Category: Local News

Three British women have been arrested today after they had allegedly broken into the floor of a five-star hotel in Colombo where the West Indies cricket team was lodged. Police media spokesman stated that the arrest was made at approximately 5am today. […]

India today launched an ambitious Rs 1,300 crore housing project in northern Sri Lanka to build brand new homes for about 43,000 ethnic Tamil families displaced due to the civil war in the country. […]

Eleven persons including seven school children and four civilians were injured following a bus accident at Katubedda, Moratuwa this morning, police said. […]

The wonders of ICT should not alienate our children from what is best in their culture and traditional values, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. […]

Galle Police who are investigating the violent attack on the newly appointed Principal of Vidyaloka Vidyalaya, Galle on Monday had not been able to arrest the persons connected to the incident so far, police spokesman told The Island yesterday. […]

UN Chief Ban Ki Moon has emphasized the need to find a political solution without further delay to the underlying factors of the Sri Lanka’s past conflict, the UN News centre said. […]

Sri Lanka believes that in the settlement of international disputes, action must be based on the fundamental principle of sovereign equality of states, a principle firmly enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, stated Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs in his address yesterday to the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly. […]

Sunil Shantha, formerly known as the monk Ruwanwelle Sobitha was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of rape by the Kegalle High Court today (October 2). […]

Bhashwara Senanka Gunarathna, Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau was appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority with immediate effect. Bashwara Gunarathna will also remain as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB).  At present he is also working as a Director General, Development Forum Office […]

Lanka Indian Oil Corporation, the Sri Lanka arm of the Fortune 500 Indian Oil Corporation, increased its diesel price by Rs. 4 from midnight yesterday, claiming that it was still losing Rs. 13 per litre prior to the increase. […]

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama with External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris during the United Nations General Assembly reception at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. […]

The government of India says the defeated LTTE, is continued to be a threat to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of India. […]

Teledrama director of the Swaranavahini Nalaka Wedamulla (40) was killed and three others injured in a head-on collision in Navinna, Maharagama this morning, police said. […]

Will prostitution be legalised in Colombo with the setting up of a red light district within the city limits? Views to this effect was expressed by UNP MMC Nadeel Malagoda at the Monthly Council meeting of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) last Thursday (27). […]

A ‘Heart Walk’ and several other events were held under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s patronage yesterday to mark World Heart Day. The events, jointly organised by the Presidential Secretariat and the Sri Lanka Heart Association (SLHA), began with the ‘Heart Walk’ yesterday morning from the Presidential Secretariat to Temple Trees. […]

Two policemen, a Chinese national and a driver were killed when a police patrolling vehicle veered off the Highway under construction in Athurugiriya this morning, Police said. […]