– by Shenali D Waduge – Truth or Lies is what Canada needs to ask of its MPs for Rathika Sitsabaiesan has been caught red handed telling absolute fibs. She says she was under house arrest, then she denies it but not before she ensures her party’s leader makes a buffoon of himself by demanding […]

A top US envoy will travel to Sri Lanka on Monday to discuss allegations of war crimes ahead of a UN review of Colombo’s human rights record Officials say a top US envoy will travel to Sri Lanka on Monday to discuss allegations of war crimes ahead of a UN review of Colombo’s human rights […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa held talks with the King of Jordan His Majesty King Abdulla II Ibn Al Hussein Sunday (Jan. 05) afternoon at the Royal Hashemite Court in Amman. […]

The deep depression still persists about 200km to the east of Trincomalee and is expected to move over or very closer to Jaffna peninsula today. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – President Mahinda Rajapaksa left the island last morning on 04 January, embarking on an official tour of the Middle East. Sri Lankan President will visit Jordan, Palestine and Israel during his trip. […]

Is it just a coincidence that virtually all the world’s current conflicts finds its roots to either British divide or rule policies or the policies of other European colonial rulers! Sudan’s case is no different. It is time people woke up to realities. The handful of nations being used as the big bullies in a […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa accompanied by First Lady Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa, this morning, left for the Middle East for state visits to Jordan, Palestine and Israel. […]

Minister of Mass Media and Information, Keheliya Rambukwella, said he did not force Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, Mohan Samaranayake, to resign. […]

The Bodubalasena has intervened to settle a clash between UPFA constituent, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne over a letter issued by the latter’s office to a heroin smuggler. […]

Coastal Rameswaram turned tense after Sri Lankan navy apprehended 26 fishermen and impounded their 5 boats that had sailed from Mandapam. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – There is one question that if honestly answered would provide the only solution to burying the past and getting on with the future and that is for Tamils to finally ask themselves whether they are happy the LTTE is no more and whether they want to continue to be […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Chief Minister of the Northern Province C. V. Wigneswaran met President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning (02 January) at Temple Trees. […]

Over 100 female workers of an apparel factory in Horana have been hospitalized due to food poisoning, Police spokesman said. He added that the workers had fallen ill after consuming dinner yesterday and was admitted to the Horana Base Hospital today. […]

(Pix: Sunday Times) Dozens of party-goers were hospitalized on Wednesday (1) after a stage collapsed at the five-star Colombo Hilton Hotel during New Year celebrations, the organizers said. […]