Video: Wellampitiya OIC alleges political hand behind arrest

07 Jan 2014

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Counsel for the Wellampitya OIC, who was detained by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) on drug peddling charges, today alleged that two politicians were behind his arrest as revenge for not releasing three drug dealers whom he had arrested on December 31

A leopard's fate

03 Jan 2014

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A Leopard that remained entangled in a trap for three days died in Balangoda from dehydration and starvation. The attempt by the veterinary surgeons to save the animal proved futile. The leopard was captured on film snarling at onlookers. Pix by Prince Ratnayake

Video: SL may soon become a worldwide drug hub: UNP

03 Jan 2014

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UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake today asked how the Government hoped to stop youth unrest by allowing drug trafficking and promoting gambling in the country

Factory workers in hospital after New Year party

02 Jan 2014

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More than 120 employees of a garment factory at Boralugoda, Ingiriya were hospitalized due to a food poisoning at a New Year get-together in the factory last night, Hospital sources said PICTURES

Mohan Samaranayake resigns as Rupavahini Chairman

02 Jan 2014

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Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Chairman Mohan Samaranayake submitted his resignation yesterday on the instructions of Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.

Inauspicious beginning

01 Jan 2014

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The New Year’s Eve party at the Colombo Hilton resulted in many of the revelers having to be admitted to hospital when the platform they were standing on had collapsed.

Cartoon of the day

01 Jan 2014

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Critics of SL have a misguided notion: President

01 Jan 2014

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an interview with the Daily Mirror yesterday said that those who crticise the Human Rights record of the country are either those who have not visited the country or those who are the voices of the LTTE

Getting ready for New Year

31 Dec 2013

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People at Kirulapone are seen today buying pots to boil milk, in preparation for the New Year. Pix by Nisal Baduge

Power failures in several areas

31 Dec 2013

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Power disruptions were reported in several areas from 7.30 pm today in Central, Southern,Sabaragamuwa, North Western and Eastern provinces due to a  technical fault at the Laxapana power station, CEB sources said

Three escapee Lankans return from S.Sudan

31 Dec 2013

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Three Sri Lankans, who survived the political turmoil in South Sudan while working in a Hotel there, arrived in Sri Lanka today

Two more PS budgets defeated

31 Dec 2013

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The 2014 Budget presented by the UPFA-led Hingurakgoda Pradeshiya Sabha was defeated for the second time today by a majority of three votes with six members voting against and three voting in favour

Four Lankans arrested in Dhanushkodi

31 Dec 2013

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Indian Navy today arrested four Sri Lankans, including three members of a family, for reaching the country without proper documents and seized their fibre glass boat

Tragic death at Peradeniya hospital

30 Dec 2013

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A mentally retarded patient who was being treated at the psychiatric ward of the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital died today after a fellow patient of the same ward tried to overpower him by covering him with a bed sheet

Milco strike called off

30 Dec 2013

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The strike action at the Milco Company was temporarily called off after President Mahinda Rajapaksa gave an assurance that the concerns expressed by the workers would be resolved soon, Sri Lanka Nidahas Sangamaya President Padmasiri Silva said

Homagama PS Budget defeated for 2nd time

30 Dec 2013

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The 2014 Budget presented by the Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha was defeated for the second time today with majority of two votes

Canadian MP in Jaffna, meets TNA politicians

30 Dec 2013

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Canadian parliamentarian Rathika Sitsabaiesan, who is on a visit to Jaffna, held discussions with several Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians and Jaffna-based organizations, yesterday and today, sources said

Video: Hot line to complain against police officers

30 Dec 2013

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National Police Commission Secretary T.M.K.B. Tennakoon said the commission has introduced a new telephone number for the public to complaint against police officers involved in wrongdoing

Over a billion rupees owed as taxes to the CMB Municipality

28 Dec 2013

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The Colombo Municipality said yesterday that tax defaulters owed the municipality over a billion rupees in rates and that many of the private properties that had defaulted would be auctioned next month

Cartoon of the day

28 Dec 2013

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