PC killed after being run over by motor cyclist

A police constable attached to the Meegahawatte police was killed after being run over by a motor cyclist last night, Police said

Five Lankan fishermen repatriated

Five Sri Lankan fishermen were repatriated to their country on Saturday following Centre's intervention. They were nabbed by the Coast Guard on April 30 for entering Indian waters

Portugal Prime Minister arrives in SL

Portugal Prime Minister Passos Coelho arrived in Sri Lanka this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport

MP Harin to resign on Aug. 5

UNP MP Harin Fernando said today that he would resign from Parliament on August 5 to contest the Uva Provincial Council election

UN team on SL to have sittings overseas

The UN team, which has been put together to investigate allegations of human rights violations and war crimes against the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), will be holding hearings in New York, Geneva and Bangkok

Top LTTErs arrested in Malaysia brought to SL

Three top LTTE members, who were arrested by the Malaysian authorities few weeks ago, were handed over to the Sri Lankan police and are being interrogated by the Terrorist Investigation Department in Colombo, Police said.

Female doctor arrested over accident

A female doctor attached to the Wathupitiwala Hospital was arrested for an accident which occurred at Kongasdeniya Junction on the Colombo-Kandy Road, police said.

The missile launcher that blasted flight MH17 out of the sky?

A picture that was taken later shows an identical rocket launcher – on a low-loader and lacking two of its missiles – being smuggled in the direction of Russia, Daily Mail reported. Pictures

We will even forcibly enter refinery-UNP

The United National Party (UNP) parliamentarians who were barred from entering the Sapugaskanda refinery on Thursday vowed to force themselves inside the refinery in the next few days and complete their disrupted fact-finding mission. 

Video: I’m not ready to forgive initial delays; Nasser Sheikh

Murdered British Red Cross Worker Khuram’s brother Nasser Shaikh today said he was not ready to forgive the initial delays involved with the prosecution of his brother’s murder, that took close to two and a half years before a trial date was set for the case.

Srilankan not using Ukrainian airspace

SriLankan Airlines yesterday said that its flights were not using Ukrainian airspace when travelling to Europe. 

Portugal Prime Minister due here

Portugal Prime Minister Passos Coelho is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on Sunday (20) and would meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne, Government Information Department said.

Seven naval ratings remanded for molesting underage

Seven naval ratings were remanded by the Jaffna Juvenile Court on charges of having molested an 11 year-old girl in Kyte Islands in Jaffna, Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said.

Ukraine releases recordings of intercepted phone calls

Ukrainian security services claim to have intercepted two phone conversations in which pro-Russian separatists appear to admit to shooting down Flight MH17, railing, 'They shouldn’t be f*****g flying. There is a war going on.'

UK welcomes verdict on Khuram case

Britain today welcomed the verdicts and sentences handed down today to those responsible for the murder of British aid worker Khuram Shaikh.

Putin Blames Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Ukraine bore responsibility for the downing of a passenger plane in the country's east, saying it would not have happened if Kiev had not resumed a military campaign against separatists.

SL consults Foster to save Sachithra

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) committee has decided to consult Australian Human movement specialist Daryl Foster, possibly the foremost authority in the world in analysing suspect bowling actions, to obtain his support in clearing beleaguered star spinner Sachithra Senanayake.

VIDEO: Khuram murder trial: PS chairman convicted

Former Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Sampath Chandrapushpa Vidana Pathirana and three others found guilty of the murder of British tourist Khuram Sheik and of raping his Russian girlfriend Victoria Alexandrovna were sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment on each of the two counts, a short while ago.

No Lankans on board the crashed plane: EAM

There is no information regarding any Sri Lankans being on board the crashed Malaysian Airlines flight, the External Affairs Ministry said.

No plans to return asylum seekers

The Australian government has told the High Court it has no plans to send 153 asylum seekers back to Sri Lanka

Thurstan College student bitten by monkey

A Thurstan College student who was badly bitten in the leg by a monkey was admitted to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital.  A doctor said the wounds required stitching.

An incredible story has emerged from FB

A Dutch passenger, Cor Pan, took a photo of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight from the departure lounge of the Amsterdam airport. He captioned the image: "If it disappears, this is what it looks like." This is the photo he took.

Malaysian flight crash: 295 dead

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with 295 people aboard crashed on Thursday in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, an area roiled by fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces.

Video: Uva seats based on 2013 census: EC

Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said yesterday the decision, to change the number of members elected from the Districts of Monaragala and Badulla in the Uva Provincial Council, was based on the Provincial Council Act and not on political reasons.

Kollupitiya massage parlour cleared by court

The blind owner and eight other female employees of a physiotherapy massage centre in Kollupitiya which engages in the practice of physiotherapy since 1958 were yesterday acquitted and released by a Colombo Court from the allegations that they managed a brothel under the guise of a massage parlour in 2011.

Video: Election mechanism manipulated to help Govt.; SF

Democratic Party leader Sarath Fonseka said today that the Elections Commissioner was changing the election mechanism in a tactful manner to suit the needs of the government and was making various statements with regard to the elections to the Uva Provincial Council.

Three appointed to advise on Missing Persons

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed Sir Desmond De Silva, Sir Geoffrey Nice and David Crane as experts to advice the Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons, Presidential Spokesperson, Mohan Samaranayake said.

Video: UNP fact finding mission blocked

A group of United National Party Parliamentarians who were on a fact finding mission to the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery was prevented from entering by a group of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation employees a short while ago.

Six in trishaw: two killed

Two people were killed when their three-wheeler carrying six people collided head on with a lorry near Pubudu Mawatha Junction on Kadawatha-Mawaramandiya Road in Kadawatha today.

Missing albino cobra found

The albino cobra, which was reported missing from Dehiwela Zoo last Monday was found while it was left near the Zoo this morning, police said.