News [...]

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* Expansion of Colombo port to make Sri Lanka the biggest transshipment hub in … May 18, Colombo: A major infrastructure project currently in progress to expand Sri Lanka's main port of Colombo will make the island the biggest transshipment hub in the region, According to the Asian Development Bank. The Sri Lankan government … [...]

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President says Sri Lanka politically stable Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, delivering the inaugural address, also commended Sri Lanka's efforts in ending terrorism in the country and assured Uganda's presence at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo this … Full News here – Read more on Colombo Gazette

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Mahasen may affect Sri Lanka The low-pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal has undergone intensification twice last night to become a deep depression, just a spin away from being a tropical cyclone, the Hindu newspaper reported today. When declared one, it would be named … Full News here – Read more on Colombo Gazette

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UN says report on Lanka taken seriously UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson says the report on Sri Lanka on the UN actions during the final stages of the war was taken seriously. “I was asked by the Secretary-General, to head a group to look, go through the recommendations of the report … Full News here [...]

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More to be done in Lanka says US The United States says that while it recognises the progress made on some issues in Sri Lanka, more needs to be done on reconciliation and accountability. The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele J. Sisson, in a Twitter interview today, said that the US … Full News [...]

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Mihin Lanka to increase flight frequency on Madhurai-Colombo route from June … Low-cost carrier Mihin Lanka of Sri Lanka will increase its services between Madurai and Colombo from thrice a week to four days from June 1, 2013 onwards, as per a TOI report. In a communication from Translanka, the general sales agent of Mihin [...]

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Sri Lanka in impunity index The US based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has listed Sri Lanka in its 2013 Impunity Index, which spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free. Apart from Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India … Full News here – Read more on Colombo Gazette

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UK Bar passes resolution on Lanka A full meeting of the UK Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has resolved to support the right of Sri Lankan judges and lawyers to adjudicate and practise law freely, fairly and independently. The resolution comes following … Full News here – Read more on Colombo [...]

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* Sri Lanka ruling party May Day rally in Colombo Apr 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the main coalition party of Sri Lanka's ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and the member parties will hold the party's May Day rally at Campbell Park in Colombo this year. The rally which is … Full [...]

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British Airways resumes flights to Sri Lanka after 15 years A British Airways Boeing 777 touched down at Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport this afternoon, marking the resumption of services, the Ministry of Economic Development said. The service was suspended in 1998 owing to the Island's armed … Full News here – Read more on Hindu [...]

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US media claims Al-Qaeda operating in Lanka A US media report has claimed that Al-Qaeda factions are operating in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and these groups then enter the U.S. for terrorist activities. WND.com, an independent news network operating in Washington also reported, quoting sources … Full News here – Read more on Colombo Gazette

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Sri Lanka to probe mass grave with 150 skeletons COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan presidential commission will be appointed to investigate a mass grave where more than 150 skulls and bones, most likely of Marxist rebels killed decades ago, were found last year, a government spokesman said Monday … Full News here – [...]

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Lanka 'keen' to buy Bangladeshi medicine Sri Lanka is keen to import medicines from Bangladesh under the government-to-government arrangement, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena told Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during their meeting in Dhaka today. The Prime Minister's Press … Full News here – Read more on Colombo Gazette

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