Category: Local News

Major General Prasad Samarasinghe has been appointed the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army with effect from May 16. Maj Gen Samarasinghe joined Sri Lanka Army as an Officer Cadet in 1980. […]

COLOMBO: Representatives of Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen began a second round of discussions here on Monday. 22 Indian representatives and 18 Sri Lankan representatives are taking part in the discussions. Four Indian Government officials, headed by Joint Secretary Suchitra Durai are attending the meeting as observers, while the Sri Lankan side has eight officials. […]

A member of the Peliyagoda Urban Council, J. Chamila Sandaruwan, has been found shot dead inside his car at Tyre Corporation Junction in Dalugama, Kelaniya this morning, police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said. […]

Mass media have a power far more than Governments to tilt public opinion to their line of thinking using a plethora of modes at both international and local levels with a dangerous ability to make mountains out of molehills. The scope of their manipulation is phenomenal and profit driven. Humans are sensitive to emotional blackmail […]

Indian Marine police Saturday arrested five Sri Lankan fishermen and seized one boat from them while patrolling in the Bay of Bengal at Kakinada. […]

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday that President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Cabinet and Parliament had unanimously approved the printing of pictorial warnings on 80 percent of the display area of packets of cigarettes and had issued the gazette notification to that effect. As the tobacco industry had filed a case against the government in the […]

We were under the impression that Sri Lanka’s unemployment was hovering at 4.4% and then we are informed by a Sunday newspaper that the Minister of Labour and Labour Relations says there are ‘enough vacancies in Sri Lanka’ – not for Sri Lankans, only for Indians and that too in Sri Lanka’s public sector, the […]

The World Bank approved a credit line of $147 million to help rehabilitate basic urban services and improve liveability in two major cities Kandy and Galle. […]

A Sri Lankan student who found more than $100,000 while cleaning toilets at Channel Nine’s headquarters has been richly awarded for his honesty. […]

Leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF) Minister of Housing, Construction, Common Amenities and Engineering Services Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday that he did not buy into the government explanation as regards the casino issue  under the Strategic Development Act (SDA). […]

New Zealand has signed a new air services agreement with Sri Lanka. Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee said the agreement will enable airlines to offer flights from New Zealand to Sri Lanka and then on to other destinations, with tickets able to be sold for either or both sectors. […]

A Sri Lankan national, Sakir Hussain, the suspected ISI agent arrested in the city on April 29 had been tailing US consulate officials and looking for unoccupied buildings in the vicinity, probably for an attack, investigators said. […]

The annual State Vesak Festival 2014 will be held centred around the Polonnaruwa district throughout the Vesak Week under the patronage of Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne. Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs Ministry officials are making arrangements to hold the festival on a grand scale under the guidance of the Prime Minister who is also the Buddha […]

The Sri Lankan rupee traded flat on Thursday as importer dollar demand was offset by exporter sales of the greenback amid lower private sector credit demand and imports, while dealers expected the currency to remain stable in the near term. […]

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka and Maldives are under the scanner of India’s security establishment as sources and transit points for Pakistan-supported terror elements who may be used to target vital installations in southern India. […]

Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B.Jayasundera predicted that considering the current growth trends, Sri Lanka migrant worker remittances will surge over US $12 billion by 2020, an increase of US $5 billion from the current US $7 billion. […]