The price of a 450 g loaf of bread will be increased by Rs.3 with effect from Monday, All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA) Chairman N.K. Jayawardena said. He said that the decision was taken due to the increased of wheat flour price. […]

Minister Wimal Weerawansa said though bread prices would go up by 5 or 6 rupees after the imposition of a Rs. 15 tax on a kilogramme of wheat flour, the most unfortunate family that eats bread for all three meals would have to additionally spend only a sum equivalent to the price of two quids […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to the island yesterday after completing a successful four-day state visit to South Korea. […]

A traffic jam reported in the Town Hall area due to a protest by a group of Muslims in front of the Davatagaha mosque against the relocation of a Mosque in Dambulla, the police said. […]

The residence of Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Vice Chairman and secretary of Minister Mervyn Silva Chamilaka Duminda has been attacked by a group of individuals, Ada Derana reporter confirmed. […]

The Sri Lanka Army today denied reports that security forces had used cluster bombs during the war and requested to provide any evidence so that an investigate can be launched, the Press Trust Of India reported. “I wish to reiterate that Sri Lanka Army, Navy or Air Force never used cluster bombs,” military spokesperson Brigadier […]

A Tamil man accused of robbing a petrol station told a court that the Sri Lankan cashier allowed him to take the goods. […]

Indian Oil Corp is ready to help Sri Lanka cut its heavy dependence on Iranian crude imports, as tighter Western sanctions hit supplies from Tehran, IOC subsidiary Lanka IOC said yesterday. A top Lanka official said it was ready to help in a $2bn upgrade of Sri Lanka’s 50,000 barrels per day refinery which state-owned […]

Maj Gen Walter D Givhan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Plans, Programmes and Operations of the US State Department’s Bureau of Political – Military Affairs, paid a courtesy call on Secretary Defence and Urban Development Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday (26th April) at the Ministry of Defence. […]

Thousands of Sri Lankan internet users could be among millions worldwide who will face a total internet blackout from July 9, 2012 due to a malicious piece of software that may infect their computers without their knowledge, the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned yesterday. […]

Price of wheat flour has been increased by Rs. 8.50 per kilogram with immediate effect, sources told Ada Derana. Therefore the new price of a kilogram of wheat flour is Rs. 98.50. […]

United National Party Parliamentarian Karu Jayasuriya has issued a media release yesterday in view of the completion of three years since Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka was imprisoned and the completion of six years since he was injured in a suicide bomb attack. […]

Milinda Moragoda who stepped down as Leader of the Opposition, and Member of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) today denied reports claiming he is to take up an appointment with the World Bank. […]

The Police in one of the biggest raids in recent history on heroin distribution, arrested three women and two men at a luxurious distribution point in the 2000 Plaza housing complex, Sri Jayawardenapura, Kotte last evening. […]

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) said yesterday that they had seen a marked rise in cyber crimes, as they had received a total of 202 complaints on the matter.  Most of them were related to hacking of Facebook accounts. […]