Category: Local News

A businessman from Negombo was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport by Customs officials after attempting to smuggle 115,000 Euros and 21,000 Swiss Francs in three condoms hidden in his rectum. […]

Steps have been taken to enable voters to cast their ballot at any polling station other than the polling station in the polling division where they are registered, Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said in a release yesterday. […]

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is planning set up two gas turbines at a cost of some USD 60 million each to produce 200 MW of electricity. A senior electrical engineer told The Island yesterday that the first turbine was scheduled to be commissioned in 2015 and the other in 2017. […]

The convener of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Sanjeewa Bandara was today banned from entering the premises of any university within the country by the Colombo Fort Magistrate. […]

FILE PHOTO Former High Court Judge P.B. Warawewa is expected to contest the Central Provincial Council Elections on the United National Party (UNP) ticket from the Kandy District. […]

  America must be humoring us. Otherwise how is it possible for the world’s human rights watch dog, crusader of peace, champion of democracy and the beacon of truth and reconciliation simply to jail and lock up all those who we are now told are “whistleblowers” because they divulged the dirty tricks America had been […]

Democratic Party Leader, Sarath Fonseka stated that he founded his political party to provide the nation with a much needed alternative political force to that of the government. […]

The Finance Ministry announced that the import tax on big onions has been increased by Rs.15 from today. […]

Nominations for the elections to the Northern, North Western and Central Provincial Councils will be accepted from July 25 to August 1, Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya announced yesterday.

International Monetary Fund while commending President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his role in developing Sri Lanka assured continued support. […]

  The Maldives has requested Sri Lanka for assistance in several agricultural areas towards achieving food security in the island nation. This was expressed by the visiting Maldivian Minister of Defense and National Security Col. (ret) Mohamed Nazim when he called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday (July 9) afternoon. […]

The CID yesterday informed Additional Magistrate A.M. Sahabdeen that the son of former DIG Vas Gunawardena is wanted in connection with further investigations in connection with the killing of businessman Mohomed Shayam. […]

National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon — who met top Sri Lanka leaders here in the last two days — emphasised the need for Colombo to fulfil its commitment to India and the international community regarding a political settlement that would go beyond the 13th Amendment of the country’s Constitution. […]

FILE PHOTO After almost three years in the hands of pirates at an anchorage close to the Somali Coast, the Malaysian flagged freighter, MV Albedo, with the crew including six Sri Lankan, has sunk in rough seas, foreign media said. […]

A Common Man won three awards — Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor — at the Madrid International Film Festival yesterday. […]

– by: Nicholas Dias Abeyesinghe, Cer.Ed.,DRTE.,MIMI. – Your Eminence, I am writing in response to the Report of your recently held Bishops’ Conference as reported by the media.  The Report appeals to His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapksa: Not to repeal the 13th amendment to the Constitution of the Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka Not […]