Injustices are eventually remedied. The Indian newspapers reported that ten Sri Lankan Tamils, including five children, illegally landed at Arichamunai, off Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu, India in the early hours of Monday 5 May 2014. It was the first influx of ‘refugees’ from Sri Lanka after the defeat of terrorism in May 2009. One of the […]

Two people were injured when Police opened fire on a three-wheeler which had sped away defying police orders in Wadduwa on the Gale Road last night, police said. […]

– by Shenali D. Waduge – The continuous daily disturbance of the solemn proceedings at the Mahabodhi Temple at Buddhagaya and the harassment of the Buddhist devotees gathered there through the screeching sound of the call to prayer (Azan) by loudspeakers at a newly established Mosque close to the Mahabodhi Temple, the holiest Buddhist shrine […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – British Prime Minister, David Cameron, sends his best wishes to all Buddhists celebrating Vesak on May 14, 2014. This is the first time Mr Cameron has issued a Vesak message since he assumed office in May, 2010. […]

The JMO of the Karapitiya Hospital, Dr L.H. Dhammi Gunasekera, giving evidence before the Colombo High Court in the Khuram Sheik’ murder trial on Monday, said that his examination of Victoria Alexandria, the girlfriend of Khuram Sheik showed that she had recently been raped and sexually assaulted by the assailants. […]

We celebrate the triple festival of Vesak that commemorates the Birth, Enlightenment and Parinirvana of the Buddha with State sponsorship that marks the great veneration and devotion of the people. […]

A 50 year-old police constable was killed and his son was badly injured after an unidentified group attacked the father and son with sharp object while they were returning from a party held in Dharga Town, Aluthgama last night, the Police said. […]

Major General Prasad Samarasinghe has been appointed the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army with effect from May 16. Maj Gen Samarasinghe joined Sri Lanka Army as an Officer Cadet in 1980. […]

COLOMBO: Representatives of Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen began a second round of discussions here on Monday. 22 Indian representatives and 18 Sri Lankan representatives are taking part in the discussions. Four Indian Government officials, headed by Joint Secretary Suchitra Durai are attending the meeting as observers, while the Sri Lankan side has eight officials. […]

A member of the Peliyagoda Urban Council, J. Chamila Sandaruwan, has been found shot dead inside his car at Tyre Corporation Junction in Dalugama, Kelaniya this morning, police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said. […]

Mass media have a power far more than Governments to tilt public opinion to their line of thinking using a plethora of modes at both international and local levels with a dangerous ability to make mountains out of molehills. The scope of their manipulation is phenomenal and profit driven. Humans are sensitive to emotional blackmail […]

Indian Marine police Saturday arrested five Sri Lankan fishermen and seized one boat from them while patrolling in the Bay of Bengal at Kakinada. […]

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday that President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Cabinet and Parliament had unanimously approved the printing of pictorial warnings on 80 percent of the display area of packets of cigarettes and had issued the gazette notification to that effect. As the tobacco industry had filed a case against the government in the […]

We were under the impression that Sri Lanka’s unemployment was hovering at 4.4% and then we are informed by a Sunday newspaper that the Minister of Labour and Labour Relations says there are ‘enough vacancies in Sri Lanka’ – not for Sri Lankans, only for Indians and that too in Sri Lanka’s public sector, the […]

The World Bank approved a credit line of $147 million to help rehabilitate basic urban services and improve liveability in two major cities Kandy and Galle. […]