LIOC raises diesel price

The LIOC has increased the price of diesel by Rs. 4 a litre with effect from midnight today. The new price will be Rs 121 a litre, the LIOC announced

England to field first

England's captain Stuart Broad won the toss in a must-win game and put Sri Lanka in to bat in the last Super Eights match in Group 1 at the World Twenty20 on Monday at Pallekelle

Lankan sentenced for Facebook threat

A United Arab Emirates court sentenced a 33-year-old Sri Lankan electrician to three months in jail for threatening via social networking site Facebook that he would kill a Filipina co-worker if she did not marry him

Ticket stealing Briton remanded

Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli ordered the British national who was arrested on charges of stealing 84 ICC world cup T20 tickets to be remanded till tomorrow

Vidyaloka temporary closed

Vidyaloka College in Galle has been temporarily closed after the newly appointed principal was injured and hospitalised following a tense situation this morning, police said

Water cut in some areas in Colombo

A 9-hour water cut will be imposed in several areas in Colombo from 8am to 5pm tomorrow (02) due to an interruption of the electricity supply to the Kotte pump house, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board stated

ASPI of CSE crosses 6000 points

 The All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) crossed 6000 points a short while ago, Market sources said.

Another accident injures 20

A head-on collision between two private passenger buses left at least 20 people injured at Thalagala, Moragahahena on the Maharagama-Horana road this morning, Police said

Scrap death Penalty in SL-HRC

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), in its report, which is to be taken into consideration during Sri Lanka's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), has recommended that the country should abolish the death penalty, officials said yesterday

Swaranavahini Teledrama director killed in accident

Teledrama director of the Swaranavahini Nalaka Wedamulla (40) was killed and three others injured in a head-on collision in Navinna, Maharagama this morning, police said

Accident kills four in Athurugiriya

Two policemen, a Chinese national and a driver were killed when a police patrolling vehicle veered off the Highway under construction in Athurugiriya this morning, Police said Pictures

I am frustrated and mentally depressed-Malaka

Minister Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka Silva said he is very frustrated and mentally depressed due to the behaviour of the media in the country.

Britisher arrested for theft of T20 tickets

The police arrested a British national who stole 103 ICC T20 world cup tickets worth over Rs.75000 from a ticketing counter in Colombo.

Tight security in Kahawatta

Security has been beefed up in the Kahawatta town by deploying Police and Special Task Force personnel following reports that residents were planning to hold a demonstration against the sudden transfer of the Chief of the Police Special Team that inquired into a series of killings in the area.

36 more intercepted

Sri Lanka Navy this morning intercepted 36 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler.

Grant citizenship to SL refugees- Sri Ravi Shankar

Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Saturday said the Centre and the State government must take steps grant citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps in Tamil Nadu. “

SL crush West Indies

Mahela Jayawardene on Saturday struck a record-equalling sixth half century in ICC World Twenty20 as Sri Lanka brightened their semifinal prospects with a crushing nine-wicket win over West Indies in their Super Eights match.

Lankans to be deported from India

Fifteen Sri Lankan Tamils arrested by the Kollam police on June 3 after busting a human trafficking racket and later released from judicial custody on August 17 will be deported to Sri Lanka from the Thiruvananthapuram airport on Saturday morning. Pictures

Smugglers use SL as transit point to pump in gold

Sri Lanka seems to have become a transit point for smugglers bringing gold Chennai from places like Dubai and Singapore. In the past month, bureau of immigration officials at Chennai airport arrested 13 people, including several Sri Lankan Tamils

Woman attempts to bribe police officers

A Sri Lankan woman was arrested recently in Fintas for attempting to bribe police officers for the release of three of her compatriots against whom missing cases were registered, reports Alam Alyawm daily.

SB promises all arrears for uni. teachers who report to work

Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake said that University teachers who report to work next Monday or Tuesday will be given all arrears.

More Lankans opt to return to SL

Another group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers has asked to be sent home, rather than risk Australia sending them to an offshore processing facility. Pictures

LTTE continues to be a threat-India

Justifying the continuation of the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the Union government on Friday asserted that the banned organisation continued to be a threat to the country’s sovereignty and integrity.

Siyambalanduwa trembles

A minor earth tremor hit the Siyambalanduwa area at around 5 30 am today, the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau said.

India to discuss Kudankulam safety with SL

Taken aback by what it describes as "propaganda'' in Sri Lanka against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, India has offered to discuss the safety aspect of the pressurized water reactors with Lankan authorities.

JSC secretary says danger to their security

Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Secretary Manjula Tillekaratne said yesterday there was a danger to the security of all of them and their families beginning from the person holding the highest position in the judicial system.

Ban on LTTE should be lifted: Vaiko

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief, V. Gopalsamy, popularly known as 'Vaiko', has argued before the tribunal court in Chennai that the ban imposed by the Central Government on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) should be lifted.

Video: We will fight to the end - SF

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka who participated at the rally organised by University lecturers vowed to continue the struggle for the benefit of the future generations in Sri Lanka.

‘More SL asylum seekers want to go home’

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Australia, Thisara Samarasinghe, told the Australian ‘National Times’ that more Sri Lankans, who arrived in Australia seeking asylum, had applied to go home.

System dulls our spinners' magic: Murali

Legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muthiah Muralidaran believes Australia's failure to produce a spinner who can perform outrageous tricks since Shane Warne's retirement can be attributed to the perfectionist attitude of the nation's coaches.