Category: Local News

A day after the repatriation of 140 Tamil Nadu fishermen with their 31 boats, the Sri Lankan Navy arrested as many as 75 fishermen with their 18 vessels on Wednesday night. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has agreed to meet with former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (CBK), following a request made by Kumaratunga to discuss religious harmony in the country, a highly reliable source said. […]

Chairman of the Wilgamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha Jayarathne Weerasekera, his driver and the former Chairman Ranjith Kumarasiri were arrested for allegedly transporting 2.8kilograms of Ganja in their vehicle last night, police said. […]

Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) yesterday arrested two drug lords––a Canadian of Sri Lankan origin and a Pakistani who, on March 5, attempted to smuggle into the country 36 kilos of heroin with a street value of Rs. 360 million in two unaccompanied boxes declared as hardware items. […]

Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the university students who were protesting while blocking the road at Colombo Fort. […]

A person was arrested at the Pettah private bus terminal in possession of ten forged Rs.5000 notes, police stated. […]

The Hanwella Rubber Products Ltd. Factory is not contaminating the water and polluting the environment, the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has determined. […]

Tipped to speak at the UNHRC Sessions in Geneva on 19th March 2014 is Dr. Varatharaja, one of the five doctors who appeared in the Channel 4 clips and who also admitted that he and the other doctors lied and who has now found his way to foreign climes with the help of the Tamil […]

A postman had been arrested in Walpita, Akuressa for allegedly losing 167 polling cards yesterday, the Police said. […]

  When the goal of both Christianity & Islam in partnership with its denominations desire to rule and dominate the world and use the modus operandi of conquests, commerce, conversions using billions in funding dispersed through heritage Christian and Muslim dominated nations and via faith-based funding championed through NGOs what defences are available to Buddhists […]

A three-year-old baby died and nine others were seriously injured in an accident between a van and a lorry at the 33.2 and 33.3 km mile post in Dodangoda on the Southern Expressway (E01) this morning, police said. […]

A private bank near the Dambulla Economic Centre has been robbed by an unknown group this afternoon (March 17). […]

Veteran cinema and drama artiste Mercy Edirisinghe passed away at the age of 68 while at a private hospital in Gampaha this morning, members of her family confirmed to Media. […]

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) will repatriate on Monday 140 of the 172 Tamil Nadu fishermen held in Sri Lankan prisons for about two months and released a couple of days ago, clearing the decks for the second round of talks between representatives of Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen on March 24 in Colombo. […]

Borella Police OIC Prasad Siriwardhana who was admitted to the Avissawella Hospital following a mishap during a stand off in Hanwella, succumbed to his injuries a while ago, the Police said. […]

When 96% of world media is owned by 6 companies we do not need to go far to conclude the nature of biased coverage. The fact that media houses are owned by a handful has gone to show that we cannot trust the coverage being relayed. In Sri Lanka’s case all that we ask is […]