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New Left Front Leader Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne today lodged a complaint at the Human Rights Commission alleging that that he and his party members were attacked at the airport earlier this month after he arrived in the island from the UK

Two suspects were arrested by the Customs for defrauding customs declarations and bringing in a loss of Rs.50 million to government coffers after evading tax laws to import tyres

Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Water Management W. B. Ekanayake was among the flood affected people in Anuradhapura District as his house went under water today. Deputy Minister told Daily Mirror that he and the family managed to move away from his residence unharmed

The government has decided to introduce fertilizer subsidy to all Coconut planters at Rs. 1000 per 50 kg bag of fertilizer, the government information department said.

A lawyer has sought from the Lahore High Court (LHC) disqualification of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer for secretly visiting Sri Lanka without informing the government, allowing it to appoint its stopgap successor

In a bid to boost defence ties between the two countries, Sri Lanka and India on Monday decided to hold a formal annual defence dialogue and staff level talks between their armies and navies from next year, the IANS said.

The Maldives Centre for Community Health and Disease Control (CCHDC) has advised Maldivians to reduce travelling to neighbouring Sri Lanka after swine flu (AH1N1) killed 22 people and infected more than 300 over the past two months, Haveeru online reported

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will soon re-enter the lucrative bunkering business after a lapse of eight years, following the Supreme Court’s order nullifying the privatization of bunkering, Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premjayantha said today

The Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament has upheld the procedural anomaly raised by Sri Lanka’s  Ambassador to the EU, following the denial of Sri Lanka's ‘right of reply’ at an exchange of views on the post conflict period in Sri Lanka

Principals of some leading schools had secured human and physical resources in excess of the required amount to their schools by providing false information to the Ministry. Strict action will be taken against them, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane said

Four hundred and four out of more than 15,000 Muslim families driven away from the Jaffna Muslim Ward by the LTTE in 1990 have resettled in their original places

Indian Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar arrived in the island early this morning with a seven member delegation to hold bi-lateral talks with Lankan officials, according to the Media Centre for National Security

More than 214817 persons belonging to more than 56803 families have been affected due to floods and heavy rain in Batticaloa, Trincomalee and several other districts in the island, while 3134 are currently displaced, the Disaster Management Center said

Thirty employees of a garment factory in Nochchiyagama were injured after a commotion when one of the electricians of the factory got electrocuted. The employees were injured after they started to move away from the spot of the electrocution

The health officers of  the Colombo Municipal Council have destroyed 300kg of expired fruits, 40kg ice-cream, and 40 kg Kottu that were on sale in shops in Pettah over the weekend, Chief Medical Officer CMC Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam told Daily Mirror a short while ago

The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) has called upon the Centre and the US to revoke the ban on the LTTE. A resolution adopted at the party’s Tamils’ sovereignty conference (Tami-zhar Iraiyaanmai Maanadu) at suburban Maraimalainagar Sunday evening

UNP MP Sajith Premadasa during his meeting with his Eminence Malcom Cardinal Ranjith today said that he champions the cause of development oriented politics. He said that believes in the empowerment of people in socio-economic spheres irrespective of caste, creed, ethnic, religious or any other differences

Ignorance, domestic accidents and reckless driving were the leading causes of most of the 551 accidents reported in the past two days, Dr.Pushpa Ramyani Soyza, senior nurse of the National Hospital told Daily Mirror

There are around 200,000 prostitute seekers and around 40,000 prostitutes in the country, according to a survey, Dr. Sujatha Samarakoon attached to the AIDS prevention unit of the Health Ministry said

Forty persons including a Buddhist monk, twenty Army personnel and sixteen members of the Civil Defence Force have been marooned in the sacred site of Somawathi Temple, police said.  The area has been flooded by the surging waters of Periya Aru