Category: Local News

In preparation for the forthcoming presidential election, the UNP has summoned those in charge of polling booths countrywide to Colombo. They’ll converge at Hyde Park on October 28 afternoon, in accordance with the main Opposition party’s overall strategy meant to be what newly appointed Deputy National Organizer, Harin Fernando called a ‘show of force’. […]

The Madras High Court Bench has imposed a cost of Rs.10,000 on the Director of Social Welfare for not disbursing the emoluments due to a Sri Lankan refugee who retired last year after 32 years of government service. […]

National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa has assured President Mahinda Rajapaksa that his party would extend utmost support to ensure his victory at a future Presidential election. […]

The Meteorology Department said today heavy rains exceeding 150 mm could be expected at most parts of the country due to prevailing disturbed atmospheric conditions. […]

Navy has handed over 94 Tamil Nadu fishermen taken into custody by them to the Indian Coast Guard at the International Maritime Boundary Line. […]

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa will visit New Delhi early next week for high-level talks with India’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, according to reliable sources. The agenda for the meeting is unclear. Sources in New Delhi confirmed the visit, but declined to “get into the details” of the meeting. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the Government Parliamentary Group yesterday (16) to not complicate political issues when there is a presidential poll just around the corner. […]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to secure 75 fishing boats from the custody Sri Lankan authorities. […]

The All Ceylon Nurses’ Union (ACNU) is demanding that the government allocate 5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the health sector in Budget 2015. […]

At least one person was killed and another 55 injured when a bus plunged into a precipice at Teldeniya on the Kandy-Mahiyanganaya road a short while ago, police said […]

The European Commission proposed a ban on imports of fish from Sri Lanka for not tackling illegal fishing properly and lifted a ban on fish imports from Belize following the reform of its vessel inspection practices. […]

The validity of an Australian law used to detain 157 Tamil asylum seekers at sea in June is under the spotlight in the High Court in Canberra. The group, which included 50 children, set out from Pondicherry in India after fleeing Sri Lanka some time earlier. […]

The government, that has a serious social media phobia, will attempt to prevent people from accessing Facebook as the presidential election draws near, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP Vijitha Herath said. […]

A ceremony was organised on October 13, 2014 to mark the inauguration of the Pallai-Jaffna reconstructed railway track and signal system. The ceremony was graced by Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka, Kumara Welgama, Minister of Transport, Douglas Devananda, Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprises Development, Y. K. Sinha, High Commissioner of India, Rohana […]

Yal Devi, which is currently running between Colombo and Palai, will be extended to Jaffna from today (13) under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]

The Department of Excise today said that the price of arrack has been increased by Rs 90 per proof litre with effect from October 10. The price of beer with over 5% alcohol has been increased by Rs 15 while beer with less than 5% alcohol has been hikes by Rs 10. […]