Madhura back home after her 15 minutes of fame

Christened by the media as the “Olympic mystery woman” after she gatecrashed the athletes’ march on the inaugural day of the 2012 London Olympics, Madhura Nagendra, back home in Bangalore, says that it was an “error of judgment” that led her to walk beside Indian flag-bearer Sushil Kumar. […]





UNP and JVP worked for the downfall of agriculture – Maithripala

The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the Minister of Health Mr. Maithripala Sirisena challenged Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to point out any positive changes, if there were any, made to develop agriculture during his regime as the Prime Minister or during the period of the UNP government, in which he was […]






Hundreds of millions without power in India

Hundreds of millions of people have been left without electricity in northern and eastern India after a massive power breakdown. More than half the country was hit by the power cuts after three grids collapsed – one for a second day. […]





Dalada Perahera ends today

The final Randoli Perahera of the Kandy Esala Festival paraded the streets amid a large number of foreign and local visitors last night. The annual Kandy Esala Perahera is the largest Buddhist festival and the most colourful cultural pageant in Sri Lanka. […]




LTTE remains on US list of terrorist organizations

The US government revealed that the LTTE remains in its list of foreign terrorist organizations while stating in the same report that the Sri Lankan government has used the fear of possible reemergence of the LTTE to maintain a strong military presence in past conflict areas. […]