Category: Local News

Rome, April 23 – A 45-year-old Sri Lankan migrant who police suspected of murdering his wife has died in a hospital in Italy from severe burns after a fire at their apartment. […]

Three persons were injured and hospitalized after a van collided with a train this morning at a railway crossing near Siddhartha Maha Vidyalaya in Weligama. […]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko informing him that the Centre would be in touch with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in order to facilitate the resettlement of a group of Sri Lankan Tamils in UAE. […]

– by Shenali Waduge – The West has a history of invading nations, forcibly occupying them, plundering nations of their resources and saying thank you by designing systems that would keep people divided and dependent on them because they make the laws and they are the judges for the very crimes they have committed. For […]

– by Shenali Waduge – We all love to eat bananas and Sri Lanka is famous for a unique variety of them and their taste has stood above the most nations of the world. We eat a lot of bananas in Sri Lanka. However, profiteers have found inventive ways to use hazardous chemicals that artificially […]

Beijing, Apr. 21 (Xinhua-ANI): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Sunday said he was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of lives and devastation as a result of the earthquake in southwest China. […]

A suspect who was arrested by the Ja-Ela police hanged himself in his cell last evening (April 21), police stated. […]

– by Shenali Waduge – Every Government has adopted the policy that having voted them into power it is the public who must foot the bill for their corrupt and luxurious living. The 60% hike in electricity comes with the certainty that everything running on electricity will also see a steep rise – do politicians […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – KOCHI: Thirty-years ago when Sri Lankan astrobiologist Chandra Wickramasinghe suggested that human life started from outside earth, it was greeted by waves of criticism. In fact, his findings were published amidst a lot of criticism, but Wickramasinghe continued to work on his theory that the first ‘seeds of life’ […]

Chief Opposition Whip and Gampaha District UNP Parliamentarian John Amaratunga demanded to know why Power and Energy Minister Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi continues to keep silent on the electricity price hike, which had hit all consumers below the belt. […]

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– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry has proposed a 20 per cent cut in the American aid to Colombo, a move reflecting the unease in their ties over issues related to human rights, reconstruction and political integration in Sri Lanka after the end of the civil war. […]

Two persons were killed and five others injured following a clash between two groups in Sitinamaluwa, Beliatta last night, police said. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – (Pix By : Nalin Hewapathirana) – The traditional Oil Anointing State Ceremony for the Sinhala and Hindu New Year was held at the Katharagama Kirivehera Rajamaha Vihara premises under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Chief Incumbent of the Viharaya and Chief Sangha Nayake of Magampattuwa, Venerable Dr […]

– by Shenali Waduge – To feed 7billion people in the world is not easy. Yet, billion people remain malnourished. At least 8 million die every year of hunger-related diarrhea, pneumonia and other illnesses and a child dies of hunger every 11 seconds. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – The five-member team of Indian MPs, which interacted with a cross section of political leaders, civil society personalities and government functionaries both in Colombo and Jaffna over the last four days, returned to India on Friday, fully sensitised to the complexities of the Lankan Tamil question. […]