Nepal earthquake: Death toll exceeds 3,000

At least 3,218 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake which hit Nepal on Saturday, say officials.

New Parliament will meet in September: Ranil

Indicating the general election would be delayed, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinge yesterday said the new Parliament will meet for the first time in September this year.

Daya Alwis no more

Well-known actor Daya Alwis (72) who was undergoing treatment following an accident, has passed away this morning hospital.

Air Force C130 develops engine trouble in Nepal

A C130 plane belonging to the Sri Lanka Air Force, which carried emergency supplies, medical and relief workers to Nepal, developed engine trouble and was unable to return today.

Satyagraha urging the enactment of 19A

A satyagraha organised by a number of religious heads and headed by the Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera, the head of National Movement for Social Justice, will be held tomorrow at Independence Square from 10.00 am. urging the enactment of the 19th Amendment, the Thera said.

Disaster Management Centre collects relief assistance

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has set up a special coordinating centre to collect relief assistance to be dispatched to earthquake-hit Nepal, officials said today.

I am unaware about such an incident - Namal

MP Namal Rajapaksa said that he was unaware about an incident where a man said to be a security officer of his was caught bearing a gun in the vicinity of President Maithripala Sirisena in Angunukolapelassa on Saturday (25).

CID to investigate the gun holder

A special investigation was launched by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into an incident where a man said to be a security officer of MP Namal Rajapaksa was caught bearing a gun in the vicinity of President Maithripala Sirisena at the SLFP Hambantota district meeting held in Angunukolapelassa on Saturday (25).

JHU supports 19A & 20A

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) which earlier opposed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution had decided to extend full support for the 19th and 20th Amendments to the Constitution, party General Secretary Patali Champik`a Ranawaka said today at a media briefing held in Battaramulla.

Magnitude 6.7 aftershock hits Nepal

A powerful, magnitude 6.7 aftershock shook the Kathmandu area of Nepal today, a day after the massive earthquake devastated the region with more than 1,900 deaths and destroyed homes and infrastructure.

One killed, 14 injured in accident

One person was killed and 14 were injured after a van collided with a parked lorry at Palwehera, Dambulla on the Dambulla-Polonnaruwa Main Road early this morning, the Police said.

Nepal quake: medical officers wanted

The Prime Minister’s Office said doctors, nurses and paramedics willing to volunteer their services to the victims of the Nepal earthquake to contact 071-2492484 for more details.

Nepal quake: death toll rises to 1,900

Rescuers dug with their bare hands and bodies piled up in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu valley, killing at least 1,900, and triggered a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest.

Army rescue contingents fly to Nepal

The first segment of the emergency rescue and relief contingent comprising of 44 Army personnel and 4 Civil Medical Consultants left for earthquake-struck Nepal this morning, the Army media said.

Brothel raided in Wellawatta

Three women and a manager of a brothel, which had allegedly operating in the guise of a massage parlour in Wellawatta, were arrested during a raid carried out by the Police on Friday night.

​Death toll crosses 1000 in Nepal

A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing more than 1,000 people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest.

​No foreign interference-President

President Maithripala Sirisena said that no western power has interfered with the internal affairs of Sri Lanka, state owned SLBC said today.

Air force flight to bring Lankans in Nepal

The government has taken steps to bring back Sri Lankans including students currently in Nepal in a special Sri Lankan Air Force flight, which will leave for Nepal with a stock of emergency relief to those affected by the earthquake.

​Sri Lanka to send emergency relief to Nepal

The Government of Sri Lanka has taken steps to provide emergency relief to those affected by the earthquake in Nepal, the Prime Minister office said.

Fears of breakaway rebel cricket league sparks ICC probe

New Zealand Cricket has been drawn into an International Cricket Council-led investigation targeting a possible breakaway rebel cricket league, New Zealand based STUFF news agency reported.

Nepal earth quake has no impact on SL: DMC

DMC Assistant Director Pradeep Kodippili said the 7.6 magnitude earthquake which struck Nepal this morning had no impact on Sri Lanka as it occurred on a separate land and not in the sea.

7.5 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal

A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake has struck Nepal less than 50 miles from the capital of Kathmandu, the U.S. Geological Survey said today. It occurred at a shallow depth of about six miles.

Wigneswaran defends raising convicts’ issue with Modi

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran yesterday strongly defended his action of forwarding to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a representation, seeking the release of four convicts of a case of rape and murder, popularly called the Premananda case.

Mother, three children drown at Hambanthota sea

Three children and their mother drowned at sea, while playing on the beach off Old Tangalle Road in Hambanthota this morning, the Police said.

Sri Lanka reiterates warning on Indian fishermen

Sri Lanka yesterday reiterated its warning that Indian fishermen who violate its maritime border and illegally fish within its waters will be arrested.

​Writing to Modi;Did Wigneswaran break protocol?

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V.Wigneswaran may have broken protocol when he officially wrote to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to consider releasing four Sri Lankan Tamils sentenced to life imprisonment in the 1994 Premananda rape and murder case, Sri Lankan officials told The New Indian Express.

Tax on potatoes, big onion increased

The import taxes on potatoes and big onion have been increased by Rs 15 and Rs. 20 respectively with effect from today, the Finance Ministry announced.

Bond issue: JVP wants President to appoint new committee

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) led ‘Voice Against Corruption’ had written to President Maithripala Sirisena requesting him to appoint a new committee to look into the controversial bond issue.

Protesting MPs summoned for contempt of court

MPs Dullas Alahapperuma, Bandula Gunawardane, Gamini Lokuge, Jayantha Ketagoda and Sarath Weerasekara, WPC Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga, Provincial Councillor Udaya Gammanpila and 27 others have been ordered to appear before the Court by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on May 8 on charges of Contempt of Court.

Tsunami funds: Complaint lodged against MR

A complaint has been lodged at the Bribery Commission against former President Mahinda Rajapakse on charges of misappropriating Rs. 82 billion from tsunami funds in 2004 by Deputy Minister of Social Services Ranjan Ramanayake.