Category: Local News

Dr John W. Ashe, President of the United Nations General Assembly who arrived in the country to attend the inauguration of the 15th World Youth Conference met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this morning (07). During the discussion he acknowledged the progress Sri Lanka has made in the recent past. […]

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) yesterday threatened to reveal names of those who are illegally keeping elephants, if measures are not taken to stop the illegal capture of elephants from the wild. BBS General Secretary, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, while addressing the media, said rich and influential people, elephant thieves and mudalalis are illegally […]

Trains on the South coastal lines will be delayed as two trains have collided at Aluthgama, Sri Lanka Railways said. Hence all Matara trains will be terminated at Ambalangoda while Fort trains from Aluthgama. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – The 16th World Conference on Youth 2014 commenced this morning (06 May) at the Magam Ruhunupura International Convention Center in Hambantota on a grand scale under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]

India and Sri Lanka have held negotiations on a comprehensive civil nuclear cooperation agreement here. The second round of talks began yesterday and concluded today. […]

A police constable was shot dead and another injured after being abducted by a group that were returning from a robbery at Badagamuwa, Kurunegala, Police said a short while ago. […]

Chief Minister (CM) of the North, C.V. Wigneswaran has been in hospital since Sunday (4). He had been admitted to the Jaffna Hospital’s Cardiology Unit. […]

The Government Nursing Officers’ Association has decided to call off the island-wide nurses’ strike from 7.00am tomorrow (May 6), after considering the hardships faced by patients at hospitals owing to the trade union action. […]

Nine Entertainment chairman David Haslingden has stood by his chief executive David Gyngell following a violent public brawl with his friend, billionaire James Packer. ‘‘David Gyngell has had and continues to have the full support of the board in his role as CEO of Nine Entertainment Company,’’ said Mr Haslingden in a prepared statement. […]

National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and Minister, Wimal Weerawansa said his party does not want to put on a false display of unity, while being within the United People’s freedom alliance (UPFA). […]

A decision regarding the visit of Pope Francis to Sri Lanka could be made today in the Vatican when the Pope meets Sri Lankan Bishops individually, sources from the Roman Catholic Church said yesterday. […]

Three members of the same family have been hacked to death at a residence in Achchuveli, Jaffna while another two persons have been hospitalized with critical injuries this morning. […]

COLOMBO – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sent a message to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, condemning the terrorist attack targeting civilians at a railway station in Urumqi, capital of China’s northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region last Wednesday, the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry said on Saturday. […]

Writing as a member of the general public of Sri Lanka it was sweet news to hear the Canadian government’s political decision not to enforce a ban on 16groups proscribed by Sri Lanka. What a welcome decision delivered by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. The only catch was that one of the 16 groups named […]

Sri Lankan terrorism expert, Dr Rohan Gunaratna, considers the arrest of suspected Lankan Muslim terrorist Zakir Hussain in Chennai on Tuesday, and the busting of his outfit in Tamil Nadu as being “very significant” for the entire South Asian region. […]

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Galagodaatte GnanasaraThera today claimed they had done nothing to destroy religious harmony and whatever they did was in the open and exposed to the media. […]