SL faces severe nutritional challenges-UN warns

UN Children's agency UNICEF warned that Sri Lanka faces severe nutritional challenges with large numbers of children and women affected by Iron Deficiency Anemia ( IDA), the agency said in a statement on Friday.

Pakistan court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM: Gilani

A non-bailable arrest warrant wasissued today for former Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and an ex-minister for their alleged involvement in a Rs seven billion corruption scandal

SL maid in coma after gas cylinder blast dies

A Sri Lankan maid who has been in a coma for two weeks as a result of a cylinder explosion died at the King Saud Hospital (Semesi) on Wednesday.

Plane not in search area: Australia

Australian officials have ruled out an area in the southern Indian Ocean, where acoustic signals believed to be from an aircraft had been detected, as the final resting place of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Brothel raided at Maradana

The Walana Anti Vice Squad arrested eight suspects including six women at a brothel in Maradana yesterday, police said

Parts found may not belong to aircraft: Air Force

The Air Force today said that the debris found in the seas off Aluthgama that was first believed to be a part of an aircraft pulley and it may actually have come from another type of vehicle or machine.PICTURES

Fire in Kollupitiya

A fire broke out in a room at a five-storey building on the 16th Lane in Kollupitiya a short while ago, police said

TNA seeks meeting with Jaya

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has sought a meeting with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jeyaram. Earlier, the TNA leadership sought a similar appointment with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Schoolgirl knocked down by train in Kollupitiya

A student of a leading girls' school in Kollupitiya was hospitalised due to injuries caused after she was hit by the Kalutara-Maradana train at the Kollupitiya Railway station a short while ago, Railway sources said.

Air Force to send team to verify parts

The Air Force said today that it would send a team of specialists to examine the objects found by fishermen, believed to be parts of an aircraft

Mystery wheel netted

A rim of a wheel has been discovered by several fishermen those sailed from Moragalle in Aluthgama this morning, the Police said

Dy. Minister hospitalised in accident

Deputy Minister Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana had been hospitalised when his vehicle collided with a lorry at the Kammalakkulama Junction on the Anuradhapura-Mihintale Road at Kannattiya earlier today, the Police said

UNP gets a warm welcome at Coal Power Plant

United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarians who visited the Norochcholai Lakwijeya Coal Power Plant on a fact finding mission had got a warm welcome with garlands by Deputy Minister Antony Victor Perera today. PICTURES

Lankan falls to death: 4 women to be questioned

Four Sri Lankan women are being questioned by Sharjah’s Prosecution after a male compatriot fell to his death from a 22nd-floor apartment in the Al Nahda area

Video: Undergrad dies in accident

A 24-year-old girl was killed and four others were injured when the car they were traveling crashed into railings of the Wanawasala Bridge along the Colombo-Kandy Road this morning PICTURES

No trains to Badulla till Saturday

Train services on the Badulla-Colombo line, which was interrupted due to landslides, will resume within two days, the Railways Department said today

People’s Bank coughs up Rs. 9 Bn for Chinese ships

The Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) has signed a USD 70 million (over Rs. 9.1 billion) loan agreement with the state-owned People’s Bank to purchase two 63,600 MT DWT bulk cargo-carrying ships from China, to revive the corporation

Video: It is nobody’s land

A group of people who had come from Chavakachcheri held a protest in Kilinochchi demanding a land which had been used by the Army after it was captured from the LTTE, the army said.

Video: UNP awaits Govt.’s response

Claiming that the UNP would always back the government if it made a genuine effort to resolve the national issue, UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella today enquired what the government intended doing with regard to the request made by the new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for a political solution to the national issue which went beyond the 13th Amendment to the Constitution ???

Indian police get arrest warrant for ISI man held in Malaysia

Tamil Nadu Q branch sleuths obtained an arrest warrant on Tuesday for a Sri Lankan national and suspected operative of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Mohammad Hossaini, arrested by the Malaysian police in Kepong near Kuala Lumpur. 

Warrant on Sudharma Neththikumara

An arrest warrant has been issued on Sudharma Neththikumara by Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage for not appearing in court today over a case against her. The case has been put off to October 01.

Video: Ravana Balaya protesting inside ministry building

Members of the Ravana Balaya had launched protest inside the Ministry of Religious Affairs demanding the government to disband the newly started Special Police Unit to look into religious and related matters ???

Ensure the safety of three Tamils-HRW

Sri Lankan authorities should ensure the safety of two refugees and an asylum seeker whom Malaysia forcibly returned to Sri Lanka in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said today

Protect Tamils, Modi to Sri Lanka

India has agreed to release 85 Sri Lankan fishermen who are lodged in different jails in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. This was conveyed to Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday morning

Badulla-Colombo train service at a standstill

The railway service on the Badulla-Colombo track came to a standstill after large rocks had fallen on to the rail track between Demodara and Uduwara last night, the Railway Control Room said PICTURES

Two killed by lightning; three injured

Two people including a six-year-old girl were killed and three others injured by lightning at Manikkampitiya in Kinniya and Pudukuduirippu

Boost Govt efforts to prevent exploitation of migrant workers: UN Special Rap.

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau today called on the Government of Sri Lanka to boost efforts made in terms of preventing exploitation and abuse of Sri Lankan migrant workers.

Mobile phone connections must be registered

Mobile Service Providers have asked mobile phone users to get their connections registered in their names. This was done at the behest of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC)

Video: Use separate SIM for web transactions: Police

The Police Department today advised issued a warning to the general public “to be more vigilant when using internet, especially for e-banking services and online transactions” citing rising number of cyber crimes.

SLAF confirms debris belongs to Mi-24 gunship

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) today confirmed that the debris found by the SL Navy in the seas off Chalai was that of a Russian built Mi-24 Hind gunship which went missing in March 1997 with eight airmen including two Russian nationals.