President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity as Finance Minister, is scheduled to present the 2014 Budget to Parliament today (21) at 1.00 p.m. The debate on the second reading of the Budget will commence the following day at 9.30 a.m. and continue till Nov. 29. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a message sent this week, has congratulated the new Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. […]

The implementation of regulations, prohibiting the use of motorcycle helmets, which cover the whole face and with tinted visors has been suspended, police said today. […]

A couple was stabbed to death with a sharp instrument in the Halgasmulla area of Akmeemana early this morning (November 20), police stated. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – Those preparing the speeches of David Cameron and advising him what to say in Sri Lanka have made a big blunder – they have forgotten to mention that 3 Britishers were killed on 3 May 1986 when the plane they were onboard was bombed by the LTTE killing the […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – A question that needs to be finally asked and answered is whether the Sri Lankan Tamils are really upset that the LTTE has been defeated and how many Tamils elsewhere share the same sorrow? If tragically the majority of the Tamils wherever they live feel angered by the demise […]

As a part of the progressive urban development projects in Battaramulla a newly constructed house was gifted to a low income family at a function held under the patronage of the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday (18th November) at Thalapathpitiya, Madiwela in Battaramulla. […]

FILE PHOTO Police used tear gas to disperse a crowd protesting in the Nindavur area since yesterday (November 19) while blocking the Akkaraipattu-Kalmunai road. […]

Mount Lavinia Additional Magistrate, Praharsha Ranasinghe, ordered a company to pay compensation amounting to Rs 10,000, based on charges of mentally distressing an individual, who had been receiving unsolicited text messages. […]

Two Air Force personnel attached to the Piduruthalagala Air force base were killed in a shoot out between them this morning, police said. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – It has become a trend to design and implement a string of international laws, charters, treaties and what not, all applicable to one set of people totally omitting the architects of these laws who created these laws having first flouted them and continue to flout them. Therefore, much as […]

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa celebrates his 68th birthday today (November 18) with family members at his official residence. The President will also mark the anniversary of his election to the office tomorrow, November 19. A series of religious ceremonies have been organized island wide to mark the President’s birthday and the anniversary. […]

While the Sri Lankan government has so far given the impression that it does not take offence to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh skipping the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Sri Lanka’s Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said on Sunday that he was disappointed with Dr. Singh’s absence. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – Why did the President of this country have to end up defending the nation when those enjoying plush positions and virtually in orbit 24×7 roaming Western shores remain absolutely nonplussed about how to respond when the Prime Minister of Britain breaching all protocols insults us on our soil? Why […]

The Australian government yesterday declared that it would gift two large Bay Class patrol vessels to the Sri Lankan Navy early next year. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – The present Government will go down in history as giving India the biggest stakes in Sri Lanka’s post-conflict despite being rewarded with consecutive humiliations by India. None of these humiliations have even remotely pushed Sri Lanka’s leaders to realize that India CANNOT be TRUSTED or made Sri Lanka’s leaders […]