Category: Local News

File Photo The UPFA requested Opposition parties not to obstruct the path towards national reconciliation for the sake of securing votes at elections. Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister and SLFP General Treasurer Dullas Allahapperuma addressing a press conference at the Mahaweli Centre yesterday, requested political parties contesting the Eastern Provincial Council election to refrain […]

Mahanayaka of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya most venerable Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thera passed away at the age of 103. […]

The death toll of the accident that took place in Samanturai last night has risen to six. Three persons died on the sport and three more victims succumbed to their injuries upon admission to Ampara hospital when a three wheeler collided with a private bus.  The victims were two children, three women and the three […]

As many as 28 Sri Lankan refugees, trying to flee to Australia in a boat, were apprehended by the ‘Q’ branch police near Cuddalore port on Monday night. […]

Sri Lankan stocks closed at a three-month high on Tuesday with turnover hitting a two-month high on block deals in conglomerate Aitken Spence PLC. The Colombo Stock Exchange’s main index gained 0.58 percent, or 29.55 points, to 5,102.65. The market has fallen 16 percent so far this year. […]

The validity period of passports issued to minors has been reduced. […]

Singer Amal Perera has been taken into custody by the Kalutara police over a warrant while he is to be produced before the Court, police stated. […]

Notwithstanding the demands of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, DMK president M. Karunanidhi and other Tamil Nadu political leaders, the Centre on Monday reiterated that it would continue to train defence personnel from Sri Lanka in Indian military establishments as it was a friendly nation. […]

Japan’s envoy Yasushi Akashi has told Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa that Japan is willing to help his country improve relations with the West, which have been strained over human rights and war crimes accountability issues.In a news briefing, Akashi said he told Rajapaksa that Japan is ‘willing to assist in the efforts to develop […]

Sri Lanka, which was censured over its human rights record during the last days of the war against LTTE in 2009, has made steady progress in improving its image, External Affairs Minister said. […]

A father on hearing that his little daughter had fared extremely well at Sunday’s Grade Five Scholarship examination died of a heart attack, unable to bear the joy the good news brought. […]

The police are conducting investigations on an incident where a man and his daughter have been shot dead in the Moragahahena area in Horana. […]

The chief suspect of the UNP MP T Maheswaran assassination was sentenced to death by Colombo High Court Judge Sunil Rajapaksha this morning. […]

Mannar Magistrate granted bail on the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Rishad Bathiudeen who was summoned in connection with alleged threat on a judge, damaging the court premises and provoking the public. […]

Exams Commissioner W.M. Pushpa Kumara said the investigations regarding the issue of releasing grade 5 scholarship exam papers early will be handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). […]

A police inspector assigned to the Medagama Police Station who is alleged to have been under the influence of alcohol while on duty has been interdicted. […]