Hotels Overbooked Need For International Chains Emphasized By Nirmala Kannangara Tourist arrivals have seen a steady increase over the past few months. The January performance of the hotels has been excellent, with arrivals reaching 50,750, which is …

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Read the letter as a fully formatted PDF here . ### 27 th January 2010 BY HAND, FAX & REGISTERED POST Mr. Dayananda Dissanayake Elections Commissioner Department of Elections Sarana Mawatha, …

Sri Lankans went to the polls on Tuesday to decide

T he incumbent Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa, seeking a second endorsement two years ahead of his first tenure, registered a landslide victory against his chief opponent and the opposition consensus nominee retired …

The Following is full text of letter sent to Mr. Dayananda Dissanayake, Elections Commissioner by Centre for Monitoring Election Violence CMEV: 27th January 2010 BY HAND, FAX & REGISTERED POST Mr. Dayananda Dissanayake Elections Commissioner Department of Elections Sarana Mawatha, Rajagiriya Dear…

Images from Sri Lanka as President Mahinda Rajapaksa declares victory in the bitterly-fought election.

I just sat in a press conference where Sarath Fonseka said…

The challenger in Sri Lanka’s presidential poll rejects the re-election victory of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Video is on YouTube

There is no move to arrest Presidential Candidate Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka even though he claims that his life is under threat, Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara told Ada Derana.

Election Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake is scheduled to declare the official result of the Presidential election shortly at the Elections Secretariat. Await the video

Outside governments should intervene and interfere and

A press conference is currently underway at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel in Colombo by Presidential candidate Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka. No details are available as

Incumbent President…

A police curfew was imposed in Nawalapitiya this

The Department of Elections expects

Presidential Candidate General Sarath Fonseka who is at a hotel in Colombo surrounded by the military, spoke to Daily Mirror online a short while ago and urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to give him security guarantees to leave the hotel.

EXCLUSIVE TO SRI LANKA GUARDIAN________________________________By Sri Lanka Guardian Correspondent in Colombo(January 27, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Retired general Sarath Fonseka in an exclusive interview published in a YouTube recording attached to his Facebook account speaks about his …

I’m at the Cinnamon Lakeside, having a coke by the pool. The entry is full LTTE style checks and balances, buses blocking the traffic, army checking the cars. They’re all very nice. Inside it’s …