Featured Stories
LOTUS TOWER – THE TALLEST MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TOWER IN SOUTH ASIA TO COME UP IN SRI LANKA SRI LANKA UNVEILS FIRST FLOATING RESTAURANT “NELUM POKUNA” MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA THEATRE – AN ETERNAL MONUMENT. SRI LANKA’S FIRST EXPRESSWAY IS OPEN FOR TRAFFIC Natural Gas Deposits Discovered in Sri Lanka
 
LOTUS TOWER – THE TALLEST MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TOWER IN SOUTH ASIA TO COME UP IN SRI LANKA

LOTUS TOWER – THE TALLEST MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TOWER IN SOUTH ASIA TO COME UP IN SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka will have the tallest multi-functional Tower in South Asia. Its construction is to begin on the 20th of this month. The proposed tower with an entertainment centre will be constructed at the Beira Lake water front in Colombo. Its total height will be 350 meters. Sri Lanka Telecommunications Regulatory Commission is planning the [...]

SRI LANKA UNVEILS FIRST FLOATING RESTAURANT

Sri Lanka launches the first Floating Restaurant. It will be an impetus for the promotion of the tourism industry. The opening of the Floating Restaurant at Beira Lake in Colombo took place under the patronage of President Rajapaksa. The Restaurant has been launched under the sponsorship of Cinnamon Lake Hotel. It has been named as [...]

“NELUM POKUNA” MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA THEATRE – AN ETERNAL MONUMENT.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has vested the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Performing Arts Theatre in the public. It was opened on the 15th of December 2011. It highlights a gesture of great generosity by the Chinese Government, whose construction spanned only several years.

SRI LANKA’S FIRST EXPRESSWAY IS OPEN FOR TRAFFIC

Unfolding a new chapter in the transportation history of the country,Sri Lanka’s first Expressway is now open for traffic. The nation’s dream of moving around on an Expressway is now a reality after several years. It was not by chance that the Expressway from Colombo to the South was built. The State leaders decided to [...]

Natural Gas Deposits Discovered in Sri Lanka

Natural Gas Deposits Discovered in Sri Lanka

President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced that a natural gas deposit has been discovered in Sri Lanka for the first time.

ITN News 2012-02-22 6.00PM

ITN News 2012-02-22 6.00PM

22 February 2012

You need the Windows Media Plug-in for the Browser you are using to view this Content. Please use the Download link Below if the streaming doesn’t Start. Download the Video

Read the full story

Posted in News Video Archive0 Comments

ITN News 2012-02-22 7.00PM

ITN News 2012-02-22 7.00PM

22 February 2012

You need the Windows Media Plug-in for the Browser you are using to view this Content. Please use the Download link Below if the streaming doesn’t Start. Download the Video

Read the full story

Posted in News Video Archive0 Comments

ITN News 2012-02-22 9.30PM

ITN News 2012-02-22 9.30PM

22 February 2012

You need the Windows Media Plug-in for the Browser you are using to view this Content. Please use the Download link Below if the streaming doesn’t Start. Download the Video

Read the full story

Posted in News Video Archive0 Comments

PRESIDENT SAYS SRI LANKA EXPECTS STABILITY IN MALDIVES

PRESIDENT SAYS SRI LANKA EXPECTS STABILITY IN MALDIVES

22 February 2012

President Rajapaksa has said that Sri Lanka is dedicated for the welfare of the Maldivians. Sri Lanka expects stability in the Maldives. He made this reference during a meeting with a special delegation of the Maldivian President. Mohammed Waheed Deen, the special representative of the Maldivian Government who had arrived in the island with a [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

SRI LANKA TEAM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MEETING LEAVES WITH A WELL ORGANISED PLAN

SRI LANKA TEAM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MEETING LEAVES WITH A WELL ORGANISED PLAN

22 February 2012

Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has pointed out that they had a well organized plan to confront groups against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council sessions. The Sri Lanka representatives attending the conference left for Geneva early this morning. Expressing views to ITN before leaving Katunayake, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said that [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

COMMITTEE IMPLEMENTING ACTION PLAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS MEETS

COMMITTEE IMPLEMENTING ACTION PLAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS MEETS

22 February 2012

The Inter Ministerial Committee on the implementation of the National Action Plan on Human Rights has held its first meeting, following the appointment of a Cabinet Sub Committee on Human Rights. It was chaired by Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe. The Minister proposed that a small Task Force under the Inter Ministerial Committee should meet regularly. Its [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

GOVERNMENT EMPHASIZES THAT THE RIGHT TO STAGE PROTESTS STILL PERSISTS

GOVERNMENT EMPHASIZES THAT THE RIGHT TO STAGE PROTESTS STILL PERSISTS

22 February 2012

Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has emphasized that the Government had not revoked the right to engage in protests and express views. The Minister was responding to a statement made by Parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake. The Minister said that more than 100 demonstrations and protest marches were staged in 2011 and not a single such protest or march [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

TNA ACCUSED OF WORKING TO ACHIEVE THEIR POLITICAL AIMS

TNA ACCUSED OF WORKING TO ACHIEVE THEIR POLITICAL AIMS

22 February 2012

Minister Douglas Devananda has told the Tamil National Alliance that action should be initiated not only for the political rights of the people but also for their developing and living rights. The Minister said that the Tamil National Alliance was working to achieve their political goals indicating that they were appearing on behalf of the [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

NATIONAL POLICY ON PREVENTION OF MOTOR ACCIDENTS FOR RELEASE IN A MONTH

NATIONAL POLICY ON PREVENTION OF MOTOR ACCIDENTS FOR RELEASE IN A MONTH

22 February 2012

A National Policy on the prevention of motor accidents is scheduled to be released within one month. The Select Committee of Parliament looking into the Alarming Increase in Traffic Accidents said that stickers on the front and rear sides of all buses will be removed with immediate effect. A meeting of the Select Committee was [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

LARGEST GEM DEPOSIT TO BE AUCTIONED ON FRIDAY

LARGEST GEM DEPOSIT TO BE AUCTIONED ON FRIDAY

22 February 2012

Plans are afoot to auction Sri Lanka’s largest gem deposit on Friday. A gem deposit was recovered following top soil removed from a land belonging to the Forest Conservation Department in the Thammanawa village near Kataragama for a road development project under the Maga Neguma Programme. It has been acquired by the Gem and Jewellery [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

11 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE INKING OF THE CFA BETRAYING THE COUNTRY

11 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE INKING OF THE CFA BETRAYING THE COUNTRY

22 February 2012

11 years have passed since the inking of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) described not only by politicians and scholars but also the patriotic people as a mass betrayal in history. This Ceasefire Agreement between the United National Party and the LTTE was signed by the then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe and Tiger Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

2.2 BILLION RUPEES RELEASED FOR PADDY PURCHASES

2.2 BILLION RUPEES RELEASED FOR PADDY PURCHASES

22 February 2012

The Treasury has released 2200 million rupees for the purchase of Maha paddy yield. 1200 million rupees has been released to the Paddy Marketing board and the amount issued for District Secretaries is 1000 million rupees. The Government hopes to purchase a kilo of Nadu paddy at 28 rupees and Samba at 30 rupees from [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

UNP SAYS CHILAW INCIDENT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A MURDER

UNP SAYS CHILAW INCIDENT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A MURDER

22 February 2012

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake has said the Chilaw incident should be considered as a murder and the perpetrators penalized. He was addressing a media conference at the Opposition Leader’s Office today. Mr. Attanayake said that the Police have assumed the responsibility of the killing of Anthony Fernando in Chilaw. He said that the media [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

TWO JAPANESE WAR SHIPS REACH COLOMBO HARBOUR

TWO JAPANESE WAR SHIPS REACH COLOMBO HARBOUR

22 February 2012

Two Japanese war ships have reached the Colombo Harbour. The ships are returning from a counter piracy operation off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Arden. The Sri Lanka Navy warmly welcomed the two Maritime Self Defence Force ships, “Takanami DD-110″ and “Ohnami DD-111.” Both ships will remain in Sri Lanka till [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Local News0 Comments

Currently Playing...

ITN News 2012-02-22 6.00PM

Added on 22 February 2012

View More Videos

ITN Live Webcast

Please Install Flash Player download link : http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/


President’s Speech On The 64th Independence Day

Watch Teledramas

Archives