Category: Local News

Record for Sri Lankan arrests

Refugees from Sri Lanka arrive for processing at Christmas Island last month. Photo: Sharon Tisdale Sri Lanka’s navy arrested a boatload of people heading to Australia and raised the number of would-be illegal immigrants detained this month to a record 500, according to an official. […]







University crisis: President for win-win situation, SB unwilling to budge

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday told newspaper editors at Temple Trees that what he envisaged as a solution to the on-going university strike was a win-win situation. He said the strikers had to appreciate the difficulties of the government and be realistic. Insisting that the university teachers were better paid than even the judges of the […]





Kamal dismisses baseless rumours

Award-winning actor and singer Kamal Addaraarachchi today said elements with low tastes and seeking popularity at his expense were spreading baseless rumours in gossip columns indicating his name. […]







Police return lost purse with valuables to owner

A police team from the Police Public Relations Division led by Chief Inspector Mahinda Udugama found a purse containing cash and other valuables on the Mattakkuliya main road while on duty in the Mattakkuliya, Kotahena and Modera areas and traced the owner and returned them to him. […]




Cabinet approveS National Action Plan to implement LLRC recommendations

The report of the LLRC contained 285 short term, medium term and long term recommendations and they have been classified into four main groups as follows: – Recommendations relating to National Policy; – Recommendations pertaining to the final phase of the conflict; – Recommendations related to human rights and National security concerns; and – Recommendations […]