Video: CMC parking meter areas to be expanded

Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Mayor A.J. M. Muzammil said today that the scheduled parking meters along the Galle Road, R. A de Mel Mawatha and all by roads would be expanded to other parking areas in the municipality as well.

President only asked to look at possibilities on Avant Garde: Wijeyadasa

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today that President Maithripala Sirisena had only instructed the respective authorities to find out the possibilities of handing over the operations of Avant- Garde to the Sri Lanka Navy.

Video: CID asked to produce copy of Mervyn's complaint on 'White Van Abduction'

The Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday directed the CID to produce the details on the complaint made by former minister Mervyn Silva to them in January regarding the alleged ‘white van’ abductions that took place during the time the previous government was in power.

Police sergeant’s nose slashed

Two men who had come on a motorcycle have reportedly slashed the nose of a police sergeant who was on duty at the Yakkaduwa Junction in Elpitiya causing severe injuries to his face this morning.

Train services along Northern line disrupted

Train services along the Northern railway line disrupted due to a derailment at Senaratgama, the Railway Control Rom said.

Video: Need a clear stance on Port City project: GL

The government should make a clear stance promptly on the Colombo Port City project funded by China without sending mixed signals to Chinese Government jeopardizing relationships with the two nations, Former External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris yesterday said.

Video: Sobitha Thera’s last rites: Some are trying to spread false rumours

Some people were trying to spread false rumours that the last rites of the Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera were not being conducted according to the Thera’s last wishes, said the Maha Sanghanayaka of Sri Jayawardenapura, the Ven. Meegahatenne Chandrasiri Thera.

Avant Garde operations handed over to Navy: Rajitha

Minister Rajitha Senaratne today said the President has ordered to hand over the operations of Avant Garde to the Sri Lanka Navy with immediate effect.

Video: Released detainees taken back to prison

Nearly 31 ex-LTTE cadres who were today granted bail were taken back to prison again because there was no one to sign for them.

Schoolgirl boxer dies after blow

A 17-year-old girl, attending the Ratnapura Seewali Central College, is reported to have died following a blow by a rival boxer at a boxing meet held on October 30 at a boxing ring of a private company in Pallekele, Kandy.

Uva to ban teachers using mobiles in school

The Uva Chief Minister has made a move to ban the use of mobile phones by teachers during school hours.

31 ex-LTTE detainees released

Thirty one ex-LTTE detainees were released by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today on strict bail conditions following the approval of the Attorney General’s Department.

Horns over specified sound levels to be removed

An awareness campaign will be held to educate the public and to remove vehicle horns which exceed the sound levels specified in traffic regulations, the Central Environment Authority said today.

Video: Bank robbery attempt kills two

A man who had attempted to rob a private bank in Kekirawa, Anuradhapura was killed along with the security officer of the bank when a hand grenade exploded, Police said.

Sagala, Swaminathan sworn in as Ministers

Southern Development Minister Sagala Ratnayake was sworn in as the Minister of Law and Order while D.M.Swaminathan as the Prison Reform, before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat today.

Janaka Bandara re-remanded

UPFA Parliamentarian Janaka Bandara Tennakoon was further remanded till November 24 by the Matale Magistrate today.

Two Lankans arrested with Rs. 40mn in foreign currency

Two Sri Lankans were arrested this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while attempting to smuggle out foreign currency worth Rs.40 million.

31 ex-LTTE inmates remanded

The Colombo Magistrate's Court today re-remanded 31 ex-LTTE inmates till November 24 as the Attorney General's Department had not yet instructed the prison authorities to release them.

Video: Two brothers killed in accident

Two youth in the same family died when their motorcycle collided with a tipper truck on the Mattala Road in Hambantota this morning, Police said.

Video: Love affair into tragedy; two killed

A 26-year-old woman was shot dead by a naval rating, attached to the Tangalle Naval camp, who had later shot himself at Wewahamanduwa in Matara last night.

Sagala to take over as Law and Order Minister

Deputy Minister Sagala Ratnayake is to be sworn in as Minister of Law and Order either today or tomorrow, informed sources said yesterday.

​President meets four ex-commanders

President Maithripala Sirisena had held talks yesterday with four former commanders of the armed forces, who had, a few weeks earlier, been summoned by Financial Crimes Investigation Department (FCID), informed sources said.

​Maldivian, Lankan arrested over killing of Maldivian

A Maldivian and a Sri Lankan were arrested in Kalubowila last evening over the killing of another Maldivian in Piliyandala on November 5, police said.

Video: Ms. Ekneligoda declines to reveal outcome of meeting with UN

Missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda's wife Sandya on Tuesday declined to reveal the outcome of the meeting with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances saying that the UN official asked her not to reveal anything to the media.

SL sniper hired to kill President: Maldivian Police

The 27-year-old Sri Lankan who was arrested on charges of conspiring to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom with firearms was hired by some Maldivians to execute the operation, the Maldivian Police said in a statement.

Video: Govt. should be headed by one leader: MR

Former President Mahinda Rajapakse today said a government should be headed by one leader not by two leaders. Two leaders trying to administer one government was similar to using an ox and a buffalo to plough one field, he said.

Video: Aung San Suu Kyi on track for landslide victory

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has told the BBC she believes her party has won a parliamentary majority, in her first interview since the historic elections.

SL disconcerted over state of affairs in Maldives

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in a statement on the recent developments in the Maldives - of which some have impacted Sri Lanka – has expressed deep concern over Sri Lankan soil ‘being used to initiate questionable action against political and social media activists’.

Is navel the education sector’s main concern: CTU

The Ceylon Teachers Union today lashed out at Western Province Chief Minister Isura Devapriya over a statement he is alleged to have made that he would be issuing a dress code for lady teachers making it mandatory to wear their sarees above the navel.

Green light for 30 ex-LTTE detainees

The process for releasing 30 ex-LTTEers detained in prisons countrywide will begin tomorrow, the Prisons Department said today.