Rajarata Uni. students arrested over Satyagraha

Rajarata University students who were staging a ‘Satyagraha’ near the Rajarata University in Mihintale had been forcibly removed by the Mihintale Police from the site, the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) charged today

Pro-SL Tamil protestors besiege UNICEF office

Hundreds of people belonging to various Tamil nationalist outfits, led by the May 17 Movement, were arrested after they attempted to besiege the UNICEF office in Adyar

Is Obama having an affair with Beyonce?

A French media firestorm has been circulating claims that Barack Obama and Beyonce are dangerously in love

Yasas says his teledrama has been banned

Popular actor turned politician Ravinda Yassas yesterday charged that there could be a political motive behind the sudden ban of the TV Drama ‘And Company’ which is being telecast over a private TV channel

Water cut in Colombo from tomorrow to 16

Water supply will be interrupted from 8a.m to 5p.m. from tomorrow to16 in Colombo and its suburbs due to a power outage at the Biyagama water filtration centre, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) said

India urges SL to avoid hostility

India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Kurshid today urged the Sri Lankan leadership to look at “possible ways to avoid an hostile attitude towards people and countries that matter,” in the light of a likely US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the UNHRC sessions in March

Video: Bribery Commission delivers judgement in its favour

The Janatha  Vimukthi  Peramuna (JVP) said today the Bribery Commission had acted in an arbitrary manner and in violation of natural justice when it dismissed the complaint against the Bribery Commissioner Jagath De Silva Balapatabendi.

I paid the price for others’ foolishness - Ruwanthi ....

Popular actress Ruwanthi Mangala who was in the spotlight a few weeks ago when she faced the SLFP nomination board expressed yesterday her .... Others ‘black spots’ affected my chances - Ginger......

SL ranked 165 in 2014 WPF Index

Sri Lanka had been ranked 165th in the list of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index 2014, Reporters without Borders said in its annual report

Video: Traffic restrictions on Muttiah Road

Traffic on Muttiah Road, Colombo 2 will be restricted from 4.00 p.m. today until February 16 in view of the Gangarama Nawam Perahera, Police said

Autopsy shows student committed suicide

The postmortem examination of the Peradeniya University student’s body has revealed that his death had resulted from suicide by hanging from a tree, police said

Lankan dies after sex act goes wrong

A Sri Lankan national who had recently graduated from college, was found dead in a condominium in Kuala Lumpur, in what is believed to be a sex act gone wrong

Unidentified body found from Pannipitiya

A body of unidentified person has been found in a three wheeler in Polwatte, Pannipitiya this morning, Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said. PICTURES

NZ bound asylum seekers arrested

A group of 75 would-be asylum seekers including six children were taken into custody by the Police in the  Moragolla, Beruwela area while trying to flee to New Zealand illegally  yesterday, police said.PICTURES

India, SL take steps to resolve fishing row

Fishermen from India and Sri Lanka have started implementing the steps worked out to resolve the dispute over fishing rights in the Palk Strait within a timeframe

Witness and Victims Protection Bill almost ready

The Legal Draftsman’s Department has almost finalised the Witness and Victims Protection Bill and would refer it to the Justice Ministry for the next step of enacting it, officials said yesterday

British couple abduction in Chennai: Two Lankans held

Senior officials of London Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) today met Chennai Police Commissioner in Chennai in connection with the case of kidnapping of a British couple of Sri Lankan origin, in which nine persons were arrested last year.

China backs SL over US rights complaint

China's Foreign Minister has offered support for Sri Lanka after the US said it would table a UN resolution against Colombo over its human rights record.

Norochcholai re-connected to national grid

The Deputy General Manager of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Senajith Dassanayaka said today the first phase of the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant (NCPP) which was shut down in early January was re-connected to the national grid on an experimental basis

SLA invites professionals to join voluntary reserve

The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) today formally called upon professionals from both the public and private sectors to join their volunteer reserve, as they announced the re-enlistment of professionals into the volunteer reserve

Blacklist errant election officials: PAFFREL

In the continued effort to minimize violations of electoral laws, leading elections monitoring body PAFFREL today urged the Elections Commissioner to blacklist government officials who abuse their capacity as election officials

Lok Sabha adjourned over fishermen issue

Indian Parliament was adjourned till noon today following uproar over creation of several issues including the alleged harassment of Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy, PTI reported

UPFA candidate granted bail

Former Southern Provincial Council (SPC) Minister A.S.A. Ajith Prasannahewa, who was held in remand prison custody while being treated at a private hospital in Colombo, was today granted bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate

Vihara Mahadevi Park closed from Feb. 13 to 19

The Vihara Mahadevi Park (Victoria Park) in Colombo will be temporarily closed to the public from February 13 to 19 for development work, the Colombo Municipality said

Dead student was main witness to 2011 ragging

The decomposed body found hanging from a tree at the Peradeniya University premises on Monday morning was identified as that of the main witness in the case connected to the ragging of freshers in 2011.

Kelaniya undergrads nabbed with grass

Thirteen students of the Kelaniya University were arrested yesterday by the Kiribathgoda Police while they were allegedly smoking ganja inside the university campus, the Police said.

Maligawa tusker dies at 55

The majestic elephant, Wewaladeniye Rajah, which paraded the streets carrying the casket bearing the Sacred Tooth Relic at the Esala Maha Perahera in Kandy, died last night, Wewaladniye Mahindodaya Temple Chief Incumbent the Ven. Hemmathagama Sri Siddaratha Thera said.

Nine-hour water cut in Colombo

A nine-hour water cut will be imposed between 9.00 p.m. today (11) and 6.00 a.m. tomorrow (12) in certain areas in Colombo due to maintenance work, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced today

Spain judge orders arrest of former China president Jiang Zemin

A Spanish judge on Monday sought international arrest warrants for former Chinese President Jiang Zemin and four other top Chinese officials as part of a probe into alleged genocide in Tibet

SL mulls ban on sending maids abroad

There is a huge possibility that Sri Lanka will place a ban on sending domestic helpers to Kuwait and other parts of the world. Sri Lankan Ambassador to Kuwait C A H M Wijeratne said Sri Lanka is now feeling the social impact of sending domestic labor abroad