Category: Local News

Eastern Provincial Council member, Priyantha Pathirana has been hospitalized following an assault last night and is said to be critical condition. […]

It is critical to address accountability in Sri Lanka through a genuine and comprehensive national process, the UN Secretary General’s office. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardena Reiterating her demand for imposing an economic embargo on Sri Lanka till Tamils in the country were fully and honourably rehabilitated and granted rights on a par with the Sinhalese, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday called upon the Union government to work in tandem with other countries to ensure that those […]

Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Colombo in a tit-for-tat move amid tensions after a Sri Lankan nanny convicted of murder was beheaded in the kingdom, the official SPA news agency reported. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has telephoned Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik today to inquire about the political developments in the country. […]

Sri Lanka today flatly rejected Britain’s Channel 4 documentary titled No War Zone – the killing fields of Sri Lanka to be aired in Geneva at the next session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) scheduled to begin later this month as “concocted lies, half-truths and speculations” to embarrass the country at the summit […]

TEHRAN-An Iranian cultural official rejected some media reports alleging that he has called for a ban on the imports and sales of Buddha stautes in Iran, saying that his remarks have been “misquoted”. […]

The alleged killing of LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s son Balachandran was not reported during my time as the Army Commander, Sarath Fonseka stated. […]

English language should be used as a tool by the younger generation to achieve their objectives. The government has well understood the importance of providing facilities to improve their skills in English, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. […]

Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities, Wimal Weerawansa says that various factions want to create problems and drag the country back into anarchy. […]

The ranks of Seribu Islands Resort Police apprehended 26 illegal immigrants originated from Sri Lanka. The 26 immigrants were caught when the motorboat they were riding on, KM Damar Jati, suffered from damage on its gearbox in the waters of Tidung Island northern coast, Monday (2/18). By the police, the illegal immigrants were evacuated to […]

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) says it will resort to trade union action if authorities fail to take immediate steps to provide scheduled annual medical transfers before February 25. […]

Myanmar nationals rescued from a sinking ship by the Sri Lankan Navy have told of throwing 98 people overboard after they died of starvation and dehydration, Sri Lanka’s police said on Monday. Sailors rescued 31 adult males and a boy on February 16 when their damaged wooden ship began to sink about 250 nautical miles […]

The Buddha statue has become a banned item in Iran and the Iranian authorities are confiscating Buddha statues from shops in Tehran, to stop the promotion of Buddhism in the country, foreign media reported quoting Iranian’s independent Arman daily. […]

By Walter Jayawardhana In several research papers submitted Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and his team have revealed along with fossilised ancient diatoms as reported earlier several living diatoms or algae were also discovered in the sterile inside of a meteorite that fell in the village called Rakkinda near Mahiyangana in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. […]

The Globe And Mail – By Alistair Burt (Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana) When the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam met their demise in 2009 at the hands of the Sri Lankan army, no right minded person mourned their fall. Before the war, the Tigers ruled the Tamils of the north and east of the island […]