UPFA MP and brother arrested, given bail

Additional Mahiyangana Magistrate Gamini Rambakenpura yesterday released, on surety bail of Rs. 100,000 each, UPFA MP for Badulla, Thenuka Vidanagama and his brother former UPFA Uva Provincial Councillor, Anura Vidanagama, arrested yesterday for obstructing and threatening Deputy Commissioner of Elections for Kurunegala, Chaminda Namal Thalangama, who was on special election duty in Mahiyanganaya. […]



Sangakkara ton leads Sri Lanka’s strong reply

Kumar Sangakkara struck his 37th test hundred as he and his retiring team mate Mahela Jayawardene powered Sri Lanka to 252 for two wickets before rain washed out the final session on day three of the first test against Pakistan on Friday. […]



Future of Indo-Lanka Ties depends on balancing the not-so-friendly past and troublesome players

  The renewed ties between India and Sri Lanka while being welcomed cannot exclude or overlook some harsh realities. At the background of these realities are some painful facts yet the common factors if given due deliberation should ideally place Indo-Lanka talks on the proper pedestal important enough to not only establish clear ground rules […]









Top US General killed in Afghanistan

A U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded on Tuesday, including a German general, in the latest insider attack by a man believed to be an Afghan soldier, U.S., German and Afghan officials said. […]



Rajitha is corrupt, BBS accuses

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) will be filing a petition against Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and will also be complaining to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). […]




Death threat on kneeling teacher

The teacher of Nawagaththegama Navodya School who was forced to be knelt down in presence of a local politician had been threatened with death, the Nawagaththegama Police said citing her complaint today. […]




AG wants sentences enhanced

The Attorney General yesterday filed an appeal in the High Court stating that the sentences imposed on the convicts of British aid worker Khuram Sheikh’s murder were not sufficient. […]