Category: Local News

– by Shenali D Waduge – Now that Jusice Wigneswaran who “did not want this position” and who was “forced into this position” under “so much pressure” as the TNA’s common candidate for the post of Chief Minister we are forced to view him as joining the list of others attempting to seek the goal […]

Casting fresh light on the Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987 which gave birth to the 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s Constitution, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa told The Hindu newspaper in India that devolving Police powers would actually amount to going against the Accord. He pointed to section 2.10 of the Accord which calls for the […]

  – by Shenali D Waduge – We certainly need to get to the bottom of the root causes for the buildup of disharmony. The harmony that has prevailed amongst the communities as we carry out our day to day affairs must not be allowed to be manipulated by a handful via politicians and public […]

A group of priests from the Diocese of Mannar, along with several local politicians from the region, met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this morning. […]

Ramith Rambukwella of the Sri Lanka A team will be fined 50 per cent of his tour fee for bad behaviour in the British Airways flight during his return from West Indies two weeks ago and will be severely warned, Sri Lanka Cricket said. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – In life just as there are challenges there are opportunities to undo injustices so that truth wins the day. The present situation revolves around a song, the singer and the composer. The song is the player referral rule we know as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the singer […]

Disciplinary hearings of UNP MPs Dayasiri Jayasekera and Buddhika Pathirana have ended conditionally, UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake stated. […]

JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti strongly condemns the statement made by SLFP MP Arundika Fernando that Mr. Handunnetti too has seen the missing Journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda alive in Belgium. […]

Three petitions filed challenging the appointment of incumbent Chief Justice Mohan Peiris was dismissed by a five Judge Bench of the Supreme Court yesterday. […]

In a meeting with the World Bank’s Executive Director for Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Bhutan Mr. Mukesh Prasad yesterday (July 15), President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged the Bank to focus more on large core projects rather than smaller projects that have a lesser impact. […]

The Grade Six Sinhala examination paper for the North Central Province has been postponed today on an order of the Provincial Educational secretary, the Sri Lanka Teachers union said. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – Ignorance rarely leads to happy endings. One cannot but wonder whether American politicians would have gotten away with what they have done had the American polity been more politically aware of what was going on around them both at home and abroad. Has it not been the ability of […]

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress has decided to contest alone for the upcoming Provincial Council elections, the SLMC said today. Accordingly the SLMC will contest for the North, Central and North Western PC polls alone. […]

A businessman from Negombo was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport by Customs officials after attempting to smuggle 115,000 Euros and 21,000 Swiss Francs in three condoms hidden in his rectum. […]

Steps have been taken to enable voters to cast their ballot at any polling station other than the polling station in the polling division where they are registered, Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said in a release yesterday. […]

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is planning set up two gas turbines at a cost of some USD 60 million each to produce 200 MW of electricity. A senior electrical engineer told The Island yesterday that the first turbine was scheduled to be commissioned in 2015 and the other in 2017. […]