Sri Lanka has told a UN counter-terrorism meeting that some countries sought to cling to "well-held" positions after the meeting failed to reach agreement on a convention due to a deadlock on certain issues, even as India asked member states to be flexible on their views for consensus for a draft, when they talk again. -- Saturday, July 04, 2009 12:58:01 AM

A grouping of eminent Tamil people in Sri Lanka pleas for Tamil refugees held in government camps to be given a timetable for their release.

Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss Saturday and sent Sri Lanka in to bat in the first cricket Test at the Galle International Stadium.

(Lanka-e-News 02.July.2009 5.00PM) When the country’s economy is in tatters and peoples' lives are shattered by the soaring cost

The "Anada Viru Harasara" organized by the Ananda College, Colombo, to pay tribute to the Old Anandians in the armed forces and police was held at the Kularathna Hall this morning (Jul 3).

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Sri Lanka granted a special investment zone exclusively for Chinese companies to bring much needed foreign investments into the country, a state owned television service in Colombo announced. China?s Huichen Investment Holdings Limited will manage and bring new investments into the Mirigama zone, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) north of Colombo, for a period of 33 [...]