Category: Local News

Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday has denied any involvement with the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), or any fringe organizations as alleged. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa made an inspection tour to Beruwala and Aluthgama areas to inspect rebuilding and renovation of areas affected by the recent clashes in Aluthgama and Beruwala which are being successfully carried out under guidance of Sri Lanka Army. […]

Badulla District UNP MP, Harin Fernando said at a meeting with the party activists yesterday that he would contest for the Uva Province Chief Minister’s post. He said it was 99% sure. The final decision would be taken at the meeting on June 30 with the party leaders, he said. […]

The three-member panel appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to probe alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka is yet to seek entry into the country. A Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson said that the team has not yet asked for approval to visit the island. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on a state visit to Seychelles, declared open Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka Insurance and Mihin Lanka branches in the capital of Seychelles yesterday (June 28). […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on a state visit to Seychelles, declared open the Sri Lankan High Commission in Seychelles yesterday (June 28) afternoon. The High Commission is located at the Capital City Building in Independence Avenue, Victoria. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Seychelles President James Michel, during bilateral discussions at the State House in Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, today, agreed to strengthen bilateral relations while expanding cooperation into new areas. […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in early September, a Japanese government source said Friday. […]

A boat with 153 refugees from Sri Lanka on board is in trouble 250 km from Christmas Island, it was reported on Saturday. […]

The UNP yesterday accused the government of using the Official Secrets Act to cover up the involvement of three intelligence officers in last weeks Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)-led attacks on Muslims in Aluthgama and Beruwela. […]

AUSTRALIA: A GERALDTON doctor has been charged with murdering her husband, who was also a doctor, in a domestic dispute. Major Crime Squad detectives last night charged the 34-year-old woman with the murder of Dr Dinendra Athukorala on June 24, at a house in Shenton Street, Geraldton. […]

The JVP said that the government was silent on small extremist groups who sowed ethnic hatred in the country to draw attention away from the sky rocketing cost of living and other burdens, which had become unbearable to people. […]

Southern Provincial High Court today issued a writ order against the Gazette notification which suspended the former Galle mayor Methsiri de Silva from the Galle Mayorship. […]

Outgoing United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay yesterday announced a three-member expert panel comprising former Finish President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari, former New Zealand High Court Judge Silvia Cartwright and former President of Pakistan Supreme Court Asma Jahangir to advise the UN team inquiring into accountability issues in Sri […]

Sri Lanka Navy’s Chief of Staff Jayantha Perera is to be appointed Navy Commander from July 1 on the retirement of the present Navy Commander Jayantha Colambage on June 30. […]

The long-standing fishermen issue with Sri Lanka came to a head on Tuesday with chief minister J Jayalalithaa stating that India should not recognise the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) with the island nation as a settled question, as the constitutionality of the 1974 and 1976 agreements had been challenged. […]