Category: Local News

The Yala National Park recorded its highest daily income last Sunday, a Wildlife Conservation Department spokesperson said. She said there were 3,302 visitors to the park on Sunday paving way for a record income of over Rs. 3 million. […]

Sri Lankan authorities have denied reports that Canadian NDP MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan was placed under house arrest during her reported fact-finding mission in Sri Lanka. […]

The Petroleum Cooperation will discontinue the Octane 90 petrol from today and will be switching to Octane 92 petrol, said Petroleum Resources Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa. […]

This year will be of special significance in economic and national development as well as in the field of politics stated Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapksa in his New Year message. […]

A Saudi prince who murdered a fellow Saudi may be executed, a newspaper reported on Sunday, in a rare example of a member of the kingdom’s ruling family facing the death penalty. […]

A dead body washed up at an exclusive island resort in the Maldives yesterday where English football star David Beckham is taking a hideaway Christmas holiday with his family, police said Monday. […]

The government yesterday assured there will be no fuel price hike next year. Minister of Petroleum Industries, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, so declared while addressing the media, and said the use of 90 octane petrol would be phased out, and would be replaced by the 92 octane category effective tomorrow (1 January). […]

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said yesterday that the government had not taken a final decision on abolishing the Grade five scholarship examination. […]

The 2014 Budget of the UPFA-controlled Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha has been defeated for the second time by a majority of two votes.

National Police Commission Secretary T.M.K.B. Tennakoon said the commission has introduced a new telephone number for the public to complaint against police officers involved in wrongdoing. […]

Dhakshina Paya, the newly constructed seven storey Southern Provincial Council Ministry complex at Labuduwa, Galle, will be opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa today. […]

Sri Lanka Navy today arrested 22 Indian fishermen for illegally entering Sri Lankan waters. […]

Tamil Nadu journalist Tamil Prabhakaran arrived in Chennai on Saturday after the Sri Lankan Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) handed him over to the Immigration Department for deportation. […]

Child Development and Women’s Affairs Minister Tissa Karaliyadda yesterday said that the incident where a micro-camera had been installed in a hospital staff toilet was not his concern as it did not come under his ministry’s purview. […]

Three persons were killed and another two injured after jumping from the Matara-Kandy train when its engine caught fire at Wandurawa, hospital sources confirmed. […]

Some 80 barrels consisting of 16,000 litres of Ethanol worth more than Rs.3.2 million and imported from Malaysia were taken into custody by Customs officials at the Orugodawatte container yard this morning. […]