News: government

03/13/2011 | Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Tamil legislator in Sri Lanka alleges government in attack (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
01/27/2011 | Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Gang terrorized Sri Lanka\'s northern city of Jaffna arrested (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
01/09/2011 | Sunday Observer
Deputy Minister of Resettlement Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan said that police powers need not be vested with the Provincial Councils but remain with the Central Government to ensure national security.
11/06/2010 | Indian Express
Sri Lankan government will pay incentives to state employees who will learn additional local languages, including Tamil, to reduce the communication gap with people of Tamil origin in the Sinhalese-dominated nation.
11/04/2010 | BBC
The Sri Lankan government says it will construct a park for romantic couples who want freedom to associate without being victimised by police.
09/13/2010 | ColomboPage
Sept 13, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government today, responding to the concerns expressed by the United States on the just passed constitutional reforms, said the passage of 18th Amendment to Sri Lanka's Constitution last week in the parliament with a two-third majority is an entirely internal matter.
09/11/2010 | AFP
WASHINGTON — The United States on Saturday expressed concern over changes to the Sri Lankan constitution, which strengthened the presidency, saying they were undermining the principles of democracy.
09/11/2010 | Voice of America
The United States on Saturday condemned Sri Lanka's passage of a constitutional amendment granting the president new powers, saying it undermined democracy.
08/17/2010 | BBC
Sri Lanka's wildlife veterinary surgeons have gone on strike in protest at what they say is the government's failure to manage a serious conflict between wild elephants and humans.
06/13/2010 | Sunday Times
So here we are, caught once again in the debilitating cross fire of international calls for a war crimes investigation on the one hand and on the other, (internally) by the misdeeds of a remarkably conscienceless administration. Is this a vicious circle that we can never free ourselves from? This question attracts discussion at several different levels.