Category: Local News

The Mirihana Police are investigating a complaint lodged by BASL President MP Wijeydasa Rajapakshe after two empty cartridges were found in the vicinity of his house early this morning, the Police said […]

Three more deaths from floods and and earth slips were reported yesterday, bringing the death toll to 23 while the number missing rose to 15 and injured to 34. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said relief for those affected is being provided and rescue operations were being conducted by the Army, Navy and the Police. […]

Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha, who is concurrently accredited to the Holy See, presented his credentials to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on the 13th of December 2012 at a ceremony held at the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State of […]

President Mahinda Rajapakse said that no one can erase the great history created by our ancestors, and no amount of money or might can change a country’s history. He said that we are living in an era in which certain elements are trying to rewrite the history through money power. […]

Four thousand nine hundred and seventeen persons from 1,219 families have been affected by the extreme weather prevailing in the country. The Disaster Management Centre stated that 18 temporary shelters have been set up to house 830 families that have been displaced. […]

Sri Lanka and the Republic of Haiti established formal diplomatic relations on Friday (14).    Dr. Palitha Kohona, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, signed the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of Sri Lanka, while  Jean Wesley Cazeau, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Haiti to the United Nations, signed on […]

The incident in which two children and their mother were killed in a fire which occurred in Kaldemulla, Ratmalana has been confirmed as a murder, police stated. […]

FILE PHOTO Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said yesterday that war heroes attached to the Civil Security Department (CSD) were rendering yeomen service in the country.’s development drive. […]

The Tiger Terrorist spokesman in Australia Dr. Brian Senewiratne has been deported to Australia by the Singapore government. The 81-year-old Australian doctor has arrived in Singapore planning to travel to Malaysia and Indonesia to speak at forums organized by the tiger terrorist activists in those countries. Reports said that he was scheduled to travel from […]

External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, held bilateral talks with his Australian counterpart Senator Bob Carr, on the evening of 16th December at the Ministry of External Affairs prior to the inauguration of the first meeting of the Joint Working Group on People Smuggling and Transnational Crime on 17th December at the Ministry of Defence […]

Many would believe that “Betrayal Is Survival”, the tag line of Jacqueline Fernandez’s “Race 2”, truly reflects the cut-throat competition and survival mantra in the Hindi film industry, but the Sri Lankan-born actress says hard work and honesty can do wonders. […]

Minister of Mass Media and Information Mr. Keheliya Rambukwella said that the SLBC has rendered an immense service for enrichment of social and cultural values in Sri Lanka. […]

A mother and two children have died in a fire at a house in Kaldemulla, Rahmalana. […]

Asked whether Wijedasa Rajapaksa president of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka and a section of the Bar hijacked Saturday’s Bar Association special general meeting, the Bar Association Vice President who is tendering her resignation today said ‘Yes, of course, absolutely.’ She alleged that sections of the Bar hijacked the Bar Association meeting disallowing others […]

The Ceylon Teacher Services Union yesterday alleged that GCE Ordinary Level Science I question paper had been leaked and demanded an impartial inquiry into it. […]

  By Shenali Waduge The number of conflicts taking place throughout the world is seeing no decline and the reasons are many from the Cold War conflicts to anti-colonialism, people’s wars, coups, invasions, border disputes, ethnic and religious conflicts, international arms trade and the latest root cause terrorism. The present trend of conflicts is certainly […]