Category: Local News

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu ‘Q’ branch sleuths on Thursday night rescued 30 Sri Lankan Tamils at Vandalur while being taken by a gang involved in human trafficking to Mamallapuram from where they were to be transported to an island near Australia. […]

Police found three bodies beleived to be members of the same family- father, mother and daughter – were found in an apartment complex in Ramakrishna Terrace, Wellawatte this afternoon […]

Aug 17 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan stocks edge up on Friday led by the island nation’s top lender, Commercial Bank of Ceylon, but concerns over the resignation of the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission trimmed trading volume. The Colombo Stock Exchange’s main index rose 0.38 percent, or 18.41 points, to 4,927.13. […]

There will be no power cuts on Sunday (19) in view of Ramadan festival, said Minister of Power and Energy, Patali Champika Ranawaka. […]

Retired High Court Judge W.T.M. Warawewa yesterday said he was willing to a lead a political movement that would ensure a society in which the law was equal to all its citizens. […]

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today took over the investigations into the hand grenade found near the Dehiwala residence of Dr. Lalantha Ranasinghe, a specialist doctor at the Colombo National Hospital. […]

Former CPC Chairman Harry Jayawardena yesterday alleged that an attempt was being made to confuse the public as regards the circumstances under which blacklisted Vitol Asia(Pvt) Limited, Singapore had been reinstated as a supplier of petroleum products to the CPC. […]

SLFP General Secretary Minister Maithripala Sirisena yesterday issued an open challenge to Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to a public debate about the allegation made by him that Wickremesinghe tried to undermine Gamini Dissanayake’s 1994 presidential election campaign by providing information about Dissanayake’s election strategies to UPFA candidate Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. […]

An office located within the Kegalle divisional secretariat premises belonging to senior minister Atauda Seneviratne was sealed by the divisional secretary of Kegalle and the police, for the alleged use of the premises for political activities. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said no one should be allowed to tarnish the unblemished image of the country while in Sri Lanka or abroad, by the patriotic people of this country. […]

Aug 15 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan stock market rose on Wednesday for the second straight session on foreign strategic buying in market heavyweight John Keells Holdings amid a sharp decline in prices across-the-board this year. The Colombo Stock Exchange’s main index rose 0.64 percent, or 31.47 points, to end at 4,939.66, its highest since […]

Colombo, Aug 15 (IANS) There are over 15,000 people in detention in Sri Lankan jails for failing to pay fines, an official revealed Wednesday. […]

A massive protest by July strikers had compelled the closure of roads opposite the Fort railway station causing a traffic jam for several hours. They were protesting the ill treatment they had received from successive governments and were marching towards the presidential secretariat when the police barricaded the area. […]

(Reuters) – The head of Sri Lanka’s Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday he will resign this week, saying investors who were being investigated for market manipulation had made false allegations against him. Tilak Karunaratne has been pushing for investigations into stock market malpractices, including so-called pump-and-dump deals in which investors are lured into […]

Power supply to several areas in the island will be suspended for 3 hours and 20 minutes from tomorrow (August 16) in 4 stages, the Deputy Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said. […]

Addressing a media briefing in Colombo on Monday morning, the Deputy Chairman of the CEB said that a decision has been taken to recruit 5000 employees to the CEB on a temporary basis. […]