Category: Local News

The convener of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Sanjeewa Bandara was today banned from entering the premises of any university within the country by the Colombo Fort Magistrate. […]

FILE PHOTO Former High Court Judge P.B. Warawewa is expected to contest the Central Provincial Council Elections on the United National Party (UNP) ticket from the Kandy District. […]

  America must be humoring us. Otherwise how is it possible for the world’s human rights watch dog, crusader of peace, champion of democracy and the beacon of truth and reconciliation simply to jail and lock up all those who we are now told are “whistleblowers” because they divulged the dirty tricks America had been […]

  – by Shenali D Waduge – The Minister of Education announced recently that the Ministry would do away with ethnic-based schools given its own “principled” stand we would next like to know how using the same logic of not allowing “ethnic” based learning, the education authorities have signed an MOU to establish the Malik […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – It was 7/7 for the world’s 4th largest religion of 350million Buddhists when on 7th July 9 bombs went off in quick succession in the Holiest Place for the Buddhists in Buddha Gaya (Bodh Gaya), India. While, no fatalities were reported apart from injuries and even the bomb placed […]

  – by Shenali D Waduge – Since we are on the subject of 13th amendment it is no better a time to look back since 25 years has passed of a virtually non-existent Indo-Lanka Accord that remains a binding nuisance which has been passed down from one Government to the other with the present […]

Democratic Party Leader, Sarath Fonseka stated that he founded his political party to provide the nation with a much needed alternative political force to that of the government. […]

The Finance Ministry announced that the import tax on big onions has been increased by Rs.15 from today. […]

Nominations for the elections to the Northern, North Western and Central Provincial Councils will be accepted from July 25 to August 1, Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya announced yesterday. […]

  – by Shenali D Waduge – Sri Lanka and India need to clearly identify 2 crucial factors primarily because in not distinguishing between the two both nations are embroiled in controversy. The Indo-Lanka Peace Accord signed between President J R Jayawardena and Rajiv Gandhi on 29 July 1987 was between two leaders from Sri […]

International Monetary Fund while commending President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his role in developing Sri Lanka assured continued support. […]

  – by Shenali D. Waduge – The Minister of Foreign Affairs quite casually answering the Opposition Leader on the floor of the Sri Lankan Parliament when questioned about the situation following the serial explosions in Buddha Gaya the heart of the World’s Buddhists had only a very curt response to conclude that Sri Lankans […]

  The Maldives has requested Sri Lanka for assistance in several agricultural areas towards achieving food security in the island nation. This was expressed by the visiting Maldivian Minister of Defense and National Security Col. (ret) Mohamed Nazim when he called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday (July 9) afternoon. […]

The CID yesterday informed Additional Magistrate A.M. Sahabdeen that the son of former DIG Vas Gunawardena is wanted in connection with further investigations in connection with the killing of businessman Mohomed Shayam. […]

National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon — who met top Sri Lanka leaders here in the last two days — emphasised the need for Colombo to fulfil its commitment to India and the international community regarding a political settlement that would go beyond the 13th Amendment of the country’s Constitution. […]

FILE PHOTO After almost three years in the hands of pirates at an anchorage close to the Somali Coast, the Malaysian flagged freighter, MV Albedo, with the crew including six Sri Lankan, has sunk in rough seas, foreign media said. […]