Iranians arrested with forged passports

Three Iranian nationals were taken into custody by the Bandaranaike International Airport authorities yesterday for attempting to travel to London using forged passports, police said.

Decision has robbed IPL of its sheen:Murali

Star cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan said that the decision not to allow Sri Lankan players to play in Chennai during the Indian Premier League (IPL) has robbed the IPL of some of its sheen.

Dinesh Chandimal rejects IPL offer

Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka's T20 international skipper and has rejected offers to play in the sixth edition of the IPL, cricket board sources claimed.

New post for India's envoy to SL

The Indian government has cleared the decks to appoint India's high commissioner to Sri Lanka Ashok K Kantha as the new secretary in the ministry of external affairs (MEA).He will be in-charge of East Asia.

Commonwealth meeting: Manmohan to decide

A day after Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan said that the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) should be shifted out of Sri Lanka, Indian Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday said that final call on it will be taken by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Video: Shirani presides over BASL convocation

Making a defiant stand against the appointment of Mohan Peiris as Chief Justice (CJ), the Bar Association’s 39th Annual Convocation was presided-over by the 43rd Chief Justice of the country Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, who was controversially impeached earlier this year. Pictures

TNA meeting in Killinochchi attacked

TNA MP Mawai Senadiraja told the Daily Mirror a TNA meeting held in MP Sridaran’s office in Killinochchi this morning was attacked by a group of people

Lankan maid attempts suicide

A Sri Lankan housemaid tried to commit suicide inside her sponsor’s house at Mangaf after taking an unspecified quantity of medicine

April 15 declared a public holiday

Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister W.D.J. Senevirathne said April 15 has been declared as a public holiday in view of the Sinhala - Hindu New Year

12 hour water cut in Colombo

Water supply to several areas would be interrupted from 8.00 pm today to 8.00 am tomorrow due to the laying of new pipe lines, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced

10% levy proposed on agro-chemical imports

An expert panel appointed by the Agriculture Ministry has proposed a ten per cent levy on agro-chemical imports with the income being used for the welfare of people suffering from chronic renal failure

Govt. mulls April 15 holiday

The government was considering the possibility of declaring April 15 a Public and Mercantile holiday in view of the Sinhala-Hindu New Year, Public Administration Minister John Seneviratne said yesterday

Prof. Sucharitha Gamlath passes away

Professor Sucharitha Gamlath(80) passed away at the National Hospital this morning , the director of the National Hospital said

This is just not cricket – Thilanga

While completely rejecting and condemning the findings of the report submitted to the Sports Minister by a committee appointed to look into the eligibility of his nomination for Presidency of Sri Lanka (SLC), MP Thilanga Sumapthipala said that he would not give up his fight for justice until the “Dharmadasa brothers are chased away from cricket.”

Hakeem calls for urgent Cabinet meeting

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader and Minister of Justice Ruaff Hakeem who had expressed his displeasure over the attacks on Muslim business establishments in Pepiliyana on Thursday

BBS condemns the attack

The Bodu Bala Sena organization (BBS) today while condemning the attack on the Pepiliyana Fashion Bug warehouse on Thursday evening, called for the arrest of all persons involved with the incident irrelevant of their status.

Fashion warehouse not the target of mob attack

Inquiries into the unrest in Pepiliyana on Thursday night revealed that the warehouse of the ‘Fashion Bug’ clothing outlet which suffered damages, was not the main focus of the mob attack, but a Backhoe yard situated nearby. Pictures

Two youth buried under earth mound

Two youth were killed whena mound of earth collapsed on them atBattaramulla inGanhenakanda this evening, police said. One of the bodies was recovered while a search is on for the other.

UNP urges GL to resign

Charging that the Minister of External Affairs Professor G.L. Peiris was responsible for the current diplomatic crisis, the United National Party (UNP) today urged him to resign from his post immediately.

Video: India rejects TN resolution against SL

Days after the DMK pulled out of the Centre and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa barred Sri Lankan cricketers from playing in Chennai, the Indian Central government has rejected the Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution against Colombo

Drop Sanga from ‘Sunrisers’-Chennai students union

The Students Federation for Free Eelam in Chennai on Thursday demanded that the two Indian Premier League teams owned by Tamils, Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, drop Lankan cricketers from their squads

‘Pulling out of UPA has not changed anything for Tamils’

DMK president M Karunanidhi on Thursday said pulling out of UPA on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue has not changed anything for 'Eelam Tamils' though he insisted his party was not bothered about withdrawing support to the coalition

Lanka survives titans’ cyberspace feud intact

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team|Coordination Center (SLCERT|CC) assured Sri Lanka has not been impacted by what has been reported as the 'biggest cyber attack of its kind in history' that was activated on Wednesday

UC member wanted for sexual abuse

A Maharagama Urban Council member is wanted in connection with the sexual abuse a 12-year-old girl with whose mother he had been allegedly having an illicit affair.

Accident kills three

Three persons were killed in Kaluwanchikudy Batticaloa, when a van crashed into a three wheeler and a bicycle this morning, police said

My party’s doors are not saloon doors-SF

Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Sarath Fonseka said on Thursday that his party’s doors were open to everyone one but they were not like saloon doors – like some parties’ doors are.  

Bangladesh level series with close win

Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in their rain-interrupted third and final one-day international in Pallekele on Thursday.

Tension in Pepiliyana

A tense situation was reported from Pepiliyana this evening when a leading textile shop was attack by a group of people, sources said.

Swamy demands Vaiko's arrest

Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today termed MDMK chief Vaiko's remarks against Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam as "scurrilous" and demanded his arrest

Dharmadasa nominated for SLC presidency

The only candidate for the post of president of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), Jayantha Dharmadasa, has been nominated as the president of SLC by the Executive Committee of SLC a short while ago, sources said