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Sri Lankans who were brought to Greece from Libya, en route to Sri Lanka have gone missing and the Greek Government is now considering imposing a ban on Lankans entering the country, according to a Senior Official of the Ministry of External Affairs

Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetilake has been given a two-year extension in the Chief of Defence Staff post by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Media Centre for National Security said.

A group of 20 Ministers and 15 Deputy Ministers have requested the Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs to give official residences for them, as allowance of Rs. 50,000 was not enough for rent for a spacious house in Colombo.

Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva today that the government of Sri Lanka was the best judge of the manner in which the emergency regulations should be managed while promising that this process would be concluded in an ‘appropriate and timely manner.’

West Indies seamer Kemar Roach grabbed a hat-trick as his team crushed the Netherlands by 215 runs in a World Cup Group B match in New Delhi today

Main opposition UNP today claimed that President Mahinda Rajaapaksa had accepted the allegation made by them on Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery coming to a standstill

The City Traffic police said that they will implement the existing law that buses, lorries, trishaws and other heavy vehicles should use the left lane within the Colombo City limits

Indian MDMK leader Vaiko and CPI's Tamil Nadu secretary D Pandian, besides 400 party workers, were taken into custody by Tamil Nadu police today for trying to stage a protest in Chennai

Six Sri Lankan fishermen who were detained in Tamil Nadu have been granted exit permits today and will be arriving in Sri Lanka tomorrow, Deputy Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Chennai Vadivel Krishnamoorthy said

A suspect was killed when he jumped from the crime branch room of the Galle police while he was being questioned for taking away a gold chain belonging to a 4 year old boy, Southern Province DIG Kingsley Ekanayake said

The Colombo High Court today ordered Prison officials to provide hot water to the imprisoned former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka after it was brought to the notice of the Court that the hot water facility provided by the Court to him was not being provided by the Prison officials

Undergoing a medical test has been made compulsory for the workers in hotels in Colombo, a spokesperson from the Public Health Department said.

Two people have been killed when the motor bike they were riding on, crashed into a lorry that was parked near a porcelain factory in Dankotuwa, last morning. Police said the deceased were residents of Singakkuliya.

One person was killed and five others were injured including three policemen when a jeep providing security to IGP Mahinda Balsuriya’s wife, Mrs. Asha Balasuriya crashed into a shop in Sannasgama, Pelmadulla after colliding with a motorbike this evening

No one would be able to accept any post in the UNP on April 12 as the traditional nonagathe (period between the old year and the New Year) falls on that day, Puttalam District MP Palitha Range Bandara said today

The Galle Face beach front has been sold to a luxury hotel along with the statue of former Prime minister of Sri Lanka and founder of the SLFP, S.W.R.D Bandaranaike, Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said at a rally in Divulapitiya

Tomatoes, green chilies, egg plants and ladies fingers will be prohibited from being sold in markets in Kelaniya from the end of April, Public Relations and Public Affairs Minister Mervyn Silva said.

It is the responsibility of the political parties to organize a people’s struggle similar to other countries like Libya. The JVP will undertake this responsibility on behalf of the masses, JVP Propaganda Secretary Vijitha Herath said today

More than six Sri Lankans who were in Libya arrived in Sri Lanka via Jordan during the weekend and around 36 more are expected tomorrow, Kingsley Ranawaka, Chairman of the Foreign Employment Bureau told Daily Mirror online

Government MP Upeksha Swarnamali popularly known as “Paba” is to undergo surgery at Lanka hospital on her left cheek bone due to the injuries received due to a domestic dispute which occurred on the 16th of this month, hospital sources told Daily Mirror online