Category: Local News

Strike by SLFP trade union at BIA called off after discussions with the authorities. Airport to resume operations shortly. […]

A group of Chinese entrepreneurs handed over a monetary donation to Chamal Rajapaksa, MP, Speaker, as a contribution towards the emergency relief efforts in landslide affected areas in Koslanda. […]

The UNSC Resolution 1373 is important for the sole reason that it elevated the ‘war on terror’ to a Global Security Law.  It was proactive legislation at international level.  To be proactive in action all 192 UN member states need to assist and cooperate with nations incorporating the UNSC Resolution 1373. This then necessitates and […]

At a meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this morning, New Zealand’s Minister of Primary Industries and Racing Mr. Nathan Guy, on behalf of his Government, offered support to Sri Lanka for relief efforts following the landslide in Koslanda last week. […]

The present TNA before it was created by the LTTE in 2001 were all members of some Tamil political group. We know that LTTE took up arms alongside 35 other militant groups against the State of Sri Lanka well before 1983. The same parties and members that were scared to open their mouths except to […]

Haldamulla is not in Mullaivaikkal in Northern Vanni territory but none the less the landslide offers a perfect opportunity for those claiming the number of dead in the final phase of Sri Lanka’s conflict to come out and declare how many died from the landslide. The Government of Sri Lanka has done the correct thing […]

Susai Vaz, a country boat fisherman in Pamban, India says smugglers are constantly on the prowl along the coast looking for prospective fishermen to ferry gold or narcotics across the water. “But they know that I am not the one they want,” says Vaz. […]

In spite of the UNP on behalf of the Opposition urging the government to conduct the presidential election after the scheduled papal visit, the Catholic Church is strongly opposed to such a move. […]

COLOMBO: Heavy rain slowed the search on Sunday for victims of a major mudslide on a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka that police say left 38 people missing and presumed dead, officials said. […]

The ties between SLMC-LTTE-TNA are longstanding and raises how far ordinary Tamils and Muslims are aligned to the deals arrived at by these groups for personal gain which have nothing to do with any national or ethnic interests. The 2002 Prabakaran-Hakeem pow-pow is considered no different to the current discussions afoot to form a Tamil […]

Sri Lanka has allowed a Chinese submarine and a warship to dock at its port in the capital Colombo, officials said on Sunday, despite concerns raised by India about China’s warming relations with the Indian Ocean island nation. […]

Minister Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka, who allegedly harassed and assaulted a foreign couple at a night club on Duplication Road, Kollupitiya, in the early hours of yesterday, was remanded until next Tuesday, police said. […]

At least 14 navy personnel were wounded and hospitalised after a bus, transporting Sri Lanka Navy personnel attached to the Welisara camp, veered off the road in the Meegahatenna area in Horawala today. […]

Malaka Silva, son of Minister Mervyn Silva has been hospitalized following an assault at a night club at Duplication road, Kollupitiya in the early hours today, Police said. […]

With India stepping up efforts to prove the innocence of the five Indian fishermen sentenced to death for drug trafficking by the Colombo High Court, sources told The Hindu that New Delhi was hopeful of finding a resolution to the situation that has led to protests in Tamil Nadu. […]

The government could make excuses but it should accept the responsibility for its failure to save the lives of people who perished in the Koslanda disaster, Chief Opposition Whip John Amaratunga said in Parliament yesterday. […]