Category: Local News

The Uthayan newspaper office in Kilinochchi has been attacked this morning. Police stated that the extent of the damage has not yet been determined. […]

Democratic Party (DP) leader General (retd) Sarath Fonseka yesterday declared that his outfit was the only alternative to a corrupt government as well as a bankrupt Opposition. […]

Cuddalore MP K S Azhagiri raised doubts over Prabhakaran’s son Balachandran’s death and claimed that there was no video evidence on the killing by the Sri Lankan armed forces. The Congress MP made the statement while addressing a public meeting arranged by the youth Congress at Cuddalore Old Town on Sunday night. […]

Acts related to land matters should be amended to suit present day needs, President Mahinda Rajapaksa told Land and Land Development Ministry officials yesterday. […]

Sri Lanka Cricket said today that all Sri Lankan cricketers have confirmed their participation at the Indian Premier League except for Dinesh Chandimal, Nuwan Kulasekara and Akila Dhananjaya. […]

A SriLankan Airlines aircraft has been damaged when it ran into a “burst of hail” while descending into Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, official records show. The incident, which occurred on Monday, left a crack in the aircraft’s windshield. The Airbus 330 was flying from the Maldivian capital of Male to Katunayake via Mattala Rajakapsa International […]

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader and Minister of Justice Ruaff Hakeem who had expressed his displeasure over the attacks on Muslim business establishments in Pepiliyana on Thursday had requested President Mahinda Rajapaksa to convene a special Cabinet meeting to discuss the rising religious unrest in the country. […]

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) launched a full scale investigation to arrest the individuals who, backed by NGOs, are sending SMSmessages of an inflammatory nature to incite communalism and cause rifts between communities, supporting those elements bent on destabilizing the country. […]

At least 30 students have been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital following the collapse of a stairway within the Colombo Museum, hospital sources said. […]

The BBC is to stop providing radio news to Sri Lanka’s state broadcaster because of “continued interruption and interference” in its Tamil programming. […]

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had begun an investigation against the Chief Executive Officer at the secretarial office of the Deyata Kirula National Exhibition 2013 for allegedly cheating and misappropriation an amount of Rs.39 million in contrast to the tender procedure. […]

Public Utilities Commission (PUCSL) chairman Dr. Jayatissa. de Costa PC, yesterday said it was able to slash Rs 40 billion in expenses from the Ceylon Electricity Board’s (CEB) cost estimates for 2013, which amount, if not slashed, would have gravely impacted on electricity consumers and government electricity subsidies. “As a result of the Commission’s regulatory […]

Source: BBC India’s media has criticised the decision of Tamil Nadu state not to host Indian Premier League (IPL) games with Sri Lankan players, amid anger over Colombo’s rights record. The Indian Premier League said teams taking part were being told of the move. Players from around the world compete in the world’s richest cricket […]

The city of Chennai, in many ways, has been a second home for Muttiah Muralitharan. Besides being a Tamil, the former Sri Lankan off-spinner is married to an Indian who belongs to the city. Moreover, Muralitharan represented the Chennai Super Kings during the first three seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL). […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma – (Pix by: Chandana Perera) President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the newly carpeted and developed access road to the Muhudu Maha Vihara in Pottuwil, Ampara district Sunday morning on 24 March while he was in the Eastern Province to attend the Deyata Kirula 2013. The Muhudu Maha Vihara is over 2000 years […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – On the morning of March 19, the DMK headquarters witnessed celebrations usually reserved for big electoral victories. DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi had chosen to “honour” Tamil sentiments and pulled the plug on the UPA government at the Centre over its unwillingness to take on Sri Lanka over alleged war […]