Category: Local News

The Viharadhipathi of the Kotte Naga Viharaya Ven Maduluwawe Sobhitha Thera who was ill and receiving treatment at a Private Hospital in Colombo has been transferred to a hospital in Singapore for further expert treatment on the directions of President Maithripala Sirisena.

Chief Opposition Whip Anura Kumara Dissanayake made potentially tangible revelations in Parliament yesterday regarding the controversial Avant Garde case, in the course of which he mentioned the names of several powerful ministers in the government.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday (03) filed charge sheets against six suspects over the murder of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj.

Against the backdrop of over 100 Tamil Nadu fishermen continuing to be in Sri Lankan prisons, DMK chief Karunanidhi wondered if the island nation was ‘slighting’ India’s request for their release.

Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan yesterday queried in Parliament as to why retreating student demonstrators at Ward Place were attacked by the Police last Thursday.

Two men aged between 20 and 25 who were traveling in a motorcycle had been shot dead in Ranthotuwala, Elpitiya this morning by two unidentified gunmen.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and top credit rating company Moody’s Investors Service Singapore Pte. Ltd indicate that Sri Lanka will maintain 5 to 5.5 percent growth in 2016.

A Maldive national who was suspected in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Maldivian president Abdulla Yameen was arrested last night in Nedimala area by the Emigration and Immigration Department along with Boralesgamuwa police.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been admitted to the Sri Jayawardenapura Hospital following a brief illness, the hospital Director said.

President Maithripala Sirisena invited Sri Lankan intellectuals living in Thailand to return to Sri Lanka to provide their service to Motherland as freedom and democracy established in the country.

Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman, who was Special Commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Batticaloa and Ampara districts, says that the rift between him and LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran took place in December 2002 when the Tiger chief accused him of “betrayal” of the kind Mahendrarajah alias Mahattaya was accused of in the early 1990s.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa dismissed former minister Mervyn Silva’s accusations of being involved in the abductions and killings claiming he had not introduced any white van.

Sri Lanka paceman Suranga Lakmal took three quick wickets before Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed a 32-ball 59 to lead Sri Lanka to a tense one-wicket win in a rain-curtailed first one-dayer against West Indies on Sunday.

Eron Ranasinghe alias SF Loku, the main suspect of the killing of Night Club Owner and Karate Champion Wasantha Soyza of Anuradhapura, was arrested by the police today in Chilaw.

The National Police Commission has launched an inquiry into the assault on Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) students by riot police this Thursday (29), said its Secretary N. Ariyadasa Cooray.

President Maithripala Sirisena says he will lead the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to victory at the upcoming Local Government elections.