Sport is a mafia in the hands of drug dealers and casino operators, says parliamentarian Arjuna Ranatunga. Addressing a function at Kalutara yesterday, the parliamentarian of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) said that said that except for cricket, there has been a downfall in all other sports in the island. […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Record-breaking Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan goes into his fourth and final World Cup praying that he ends his glorious international career on a high. “My role for this World Cup is to take as many wickets as possible,” says the 38-year-old off-spinner. “I just want to focus on my performance and […]
The Rumanian who is believed to be the mastermind behind the illegal withdrawal of millions of rupees from Automatic Teller Machines by forging ATM cards (with the help of two Sri Lankans) was apprehended by the Criminal Investigation Department at the Bandaranaike International Airport on Saturday night, sources said. The suspect, who is believed to […]
Indian Central intelligence agencies have communicated specific inputs to the Tamil Nadu police that suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres had conspired to carry out attacks on VVIPs during forthcoming Assembly elections. Highly placed intelligence sources confirmed to The Hindu Saturday that the Home Affairs Ministry had sent alert messages that some LTTE […]
A house of ill fame in Bambalapitiya was raided last night and six persons including five women were arrested. “The manager of the ‘house’ is also among the arrested and the women, aged between 23 and 40, are residents of Ratmalana, Veyangoda, Padaviya, Dambulla and Anuradhapura,” said the Walana Central Corruption Prevention Unit. […]
“I have an interesting letter that will make you all laugh,” declared President Mahinda Rajapaksa, when the weekly cabinet meeting ended on Wednesday night. He read out to his ministers the contents in Sinhala without identifying the writer. The recipients were the writer’s sister and brother-in-law. He had thanked them as well as their children […]
The damages to the national highway network alone specially in the North Central, Eastern, and Central provinces due to floods amounts to Rs.250 million approx. said Deputy Minister of Ports and Highways Nirmala Kothalawala. The worst affected are the roads in the Eastern Province, he said. […]
A Lance Corporal of the Army on parachute training died today when he fell into the Weerawila Tank during a training jump. “The parachute opened but the corporal got entangled in it resulting in him falling into the tank,” said Army spokesman Major General Ubhaya Medawala. […]
“Go tell it to birds,” said Karu Jayasuriya, Deputy Leader of the United National Party yesterday to members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party who allege that the attack on the UNP rally on February 04 was done by the UNPers themselves. Addressing a media briefing yesterday, Karu J. said that the manner in which […]
Source: Reuters – By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, Feb 10 – Sri Lanka plans to build a new port city by reclaiming the seafront at a cost of $350 million and selling the land as it expands the island nation’s main harbour, the state-run Port Authority said on Thursday. As presently envisaged, the creation of 340 […]
Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Murali’s technique will also be recorded and downloaded into the Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence ‘virtual bowler’ machine, if and when he visits the country as a guest spin coach in June. Asked if there was some sense of poetic justice in this, Murali, said that he did not want […]
The government yesterday introduced legislation in Parliament to make provision for a disabled voter to be accompanied by a person when voting at elections. The new Bill which was presented in the House would be taken up for debate soon. The Bill provides for the accompanying person to make the ballot paper as directed by […]
Two persons, including a sick child, died on the spot and 12 others were injured in a head on collision between an ambulance and a CTB bus at the Walliwela bend on the Matale- Dambulla main road yesterday afternoon. The ambulance was transporting several patients including a 12-year-old boy to the Polonnaruwa Hospital from a […]
Today, there is no rule of law in the country. Only the deities are left to take our grievances, says Anoma Fonseka, wife of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka. She made this statement yesterday taking part in a pooja held at the Kali Amma Kovil in Mutwal to mark the completion of a year since […]