Category: Local News

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today rejected the invitation extended to Chief Minister C.Wigneswaran by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi stating that such collusion would give a false impression to the International Community. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has extended an invitation to the Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council Justice C.V. Wigneswaran to join the Presidential Delegation to attend the ceremony at which the Oath of Office to India’s Prime Minister-designate Mr. Narendra Modi will be administered. […]

The chief suspect in the Peliyagoda Urban Council member’s murder has been arrested from Katunayaka, Police said. Police have recovered a motorbike, full face helmet, two mobile phones and attire similar to military fatigues believed to have been used during the murder plot. […]

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will attend the swearing in ceremony of India’s Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi on May 26 at the Rastrapathi Bhawan, […]

Chennai: Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has termed as ‘unfortunate’ the invitation by Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend his swearing-in ceremony and said it was “tantamount to rubbing salt into the wounds of the already deeply injured Tamil psyche.” […]

A manis reported to have been admitted to hospital after he was shot at by an unidentified man near the Tangalle Magistrate’s Courts a short while ago. […]

Two Uva Provincial Council members from Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s NFF have defected. Capt. Mihimal Munasinghe has joined the UNP and W.A. Udayakumara has joined the SLFP […]

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has decided to take legal action against the Police Department over the arrests of university students who were engaging in protests. […]

Ibrahim Shafaz Abdul Razzaq (Safa), a local drug lord serving a 18-year prison sentence and missing after being granted permission to leave the country for medical purposes, has been arrested in Sri Lanka. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is in Shanghai, China on an official visit to attend the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) met with the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon this evening (May 21). The President enlightened him about the post-war development activities and […]

The no-confidence motion moved by the main opposition United National Party against the government was defeated by 94 votes in Parliament a short while ago. […]

Amid the deadlock in its talks with India over the fishermen issue, Sri Lanka today cautioned against anyone “exploiting” its fisheries resources saying it could take the matter to international forums. […]

UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday informed his party men that his party would go it alone if the government held an election, either presidential or general, next year, parliamentary sources said. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the welcome banquet with his wife Peng Liyuan on Tuesday evening (May 20) for the leaders of Asian nations or representatives of international organizations and their guests attending the 4th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The banquet […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – President Mahinda Rajapaksa held bilateral discussions with his Pakistani counterpart Mamnoon Hussain this afternoon (May 20) in Shanghai, China, on the sidelines of the 4th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). […]

Around 47,000 suspects have been arrested on drug related charges in the year 2012 while around 16,000 of them were arrested on heroin charges, Justice Minister Rauf Hakeem revealed today. […]