Category: Local News

The highest number of fatal traffic accidents reported to the Police Headquarters within the course of 24 hours was recorded between 6.00 am yesterday (28) and 6.00 am today, according to police media spokesman SP Ajith Rohana. […]

(Reuters) – Oman is willing to sell crude oil to Sri Lanka, which is scrambling to find an alternative to its threatened primary supply from Iran, Oman’s oil minister said on Friday. […]

External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, on a two-day visit to New Delhi held discussions on Monday with over 70 envoys accredited to Sri Lanka who are resident in New Delhi. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa attended a Bodhi Pooja Pinkama held at the Gangaramaya, Hunupitiya on Thursday to invoke blessings on him, the War Heroes and the country. […]

The Mahinda Rajapaksa government, which included the likes of Minister Wimal Weerawansa, who paraded as patriots, had allowed the ‘economic hit men’ from China to invade Sri Lanka, causing serious geopolitical implications for Indo-Lanka relations, UNP MP Harsha de Silva said yesterday. […]

A disabled Sri Lankan Army Captain who had been appointed as a caretaker of the properties owned by popular X-files actress Gillian Anderson had filed a case at the Colombo Commercial High Court against Ms. Anderson and her husband claiming Rs.100 million as compensation. […]

Four members of the same family were burnt to death and seven others were admitted to Nagoda hospital with burn inquiries when a small van carrying a group of mourners who had attended a funeral at Magalkanda, Maggona caught fire at Diyagama on the Kalutara-Horana Road shortly after midnight on Wednesday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday opened a new building for secondary classes at the Defence Service College Colombo marking its fifth anniversary. […]

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa yesterday briefed the media on the achievement made by the Economic Development Ministry during the previous year and the program for 2012. Finance and Planning Ministry Secretary Dr P B Jayasundera was also present. […]

The UNP charged today that the government’s recent pledge to implement the 13th Amendment plus was a ploy to hoodwink the international community. […]

He had been driving since 1997 without accidents His son lost leg at the hands of able-bodied driver The Cinnamon Gardens Police nabbed an amputee driving a school van with one hand yesterday morning. […]

National Transport Commission (NTC) Chairman Shashi Welgama yesterday said he was resigning from the NTC to focus on other interests in the midst of charges by private bus operators who claimed that Welgama had chosen to resign as he was unfit for the position. […]

A group of 43 Indian fishermen on board six trawlers were taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy in the sea off Mullativu for poaching in Sri Lankan waters. […]

Immigration officials have refused to issue a visa to a Sri Lankan man wanting to attend his father’s funeral because he presented a risk of becoming an illegal immigrant. […]

A new type of Sri Lanka is in the making, and a land of unity and prosperity is taking shape, former President of India and renowned Professor of Aerospace Engineering Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam told the media at the Taj Samudra hotel yesterday. He explained that these were some of the main impressions […]

Thirty one including five jail guards and 26 inmates were injured yesterday at the Welikada New Magazine prison in a bloody clash. […]