Teacher beats Principal

A teacher who is alleged to have hit the Borella Ratnawali Balika Vidyalaya Principal with an umbrella was arrested by the Borella Police today

Security banter between SL and Korea

Chief of Defence Staff Jagath Jayasuriya met the Defence Minister of the Republic of Korea, Kim Gwan Jin in Seoul.

Sri Lanka slips in 'Doing Business Index'

Sri Lanka has fallen four places in the World Bank's latest list of best places to run a business. In the latest World Bank's Doing Business Index, Sri Lanka has been ranked 84, down from 81st place it enjoyed in the 2013 Doing Business Index.

Canadian sentenced to two years for helping Tamil Tigers

A Canadian man who pleaded guilty in the United States to a terrorism offence in connection with the Tamil Tigers has been sentenced to two years

Attack on SL team: Suspect’s bail cancelled

A Lahore High Court division bench on Monday dismissed the bail application of Zubair alias Nek Muhammad, who has been accused of attacking the Sri Lankan cricket team

Lankan murdered in UK

A Sri Lankan has been murdered while out working in South Yorkshire in UK. Thavisha Peiris, who moved to Sheffield two-and-a-half years ago to study at university, was found dead late on Sunday night

Chinese woman taken for a ride

A tour guide arrested on the charge of having swindled a Chinese woman out of US$ 900 after taking her on a trishaw ride around the Colombo city was ordered to be remanded till October 31 by a Colombo Court

Video: Sanath has no time for cricket: UNP

The United National Party (UNP) today said the Deputy Minister of Postal Services, Sanath Jayasuriya should resign from his post in the Sri Lanka Cricket Board, citing that he did not have enough time to spare for the betterment of cricket

Punch up at the Bentota Pradeshiya Sabha

A tense atmosphere prevailed at the finance committee meeting of the Bentota Pradeshiya Sabha this morning due to an altercation between the PS Chairman Gayan Sirimana and the Vice Chairman Ranjith Wickremesinghe that led to fisticuffs

SL awarded ‘Outsourcing Destination of the Year’ award

Sri Lanka has been awarded the prestigious "Outsourcing Destination of the Year" award by the National Outsourcing Association (NOA), UK at the award ceremony held in London on October 23.

Prince Charles will not open Uni in SL

The British High Commission in Colombo today said Prince Charles would not open the new University of Central Lancashire during his visit to Sri Lanka, as mentioned in some media reports

UNP supports non-military governor for North

The United National Party (UNP) said today it agreed with the suggestion made by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) that a civil governor be appointed to the North Province.

Doctors to strike

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) said today its members would stage a countrywide token strike on November 4.

Public asked to be cautious of Rs.2,000 notes

A counterfeit currency-note racket operated by a mathematics tuition master was busted by the CID on last night

5-hour water cut in Moratuwa Municipal area

A five-hour water cut will be imposed from 10.00 p.m. on Tuesday 29 to 3.00 a.m. on Wednesday 30 within the Moratuwa Municipal area for purposes of maintenance, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board said.

Power disruption in Colombo

The electricity supply in Colombo has been disrupted as a result of a high tension electricity supply line malfunctioning, the Ceylon Electricity Board said

Expressway earns Rs. 2.3 million

The Road Development Authority said that the country's second expressway-Colombo Katunayake Expressway-collected a revenue of Rs 2.3 million rupees during the first six hours of its operations.

SL assumes leadership of Colombo Process

The Chairmanship of the Colombo Process was transferred from the Government of Bangladesh to the Government of Sri Lanka during a meeting held at the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Geneva on 21 October 2013.

Stray dogs removed from E03

Stray dogs that were loitering along the Colombo-Katunayake Highway had been caught and taken away prior to its opening, an animal organization said today. Pictures

E03 after 6 p.m.

The Colombo-Katunayake Expressway declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning would be opened for public from 6 p.m. today, an official said.

PM should announce boycott of C’wealth meet: DMK

Describing as “extremely shocking and disappointing” External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid’s reported remarks assuring his participation in the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka next month, DMK today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to categorically announce India’s boycott of the 53-nation group’s meet.

John at the E03 opening

Chief Opposition Whip and UNP District Leader John Amaratunga who was the only UNP MP to attend the opening ceremony of the Colombo-Katunayaka Experssway (E03) today, said he participated in the event because it was something which was started by the UNP.

Pakistan Naval ships due here

Two Pakistan naval ships PNS NASR and Khaibar will arrive at Colombo Port today on a four-day goodwill visit, As part of goodwill, Pakistan Navy ships frequently make port calls on Sri Lanka and

MR declares open Colombo- Katunayake expressway

The Colombo- Katunayake expressway was declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa a short while ago

Pakistan to sell JF-17 fighter jets to SL-report

Pakistan has decided to start sale of state of the art JF-17, Thunder combat planes developed by the collaboration of China to several other countries including to Sri Lanka from next year, Pakistan’s The Nations news agency reported.

Khurshid will attend CHOGM

India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will represent India at the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) summit, though the Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging boycott of the meeting because of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.

HR violation takes place in every country-Envoy

“Human rights violation takes place in every country in the world. We have our share of it and we are making effort to correct them,” Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said in New Delhi said.

BCCI terminates 'Pune Warriors'

The Indian Premier League's 2014 season will see eight instead of nine teams competing after the BCCI on Saturday terminated the Sahara Group-owned Pune Warriors India (PWI), sources told CNN-IBN.

SL ranked 55th in Global Gender Gap report

Sri Lanka is ranked 55th among 136 countries across the world in terms of gender gap, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2013 released by the World Economic Forum on Friday

Accident kills three in Puttalam

At least three persons including an infant were killed and five others injured when a van carrying the victims had collided with a parked lorry at Karuwalagaswewa on the Puttalam-Anuradhapura main road in the early hours today, police said.