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  The conducting of tuition and revision classes, distribution of question papers for the Grade 5 scholarship examination will be banned from midnight tomorrow (19) to 12noon on August 25, the Commissioner of Examinations said. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix By: Nalin Hewapathirana – President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the Kataragama sacred area last night and participated in many special religious observances and annual Kataragama perahara festival. The President participated in religious observances at the Katharagama Kiri Vehera Rajamaha Viharaya and called on the Chief Incumbent of the Kiri Vehera […]

The Chairman of the Aranayake Pradeshiya Sabaha, Dinesh Gunaratne has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a person, police said. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix By: Nalin Hewapathirana & Nishanka De Silva President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the Wahalkada at the Tissamaharama Raja Maha Viharaya, which was constructed in memory of their deceased parents, father D. A. Rajapaksa and mother Dandina Samarasinghe Dissanayaka, this evening on 16 August. The President accompanied with Speaker Chamal […]

The Gampaha District Court today issued an enjoining order preventing the sale and distribution of all Fonterra products in Sri Lanka. The order was issued in a case filed by the Government Nursing Officers Association. […]

Chief Prelate of the Asgiriya Chapter of the Siam Nikaya, Most Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakkhita Maha Nayaka Thera, charged the United National Party (UNP), under Ranil Wickremesinghe, is ‘drowning in a sea of hopelessness.’ […]

Pelassa Magistrate Namal Perera ordered the Moulavi of the Paragahadeniya Grand Mosque in Mawathagama and the Road Development Authority yesterday, to remove the sign board erected in front of the Mawathagama Paragahadeniya Mosque, which reads, ‘Mosque ahead- keep silence’, within 14 days. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva – Jermaine Jackson, brother of pop icon Michael Jackson and member of the once famed ‘Jackson Five’ met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President’s House last evening on August 14. Jermaine is currently visiting Sri Lanka at the invitation of MP Namal Rajapaksa. […]

A Muslim school teacher has been arrested for damaging the board of the mosque in Paragahadeniya in Mawathagama in Kurunegala district. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed the following members to the Commission tasked with investigating cases of persons from the Northern and Eastern Provinces who went missing during the war: […]

The historic Kandy Esala Pageant can now be viewed live through YouTube. This has been arranged for the first time by the Media and Special Projects Unit of the Sri Dalada Maligawa. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana – President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over appointment letters to 43 new administrative officers who completed one year training programme by passing the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) Examination conducted in the Tamil medium. A special ceremony was held at the President Secretariat today on 14 August […]

Former DIG Vass Gunawardana and his son Ravindu were further remanded till August 27 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today. […]

Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera said yesterday the attack on innocent civilians who protested for clean water at Weliweriya was a serious warning about the future of the people in the country. […]

Popular artiste Rukantha Gunathilake said yesterday the real culprits who harassed him and his wife Chandralekha Perera were the ones who gave the order. He said the individual who gave the order is moving freely, while the persons who executed the order were punished. Addressing a press conference in Colombo, Gunathilake and Chandralekha Perera said […]

– By Janaka Alahapperuma – Photos by: Sudath Silva – Six new foreign envoys including five High Commissioners and an Ambassador taking assignments in Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 12 August (Monday). The ceremony for the handing over of credentials by the new diplomats was held at Presidential Secretariat in […]