(Lanka-e-News, 31,Jan.2011, 3.25AM) About an hour ago, the LankaeNews office premises was set on fire. At about 2.00 am today, a group of unknown personnels had broken into the premises and set it on fire. By now everything that was inside the building has been destroyed. […]

Sri Lanka’s 63rd Independence Day celebrations will be held on a grand scale at Kataragama on February 4. Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister W. D. J. Seneviratne said yesterday that President Mahinda Rajapaksa was scheduled to address the nation at 9.15am . He said the garlanding of the statue of the first Prime Minister […]

Another three mahouts of Pinnawala have been interdicted over the death of Neelagiri, the elephant in the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Bhashwara Senanka Gunaratne of the Zoological Department said that the services of 10 employees of the Orphanage have been suspended over the incident. […]

The 32-year-old passer-by, shot while passing by close to the Mount Lavinia courts when prison officers opened fire at a suspect who was escaping from their custody, succumbed to his injuries early this morning. “He died around 1am today,” said Dr. Lionel Muhandiram, Deputy Director of the Kalubowila Teaching Hospital. […]

J. Jayalalithaa, leader of the Anaitha India Anna Dravis Munnethra Kalaham (AIADMK) party has demanded that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh step down if he is not capable of finding a solution to end the mid sea attacks on Indian fishermen, says the Times of India. Jayalaithaa had said that the reason for continuing attacks […]

Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake yesterday announced that the Local Government election would be held on March 17 to elect 3,931 members for 301 Local Government bodies islandwide. Over 20,000 candidates will vie for 301 slots in four Municipal Councils, 39 Urban Councils and 258 Pradeshiya Sabahas while over 12 million voters will be eligible to […]

A cultural corner named as ‘American Corner’ has been established in Jaffna by the United States Embassy in Sri Lanka. The new Center will help people to tap educational opportunities, knowledge and information technology. The U.S. Ambassador in Sri Lanka Ms. Patricia Butenis had said that “The American Corner” is much more than a small […]

Another prisoner who was injured in the clash at the Anuradhapura prison on Monday (January 24) died last night at the Anuradhapura hospital. Over 20 prisoners were injured in the clash that ensued following a protest in the prison area while two people have now died from their injuries. […]

January 26, 2011: Anoma Fonseka, wife of Sarath Fonseka says that she does not think justice would be meted out unless through a court of the people. Mrs. Fonseka expressed this view at a media briefing convened by the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) today. […]

Infamous underworld suspect ‘chooty putha’ today fled from police custody when he was brought to the Mount Lavinia Magistrate courts. Police had shot at the suspect during his escape attempt however he had managed to escape, SSP Daya Samaraweera told Ada Derana. […]

The Court Martial in terms of the Army Act is a ‘Court’ in terms of Article 89 (d) of the Constitution, the Court of Appeal delivering the reasons they received from the Supreme Court stated yesterday. Earlier the Court of Appeal referred to the Supreme Court to determine -”Whether the words ‘any court’ referred to […]

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa testifying before the Trial- at-Bar hearing Sarath Fonseka’s white flag issue yesterday said that the Sunday Leader lead story on December 13, 2009 that he gave orders to eliminate LTTE members who came with white flags to surrender at the last stage of the war is totally false and a deliberate […]

Washington, Jan 25 (PTI) Tamil-Americans have asked US President Barack Obama to initiate investigations against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, over alleged crimes against humanity during the civil war. The memorandum to Obama has been signed by more than a dozen Tamil-American organisations, many of whom held day-long protest outside the White House and the […]

Sri Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi, Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam left for Chennai this morning to seek the welfare of Buddhist monks who were injured in the attack on the Mahabodhi Temple in Chennai last night (24 Jan). He will meet with the Chief Secretary and other key officials of Tamil Nadu to express concern […]

A year and a half after the end of the Civil War, Switzerland has arrested ten members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for extortion of funds. Investigations carried out on the 10 Tamil nationals of Sri Lankan origin arrested in Switzerland recently have revealed that by threatening and blackmailing, the accused have […]

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government on Monday said that it was “most anxious to ascertain the facts behind the alleged incidents” of attacks on fishermen, and denied again, in a detailed statement, the involvement of its Navy. Assuring that it was anxious as India was to bring “any perpetrators…to account,” the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry […]