Category: Local News

Houses of Commissioner General of Excise Department Vasantha Hapuarachchi in Pamunugama and OIC of Special Investigations Unit Ranjan Fernando of Excise Department in Rukmalgama came under fire in the early hours today, when unidentified gunmen opened fire using automatic rifles, police said. […]

Nishantha Ranatunga has been appointed as the Chairman cum Chief Executive Officer of Mihin Lanka with immediate effect, a Civil Aviation Ministry official said. […]

The suspect accused of hacking to death two Buddhist monks of the Kotte Rajamaha Viharaya was granted bail by the Colombo High Court. […]

A group of Catholic priests and Rev. sisters from the Northern and eastern provinces has urged the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to adopt a strong and action oriented resolution on Sri Lanka. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held bilateral discussions this afternoon on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Myanmar. […]

Text of full speech: His Excellency Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Chairman of the Third BIMSTEC Summit Excellencies Ladies and gentlemen As we meet today, at the Third BIMSTEC Summit after a period of five years, it is timely to reflect on the Group’s achievements, and deliberate to […]

Sri Lankan Navy arrested a group of 32 Indian fishermen with eight fishing boats for poaching in the country’s waters last night, Navy Spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya said. […]

Foreign minister Salman Khurshid linked India’s engagement with Sri Lanka with the humanitarian and development work India was doing for Tamils in the Northern Province, rebuffing reservations expressed by Dravidian outfits about the bilateral talks that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to have with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa left the island this morning to attend the third BIMSTEC Summit, which will take place tomorrow (March 04) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. […]

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday announced that the second round of talks between fishermen’s organisations of India and Sri Lanka will be held in Colombo on March 13. She has asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to ensure the release of 121 Tamil Nadu fishermen before the talks. […]

An influential South African organization working closely with pro-LTTE groups are stepping up pressure on the African National Congress (ANC) to abandon its role in the post-war national reconciliation process in Sri Lanka and vote for the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka. […]

Colombo – Sri Lanka’s president on Friday acknowledged his discomfort at the prospect of being censured by the UN’s top rights body, as he accused Washington of treating Colombo like Muhammad Ali’s “punching bag”. […]

Chairman of the Wilgamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha Jayantha Weerasekara and Former Chairman Ranjith Dissanayake were arrested by the Police while allegedly transporting ganja in the area last night, the Police said. […]

In the wake of a group of US Senators calling for the establishment of an independent international accountability mechanism to investigate wartime atrocities as well as other human rights abuses, another group of Senators is proposing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), similar to the one set up by South Africa, to address grievances of […]

Air Vice Marshal Kolitha Gunathilaka will officially assume duties as the 14th Air Force Commander of Sri Lanka today (February 28). […]

While claiming that the Sri Lanka government has not made sufficient progress on post-war reconciliation and ensuring justice and accountability for alleged war crimes, the United States said that it would support another UN Human Rights Council resolution at the March session. […]