Category: Local News

Herman Gunaratne, the father of Southern Provincial Council member Maithri Gunaratne, has been arrested over the alleged shooting incident which occurred at a protest march in Matara today, police said. […]

Two government MPs were importing heroin and ethanol,UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake said yesterday. He refused to name them. Addressing the media in Colombo,he said that the Mahinda Chintana had pledged a drug free society, but its own members were flouting the law and importing large quantities of harmful substances which were being sold mainly to […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – There is something more than fishy about the sudden surge in Indian fishermen poaching on Sri Lankan territorial waters leading to a diplomatic debacle between India and Sri Lanka. Given that the culprits are fishermen and fishing is their livelihood what no one seems to answer is, did the […]

“During my visit to all parts of the country, North, East, South, and West I was able to speak freely and openly with ministers, government officials, religious leaders, and most importantly ordinary citizens from all sections and walks of life. What struck me particularly was that the military presence in the North was substantially less […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva – A special discussion between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan was held at President’s House today on 04 October. The meeting between the two leaders took place this morning at 8.30 am and the pair last met in July this […]

All victorious candidates of the United People’s Freedom Alliance at the recently concluded Provincial polls should dedicate themselves to serving in general to their Province and the country rather than figuring out a certain community, religion or caste. […]

Police have begun investigations on a suspect accused of abducting a woman in a white van and raping her at a rest house in the Chilaw area. […]

  – by Shenali D Waduge – Let’s see – where do we start. A group of busy body nations working in cahoots with an outdated and incompetent global body known by all as the UN enjoys coming to the picture during crisis situations but not before the crisis gets out of hand and after […]

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe has refused to accept UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake’s resignation letter from his post as the party’s Chief Organizer for Kundasale electorate. […]

Dayasiri Jayasekara and Sarath Ekanayake were sworn in Chief Ministers of the North Western Province and the Central Province respectively before President Mahinda Rajapaksa a short while ago at the Presidential Secretariat. […]

(Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee was firmer on Wednesday morning due to exporter sales of dollars a day after the currency gained 0.4 percent on inflows from gold sales, while the weakening of the dollar against major currencies also boosted sentiment. The rupee spot rose 0.4 percent to 131.00/10 in early trade, but retreated […]

The New Chief Ministers and ministers of the Central and North Western Provinces will take oaths before President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today. […]

  – by Shenali D Waduge – A daily problematic issues faced by Sri Lanka as a result of its hegemonic neighbour India are many and have continued through history. When we thought our heroic forces ended the Indian trained and financed LTTE terrorism and brought peace, we now find ourselves facing far more calamities […]

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT), yesterday said approximately 800 cyber related crimes were reported in the last nine months alone. Spokesperson of SLCERT, Roshan Chandragupta, said 90% of the reported cyber crimes are related to Facebook and the most serious type of crimes reported are in connection with internet banking. Explaining further, […]

Ananda Palitha, the secretary of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) chapter of the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS) alleged that a consignment of 15,000 tonnes of substandard petrol (90 octane) had been imported and was scheduled to be pumped to the Muturajawela Oil Storage facility on Sunday. […]

  – by Shenali D Waduge – What happens when people like Adele Balasingham, Beate Arnestad and Niromi de Soyza glorify terrorism and make martyrs out of female terrorists? People like Samantha Lewthwaite emerges and killings like the Kenyan Mall slaughter resulting in over 100 innocent people being gunned down mercilessly takes place. Public killings […]