Category: Local News

The 11th year commemoration of over 40,000 people who were killed in the Tsunami catastrophe in December 26, 2004 will be held at district level.

Prime minister Ranil Wickramasinghe sharing his Christmas message with the Sri lankan people says “The message of Christmas is also a message that the world today wants to hear – it transcends ethnic, religious and other man made limits, transforming lives and filling hearts with the joy of the Season.”

“Keeping in mind the spirit of Christmas and its embedded human values of giving, sharing, forgiving and taking care of others, let us reach out today to people who were affected during the 30 years of war in Sri Lanka and lend our hands to make their life better”, says President Maithripala Sirisena.

Saudi authorities have reduced a Sri Lankan maid’s sentence for adultery from death by stoning to a three-year jail term after an appeal, Colombo’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today described, theuse of a vehicle belonging to MP Hirunika Premachandra to abduct a youth, as a transition from the white van culture to a black defender vehicle culture.

With a fresh hope to live a peaceful life in their homeland in a post-war scenario, Sri Lankan Tamil refugees camped in various places in the State of Tamil Nadu are keen on returning and resettling in the island nation.

President Maithripala Sirisena said that he will take the assistance of Tri-forces Service personnel to protect the natural resources including forest and coastal areas.

CHENNAI: Expressing concern over the frequency of detention of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the immediate release of 47 fishers and 57 fishing boats in Sri Lankan custody.

A 26-year-old youth employed in a Dematagoda drapery store was abducted in broad daylight by an unidentified gang that came in a Land Rover Defender, which was allegedly owned by Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra

President Maithripala Sirisena says he would fulfill his responsibility to make the lives of the residents of Colombo beautiful, similar to the beauty of the city, by boosting them economically.

The proposed anti-hate speech Bill currently on hold would be reintroduced with amendments, Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media Karunarathna Paranawithana said.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) confirmed that they along with other trade unions will go on strike, in the first week of January 2016

President Maithripala Sirisena visited the Thilippalei area in Jaffna district to look into the well-being of the people living Welfare Centre.

A few days after India’s Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Lok Sabha about a project to build a sea bridge and tunnel connecting Sri Lanka, his counterpart, Lakshman Kiriella, has said the matter has not been discussed with his government.

The Sri Lankan government said on Sunday that it needs to have strong defence ties with countries like China and India.

Ratnapura District UPFA parliamentarian Vasudeva Nanayakkara said the government is using every opportunity to target anyone who is against them or supporting the previous regime.