India has agreed to temporarily lend fragments of Buddha’s bones, famously known as the Kapilavastu relics, to Sri Lanka for an exposition to celebrate his 2600th year of enlightenment later this year. It will the be the first time in decades that the fragile bone fragments, kept at the National
Former New Zealand fast bowler Simon Doull has picked Sri Lanka and India as top two favourites to lift the World Cup, starting February 19 in the Indian subcontinent.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.The decision came days after the doors of Indian Premier League (IPL) were shut on him following the tournament's governing council on Friday rejecting the Kochi franchise's appeal to sign the veteran batsman. A total of three franchises reportedly opposed the move to include unsold Indian players back in the IPL.
The Government has learnt of a plan by pro-LTTE groups and nations to again bring the war crimes spot light on Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Prime Minister D.M. Jayarathne today revealed in Parliament.
Asia’s leading news website - Asian Tribune, is to organize an Investment Forum named “Sri Lanka Investment forum 2011” in a bid to showcase Sri Lanka’s tremendous opportunity to the world. The Forum which will be held in April this year is expected to bolster trade relations and bring forth strategic investments from high growth economies, particularly from Gulf countries.
New Delhi: Taking a serious note of the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy, India today told Colombo that use of force against them should not be repeated and asked it to take a decision that will not upset bilateral ties.
The Colombo High Courts today (February 2) ordered that hot water facilities be granted to Sarath Fonseka after he was reportedly suffering from respiratory problems for the past two weeks.
