Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Nov 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today made a surprise visit to the Parliament complex in Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, Presidential Media Unit said.
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 22/07/2009
Arundhati Rajasingham 17 July 2009 Tamil Hinduism versus Christianity The Tamil Tigers under Prabhakaran repeatedly thrust war upon the Sri Lankan Tamils. It would be worthwhile to review our recent history, learn its lessons and endeavour to achieve a brighter future. The defeat of the LTTE offers us the space to change direction, revive our cultural traditions and our economic fortunes. I shall recount...
The blogger of suburbia (Free subscription) | 15/07/2009
In recent months, remote countries have been acquiring new capital cities or rather re-acquiring their old ones. As Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reached its endgame, we were repeatedly bombarded by reports from the country's 'capital' Colombo, when its true locus is Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte. Even worse, was the Central Asian state Kazakhstan when the England football team went out to play there. Ignorant...
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 27/04/2009
Apr 27, Kotte: Sri Lanka Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says that 1.4 million people in Western Province have not casted their votes at the recently concluded polls.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 18/02/2009
Feb 18, Colombo: A tense situation prevailed in the Sri Lanka parliament this morning over the new appointment of the Foreign Minister, Rohitha Bogollagama as the chief organizer of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in Kotte.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Nov 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka police department have introduced a new traffic system between Colombo and Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte during the upcoming budget season.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
July 27, Colombo: A rehearsal of the special security plan designed in view of the 15th SAARC summit will come into effect in Colombo and in the Kotte area today (July 27 ) between 9 a.m. to 12 noon and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., the police announced.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
July 17, Colombo: With a Government direction all unauthorized structures built on the roadside in Kotte town next to the Parliament road was demolished by the authorities.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 26/03/2008
Mar 26, Colombo: An agreement has been signed to implement a development plan for the Kotte town today at the Kotte Urban Council, the government said.
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 30/09/2007
Seventy five civilians, most of them Tamil, were taken into custody in cordon and search operations conducted by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Police at Kotte and Gampaha in Colombo district from early morning till around 10 a.m. Sunday. The detainees were staying with the relatives and working in business establishments when they were arrested, sources said.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 20/08/2007
Aug 20, Colombo: Former Sri Lanka cricket captain and parliamentarian Arjuna Ranatunga has submitted his resignation from the post of electoral organizer of Kotte.
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