CONVENOR OF IUSF UDUL PREMARATNE ARRESTED
October 29, 2010 - 7:11 pm
Asin gets notice for loss of vision to Sri Lankans
October 29, 2010 - 7:05 am
Oct. 28:A legal notice has been sent to film star Asin of Ghajini fame, holding her responsible for vision impairment to 10 Tamils in Sri Lanka and claiming compensation on their behalf. HMK state youth wing general-secretary Gurumurthy, in his notice through advocate Balamurugan to the actor’s residence in Kochi, referred to earlier media reports […]
President tells Defence University Convocation: One law for all
October 29, 2010 - 6:56 am
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that the law of the land is applicable to all citizens of the country equally and Forces personnel are no exception. The President said Forces personnel have to comply with the country’s military, civil and criminal law. He stressed that they cannot evade the civil law of the country merely […]
Tourists taunted during Maldives ‘wedding ceremony’
October 28, 2010 - 7:12 am
(WARNING: Contains strong and abusive language.) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Maldives expressed “shock and disgust” yesterday after a video surfaced of a Swiss couple being mocked and insulted by a celebrant during their marriage ceremony at a luxury hotel. In the video, posted on YouTube several days ago, a couple can be seen seated […]
Babul Beeda seized
October 28, 2010 - 6:52 am
The Aduruppu Street Police yesterday seized two separate hauls of the illegal drug Babul Beeda worth of Rs 2 million and arrested two suspects. The Police acting on a tip off arrested one person at the Gaspaha junction and found Babul Beeda and a mixture of cannabis powder and tobacco powder that were used to […]
Check point removal begins
October 27, 2010 - 11:13 am
All check points in Colombo city limits would be removed from today and will be replaced by an alternative surveillance system to ensure city security, Military Spokesman Major General Ubaya Medawala said. As of today checkpoints in Bambalapitiya and Wellawatte have been removed and other points will be removed gradually. […]
President appeals for Rizana
October 27, 2010 - 7:48 am
The Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has asked the King of Saudi Arabia to revoke the death sentence imposed on a Sri Lankan maid. Rizana Nafeek was convicted three years ago of killing a baby in her care. President Rajapaksa’s office says he has written to King Abdullah on behalf of the maid, who was […]
Year after death, LTTE chief’s case closed
October 26, 2010 - 5:24 am
CHENNAI: The LTTE supremo, Velupillai Prabhakaran, is no more the prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. In the first official acknowledgment by India of the LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran’s death, a designated court for Tada cases in Chennai has dropped all charges against him, on the basis of a CBI report. “The case […]
All rice in market fit for human consumption: Health Ministry
October 26, 2010 - 5:16 am
Almost one hundred per cent of the rice available for sale in the market is fit for human consumption, said the Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Health. I response to allegations from certain quarters that most of the rice in the open market was not fit for human consumption, officials had inspected stocks of […]
J’pura hostel sub-warden assaulted
October 25, 2010 - 11:36 am
The sub warden of the Sri Jayawardenapura university hostel for Buddhist monk students has been admitted to the Kalubowila hospital after he was assaulted by a group of students. He was allegedly attacked by a group of Buddhist monk students of the hostel. Vice Chancellor of the Sri Jayawardenapura University, Dr. N. L. A. Karunaratne […]
Provide 24 hour OPD services – President directs health authorities; A move for a Patient friendly health service
October 25, 2010 - 7:23 am
The President Sunday directed the Secretary, Health Ministry to initiate a system to keep all Out Patient Departments (OPD) in the Hospitals open to the public, 24 hours. The Hospitals in Sri Lanka offer health care services to people free of charge and as a result the OPD’s are always over crowded and the patients […]
Manju tested positive, may lose gold
October 24, 2010 - 11:09 am
Sri Lanka suffered a major humiliation as Commonwealth Games bantam weight boxing champion, Manju Wanniarachchi has been tested positive for banned steroid, nandrolone and is on the verge of losing the country’s first gold medal in 72 years. According to highly placed sources his ‘A’ sample contained 19-Norandrosterone, a prohibited anabolic under category S1 from […]
Fire at Norochchole
October 24, 2010 - 10:57 am
A sudden fire has broken out at the Norochchole Thermal Power Plant in Kalpitiya today morning. According to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Chairman, Vidya Amarapala the fire has irrupted due to the clogging up of a chimney that emits waste from the combustion of coal. […]
BLACK COLOUR BEST SUITED FOR NATIONAL DRESS, SAYS FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE
October 22, 2010 - 8:38 pm
October 21, 2010: Former chief justice Sarath N. Silva says that in an era where human rights are fast disappearing, it is most appropriate to wear the national dress in black colour. The former chief justice expressed these views addressing a function in Anuradhapura today to felicitate Attorney at Law Karunaratne Herath for the service […]
Defence budget is high since we are still paying for war supplies: Keheliya
October 21, 2010 - 2:13 pm
Certain organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are waging a relentless campaign to tarnish the name of Sri Lanka globally. That is why at least three organizations have again carried pictures of so called atrocities by the Sri Lanka Army, said Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella this morning (Oct. 21). Sri Lanka has clearly […]
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