The amended Divineguma bill has been passed in Parliament with 160 MPs voting for and 53 voting against. The opposition UNP, TNA and DNA voted against the bill while 11 members abstained. […]

Neighbours shot dead Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha member Hasitha Madawala, Police said, adding they are yet to establish the motive of PS member’s murder. Five suspects in connection with the murder, including the main suspect have been arrested by the police — within 72 hours of the incident. […]

By Shenali Waduge This response is to counter the article titled “In search of justice: The story of the people of Kepapilavu” written under a pseudonym “Elijah” to the Sunday Times (6 Jan 2013) having visited Mullaitivu as well as spoken to the people of Kepapilavu last month (Dec 2012). […]

Prime suspect in the Kelaniya PS member Hasitha Madawala’s killing has been arrested at BIA while trying to leave the country. […]

The government will pass the Divi Neguma Bill in Parliament today. The government expects to form the Divi Neguma Department bringing the Samurdhi Authority, Upcountry Development Authority and the Southern Development Authority under its umbrella. Over 20,000 employees will also be entitled for pension benefits into this Bill. […]

Hon. Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia and Partner Mr. Tim Mathieson hosted Sri Lankan and Australian Cricket Teams with their families on the 1st January 2013 at the Kirribilli Admiralty House in Sydney at a Reception to mark the New Year Test Match.  This Test Match is incidentally the first ever Test Match for […]

Canada’s Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney called on External Affairs Minister Prof G.L. Pieris yesterday. It was noted that a ministerial level visit from Canada was taking place after three years and the two ministers welcomed the opportunity for a candid exchange of views on a range of bilateral issues. […]

A woman police constable attached to the Sports unit of the Fort police has been stabbed to death on the overhead bridge in Pettah allegedly by her boy friend, who is also hospitalised after consuming poison, police said. […]

A Sri Lankan asylum seeker committed suicide at the weekend while living in the community in Perth, the Immigration Department has confirmed. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has requested the King of Saudi Arabia to release the Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek who faces death sentence in Saudi jail on charges of murdering an infant boy, states a release from the Department of Government Information Ministry of Mass Media and In formation. […]

Investigations into the killing of a Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha UPFA member on Saturday night had been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday, Police spokesman SSP Prishantha Jayakody said. […]

By Shenali Waduge The war is over. Sri Lanka’s next battle is to arm Sri Lanka’s greatest asset – its People with Education. The ground realities are not so simple. Resurrecting a nation that suffered 30 years of more than just terrorism is a daunting task especially when forces continuously attempt to keep Sri Lanka […]

UPFA member of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha member Hasitha Madawala has been shot dead by an unidentified gunman near his home at Waragoda, Kelaniya around 7.30 pm today (5), Police said. […]

Price of a 12.5 kg cylinder of domestic LP gas increased by Rs. 150 with effect from midnight today – CAA […]