Video: Govt. attempting to grab PCs at any cost: JVP

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today met the Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya and complained about the election law violations being blatantly carried out by United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidates. Pictures

JVP street play members assaulted

A Street Drama troupe of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) was assaulted by an unidentified group at the Panadura bus stand this afternoon, JVP media said

19-year-old beaten to death

A 19-year-old youth was killed and a 68-year-old man critically injured after being allegedly assaulted by some of the guests at a function held at a residence in Galle last night

Fishermen talks on March 25; no response from TN

The new date for the talks between Indian and Lanka Fishermen had been fixed to March 25 on a directive of Fisheries Minister, Fisheries Department Director General Nimal Hettiarachchi said

Video: Satellites spot suspected Malaysia Airlines plane debris

Satellite images posted on a Chinese government website appear to show three unidentified floating objects in the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam near the flight path of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane

Lankans hurt in expressway mishap in India

Ten Sri Lankan tourists were Wednesday injured, including a woman in critical condition, on Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, India as their mini bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck, police said.

US to lobby support against SL

The United States (US), the prime mover of the resolution on Sri Lanka while calling for an international inquiry into human rights violations, has called for another side event in Geneva on March 18 to lobby for support, a spokesman said yesterday

8 hour water cut in Colombo/suburbs

The supply of water to Colombo and its suburbs would be interrupted from 12 noon to 8 p.m. tomorrow due to urgent maintenance work that was to take place at the pump house located in Kotte, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced

Video: Building collapses in Manhattan

A building collapsed in Manhattan this morning following an explosion, injuring more than a dozen people and scattering dust and debris across streets and sidewalks

TID calls for public help to locate fugitive

The Terrorist Investigations Department (TID) called for public support to identify and locate a suspect by the name of Kajiban Ponnaiah Selvanayagam alias ‘Kobi’ alias ‘Kasiyen’, police sources said.

Facebook's San Francisco-area HQ secured after threat made: police

Police searched and secured the headquarters of social media giant Facebook Inc on Tuesday evening after receiving a threat against the company, which San Francisco-area authorities said turned out to be "totally not credible"

Video: Pharmaceuticals categorised as a special commodity

Pharmaceuticals have been categorized as a special commodityand as such it is compulsory for importers to obtain the approval of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) before increasing prices,the Ministry of Cooperatives and Internal Trade said today.

Video: Check your land deeds: Police

Police warned the public today to check their land deeds after it was revealed that the CID arrested a man who cheated a lady engineer of Rs.42 million by selling a plot of land using forged documents.

Court orders release of 116 Indian fishermen

Ahead of the proposed talks between Sri Lanka and India to sort out the vexed fishermen issue, a court in Sri Lanka today ordered release of 116 fishermen, arrested over the last two months for allegedly crossing the IMBL and fishing in the island nation’s waters

Video: Don’t vote for small parties-UNP

United National Party (UNP) today requested the people not to vote for any other small party if they are fed up with the ruling party as the UNP is the only alternative for it ???

SL regrets removal of Ukrainian President

The Sri Lankan government said that in keeping with country’s consistent policy of recognizing democratically elected Heads of State, the unconstitutional removal of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from office is regretted, and has aggravated the present political uncertainty in Ukraine.

Glyphosate to be banned in Sri Lanka

The use of the weedicide Glyphosate has been banned on a directive from President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Deputy Minister S.M. Chandrasena said. He said this weedicide is known to be linked to the rapidly spreading kidney disease in Sri Lanka

Video: UNP aide stabbed

In another case of election violence, a UNP aide was stabbed during an altercation with some UPFA supporters at the Yala junction in Anguruwatota last night, police said.

Victory Day jumbo won’t fly to Korea

The donation of the five-year-old baby elephant named ‘Dinuda’ to a private zoo in South Korea has been halted on the intervention of President Mahinda Rajapakse. 

TNA meets British and US diplomats

A Tamil National Alliance (TNA) delegation led by R. Sampanthan met US and British envoys in Colombo on Monday and discussed the US-led resolution to be submitted at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva, informed sources said

Missing Malaysian airlines passengers' phones still ring

Relatives of Chinese passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were still clutching to faint straws of hope for their loved ones Tuesday, four days after the aircraft went missing

Hangman hangs in balance

The Prisons Department had not decided whether to call for fresh applications or not for the position of hangman, Prisons Commissioner General Chandrarathna Pallegama said

DMK manifesto calls for a referendum in N/E

The manifesto of DMK party led by M. Karunanidhi said that the DMK would urge the Indian government to take immediate actions for conducting a ‘referendum’ under the supervision of United Nation among Tamils in northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka and migrated Tamils to choose a permanent political solution of their choice

UNP’s manifesto tomorrow

United National Party (UNP) will launch its manifesto for the provincial council election at its headquarters Sirikotha tomorrow

Malaysia military tracked missing jet to Strait of Malacca-source

Malaysia's military believes it tracked the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner by radar over the Strait of Malacca, far from where it last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country's east coast, a military source told Reuters

Video: Govt. must uphold democratic values: CBK

Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga said today the government should uphold internationally accepted norms of democracy if it was to protect the country from international interference.

Audio: Mervyn throws challenge at other UPFA candidates

“I’m making an open invitation to anyone who is contesting from the UPFA to come forward and bring victory for the Kelaniya electorate if they can at this month’s election to the Western Provincial Council under the betel symbol of the UPFA,” Minister Mervyn Silva said at a public meeting in Hunupitiya, Kelaniya yesterday.

Underworld gangster ‘Heen malli’ shot dead

Notorious underworld gangster ‘Palankada Heen malli’,alleged to have been responsible for several killings including that of a Ratnapura gem businessman, last month was shot dead in a police shootout today

Australian police declined to interview alleged 'tortured' Lankan-report

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) declined the opportunity to interview a Sri Lankan asylum seeker sent back from Christmas Island who alleged he had been “severely tortured” by local police on his return, a cable obtained under freedom of information laws has revealed, The Guardian reported.

Two Lankans with fake passports nabbed

Two Sri Lankan nationals, who were allegedly travelling on fake passports to Dubai, were apprehended by airport security officials last morning in Pune, India