Sea wave electricity soon: Minister

The Power and Renewable Energy Ministry today said the Finnish Ambassador to Sri Lanka Rauli Suikkanen had agreed to provide the latest technology to generate electricity from sea waves to the country.

Mahendran hits back

Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran said a group of disgruntled Central Bank employees closely allied with a former Governor lobbied for his removal because he cancelled all the tamashas and excessive foreign travel enjoyed by a few of his select cronies.

MRP for rice illegal: Bandula

The Maximum Retail Prices (MRP) set by the Finance Ministry on Rice, Nadu and Samba, are illegal since the prices had not been gazetted, MP Bandula Gunawardane said today.

Presidential committee to upgrade Lake House

President Maithripala Sirisena today appointed a four-member committee chaired by retired Supreme Court judge Nimal Dissanayake to upgrade the operations of Lake House, President’s Media Division said.  

Willing to consolidate political trust with SL: China

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that he was willing to work to consolidate political trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation and deepen people-to-people friendship with Sri Lanka.

I had death threats from Feb.1: SAITM CEO

SAITM's Chief Executive Officer Dr. Sameera Senaratne whose car came under gunfire on Monday night said today he had received death threats on three consecutive days and that he had complained to the IGP, DIG and the Mulleriyawa Police about these threats.

India interfering in SL’s affairs: Chinese experts

Sri Lanka's vow not to allow Chinese military activity in the port of Hambantota is meant to pacify India, but is "unnecessary" since the port has always been meant for civilian use and India is too sensitive over China's presence in the Indian Ocean, Chinese experts has told the Global Times.

Against SAITM: Medical students boycott lectures

Students belonging to eight medical faculties have decided to boycott studies from today as a protest against the Court ruling, which permits the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) to provisionally register SAITM’s MBBS graduates, the Medical Faculty Students Action Committee (MFSAC) said today. 

Wimal’s supporter imprisoned

National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa’s supporter who obstructed court proceedings when the MP was re-remanded on January 24, was imposed a one and half year imprisonment suspended for seven years by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.

Uni protest causes traffic in Town Hall

Heavy traffic was reported in Town Hall and along the roads leading to the area from Thummulla Junction and Borella due to a protest march carried out by the Inter University Trade Union Joint Committee (IUTUJC).  

New audit system to evaluate customer satisfaction soon

A new citizens’ participatory audit system to assess the services provided by local government bodies to their constituents would be implemented before long, the Auditor General’s Department said yesterday.

Trump banned from giving historic address in UK Parliament

Donald Trump is set to be banned from giving a historic address in the British Parliament's grandest and most prestigious hall.

Wimal further remanded

Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa and an ex- DGM were further remanded till February 20 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.

Woman arrested over killing of underworld figure in Athurugiriya

A 41-year-old woman, operating a beauty parlour in Athurugiriya, had been arrested on charges of aiding and abetting in the killing of the notorious underworld figure, Tranil Bandara Dharmasiri alias Banda, the Police said.

Chandimal Axed

Misfiring batsman Dinesh Chandimal will be the sacrificial lamb as he will make way for young Sandun Weerakkody in the playing XI for today’s fourth ODI against South Africa at the Newlands Cricket Stadium in Cape Town.

CJC to take punitive action

Special Assignments Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama would present a Cabinet Memorandum to constitute a Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) with powers to take punitive actions against big time financial crimes, frauds, corruptions and misuse of funds to the Cabinet today (7).

Wild Elephant Management Zone is a joke

Wildlife conservation officers are concerned about the on going clearing of the jungle in the Hambantota wildlife zone without declaring the boundaries of the proposed Wild Elephant Management Zone.

Threat to Sumanthiran: A game plan to retain army: CV

The Police saying there is a threat to Sumanthiran's life is a ploy to station the army permanently, the Northern Province Chief Minister C.V.Wigneswaran said.

Chinese Embassy says did not contact CBK

After allegations by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga that the Chinese authorities gave President Mahinda Rajapaksa Rs.15 billion, the Chinese Embassy had reportedly told the Joint Opposition, that it did not meet with her for the last one-and –half-years, the Daily Mirror learns.

State, people not prepared for RTI, say Sarvodaya, TI

Most of the Government institutions did not look prepared to implement the ‘Right to Information Act’ though it came into force on February 3, two civil movements said yesterday.

Bond scam: Presidential Com. meets for first time

The Special Presidential Commission probing the allegations of malpractices in the bond issue of the Central Bank, met for the first time yesterday to map out the procedure into the controversial Bond issue, Commission’s Secretary Attorney-at-law Sumathipala Udugamasuriya had said.

Mahendran abused CB funds: JO

While referring to a review report of internal audit department, the Joint Opposition yesterday reiterated that former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran had misused Rs. 66 mn of Central Bank funds on 163 acts during a span of 17 months for his personal purpose.

SAITM CEO shot at, escapes unhurt

SAITM Chief Executive Officer Dr. Sameera Senarathne escaped unhurt this evening after two men travelling on a motor bike wearing full-face helmets opened fire at the car, driven by him near the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) campus in Malabe, police said.

Accident kills two students, injures three

Two students were killed and three others were injured when their three-wheeler collided with a tipper truck at Meegama on Aluthgama- Mathugama main road, police said.

SAITM illegal: Gammanpila

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) said today the controversial South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) was illegal and was established in a ‘stubborn’ manner in 2009.

JVP to team up with GMOA against SAITM

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) would work together with the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) to prevent private medical school graduates registering as doctors, JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.

Maximum Retail Price for rice

A Maximum Retail Price (MRP) had been set for a kilo of rice, the Finance Ministry said today.

Non-resident envoys to be appointed: Mangala

A number of non-resident ambassadors would be appointed to selected countries as envoys of Sri Lanka instead of resident ambassadors, Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera said today.

Chandrasiri Sooriyaarachchi resigns as Minneriya SLFP organizer

Former Deputy Minister Chandrasiri Sooriyaarachchi has resigned from the Minneriya SLFP Organiser post.

Kusal Mendis’ house at Gorakana burgled

Cricketer Kusal Mendis’ house at Aruna Mawatha, Gorakana in Panadura was burgled and cash and jewelry worth Rs. 315,000 had been stolen on Friday early morning.