Category: Local News

A special city court has sentenced a 23-year-old Sri Lankan to 10 years RI under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act for trying to smuggle 2kg heroin from the Chennai international airport in 2010.

A group of Sri Lankan Tamils in Jaffna will break over 1,000 coconuts and light as many candles to bless Hillary Clinton, saying the Democratic presidential candidate’s win would be important for the future of the minority community.

Former President and Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the ruling UNP-SLFP coalition leaders including President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should take the responsibility for Central Bank bond scams.

Northern Province Governor Reginald Cooray yesterday refuted claims that the Army was behind the AAVA Group in the North.

Former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday that there was no reason for the Army or Military Intelligence to create a gang like ‘Aava’

The Sri Lankan rupee ended steady on Thursday as dollar selling by exporters late in the day erased losses due to demand for the greenback from importers earlier, dealers said.

Veteran singer and musician Pandith W. D. Amaradewa, who was admitted to the Sri Jayawardanapura Hospital this morning following a heart attack, passed away a short while ago, the hospital sources confirmed.

Pandith W. D. Amaradewa was admitted to the Sri Jayawardanapura Hospital this morning following a heart attack, hospital sources said.

Cabinet this week took the unanimous decision to stand by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe against allegations that he too was involved in the Central Bank bond scam, said Co-cabinet spokesperson Minister Rajitha Senaratne.

The political party registered as “Our Sri Lanka Freedom Front” (Ape Sri Lanka Nidahas Peramuna), with the symbol of a budding flower, has reportedly changed its name to “Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna,” according to sources.

China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Yi Xianliang, on Tuesday, said it was unfair for Sri Lanka to term loans given by China’s EXIM Bank as ‘expensive’ and questioned the government as to why it had sought fresh loans from China if the interest rates were ‘too high’.

Steps are being taken to provide pension benefits on the directives of President Maithripala Sirisena to the disabled War Heroes who volunteered to retire before the due retirement day owing to medical reasons.

The Sri Lankan central bank governor said on Tuesday he expected the rupee to stabilise when the $1 billion sale of a stake in the southern port of Hambantota to a Chinese investor was completed in four to five months.

The inauguration of the classified garbage collection programme was held under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s Official Residence, today (Nov.01).

All cigarette brands has been increased by a minimum of Rs. 5 each. (Approx 15%) from today, the Ceylon Tobacco Company announced.

President Maithripala Sirisena will meet with Jaffna University students today over the incident in which two university students were allegedly shot at by the police for not complying an order to stop their motorbike.