UPFA MP P. Rajadurai to join UNP
November 25, 2014 - 12:04 pm
Ferguson protests flare into violence after no indictment in Brown death
November 25, 2014 - 9:36 am
US – Ferguson: Gunshots were heard and bottles were thrown as anger rippled through a crowd outside the Ferguson Police Department in suburban St. Louis after authorities on Monday announced that a grand jury voted not to indict a white officer in the August shooting death of an unarmed black teen. […]
Vote for anyone except Rajapaksa – JVP
November 24, 2014 - 5:30 pm
Revealing their stance on the forthcoming Presidential Election, Sri Lanka’s Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today stated that it has no conditions with any of the candidates, however urged the public to vote for any candidate of their choice, except President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]
England in Sri Lanka: Rain in Colombo wrecks tourists’ final warm-up match
November 24, 2014 - 6:07 am
England were frustrated by rain in Colombo as their final warm-up match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. The tourists were due to take on a Sri Lanka A side for the second time in three days ahead of the first one-day international on Wednesday. But persistent rain at the P. Sara Oval meant […]
Sirisena’s security, vehicles withdrawn
November 23, 2014 - 10:05 am
The security provided to the three Cabinet Ministers and the Deputy Minister who left the Government on Friday has been withdrawn and they have been provided with the security that is accorded to MPs, Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said yesterday. They include former Health Minister and the ruling SLFP’s former General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena who will […]
Swamy seeks ban on Prabhakaran’s birth anniversary celebration
November 22, 2014 - 1:20 pm
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday urged Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh to issue a directive to the Tamil Nadu government to ban the move to celebrate birth anniversary of slain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran, who was responsible for killing of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. […]