Category: Local News

S.M. Chandrasena says he has taken oaths as the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife before President Mahinda Rajapaksa a short while ago. […]

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka said yesterday that he would form a ‘united opposition alliance’ in the hope of unseating the government soon. The alliance’s inaugural rally will be held in Colombo on October 18. […]

The very recent fiscal and government borrowing numbers released by the Central Bank fail to inspire confidence in the economy and concerns are mounting that taxes could be raised while key public investments too could be cut as was the case in the past resulting in more hardship for the people. […]

The Mannar Magistrates’ court ordered Minister Rishad Bathiudeen to appear before courts on November 28, on allegations of threatening the former Mannar Magistrate. […]

The Minister of External Affairs, Prof.G.L.Peiris met K Shanmugam, Foreign Minister of Singapore on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. At the meeting with his counterpart Minister Peiris discussed technical cooperation and assistance to Sri Lanka . He also briefed the Foreign Minister of Singapore on the reconciliation process and the preparations for the […]

Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha has said, “those who downplay the significance of Sri Lanka’s post-conflict achievements and constantly keep shifting goal posts, show disrespect not only to Sri Lanka and its international partners whose steadfast commitment to this task has made these achievements possible, but also to those who have at last emerged from the suffering […]

Three British women have been arrested today after they had allegedly broken into the floor of a five-star hotel in Colombo where the West Indies cricket team was lodged. Police media spokesman stated that the arrest was made at approximately 5am today. […]

India today launched an ambitious Rs 1,300 crore housing project in northern Sri Lanka to build brand new homes for about 43,000 ethnic Tamil families displaced due to the civil war in the country. […]

Eleven persons including seven school children and four civilians were injured following a bus accident at Katubedda, Moratuwa this morning, police said. […]

The wonders of ICT should not alienate our children from what is best in their culture and traditional values, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. […]

Galle Police who are investigating the violent attack on the newly appointed Principal of Vidyaloka Vidyalaya, Galle on Monday had not been able to arrest the persons connected to the incident so far, police spokesman told The Island yesterday. […]

UN Chief Ban Ki Moon has emphasized the need to find a political solution without further delay to the underlying factors of the Sri Lanka’s past conflict, the UN News centre said. […]

Sri Lanka believes that in the settlement of international disputes, action must be based on the fundamental principle of sovereign equality of states, a principle firmly enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, stated Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs in his address yesterday to the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly. […]

Sunil Shantha, formerly known as the monk Ruwanwelle Sobitha was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of rape by the Kegalle High Court today (October 2). […]

Bhashwara Senanka Gunarathna, Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau was appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority with immediate effect. Bashwara Gunarathna will also remain as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB).  At present he is also working as a Director General, Development Forum Office […]

Lanka Indian Oil Corporation, the Sri Lanka arm of the Fortune 500 Indian Oil Corporation, increased its diesel price by Rs. 4 from midnight yesterday, claiming that it was still losing Rs. 13 per litre prior to the increase. […]