Category: Local News

– by Shenali Waduge – There are some vital questions that need to be posed to the Ministry of External Affairs in particular the Minister for answer vis – a – vis the important upcoming event of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November 2013. […]

The Disaster Management Centre reported that 1139 persons belonging to 319 families have been affected by the adverse weather conditions prevailing in several parts of the island. […]

The Federation of University Teachers (FUTA) will not take part in the strike the Co–ordination Committee of the Trade Union Alliance (CCTUA) will hold on May 21 against the electricity tariff increases, The Island learns. It has, however, pledged solidarity with CCTUA. […]

A person, along with a vehicle alleged to be stolenm, was arrested by the police on the Southern Expressway.  Police said that the arrest was made after was information received via the 119 police emergency hotline. […]

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) said today it would disband if Minister Wimal Weerawansa proved that the BBS had obtained funds from Norway or from any other country or organisation. […]

Kumaran Padmanathan says that the recent student protests in Tamil Nadu against Sri Lanka brought back memories of the 1970s when Tamil politicians brainwashed youngsters like him into joining the Tamil cause. […]

The IMF warned Sri Lanka that inflation was elevated and cautioned the Central Bank against easing monetary policy, while international reserves were low. It said a new phase of reforms were needed to ensure a sustainable fiscal position, achieve low and stable inflation, safeguard financial stability, and support high and inclusive growth over the medium […]

KAMPALA: The Sri Lankan and Ugandan delegations headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and President Yoweri Museveni held bilateral talks today at the State House in the town of Entebbe, approximately 40 km south of the Ugandan capital, Kampala. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in Kampala, Uganda, this afternoon on his four-day official visit to the East-Central African country. […]

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption was in possesion of enough evidence pertaining to ex-CJ Shiranee Bandaranayake to prove bribery and corruption allegations against her. […]

  – by Shenali Waduge – Mr. David Cameron, British Prime Minister, has vowed to give Sri Lanka lessons on human rights when he attends the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka in November 2013. It is an astonishing statement coming from a head of a country that once ran an Empire not […]

Former CMC member and National Unity Alliance General Secretary Azath Salley, who was receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital under CID custody, was released today. […]

  – by Shenali Waduge – The nation has been discussing 2 issues but not a single person seems to have the guts to do away with either though everyone gives a nod that both are adversely affecting the nation. The first is nothing that has been indigenously incorporated and will always be seen as […]

Alleged billion-rupee fraudster Sakvithi Ranasinghe has been released on bail by the Nugegoda Magistrate this morning. The financial fraudster Sakvithi Ranasinghe and his wife were arrested on 10. August 2010 […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Their trawlers very close to our shore, say Sri Lankan fishermen “Tamil fishermen pose the biggest threat to our livelihood,” said M. Lingarajan, a Sri Lankan Tamil fisherman based in Jaffna, on Wednesday. […]

Air Arabia, the only international carrier that flew to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA), is believed to have either cancelled or temporarily suspended its flights to the newly built second international airport in southern Sri Lanka. […]