Category: Local News

Dr. Prathiba Mahanamahewa – Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), Dr. Prathiba Mahanamahewa, said revisions to the existing Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Act, which contains five recommendations, had been submitted to the President as well as the Minister of Justice for their perusal, two weeks ago. […]

The British Sri Lankan Forum – UK has accused Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron of becoming a ‘virtual representative for the Tamil Diaspora at the Colombo CHOGM conference”. […]

FILE PHOTO – President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday told Parliament that the need of the hour was to form a broad alliance comprising both, the government and opposition to develop the country for the sake of people. […]

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa, made her prime ministerial ambitions clear on Thursday (19). […]

Results of the GCE Advance Level examination- 2013 have been released by the examinations department a short while ago.The results could be accessed through www.doenets.lk […]

A man was arrested while six others have been asked to surrender after a non-governmental organisation (NGO) they were said to belong to held a ceremony to mark Tamil Tigers chief V. Prabhakaran’s birthday in Kulim, Kedah. […]

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination will probably be scrapped from 2016 as a result of the secondary school development project, which is in progress. The minister addressing the media at the Education Ministry yesterday said however the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination will be replaced by an evaluation test. “The knowledge […]

Thalangama OIC Upul Perera and three others were released on personal bail of one hundred thousand each. The Thalangama Magistrate also banned them from entering the Thalangama Police Division. […]

Weightlifting prodigy Shashika Ekanayake who won a gold medal at the recently held Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting Championships has been ranked second in the world in his weight class according to latest rankings issued by the International Weightlifting Federation. […]

Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Susantha Punchinilame, was acquitted and exonerated of all charges in connection with the murder of parliamentarian Nalanda Ellawala, by the Ratnapura High Court Judge, Achala Vengappuli, yesterday. […]

Popular singer Amal Perera did not report to the Kosgoda Police today though he was asked to do so in connection with the theft of the rare albino turtle, police said. […]

Prime Minister, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Jayaratne, will have to resign from his position, if he is found guilty of being involved in the case pertaining to the largest haul of heroin detected in South Asia, the government said yesterday. […]

COLOMBO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka has approved Australian Crown Resorts Ltd’s $400 million complex along with two similar projects, but without any explicit permission to operate casinos at them, the island’s junior investment minister said on Tuesday. […]

The UN has said it has prepared an action plan to prevent human rights violations in countries after learning from the final phase of the military conflict in Sri Lanka, the world body’s chief has said. […]

Two excavators and a tipper truck which were parked in the Wilgamvehera area on the Trincomalee-Anuradhapura main road, where a reservoir in being built, have been set on fire and destroyed along with other machinery by a group of persons, police said. […]

Bharti Airtel is close to selling its operations in Sri Lanka to UAE-based telecom company Etisalat, The Hindu newspaper reported today. The two companies have been negotiating for over five months now and have agreed on the broad contours of the deal. […]