Category: Local News

Sri Lanka has suspended the sale of some Anchor milk powder made by Fonterra after some children consumed the product and fell ill, government health officials said on Sunday. […]

The teachings of the Holy Quran have helped the Muslims of Sri Lanka to live in harmony with other communities in our country through many centuries as they continue to do so today. This spirit of harmony nurtured by their religious teaching has enabled them to make a significant contribution to the progress of our […]

It is both unfortunate that 4th October was the Animal Rights Day and two days later 20million animals lost their rights and are subject to a violent and terrifying death while 1.3billion Muslims celebrate. Is a God so bloodthirsty and will our sins be forgiven by slaughtering an animal who had nothing to do with […]

While noting that party should groom its second layer of leaders by the next Presidential Election, UNP General Secretary, Tissa Attanayake, stressed that none will be able to stop Sajith Premadasa being recognized as the next party leader. […]

LTTE was not only composed of Prabakaran and his ground troops. LTTE had and continues to have a very large international network of people who had been throughout funding, aiding and abetting, providing tangible and intangible support directly and indirectly and these people were not only Tamils but foreign and Tamils holding foreign passports. Their […]

Sri Lanka has asked the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, for help to resettle scores of mainly Pakistani asylum seekers in another country, saying many are economic migrants and a threat to the security and health of the Indian Ocean island. […]

Sri Lanka may not have an equivalent to Dr. Subramaniam Swamy but Sri Lanka is seeing a rise in concerned public coming to the fore to move the legal structures to say in no uncertain terms that the public has had enough of the lies, distortions and humiliations by the TNA against the Sinhalese community. […]

Do we have a politician as clean as Dr. Swamy? Sadly, we do not. Have we a politician that has challenged Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers and other high ranking officials? Sadly, we do not. Do we have politicians of the calibre of Dr. Swamy who have got elected to office without coming through the backdoor […]

In two raids, the Naval troops have arrested 15 fishermen and seized four trawlers engaged in illegal fishing using prohibited fishing gears, this morning. […]

An explosion was reported inside the Mattegoda army camp ammunition storage, this morning. Two fire brigade trucks have been deployed to douse the fire. […]

Four persons including two women, were killed by lightning in Morawaka, Deniyaya, yesterday evening when they were in a hut in a tea estate during thunder showers. […]

Twelve Sri Lankan fishermen on board two fishing boats were taken into custody last morning at Tutucorin in Chennai while on their way back passing through the maritime boundaries of India and Malaysia, Fisheries Ministry Assistant Director Lal De Silva said. […]

With over 35 military interventions in over 27 countries since 1980 a question that needs to be asked and answered is who is declaring these ‘wars’, who are paying for it and who walks away with the profits? Trillions of dollars in debt, generations having to pay for the wars, multicultural corporations and associates benefiting […]

The US and Allies are open in their condemnation of Islamic militant groups and now these noble nations have taken upon themselves to vanquish the ‘enemy’. It is a totally different matter that these Islamic militants find their daddies in the very nations that are supposedly ‘going after’ them. Yet, when nations like Myanmar are […]

For the first time in Sri Lanka, the Prison Authorities have drawn it attention to provide telephone facilities for prisoners to facilitate them to speak to their relatives and loved ones. […]

Navy seized a haul of 1.730 kilogrammes of gold which was hidden inside a fiber glass dingy on the beach in the Madagalthurei area of Kankasanthurai (KKS) yesterday. […]