Video: SLTJ ordered to apologise to the Mahanayakes

20 May 2014

16

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today asked the Secretary of the Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Thowheed Jamath (SLTJ) Organisation to apologise to the Mahanayakes of the three Chapters for making derogatory remarks on the Buddha.

UNP to field party candidate for presidency

20 May 2014

13

The United National Party said today it was considering fielding a separate candidate from the UNP at the forthcoming presidential elections.

Manmohan resigns as Prime Minister

17 May 2014

8

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today resigned from office after two successive terms, a day after his Congress party lost the national election.

Academics condemn student activists arrest

17 May 2014

6

University academics today condemned the abrupt arrest of the sixteen student activists yesterday evening, adding such actions will only further provoke students than solve their issue.

Modi seeks strong ties with SL

17 May 2014

31

India's Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi said he looks forward to a strong relationship between Sri Lanka and India.

Laos air force plane crashes, defence minister on board

17 May 2014

0

A Laos air force plane with 14 people on board, including the defence minister, has crashed in the north of the Southeast Asian country, a Laos defence ministry source said on Saturday.

Cartoon of the day

17 May 2014

7

16 IUSF members arrested

16 May 2014

1

Sixteen members of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) were arrested by the Slave Island and Kirulapona police, IUSF convener Najith Indika said.

Pope’s trip to Philippines with stop in SL, ‘under study’

16 May 2014

3

The Vatican on Friday said that the Pope will possibly stop by Sri Lanka if he visits the Philippines in January or February 2015, Catholic News Service said.

Gandhi family accept responsibility for Congress defeat

16 May 2014

21

The leaders of India's defeated Congress party, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, admitted personal responsibility on Friday for the disastrous election results which came after 10 years in power.

IUSF protest

16 May 2014

3

The members of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) and students studying for the Allied Health Science (AHS) Degree are seen holding placards at a protest over the reduction of the course duration from four years to three years.  Pix by Nisal Baduge

Video: Let Sri Lanka learn from India’s example: SF

16 May 2014

32

Democratic Party Leader Sarath Fonseka today hailed the example set by Indians by toppling the corrupt and inefficient UPA Government and urged Sri Lankans to follow suit and save this country from the clutches of a corrupt regime.

MR invites Modi to Sri Lanka

16 May 2014

31

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today congratulated India’s Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi, who secured a comprehensive victory at the elections and invited him for a state visit to Sri Lanka.

Lankan linked to al-Qaeda arrested in Malaysia

16 May 2014

22

The Bukit Aman Special Branch counter-terrorism division in Malaysia has helped thwart a planned attack on foreign consulates in India with the arrest of four suspected terrorists including a Sri lankan man who was detained at a house in Kepong at about 11.15am on Wednesday.

India extends ban on LTTE by 5 years

15 May 2014

10

The Indian government has extended by five years the ban imposed on LTTE, a terror group that was behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and was decimated by the Sri Lanka military in 2009.

Absence of engine drivers, guards cripples train services

15 May 2014

2

The Railway Department said about 15 trains had to be cancelled this morning since most of the engine drivers and guards had not turned up for duty today.

A Piliyandala plastic factory on fire

15 May 2014

8

A fire  is reported to have broken out at a plastic-bottle manufacturing factory at Dolekanaththa in Piliyandala a short while ago. Pictures

Rice Dansala by Ranweli Hotel

15 May 2014

1

The management of Ranweli Hotel in Waikala organised a rice dansala last night. Large numbers of people are seen having meals at the Dansala. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

30 tourists fall prey to wasps at Sigiriya

15 May 2014

8

About thirty tourists including foreigners had to be hospitalized after being attacked by wasps when visiting Sigiriya this morning, police said. Pictures

Ranil is back

15 May 2014

32

Opposition and UNP National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was in the US on a teaching assignment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for more than a month returned to island early this morning.