Sri lanka agrees to coach Uganda cricket team

Uganda's national cricket team has been invited for a tour to Sri Lanka after the east African nation put up an impressive show at the just concluded World Cricket League Division III in Bermuda.

Justine Ligyalingi, the chief executive of the Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) told Xinhua here Wednesday that the invite also follows a visit to Uganda by the Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Posted by Unknown 5/16/2013

President Rajapaksa address the Commonwealth Local Government Conference

No HR groups to speak against A’pura massacre ; President Rajapaksa

President Rajapaksa addressing the Commonwealth Local Government Conference on Tuesday said that twenty eight years ago 146 innocent civilians were massacred by terrorists in the vicinity of Sri Maha Bodhi and there was no human rights organization then to speak against such killings.

Posted by Unknown 5/15/2013

Sri Lanka, Uganda leaders hold bilateral discussions

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is on a four-day official visit to Uganda, met with his Ugandan counterpart, President Yoweri Museveni at the State House in Entebbe Sunday to hold bilateral discussions.

Following the official welcoming ceremony, the two presidents engaged in a one-on-one conversation prior to attending bilateral talks.
Posted by Unknown 5/13/2013

President Rajapaksa's Uganda visit

President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in Uganda on Saturday to participate in the Commonwealth Local Government conference.

During the visit president Rajapaksa will hold bilateral talks with Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni.

“He will be a key note speaker at the conference.  The next commonwealth will be hosted by Sri Lanka in two years and so he will the next chair for it.
Posted by Unknown 5/12/2013