Category: Local News

The United States today submitted the draft resolution against Sri Lanka to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a message to mark International Women’s Day 2012 ceremonies said this year’s theme ‘Let’s protect the female child’ is very appropriate and meaningful as the protection of the female child will help ensure the protection of the entire society. […]

Sri Lanka’s abortion law is to be amended allowing abortions under strict conditions, said Child Development and Women’s Affairs Minister Tissa Karalliyadda. “The existing abortion law in Sri Lanka allows abortions only when pregnancy or child birth is life threatening to the mother.” the minister said. […]

The Sri Lankan woman has left her mark in every field ranging from science to art, First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa said in a message to mark International Women’s Day. The message: “ I find great pleasure in the fact that International Women’s Day celebration of Sri Lanka would be held in a meaningful manner. “The […]

A tense situation prevails in Kahawatta as angry mobs have set  fire to two houses after they heard a suspect was arrested by the CID in connection with the double murder in Kahawaththe earlier this year. […]

Chennai, March 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Tuesday termed India’s support […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa participated in various religious activities yesterday including the unveiling of a Ran Weta of ancient Keerthi Sri Raja Maha Viharaya, Aluthnuwara. […]

Three police officers attached to the Dankotuwa Police Station have been interdicted, the police media spokesman’s office informed today. […]

PHOTO: A group of Tamils hand over a petition to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay. Thousands of Tamils from across Europe protested in front of UN headquarters in Geneva Monday demanding the creation of an international tribunal to try alleged “war crimes” committed in Sri Lanka. […]

India is persuading Sri Lanka to allocate oil exploration blocks in the waters that separate them as it considers the location too strategically important to allow companies from other nations to base themselves in this area. […]

While India and China seek greater influence over the Maldives, the new unity government of President Mohammed Waheed,said yesterday that they had always obtained Sri Lanka’s advice, which was considered to be one of its closest friends. […]

A horrifying picture of a traffic accident is being circulated via e-mail. It depicts a newly wedded couple, still in their bridal attire, on honeymoon. [The picture is too shocking to be printed – Ed]. It is at this point usually, fairy tales say, “They lived happily ever after”. But no such bright future awaits […]

The government is planning to bring in two important pieces of legislation which when implemented, could result in a significant reduction in tobacco smoking in the country. “The government will bring in laws which would require the industry to include pictorial health warnings on all tobacco packaging and also to ban smoking in all public […]

The United States took another jab at Sri Lanka at the ongoing 19th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council by stating that the Government appointed Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report does not include any plan to implement those recommendations, nor does it adequately address the crucial issue of accountability. […]

A 24 year-old Civil Defence Force member was found dead after he attempted to set a new Guinness world record at Wan-Ela in the Kantale area yesterday, the police said. The youth had told his family members in the morning to bury him alive in a trench he had dug earlier in the day. […]

UNP Matara MP Mangala Samaraweera who recently revealed in Parliament that equipment imported from China is being used to tap telephones and hack into peoples personal e-mails said he hopes the Chinese government would look into the concerns raised by th UNP. […]