Category: Local News

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. […]

Measures will be taken to switch off 50 per cent of all street lamps across the country starting from August 01, the Ministry of Power and Energy said today. […]

Sri Lanka’s rupee ended weaker on importer demand for dollars on Monday while the island nation’s stock market inched higher on retail buying. […]

Incidents of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice were reported in Sri Lanka last year, the United States said on Monday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that the door to the government was similar to that of a salon door. […]

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 […]

Six persons swept away by strong currents while swimming in the sea near the Kirinda beach were rescued by a team of lifeguards. […]

The Ministry of Higher Education has decided to obtain information regarding students who have been disadvantaged due to the reissuing of Z-scores. […]

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. […]

A Sub-inspector attached to the Neluwa Police was killed last night when the firearm of an Inspector accidentally fired, police spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said. […]

The Government yesterday categorically denied Indian media reports that Sri Lanka was planning to build a nuclear power station in the Sampur area with Pakistani aid. […]

One person was killed following an accident on the Southern Expressway last night. […]

The government would submit the National Action Plan listing the implementations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission to the United Nations within the next two or three days. […]

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. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Indian External Minister S.M. Krishna said the Twenty-three Tamil Nadu fishermen, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy on July 22 when they were fishing near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits, have been released. […]

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 […]