Category: Local News

The state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has increased the price of a liter of Octane 90 Petrol by Rs. 10 effective from midnight yesterday (14).The new price is Rs. 159. […]

The Motor Traffic Commisioner General S. H. Harishchandra stated that the points system will be implemented from January in order to create disciplined drivers. […]

Colombo Night Races (CNR) will be held on December 15, 2012 attracting many foreign visitors to Sri Lanka. The rehearsals will take place today (14). Several roads near Galle Face and Colombo Fort will be closed from 6pm today and tomorrow in view of the Colombo Night Races. […]

Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradehiya Sabha, Prasanna Ranaweera would soon be arrested over an alleged assault of a woman, an officer at the Peliyagoda police said. A woman named Vineetha Edirisinghe, had lodged a complaint with the Peliyagoda police that Ranaweera and another assaulted her at the Pradeshiya Sabha building. She was admitted to the […]

By Shenali Waduge Let’s first set something’s straight. Today the West enjoys coming up with theories and terminologies for how people of the world should function according to its formats. They issue blueprints for how nations should live. The West needs to be reminded that it was the West that began slavery, created white and […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan lawyers boycotted courts on Wednesday, crippling the judicial system in a protest at what they call an unfair impeachment move against the chief justice and is viewed abroad as a blow to judicial independence. […]

By Bruce Gale – The Straits Times How long can an economy enjoy strong growth without a clear strategic direction? Sri Lanka may soon be about to find out. Since the end of a 40-year civil war in 2009, this country has experienced a remarkable economic rebound. But with internal political squabbling threatening to distract […]

The religions provide a great contribution for reconciliation and it is the objective of the government to develop all places of worship and provide welfare to the people said Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday (10). […]

Professor Arjuna de Silva spelling out the ban on Himasha Eshan. Also in the picture is Panduka Keerthinanda, one of the members of the committee appointed to inquire into the country’s only positive dope case so far this year.  (Pic by Jude Denzil Pathiraja) The three-member committee, which was appointed to inquire into the country’s […]

Foreign Minister Bob Carr will travel to Sri Lanka on Friday to discuss trade ties, tourism and efforts to disrupt people smuggling. […]

Clearly unhappy over the decision of the Sri Lankan Government to impose fresh import duty on automobile exports from India, the Government, on Monday, indicated that it would explore the option through diplomatic channels to prevail upon Sri Lanka to bring down the import tariff as such a move could hit Indian vehicle exports to […]

AP – By Bharatha Mallawarachi – Pix by Reuters COLOMBO: Hundreds of Sri Lankans hit the streets Monday to protest against a parliamentary committee that ruled the country’s chief justice is unfit to hold office because of unexplained wealth and misuse of power. […]

UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday warned that Sri Lanka might even lose her membership in the Commonwealth if the moves to oust incumbent Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, continue violating basic fundamentals. […]

The entire Kolonnawara area would be turned into a battlefield unless MP Duminda Silva is arrested at the airport upon arrival his in the country, said Hirunika Premachandra, daughter of the late Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, yesterday. […]

FILE PHOTO Whilst impressing on the need to safeguard the honour and dignity of the Judiciary, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said if the honour and trust in the Judiciary is affected, it will hinder proper governance of the country. He was of the view that Judges should be of exemplary conduct at all times and they […]

The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) which probed charges against the Chief Justice has found her guilty of three out of the first five charges contained in the impeachment motion and investigated by the committee. […]