Asked whether Wijedasa Rajapaksa president of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka and a section of the Bar hijacked Saturday’s Bar Association special general meeting, the Bar Association Vice President who is tendering her resignation today said ‘Yes, of course, absolutely.’ She alleged that sections of the Bar hijacked the Bar Association meeting disallowing others […]

The Ceylon Teacher Services Union yesterday alleged that GCE Ordinary Level Science I question paper had been leaked and demanded an impartial inquiry into it. […]

  By Shenali Waduge The number of conflicts taking place throughout the world is seeing no decline and the reasons are many from the Cold War conflicts to anti-colonialism, people’s wars, coups, invasions, border disputes, ethnic and religious conflicts, international arms trade and the latest root cause terrorism. The present trend of conflicts is certainly […]

A van over taking a lorry crashed into a Colombo-Hatton bus in Avissawella and then collided with the same lorry at the Weliwita junction at Kaduwela killing one people and injuring more than 10. […]

H.E. Barack Obama President of the United States of America Excellency, I was greatly greatly saddened to hear the news of the shoot-out in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, where 27 persons, including 20 innocent little children were tragically gunned down. […]

His Excellency Dr Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of the Republic of India Excellency, Deeply moved by the passing away of the great Indian sitarist and composer, Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar, I send you my heartfelt condolences on this sad occasion. […]

Colombo, Dec 15 (IANS) Sri Lankan lawyers Saturday decided not to accept a new chief justice if the current one is removed without a fair trial. A government sponsored motion to impeach current Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake was recently presented to parliament and then investigated by a parliament panel which found her guilty of most […]

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Vice President, senior lawyer Anoma Goonethilake said she decided to resign from her position following the tense situation that arose during the special general meeting held this morning. […]

  By Shenali Waduge The world would have been a better place but for a handful of people who are directly or indirectly responsible for the state of anarchy and disunity throughout the world. They do not function in isolation and if people were to open their eyes and spend some time to find the […]

The state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has increased the price of a liter of Octane 90 Petrol by Rs. 10 effective from midnight yesterday (14).The new price is Rs. 159. […]

The Motor Traffic Commisioner General S. H. Harishchandra stated that the points system will be implemented from January in order to create disciplined drivers. […]

Colombo Night Races (CNR) will be held on December 15, 2012 attracting many foreign visitors to Sri Lanka. The rehearsals will take place today (14). Several roads near Galle Face and Colombo Fort will be closed from 6pm today and tomorrow in view of the Colombo Night Races. […]

Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradehiya Sabha, Prasanna Ranaweera would soon be arrested over an alleged assault of a woman, an officer at the Peliyagoda police said. A woman named Vineetha Edirisinghe, had lodged a complaint with the Peliyagoda police that Ranaweera and another assaulted her at the Pradeshiya Sabha building. She was admitted to the […]