The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) secured a comfortable victory in the second phase of the Local Authorities election 2011 winning a total of 45 Local Councils out of 65 bodies. The main opposition United National Party (UNP) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) failed to win even a single Local Council at the election […]
The three member committee headed by Power and Energy Ministry Secretary M.M.C. Ferdinando, which is probing into the 20,000 tonnes substandard petrol import scam by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation is now expected to hand over their findings next week. But the question being asked is whether that report will tell the whole truth because of […]
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian who dressed as a police officer to gun down summer campers killed at least 80 people at an island retreat, horrified police said early Saturday. It took investigators several hours to begin the realize the full scope of the massacre, which followed an explosion in nearby Oslo that killed […]
Sri Lanka have announced their one-day and T20 squad for Australia’s tour next month, but not their skipper. Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was named captain for the recent tour of England, was included in the 20-man squad scheduled to play five ODIs and two Twenty20 games against Australia. […]
Lack of transparency in the Executive has led to many problems in the country, said former chief justice Sarath N. Silva yesterday. Addressing a seminar entitled, “Is the Executive, a Challenge to the People’s Sovereignty?” in Colombo, the former chief justice alleged that there was no openness or transparency in the Executive. […]
The Colombo Fort Magistrate today ordered the Colombo Fraud Investigations Bureau to arrest and present in Court ITN journalist Sudharman Radaliyagoda who is alleged to have provided forged document to two scrap iron traders to obtain 1828 tonnes of scrap iron from Sri Lanka Telecom. […]