Category: Local News

UNP Sabaragamuwa Provincial Councillor Sandeep Samarasinghe has been arrested for allegedly assaulting two foreigners, an Ada Derana correspondent reported. […]

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that Delhi’s decision on the draft resolution to be tabled by the United States at the ensuing session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva would depend on its content. […]

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) said yesterday the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJ) had not obtained any legal rights based on the Qur’an or from the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) to issue Halal certificates. […]

Three people were killed while traveling in a threewheeler near the Galketiya turnoff in the Unawatuna area of Galle. The three were killed when their threewheeler collided head-on with a bus early this morning (March 8), police stated. […]

Accusing President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government of failing to counter the growing threat on the human rights front in Geneva, Democratic Party Leader General Sarath Fonseka yesterday said that there was absolutely no basis for allegations directed against the military. […]

In the wake of widespread medical negligence and mishaps at private medical institutions, the Health Ministry has decided to introduce far-reaching amendments to the Private Health Services Regulatory Council (PHSRC) Act of 2008 including the introduction of fixed price formula for medical care, drugs, medical equipment and tests. […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – A fraud of duplicating  Bank cards and robbing customers of  their deposits in their accounts very similar  to what was practiced by the LTTE sympathizers at London petrol stations where customers used to buy using their credit cards has been detected in the Tamil Nadu city of Madurai recently according […]

The brother of a Rochdale man who was murdered in Sri Lanka is visiting the country with the town’s MP Simon Danczuk to press the authorities for further investigation of the case. Khuram Shaikh, 32, a Red Cross worker from Milnrow, was shot and stabbed on Christmas Day 2011. […]

With the atmosphere remaining surcharged in Tamil Nadu over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, members of some pro-Tamil outfits today hurled stones at the office of Mihin Lanka, a budget airline based in Colombo office in Madurai, India, police said. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Amid sustained pressure by political parties from Tamil Nadu, Government on Wednesday agreed to have a discussion on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue in Lok Sabha on Thursday. […]

A man was arrested in the Yala Reserve in Kataragama in possession of 14.4 kilograms of marijuana by the police Special Task Force. […]

– By Ernest Perera – The nation will not deny the role played by Mahinda Rajapakse as President of Sri Lanka in flaying the odds to adamantly bring to a finale the headache of terrorism built upon a false notion of self-determination. It is now time to put to rest these false notions. The GOSL […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Seeking to dispel the impression that the Congress is indifferent to popular sentiment in Tamil Nadu on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, party MPs and Union Ministers have briefed AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi about the need to participate in the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) conference to be held in Delhi […]

Former Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, in a motion filed in the Supreme Court yesterday, has said that she is still the Chief Justice of this country. […]

FILE PHOTO Colombo District UPFA MP Duminda Silva, one of the accused in the Bharatha Lakshaman assassination, was remanded yesterday until March 14 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Sandun Vithana. […]