Category: Local News

Today is the 147th anniversary of Police Service in Sri Lanka.  The British rulers started the Police Service with the objective of maintaining law and order in the country.  Mr. J.W.Cambell took the initiative in this connection. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – Navi Pillay must thank her lucky stars that those who garlanded her did not do what they did to Rajiv Gandhi inspite of both he and mother helping LTTE rise to power. That was because LTTE was annihilated by Sri Lanka’s armed forces and the woman who garlanded her […]

Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Dr. P.B.Jayasundera refuting malicious stories being published by certain newspapers that the People Bank is to be privatized, said that fears of privatisation of People’s Bank or for that matter any other state enterprise is unwarranted. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana The newly constructed Oluvil commercial port and fisheries harbour together with the ice manufacturing plant constructed in the Eastern Province with aid from Denmark have been vested in the public by President Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon on 01 September. Sri Lankan Government in its plans to […]

(Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay hit out against the Sri Lanka government on Saturday, saying that four years after the end of civil war people were still suffering amid signs the country was headed in an authoritarian direction. “It is important everyone realise that although the fighting is over, the suffering is […]

  – by Shenali D Waduge – Hands off Syria until US / NATO/ EU and the UN admit in public to lying about all of the military invasions that have taken place starting with Iraq. It is time the world knew every manipulation that went into the bombing blitz that turned ancient cities to […]

FILE PHOTO The Weliweriya factory, which resumed work yesterday after a controversial water contamination issue had to be closed down again due to objection by the villagers. […]

A massive haul of heroin, weighing more than 100 kilos, was discovered inside a 40-foot container at the Rank Container Terminal in Orugodawatta. The haul, with a street value of over Rs. 1,000 million was the biggest ever in the history of Sri Lanka, Customs Revenue Task Force Director Mali Piyasena, told The Island. He […]

  – by Shenali D Waduge – Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal ruling delivered on August 29, 2013 has rightfully banned the slaughter of animals for religious purposes and ruled that the police had every right to prevent such animal slaughter from taking place indicating that freedom of religion cannot overrule or overturn existing country […]

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Navanethem Pillay, when she called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this afternoon, acknowledged the post-war progress that has been made in Sri Lanka. […]

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Mr. Murray McCully called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday (Aug. 29) evening. During the meeting, Mr. McCully told President Rajapaksa that New Zealand stands ready to assist Sri Lanka further develop the country’s dairy sector. […]

Army Commander Daya Rathnayake has ordered to relieve a Brigadier and three Lieutenant Colonels from their appointments to facilitate the further inquiries on the Weliweriya incident as recommended by the Court of Inquiry, the army announced. Military Spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said that those officers have been placed under respective regimental centres pending further disciplinary […]

The government will abolish the telegram service in the country from October this year as telecommunication facilities have reached over 95 percent of the population. The Telecommunication and Information Technology Ministry jointly with the Department of Posts took this decision as the number of persons using this service has seen a sharp drop during the […]

The World Bank’s new country director assigned to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Ms. Françoise Clottes, said she sees “high potential” in Sri Lanka. Ms. Clottes made this observation when she met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday (Aug. 28) evening. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – pix by Reuters The UN Human Rights head is now in Sri Lanka and visiting the country’s North to see for herself the developments since the fall of the LTTE. Much prominence has been given to her meeting with a Mahaveer widow. Leaving aside that her ‘missing’ husband is […]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — New Zealand diary giant Fonterra said Wednesday that it has resumed operations in Sri Lanka after temporarily closing its plant out of concern for the safety of its staff. […]