Category: Local News

At least two suspects in the Colombo Museum robbery case were arrested by the police in Piliyandala last night, together with some of the stolen items, police said. […]

Japanese Special Representative Yasushi Akashi will arrive in Sri Lanka on a two day official visit today, a Japanese embassy release stated yesterday. […]

COLOMBO, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Monday raised concerns over the resignation of the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, observing that the regulator had been taking the right steps to ensure market participants obeyed the rules. […]

Sri Lanka will host the 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference from 7th to 15th September at BMICH, Colombo. […]

Private buses operating on the Kottawa- Pettah (138) route are currently on strike in protest to police not returning a driver’s license, President of the Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) Gemunu Wijeratne said. […]

Sri Lanka’s champion fast bowler said after the mistreatment by Sri Lankan Cricket he realised that he had onlyhimself to depend on. […]

The body of a woman who died under suspicious circumstances was found in the Hakmana area last night (August 19) near the bus depot. […]

During the landmark State Visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India in June 2010, it was decided that the 2600th year of the attainment of enlightenment of Prince Siddharatha as Gautama Buddha (Sambuddhatva Jayanthi) will be commemorated by India and Sri Lanka through joint activities. Following this agreement, President Rajapaksa personally requested the Prime Minister, […]

A CAT scan done on UNP parliamentarian Palitha Range Bandara’s wife who was admitted to Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital with suspected internal head injuries after being allegedly beaten on Friday night at home, had revealed no brain damage, hospital sources said. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the inaugural UPFA Provincial Council election rally yesterday afternoon in the sacred city of Anuradhapura, told a mammoth gathering that his party does not need promises to win the forthcoming polls as the government has won the trust of the people by fulfilling all the promises it has given before. […]

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. […]