Category: Local News

The two suspects, involved in the killing of two police officers of the Warakapola police were shot dead this morning. According to police, the suspects were killed while they were hiding in the Koskalewatta area along the Mirigama road in Warakapola. […]

Two policemen were killed and another admitted to hospital in a critical condition after they were injured following a shooting incident when they were chasing a group of gangsters who robbed a pawn shop opposite Warakapola Police station. The pawn shop employees had sought police assistance when the seven member gang robbed their shop. […]

December 10, 2010: Colombo District Court this afternoon refused the application filed through a lawyer seeking an injunction against the holding of the United National Party Convention scheduled for Sunday. […]

Sri Lanka is one of the worst hit in terms of brain drain with 27.5 per cent of academics leaving the country each year, the main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday. UNP MP Akila Viraj Kariyawasam who spoke during the committee stage of the Higher Education Ministry vote said the percentage was high […]

The members of the Security Forces, the Actors and Actresses should get prior permission from the Ministry of Defence to wear the uniforms of Security Forces when appearing before the media and films, the Media Centre for National Security said today in a statement. The Ministry of Defence has decided to standardize the using of […]

Udul Premaratne, Convenor of the Inter University Students’ Federation, was released on bail this morning. When his bail application was taken up, Deepali Wijesundera, Colombo High Court Judge, enlarged Premaratne on bail in Rs. 50,000 and two surety bail in Rs. 500,000 each. […]

December 08, 2010: We were attacked just off Jaela, says the Leader of the New Left Front Dr. Wickremabahu Karunaratne He was addressing a meeting convened to brief the media on the incident that he had to face at the Katunayake airport after returning from a tour in the United Kingdom. “I went to London […]

The Parliamentary Affairs Ministry had issued 60 duty free permits for vehicles from January 1st to October 30th this year to parliamentarians worth US$ 3 million (Approximately Rs. 340 million) a ministry official said. Parliamentarians are now entitled to a duty free vehicle worth up to US$ 50,000, an increase of US$ 15,000 from the […]

(AFP) – Sri Lanka is set to import chicken for the first time in over two decades as consumption zooms due to a tourist bonanza and rising incomes on the formerly war-ravaged island, a minister said Wednesday. Trade Minister Johnston Fernando said he had ordered the import of 2,500 tonnes of chicken and 50 million […]

The policy I adopted in appointing the most suitable persons to posts of principal seems to be wavering, says Reginald Cooray, Minister of Minor Export Crops Promotion yesterday. He was addressing a function held to launch the website of the Alutgama Sri Gnanissara Maha Vidyalaya. Students who had excelled both in academic and extra curricular […]

Popular Sinhala tele-drama actress Nadee Chandrasekara who was arrested in April 2009 for allegedly producing false documents to obtain a visa to visit the United States was found not guilty and was released by the Colombo High Court today. […]

Chairman of the National Trade Union Center K. D. Lal Kantha has highlighted the need for a strike, in order to gain salary increase.

A section of the hospitality industry is concerned over the proposed increase in the electricity tariffs targeting the industry from next month. President of the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka Anura Lokuhetty yesterday told The Island that the new electricity tariffs would cause an increase of 60-70 per cent. The official said it would […]

News Courtesy: China.org.cn Chinese missile destroyer Lanzhou arrived at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port on Tuesday for a five-day visit in the South Asian island country. The destroyer Lanzhou, just ending a five-month escort task in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters, would attend the celebrations for the Sri Lankan navy’s 60th anniversary, which falls […]

The deliberations scheduled to be held by a panel of five Supreme Court judges on whether or not the court martial is a court established through the Constitution, which was scheduled for yesterday, has been postponed for the 9th of this month. Accordingly, former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, arrived in court. […]

December 07, 2010: Confining former Army Commander to prison is a betrayal of war heroes, said Ranil Wickremasinghe, Leader of the Opposition in parliament today. He was speaking when the government members were levelling allegations against UNP deputy leader on his recent statement to the media. […]