Category: Local News

President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid his last respect to Squadron Leader Wasantha Abeywardena of Sri Lanka Air force who died in the recent plane crash at Hokandara. […]

The two main candidates in Sri Lanka’s presidential election have promised a violence-free vote, with Pope Francis scheduled to visit the country just days later, a church leader said. […]

Former Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Deputy General Secretary, Udaya Gammanpila said that the country will soon be able to see who the majority of the JHU supports, hinting that there will be more crossovers in the coming weeks. […]

Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament Seenithambi Yogeswaran has said the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), an amalgamation of Tamil parties, will announce by this month-end its stand on the January 8 presidential elections. […]

The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance has accused opposition presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena of hijacking its Facebook account – but an opposition spokesman has defended Mr. Sirisena’s right to use the account. UPFA General Secretary Susil Premajayantha has complained that the Facebook account is now being used by Mr. Sirisena for his election campaign and demanded […]

A committee, headed by SLFP General Secretary, Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, has been appointed to look into problems of ministers who are not seen contributing heavily towards the election campaign of the President. […]

CHENNAI: The Central Crime Branch police on Thursday arrested a five-member gang, including four Sri Lankan Tamils, in Madipakkam for stealing credit and debit card data and producing cloned cards to swindle money from accounts of card holders in foreign countries. […]

The switching of allegiance by the party’s Deputy General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila to President Mahinda Rajapaksa would not affect the JHU at all, Jathika Hela Urumaya General Secretary Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday. […]

Leading aircraftman LAC Chaturanga GKN, who was injured in the plane crash this morning, underwent an operation at the Colombo National Hospital, Hospital sources said. […]

Former Eastern Provincial Councillor Ameer Ali of the All Ceylon Muslim Congress (ACMC) was sworn in as a United Peoples Freedom Alliance national list MP a short while ago. […]

The Opposition Leader of the Dimbulagala Pradeshiya Sabha, Ranjith Kahagalla, has joined the government and pledged support to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the upcoming Presidential Election. […]

President Rajapaksa, addressing a massive election rally in Anuradhapura yesterday (11), said that he will not compare the crowd before him to the crowd at the New Democratic Front (NDF) rally on Tuesday (9). […]

A plane has crashed in Athurugiriya. The aircraft reported belongs to the Air Force was flying from Katunayake to Ratmalana. Five individuals were aboard the plane at the time of the incident, four bodies have been recovered from the plane crash site. […]

Let us speculate. Why is the Tamil Diaspora and Tamil politicians reluctant to back Ranil Wickremasinghe at an election? More importantly why would they prefer a CBK-Maithri deal? In searching for reasons to understand a pattern to their thinking the example of Kosovo immediately comes to mind. […]

United National Party’s Sabaragamuwa PC member Hasitha Muhandiram was sentenced to death on Thursday after being found guilty of killing two persons. […]

JHU Deputy General Secretary and WPC member Udaya Gammanpila arrived at the SLFP Headquarters for a press briefing short while ago. […]