Category: Local News

Minister of Construction, Engineering Services and Common Amenities, Wimal Weerawansa, said he expects to have a dialogue with the leaders of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) within the next two weeks. He stressed if he does not get a satisfactory response to his 12-point policy proposal, his party will take a decision to follow […]

Twelve Sri Lankan fishermen were on Friday arrested by the Indian Coast Guard for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and fishing in Indian waters. […]

A Sri Lankan woman has been arrested for murdering an Egyptian expatriate allegedly in self-defense inside a flat in Hawally area in Kuwait. […]

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka today reacted strongly against the genocide remarks made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa against the country over the Tamil issue and said it will make formal objections to India over her comments. […]

Vehicles with sound polluting horns which exceed the decibel limit are being checked from 8.30 am to 10.30 am today at seven entry points to Colombo city, police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohan said. […]

External Affairs Minister Prof GL Peiris yesterday told Parliament that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had conveyed to new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Sri Lanka couldn’t devolve police powers under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. President Rajapaksa met PM Modi in New Delhi on May 27 after having attended the latter’s swearing in ceremony […]

Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage and Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Her Excellency Robyn Mudie signed the deed of gift of the second Australian Bay Class patrol boat at the Naval Headquarters on 03rd June 2014. Director General Operations Rear Admiral Neil Rosayro, Director Naval Project and Planning, Commodore Samantha Wimalathunge […]

The import duty on milk powder has been increased by Rs. 25 per kilogram from Rs. 57 to Rs. 82 with effect from yesterday (June 2), the Finance and Planning Ministry said today. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the release of the 29 Indian fishermen arrested on Sunday as a goodwill measure, Presidential Media Division said today. Sri Lankan Navy personnel arrested 29 Indian fishermen for poaching in seas north of Talaimannar on Sunday. […]

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) says that the power supply to flooded areas such as Matugama, Kitulgoda, Bulathsinhala and Kukuleganga in the Kalutara District has been disconnected for public safety. […]

At least 13 persons were killed and several others have been injured following floods and landslides in several parts of the country, Police said. […]

FILE PHOTO – RAMESWARAM: Belying hopes that the bonhomie shared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse would translate into better relations on the waters bordering the countries, Sri Lankan navy on Sunday detained 33 fishermen from Rameswaram. The Lankan navy also seized their seven boats . […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday contradicted Opposition allegations, claiming that it had never asked the government to privatize the country’s education system. […]

  Saliya Dissanayake, former Central Provincial Council chairman and brother of Minister S.B. Dissanayake, has passed away at the age of 48. […]

FILE PHOTO – A Sri Lankan maid who has been in a coma for two weeks as a result of a cylinder explosion died at the King Saud Hospital (Semesi) on Wednesday. Fathima Safaya, 38, was severely burnt in an accident that took place at a Saudi household in the early hours of May 15 […]

The Q Branch police have seized 100 kg of ganja found abandoned in the shallow waters at Arichamunai near Danushkodi, in Tamil Nadu. Superintendent of Police N.M. Mylvahanan said that acting on a tip-off, the police reached Arichamunai to find the drugs packed in four gunny bags of 25 kg each. […]