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The JVP-led Ceylon Teachers’ Service Union (CTSU) yesterday said it would file legal action against the Education Ministry’s decision to put an end to the Grade V scholarship examination from 2016. […]

The ruling party members (UPFA) of the Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha yesterday voted against the budget presented to the council by Chairman A.D. Kumarasiri.

British Sri Lankan Forum (BSLF) donated £1000 for the Resettlement Housing Project of war victims in Sri Lanka at a function held recently in Birmingham for the same purpose. The money was raised at a dinner and a musical evening with a patriotic theme held at the Parish Church of All Saints, Queensbury on Saturday […]

FILE PHOTO – The Thermal Nagar police in Tuticorin district, which had arrested 59 Sri Lankan fishermen on charges of illegal fishing in Indian waters during September-November, are all set to file charge sheet against the fishermen before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. […]

A person was killed and another four wounded following a grenade attack in Pragathi Mawatha, Walasmulla last night, police said. […]

Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran, in a bold statement, said the Tamil speaking people in the North were not against the Sinhalese per se, but were against the ‘Sinhalization’ of the island’s North and East. […]

Dr. Prathiba Mahanamahewa – Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), Dr. Prathiba Mahanamahewa, said revisions to the existing Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Act, which contains five recommendations, had been submitted to the President as well as the Minister of Justice for their perusal, two weeks ago. […]

The British Sri Lankan Forum – UK has accused Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron of becoming a ‘virtual representative for the Tamil Diaspora at the Colombo CHOGM conference”. […]

FILE PHOTO – President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday told Parliament that the need of the hour was to form a broad alliance comprising both, the government and opposition to develop the country for the sake of people. […]

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa, made her prime ministerial ambitions clear on Thursday (19). […]

Results of the GCE Advance Level examination- 2013 have been released by the examinations department a short while ago.The results could be accessed through www.doenets.lk […]

A man was arrested while six others have been asked to surrender after a non-governmental organisation (NGO) they were said to belong to held a ceremony to mark Tamil Tigers chief V. Prabhakaran’s birthday in Kulim, Kedah. […]

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination will probably be scrapped from 2016 as a result of the secondary school development project, which is in progress. The minister addressing the media at the Education Ministry yesterday said however the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination will be replaced by an evaluation test. “The knowledge […]

Thalangama OIC Upul Perera and three others were released on personal bail of one hundred thousand each. The Thalangama Magistrate also banned them from entering the Thalangama Police Division. […]

Weightlifting prodigy Shashika Ekanayake who won a gold medal at the recently held Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting Championships has been ranked second in the world in his weight class according to latest rankings issued by the International Weightlifting Federation. […]

Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Susantha Punchinilame, was acquitted and exonerated of all charges in connection with the murder of parliamentarian Nalanda Ellawala, by the Ratnapura High Court Judge, Achala Vengappuli, yesterday. […]