Category: Local News

Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday ordered the release of 78 Indian fishermen held by the navy for allegedly poaching into Sri Lankan waters as a goodwill gesture to mark the joint session of the Indian Parliament. […]

Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday said it was regrettable that the main opposition UNP was trying to defend spurious and scurrilous websites which slander and defame even personages of the calibre of the Most Venerable Mahanayake Theras. […]

The Missing Persons Commission concluded its fourth round of public sittings in Batticaloa today with 195 people making submissions and 216 new complaints registered during the four-day period. The Commission also recorded evidence in relation to the Kurukkalmadam massacre where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) allegedly killed 163 Muslims in 1990s. […]

CHENNAI: Adopting a conciliatory tone, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to find a “permanent solution” to the problem of Tamil Nadu fishermen being detained by the Sri Lankan navy for crossing the international maritime boundary. […]

The Police yesterday warned the public, specially youth seeking jobs abroad, not to fall prey to the tactics adopted by terrorist organisations through fake websites. […]

When the country given independence in July 2011 by the West declares a UN Human Rights Officer, a persona non grata and expels her from the newly independent country in 2012, it is unusual news. Her crime, South Sudan declared was ‘unethical reporting’ as she had doctored records. Somalia too had banned 2 officers working […]

Sri Lanka Navy arrested 73 Indian fishermen along with 16 Indian fishing trawlers poaching well within in Sri Lankan waters on 07th June 2014. […]

Minister of Construction, Engineering Services and Common Amenities, Wimal Weerawansa, said he expects to have a dialogue with the leaders of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) within the next two weeks. He stressed if he does not get a satisfactory response to his 12-point policy proposal, his party will take a decision to follow […]

The Presidential Commission to investigate cases of Missing Persons was appointed on 14th August 2013 its mandate was to cover alleged abductions or disappearances during the period June10, 1990 to May 19, 2009. Its mandate was thereafter extended to cover period from 1983 to 2009. The 3 member commission headed by Maxwell Paranagama (Chairman), Mrs […]

Twelve Sri Lankan fishermen were on Friday arrested by the Indian Coast Guard for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and fishing in Indian waters. […]

The debate on Sampoor coal power plant has re-emerged following discussions with newly elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. When solid facts have been placed giving valid reasons for why Sri Lanka should not put the final signature to the coal power plant agreement there are another set of people pushing for its conclusion. The […]

What happens when persons protesting against the ‘missing’ are confronted by persons protesting against those missing because of the ‘missing’? What happens when the persons protesting against the ‘missing’ number just 20 in addition to members of the ruling Northern Provincial political party led by Ananthi Sasitharan are confronted by over 300 persons holding pictures of […]

A Sri Lankan woman has been arrested for murdering an Egyptian expatriate allegedly in self-defense inside a flat in Hawally area in Kuwait. […]

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka today reacted strongly against the genocide remarks made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa against the country over the Tamil issue and said it will make formal objections to India over her comments. […]

Are the Resolution architects confused or is their confusion intentional? Some clarifications are urgently needed. The initial Resolution against Sri Lanka brought forward within days of the conclusion of a 30 year armed conflict drew upon the human rights violations committed during the last phase of the war. Thereafter, with each passing Resolution a host […]

Vehicles with sound polluting horns which exceed the decibel limit are being checked from 8.30 am to 10.30 am today at seven entry points to Colombo city, police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohan said. […]