Uthayan newspaper office in Kilinochchi attacked; three persons injured
April 3, 2013 - 8:56 am
No proof of Balachandran’s murder: Indian MP
April 2, 2013 - 2:44 pm
Cuddalore MP K S Azhagiri raised doubts over Prabhakaran’s son Balachandran’s death and claimed that there was no video evidence on the killing by the Sri Lankan armed forces. The Congress MP made the statement while addressing a public meeting arranged by the youth Congress at Cuddalore Old Town on Sunday night. […]
Politics won’t hurt spirit of the game in IPL : Kumar Sangakkara
April 2, 2013 - 11:50 am
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kumar Sangakkara feels keeping the Sri Lankan players out of the Chennai matches in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League is not going to “curtail” the spirit of the game. Bowing to intense political pressure, the IPL governing council last week withdrew top Sri Lankan players from all the […]
Perera leads Sri Lanka to Twenty20 win
April 1, 2013 - 7:43 am
Opener Kusal Perera hit an explosive maiden half-century off 44 balls to steer Sri Lanka to a 17-run win over Bangladesh in a one-off Twenty20 international in Pallekele on Sunday. Sri Lanka, put into bat, rattled up 198 for five wickets with Perera hitting five fours and four sixes in his 64. Bangladesh finished on […]
Mattala-Colombo SriLankan flight hit: Ice or birds?
March 31, 2013 - 8:25 am
A SriLankan Airlines aircraft has been damaged when it ran into a “burst of hail” while descending into Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, official records show. The incident, which occurred on Monday, left a crack in the aircraft’s windshield. The Airbus 330 was flying from the Maldivian capital of Male to Katunayake via Mattala Rajakapsa International […]
Hakeem calls for urgent Cabinet meeting
March 30, 2013 - 9:15 am
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader and Minister of Justice Ruaff Hakeem who had expressed his displeasure over the attacks on Muslim business establishments in Pepiliyana on Thursday had requested President Mahinda Rajapaksa to convene a special Cabinet meeting to discuss the rising religious unrest in the country. […]
SMS race bait vermin fall into cid net
March 29, 2013 - 6:50 am
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) launched a full scale investigation to arrest the individuals who, backed by NGOs, are sending SMSmessages of an inflammatory nature to incite communalism and cause rifts between communities, supporting those elements bent on destabilizing the country. […]
Massive cyberattack hits Internet users
March 28, 2013 - 6:09 pm
(CNN) — Internet users around the globe are facing slowed-down service, thanks to what’s being called the biggest cyberattack in history. The prolonged denial-of-service assault is targeting The Spamhaus Project, a European spam-fighting group that has gone after CyberBunker, a data-storage company that offers to host any content “except child porn and anything related to […]
Rs. 39 Million fraud at Deyata Kirula
March 28, 2013 - 9:52 am
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had begun an investigation against the Chief Executive Officer at the secretarial office of the Deyata Kirula National Exhibition 2013 for allegedly cheating and misappropriation an amount of Rs.39 million in contrast to the tender procedure. […]
Rs. 40 billion slash in CEB expenses: POWER HIKE REDUCED
March 28, 2013 - 6:57 am
Public Utilities Commission (PUCSL) chairman Dr. Jayatissa. de Costa PC, yesterday said it was able to slash Rs 40 billion in expenses from the Ceylon Electricity Board’s (CEB) cost estimates for 2013, which amount, if not slashed, would have gravely impacted on electricity consumers and government electricity subsidies. “As a result of the Commission’s regulatory […]