Lankan went missing in Delhi, found

The elderly Sri Lankan pilgrim, who went missing in India, has been traced and re-joined his pilgrim group, the Foreign Affairs Ministry today said.

Man buried under mound of earth

A 63-year-old man was buried under a mound of earth in Kahathuduwa this afternoon while attempting to level the mound of earth for the construction of a house.

Salawa: Man killed by concrete beam

A 68-year-old man had been crushed to death by a concrete beam of a building at Salawa, Kosgama today, the Police said.

Body spotted in the sea off Bambalapitiya

The Police said they had spotted a body floating in the sea near the Bambalapiiya Railway Station this morning.  

Prabhakaran's deputy was a RAW agent: Book

LTTE leader Gopalaswamy Mahendrarajah alias Mahattaya, who was once a deputy to the banned terrorist outfit's chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, was a RAW agent recruited as early as in 1989, a book compiled by Indian Journalist Neena Gopal said.

Gammanpila summoned for contempt of court

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary MP Udaya Gammanpila was summoned to the Keselwatta Police Station today for allegedly criticizing the procedure adopted to bail out MP Hirunika Premachandra, who was arrested in connection with the abduction of a man in Dematagoda.

ETCA may be a reality: Y.K. Sinha

Proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) with India, the pact, which would be an improvement over the existing Free Trade Agreement (FTA), may soon be a reality.

SL signs MoU with China on vital projects

The Government is reported to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China with the assurance to encourage Chinese investments and to implement key projects including the Colombo-Ratnapura expressway.

We will ask the OMP to probe Wijeweera's abduction and death: JVP

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today said it would request the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) to investigate the abduction and killing of party's founder leader Rohana Wijeweera, senior member Upatissa Gamanayake and the mass grave in Matale.

OMP findings can be used as evidence: GL

Though the government had assured that the findings of the Office of the Missing Persons (OMP) would not give rise to civil or criminal liability, the joint opposition said today the findings could be used as evidence when the judicial mechanism is set up to hear accountability issues.

Namal remanded till August 22

MP Namal Rajapaksa and Sudarshana Bandara who were arrested by the FCID over the inuiry conducted under the Money Laundering Act for purchasing Rs. 100million worth shares of a company called Hello Corp from ill-gotten funds by the Gowers Corporation which is headed by Mr. Rajapaksa, was today remanded till August 22 by the Colombo Additional Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.

French woman killed in a fall at Ravana water fall

A 19-year-old French tourist was killed from a fall at the  Ravana water fall in Ella today. The Ella police are investigating.

Police probe T-shirt printed with Prabhakaran’s face

Kandy Police is investigating the recovery of a T-shirt printed with the picture of late LTTE leader V.  Prabhakaran and an Eelam map recovered from a textile shop in Kandy on Saturday night.

18 illegal migrants arrested

Eighteen Sri Lankans who attempted to migrate to Australia illegally were taken in to custody by the Navy in the seas off west Batticaloa today.

Allegation on poisoning ex-LTTErs: Gammanpila wants Wickramabahu arrested

Nava Sama Samaja Party General Secretary Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne should be arrested for making false allegations on Sri Lankan tri-forces that ex-LTTE cadres in detention had been allegedly injected with poisonous drugs, if he did not have evidence to prove the allegations, Opposition MP Udaya Gammanpila said today.

Stone throwers remanded till Aug.25

Four people arrested on charges of throwing stones at a passenger train in Kollupitiya were remanded today till August 25 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.

Namal arrested again

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa was arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) a short while ago in connection with the purchase of Hello Corp shares for Rs.125 million, Police Media Division said.

Frm. SC Judge Sarath de Abrew dies

Former Supreme Court Judge Sarath de Abrew was pronounced dead upon admission to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital, hospital sources said.

Namal at FCID

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa arrived at the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) a short while ago.

Land mine kills man in Jaffna

The body of an individual who was killed by a land mine explosion was found in an uncleared area in Killali, Jaffna today, police said.

Armed RSOs posted on trains to protect commuters

Armed Railway Security Officers were deployed to ensure the safety of train commuters as well as to protect the property of the Railways Department, a move that had commenced from Saturday (13), Railways Security Service Superintendent Anura Premaratna said.

SL will focus on Chinese development models

"Sri Lanka is to develop from the Chinese Chong Jing City in order to gain economic benefits," the Prime Minister's office said yesterday.

Youth alleges Range Bandara assaulted him

A youth has made a statement to the Pallama Police that State Minister for Skills Development Palitha Range Bandara had assaulted him while he was returning home after attending a funeral.

US hails investment friendly environment in Sri Lanka

The United State hailed on Friday what it termed as the investment friendly environment has currently been created in Sri Lanka. The US Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, Charles H Rivkin said during his meeting with Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake at the Finance Ministry on Saturday.

Visits by Americans highlight support to increase SL's growth: Keshap

The increasing number of visits by Americans highlight the full spectrum of US support to bolster Sri Lanka 's international relations, economic growth, development assistance and military professionalism, US Ambassador Atul Keshap said today.

Three men nabbed over lost motorcycles

A gang of three wanted in connection with the theft of motorcycles had been taken into custody, the Kahatuduwa Police said.

JHU hails OMP Act

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) while hailing the passage of the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Bill in the Parliament on Friday said that the Act should be used to find out the fate of thousands of soldiers and police personnel who had been missing from the camps and police stations in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.

Dhananjaya and Chandimal pushes SL to 355

Defiant centuries from Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva helped Sri Lanka post a challenging 355 all out against Australia on the second day of the third and final Test in Colombo on Sunday.

Asia region will control global economy soon: Ranil

States in the Bay of Bengal and those in the Asian region in general will take control of the global economy soon, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Hunag Jifan, the Mayor of Chong-Jing said on Saturday.

Four arrested for pelting stones at a train in Kollupitiya

Four people were arrested by the railway security officers today on charges of throwing stones at Mount Lavinia bound Colombo passenger train in Kollupitiya.