British MPs to visit Jaffna

A group of British Conservative MPs including Liam Fox who was the architect of the bi-partisan agreement with the then PA government and the UNP, is expected to visit Jaffna to monitor the current situation in the peninsula especially on the alleged military presence, Presidential Advisor Arun Tambimuttu said yesterday.

Gota wants to change demography: TNA

TNA MP Suresh Premachandran refuting recent remarks made by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the statement was a prelude to changing the demographic patterns of the North.

Maharoof appointed as Opp. Leader of CMC

UPFA’s Mohammed Maharoof has been appointed as the Opposition Leader of the Colombo Municipal Council by President Mahinda Rajapaksa today, informed sources said.

Lankan crew arrested for scrap

Desperate Sri Lankan crew from an attached ship in Durban Harbour have been arrested after they tried to raise R800 ‘pocket money’ by selling metal from the ship for scrap.

Video: Seven remanded, 112 released

Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singapuli, today ordered that seven suspects be remanded and granted personal bail to 112 suspects who were arrested while attempting to migrate to Australia illegally.

No confidence motion against Muzammil?

The UPFA group of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) is to bring in a no- confidence motion against Colombo Mayor A. J. M. Muzammil accusing him of various malpractices

Malinga pulls out of Middlesex

Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has decided against playing for Middlesex in English county cricket's Twenty20 competition, the county's managing director Angus Fraser announced

Video:Stranded Lankan in Venezuelan airport disappears

A Sri Lankan man who lived in Caracas’s international airport in Venezuela for four months has mysteriously disappeared, news reports said

43 injured in wasp attack

At least 43 persons including three monks were hospitalized after they were attacked by wasps this morning at the Kotagala Pirivena, Dambulla. The Police said that the wasps attacked the people due to noise created by a group of devotees who visited the area.

Audio: He will move forward- Apsara

The elder daughter of Sarath Fonseka, Apsara Fonseka said her father would move forward in a very simple manner

‘Military gradually reducing presence’

Jaffna Security Forces Commander Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe said that military was gradually reducing its presence in Jaffna and being replaced by the Police since civil administration had been established in Jaffna.

Actress admits she extorted money

The Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday ordered teledrama actress Anushka Sonali Sayakkara to pay Rs.1,000 as state costs in a case involving an attempt to extort a sum of Rs.100,000 from her father.

Tissa admitted to the ICU

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake is currently undergoing treatment at the ICU after he was admitted to the Colombo general hospital yesterday. Attanayake had undergone immediate surgery last night and is expected to stay at the ICU for the next five days informed sources said

Gankanda granted bail

UNP MP Dunesh Gankanda was granted bail a short while ago by the Colombo Fort magistrates court.

North 'not just for Tamils'- Gota

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said it is not appropriate to view the north of the country, over which a separatist war was fought, as a predominantly Tamil area.

G.L in meeting with Rankin

Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L Peiris is currently at a meeting with the High Commissioner for Britain John Rankin. The meeting is reported to be a reaction over remarks the High Commissioner had made regarding the reduction of Military camps in the North

UNP MP surrenders

UNP MP Dunesh Gankanda has surrendered to the Colpetty Police a short while ago through his lawyer the Police said. The MP was wanted in connection for causing grievous bodily harm on a businessman at a night club in Colombo last Saturday

Aussie bound 113 arrested in Colombo

Around 113 people have been arrested on the shores of Negombo and Galle face this morning after they were found attempting to flee the country to Australia, the Police said. PICTURES

MR's assertion is an insult- Karunanidhi

Describing as “an insult to injury” Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's assertion that his country would not bow to outside pressure and withdraw the Army from the North, the DMK President M. Karunanidhi on Sunday said the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO)

Sampanthan re-elected leader of ITAK

Tamil National Alliance leader R. Sampanthan was re-elected leader of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi at its 14th National Convention in the Eastern headquarters,Batticaloa

Lankan dead in Chennai airport

A 55-year-old Sri Lankan national died in Chennai airport after he suffered a heart attack, airport sources said. Lal Chand, who was holding a waitlisted ticket for Colombo, fainted in the restroom yesterday. He was rushed to a nearby government hospital.

60 soldiers hospitalized

Sixty soldiers attached to several camps in Pollonnaruwa were hospitalized due to food poisoning after their lunch today. Besides, 40 others were cured by medical personnel attached to the military.

Indian envoy assesses ground situation

Indian High Commissioner Ashok K. Kantha made a four-day visit to the Eastern province in order to get firsthand information on the ground situation in the province and explore opportunities to further develop the economic and cultural situation, the Indian High Commission said.

Tremors were trivial

The minor tremors felt in different parts of the country on Saturday night had apparently measured between 0.2 and 0.3 on the Richter scale, officials said. The tremors had been felt in areas such as Colombo, Ratnapura, Badulla and Jaffna.

She slashed the nose

In a weird incident that took place in the Godakumbura area today, a 40-year-old divorced woman had allegedly slashed the nose of a 26-year-old person for not continuing their illicit relationship. 

UNP MP Gankanda to be arrested for biting nose

UNP Ratnapura district Parliamentarian Dunesh Gankanda is to be arrested by police for allegedly assaulting and biting the nose of a businessman during a brawl at a five star hotel in Collpetty last night, the police said.

Vivek Oberoi & Preity Zinta in SL

Bollywood Superstars Preity Zinta and Vivek Oberoi arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago to attend the Carlton Super 7's tournament today at the Bogambara Grounds in Kandy, organizers said.

Earth tremor felt in SL

An earth tremor has been felt in some parts of the country including Colombo, Diyatalawa, Nuwara Eliya, Hatton and Ratnapura areas around 9.52 pm today (26) , the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau said. No damages or casulties reported so far.

18-hours water cut in Colombo

Several areas in Colombo will experience an 18-hour water cut from 10am today due to an urgent repair in the EliHouse water distribution pump, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board said today.

Fire at J’pura campus

A fire has been broken out at the Chemical store of the Jayewardenepura University causing damages to laboratory equipment, following explosions of two Sodium Cylinders a short while ago.