Category: Local News

Sarath Fonseka stated today (May 25) in courts that Frederica Jansz did not retract the White Flag statement from the article that appeared in the Sunday Leader as the Defence Secretary had threatened to arrest her if she did. […]

Deputy Leader of the United National Party Karu Jayasuriya has emphasized on the need to lift emergency regulations. karujHe  stated that  even though the United National Front government removed emergency regulations in 2001, successive governments had kept the state of emergency in force and that even after the war victory, this situation had not changed. […]

Three Journalists and a Navy officer were injured after an internal explosion occurred this morning (May 25) inside a van belonging to a government television channel. The explosion occurred in the Karagahatenna area in Matale, Police stated. […]

Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias KP, who succeeded Prabhakaran as the LTTE leader has said that the UN Secretary General’s panel report on Sri Lanka  wouldn’t help any reconciliation and rather it would disturb reconciliation. […]

A group of representatives of the Inter-Parliamentary Union is scheduled to visit the country to monitor court proceedings related to Sarath Fonseka. […]

NATO warplanes hammered Tripoli on Tuesday with some of their heaviest air strikes yet after the United States said Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi would “inevitably” be forced from power, Reuters reported. nato_attackAt least twelve (12) huge explosions rocked the capital in the early hours. Government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said three people were killed and 150 […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa noted that the Sri Lankan university education system would thrive in the future by producing global graduates who can positively contribute towards the country’s prosperity. […]

I have never made any statement that was in opposition to the country or the army, former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka said today (May 23) at the Colombo High Court when the court took up the White Flag case. […]

COLOMBO: Helping to rebuild the battered infrastructure in the north Sri Lanka and catering to the livelihood concerns of the Tamils have marked the broad spectrum Indian engagement with Sri Lanka in the past two post-war years, to ensure an early return of normalcy to the Northern Province. […]

Sri Lanka would keep a close watch on the developments in the probe against leading LTTE activist Perimpanayagam Sivaparan alias Nediyavan who was arrested in Oslo, an External Affairs Ministry official said. He said that the officials would keep track of the case and charges leveled and make inquiries into the alleged terrorist activities of […]

Training for students who are eligible to enter universities will be conducted as scheduled, says the Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education, Dr.Sunil Jayantha Navaratna. He told Sandesaya that the ministry has already spent about 90 million rupees on this project and can not stop. […]

All progressive trade unions support the proposed private sector pension scheme, which is by no means detrimental to private sector employees, said National Languages and Social Integration Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara. He said that the pension scheme is another salutary step in the social security program for the working class which was introduced in 1956. […]

Security officials allegedly detained the daughter of Sarath Fonseka for half an hour at the Bandaranaike International Airport today (May 20) Anoma Fonseka stated. […]

Professor G.L. Peiris signing an agreement with the Indian government is betraying of the country, charges the National Patriotic Movement. […]

Elaborate arrangements are being made to celebrate the second anniversary of the war victory under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 27 at Galle Face Green. The National Victory Parade jointly organized by the Defence Ministry and the military will be broadcast live on television and radio channels on May 27 from 8.45 […]

An 18 hour water-cut will take effect from 8pm today to 2pm Saturday (May 21st) owing to essential repairs being done in the area, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board told Daily Mirror online. […]