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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) says that the power supply to flooded areas such as Matugama, Kitulgoda, Bulathsinhala and Kukuleganga in the Kalutara District has been disconnected for public safety. […]

At least 13 persons were killed and several others have been injured following floods and landslides in several parts of the country, Police said. […]

FILE PHOTO – RAMESWARAM: Belying hopes that the bonhomie shared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse would translate into better relations on the waters bordering the countries, Sri Lankan navy on Sunday detained 33 fishermen from Rameswaram. The Lankan navy also seized their seven boats . […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday contradicted Opposition allegations, claiming that it had never asked the government to privatize the country’s education system. […]

  Saliya Dissanayake, former Central Provincial Council chairman and brother of Minister S.B. Dissanayake, has passed away at the age of 48. […]

FILE PHOTO – A Sri Lankan maid who has been in a coma for two weeks as a result of a cylinder explosion died at the King Saud Hospital (Semesi) on Wednesday. Fathima Safaya, 38, was severely burnt in an accident that took place at a Saudi household in the early hours of May 15 […]

The Q Branch police have seized 100 kg of ganja found abandoned in the shallow waters at Arichamunai near Danushkodi, in Tamil Nadu. Superintendent of Police N.M. Mylvahanan said that acting on a tip-off, the police reached Arichamunai to find the drugs packed in four gunny bags of 25 kg each. […]

Objectively compare our nation’s steady progress today with the situation where we were five or six years ago, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday at the presentation ceremony of the Finance and Planning Ministry’s Annual Report 2013, held at MILODA Academy of Financial Studies in Colombo. He said the government’s discussions on development issues went beyond […]

NEW DELHI: India has agreed to release 85 Sri Lankan fishermen who are lodged in different jails in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. This was conveyed to Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday morning. In a good will gesture, the Sri Lankan government had released all the […]

Mobile Service Providers have asked mobile phone users to get their connections registered in their names. This was done at the behest of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC). […]

Three most wanted LTTE leaders arrested by the Malaysian Police, on a request by the Sri Lanka Police under Red Notice, were brought to the country by a special Sri Lanka Police team that visited Malaysia. […]

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation was currently in Sri Lanka to monitor the government’s agreement with it to abolish free education but a future UNP administration would abrogate all such treaties with global organizations, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met for bilateral talks this morning at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, where the President was warmly welcomed by the Prime Minister. […]

Praising new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “inspirational qualities of leadership”, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that Colombo was one with New Delhi against terrorism. […]

The Jathika Hela Urumaya, which met Ven. Maduluwawe Sobhitha Thera yesterday, has warned that there could be serious repercussions if changes are made to the Executive Presidency, without reforming the country’s electoral system. […]