CIMA Inaugural World Conference in Sri Lanka with Aubrey Joachim in key role
May 16
Former Colombo resident and well known Sydney socialite, Aubrey Joachim, Vice President CIMA International is one of the main speakers and has attracted a lot of attention being the first non Eurpoean VP of this august body.

See our Video Link on The National Freedom Front, Sri Lanka's newest political party organized by JVP dissidents
May 16

Myanmar Tragedy - SPUR NSW gears up to help the needy
May 15
SPUR, NSW has offered to accept donations in Australia to be remitted fully to Red Lotus, Colombo for undertaking immediate humanitarain assistance in Burma. Similar collections are planned in other overseas countries where Sri Lankan expatriates reside.

Karuna escapes War Crime Charges in the UK
May 14
Last year Karuna was detained for entering Britain illegally using a diplomatic passport that reportedly described him as the “director-general of wildlife conservation”. He allegedly claimed he had come to attend a climate change conference.

Sri Lankan Maha Sanga make Appeal for Assistance to help cyclone-hit Myanmar
May 14
All three chapters of Maha Sanga appealed from the Buddhist and General public to donate dry instant foods, drinking water and new clothes as contributions at this time of disaster. The committee has opened up three centers to collect the donations.

Indian women crush Sri Lanka to win Asia Cup
May 13
Tournament favourites India retained the women’s Asia cricket Cup by defeating host country Sri Lnka by a massive margin of 177 runs in the final which was concluded at the Welagedera stadium Kurunegala on Sunday.

Is India fuelling unrest in Sri Lanka - the strange question arises over and over agian
May 13
The Indian supplied Indra radars to the Sri Lankan Air Force for the detection of low level air crafts failed to detect the two micro-light aircraft of the LTTE. India’s neighbours, through experience, have learnt to live in the shadow of India’s hegemonic designs.

Sri Lanka v India, Asia Cup final, Kurunegala - Sri Lanka aim to break Finals jinx
May 12
Being the fourth time that India and Sri Lanka are going to meet in the final. India has won each of the previous three matches and Sri Lanka will hope that playing this edition at Kurunegala will help them beat India.

Rotary Club to hold fund raising dinner to aid the Don Bosco Home in Maggona
May 11
The Rotary Club of Sydney Inner West is holding a fundraising dinner on Saturday 24 May 2008 at St Andrew's College at Missenden Road Camperdown from 7.30pm to 11.30pm.

At least 11 people killed in a bombing on the eve of elections in the East
May 10
"There has been an explosion in Ampara town a little while ago," said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara. "11 civilians were killed and 29 injured. It is definitely by the LTTE."

British Police arrest and charge four for suspected support of terrorists in Sri Lanka
May 10
The four men are Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar, of London; Jegatheswaran Muraleetharan, from Newtown, Wales; Jeyatheswaran Vythyatharan, of Newtown; and Murugesu Jegatheeswaran, of London.

RASA FM to start broadcasts with a new time slot on Sundays from 2 ~ 4 PM on FM 90.5
May 09
RASA have transformed program content delivery to a more interactive mode. In the history of Sinhalese language radio broadcasting, RASA was the first ever Sri Lankan program to podcast, making a brave move into the 21st century technology.

New Sri Lankan tourism office to open in Dubai making it the sixth tourist office
May 09
The new Dubai office will co-ordinate all of Sri Lanka’s tourism promotional activities in the Arab markets including exhibition participation, marketing visits, presentations and road shows, advertising, brochure distribution, public relations, as well as familiarization visits to the island for influential business and travel journalists.

Sri Lankan drug lord Gunasekaran's love for cricket led to his arrest Monday in Chennai
May 08
After his arrest - which officials say took place Monday in Chennai but which some accounts say may have taken place in Sivaganga town in Tamil Nadu - Guna reportedly told his interrogators that he was very much into smuggling high grade heroin from Pakistan to Sri Lanka for two decades.

Premier Cultural Show – Bak Maha Rangana staged in Sydney
May 08
In Sydney, to celebrate the Aluth Avurudda in 2003 in a grand way, the Sinhalese Cultural Forum of NSW staged a cultural show, appropriately titled Bak Maha Rangana.  It was a all new production of songs, dances and theatre showcasing the best Sinhala diasporic talent that Sydney had on offer. That brought about a completely new dimension to the Sinhala culture in Sydney. A new tradition was set.