Category: Local News

Two expatriates died and another was critically injured after breathing in toxic gases from a coal-burning heater in Hail on Monday morning, the police said. […]

The Government will incur an additional expenditure of 20,600 million rupees from next year for payment of increased allowances of public servants and for the payment of increased pensions. […]

The Negombo Magistrate yesterday remanded UPFA Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha member Milroy Perera, till December 18, for sexually harassing an 18-year-old student of a leading school in Colombo. […]

Prisoners are said to be sleeping while in a standing posiiton, in most prisons islandwide, due to the severe shortage of prisons cells, it has been reported. […]

A rare species of albino turtle claimed to be worth over Rs.35 million had been stolen from a private turtle hatchery and research centre Kosgoda last night. […]

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka has reinstated Vitol, the world’s largest oil trading firm, as a supplier after investigations failed to show its diesel damaged state-owned vehicles, the government said on Sunday. […]

Clamping a price control on drugs would not be sufficient. The government should shoulder the responsibility of providing effective, safe and quality drugs to the people at affordable prices, Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) president Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya said yesterday. […]

(File Photo) Three persons from the same family died after a three-wheeler collided with the official vehicle of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in charge of Puttalam Division last night. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid floral tribute to the father of the independent Kenya- former President Jemo Kenyatta on Friday 13 December. Jomo Kenyatta, the father of current Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, is considered the ‘Founding Father of Kenya’ due to his leading role in Kenya’s independence movement. […]

The much-hyped, US$ 3 billion casino city project to be set up in Katana, which was to be an integrated gaming, tourism and leisure venture, has been put on hold, following complaints by the Catholic clergy to First Lady, Shiranthi Rajapaksa. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, currently on a four-day state visit to the Republic of Kenya, and President Uhuru Kenyatta presided over the signing ceremony of eight memorandums of understanding today at the State House in Nairobi. […]

“Sri Lanka has now entered an era of peace, having overcome the threat of terrorism, which plagued the country for over three decades. Now we stand undivided, under one flag, committed to achieving sustainable economic prosperity, to be shared by all communities” said President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his address delivered at the state banquet hosted […]

The Private Transport Minister told Parliament yesterday that steps would be taken to cancel the driving licences of those who drive with one hand on the steering. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning (13) visited the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), the only U.N. headquarters in Africa. Located in an area a short distance from Nairobi, the complex is situated on 146 acres comprising of more than 80 buildings that house more than 50 U.N. organizations with a total staff exceeding 3,500. […]

Kumar Sangakkara has been crowned as ODI Cricketer of the Year – 2013 by the International Cricket Council (ICC), while Mahela Jayawardane won the Spirit of Cricket Award. […]

The European Parliament Thursday evening passed a resolution calling on the Sri Lankan government to implement the recommendation of the Reconciliation Committee in full. […]