Historic Kataragama temple gets new Basnayake Nilame

A budget for the Lamborghini says UNP

The UNP today accused the government of formulating the budget for 2013 to favor the import of a Lamborghini car for a VIP. UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe told reporters today that the government had decided to remove the excise duty on racing cars to facilitate the import of the Lamborghini car. Speaking at a separate event today UNP MP Sujeewa Senasinghe said that the Lamborghini car was already in the country and needed to be cleared from taxes to be put on the street. President Mahinda R

11 Nov, 2012

LTTE in Europe a threat to Sri Lanka

LTTE and pro LTTE elements in Europe are a potential threat to Sri Lanka and other countries, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement today. In the statement on the death of LTTE activist Nadarajah Mathithiran alias Parithi alias Reegan in Paris last week, the Ministry of Defence said that a rift between Parathi and other LTTE supporters led to his murder. ?Reports indicate that the main reason was the dispute over the Hero?s day celebrations in Paris where both the Rudrakumaran faction an

11 Nov, 2012

Embassy rejects claims on Paris killing

The Sri Lankan Embassy in France termed as ?ridiculous? accusations that the military intelligence was behind the assassination of a former LTTE commander in France. Sri Lanka?s Ambassador to France, Dayan Jayatilleka, told The Sunday Leader that the French law enforcement authorities are investigating the incident. Nadarajah Mathinthiran alias Parithi, an ex-LTTE commander who had left the movement in the early 90?s and later coordinated Tamil political activities in France since 2003, was kil

11 Nov, 2012