Six Philippine nationals surrender

Six Philippine nationals  who had gone missing since the killing of another Philippine national on board a Taiwanese ship at the Colombo Port, have surrendered to the Philippines Embassy in Colombo today, police said.

Five DIGs, two SSPs transferred

Five Deputy Inspector Generals of Police including newly promoted DIG Vass Gunawardane and two Senior Superintendent of Police have been transferred with effect from yesterday, Police Headquarters said.

'Pothwela Kaluwa' killed

Pothwela Kaluwa alias Kaluwa (45) had been murdered last night at Divulapitiya junction in Mirigama, Police said. Police said that Kaluwa was a drug dealer and had been killed by two men who had come on a bicycle

Three Magazine inmates continue hunger strike

Three Magazine Prison inmates, who had perched themselves on the prison roof in Welikada are on the second day of their hunger strike today. The prisoners demand an immediate end to the mistreatment meted out by prison authorities

Indian Parliament rocked by SL Tamils issue

Indian Parliament was adjourned till noon today after Opposition BJP, AIADMK and Congress ally DMK triggered uproar over the alleged land deals by kin of a leading politician and plight of ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Wasp attack on students

The Principal and 50 students of the Mirisala Maha Vidyalaya in Ridiyagama have been hospitalised following a wasp attack this morning, Police said.

MR in Japan

President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in Japan this morning on a four-day official visit, the Office of the Presidential Spokesman and International Media Adviser said today

Compromise resolution possible: Subramanian Swamy

The US has taken a hard stand against Sri Lanka in its draft resolution on the human rights situation in the island nation tabled at the on-going session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva

One killed, five injured in bomb blast in Tissa

At least one person was killed and five injured following a bomb attack during a clash between two groups in Tissamaharama last night, Police said

Audio: Beware: Ticket-less travellers by train

The railway security authority informed that they had increased the fine on ticket-less travel to Rs 2,500. The fine is intended to create awareness among the commuters to purchase a ticket at normal rates and avoid paying a fine of Rs 2,500. ???

Iraq wants SL trade attaché in Baghdad

The Government of Iraq has requested Sri Lanka to appoint a trade attache to the Lankan embassy in Baghdad prior to the arrangement of the Iraq-Sri Lanka joint committee meeting which is scheduled to be held in three months’ time

Bus fares likely to increase by 10%

Private bus operators said yesterday that though the percentage increase in bus fares had not yet been officially decided, it was likely that fares would be raised by 10 per cent with the minimum bus fare remaining at Rs.9 while the rest would be increased by Rs.1

FIFA bans Manilal Fernando for 90 days

FIFA executive committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando of Sri Lanka was provisionally banned from any football activity for 90 days on Monday, FIFA said in a statement.

Thilanga cannot represent SLC at ICC- Upali

Incumbent President of Sri Lanka Cricket Upali Dharmadasa in a press release today said that Thilanga Sumathipala cannot represent Sri Lanka Cricket at any ICC event

I can contest-Thilanga

Thilanga Sumathipala said the panel of inquiry had cleared him of all charges against him and therefore was eligible to contest at the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections on March 31

Bangladesh end with mammoth 638

Bangladesh were all out for 638 in their first innings at the stroke of tea on the fourth day of the first test against Sri Lanka on today (Monday).

A rape victim rescued from well

A girl who was alleged to have been raped and pushed into a well and left to die at Mirigama had been rescued this morning, Police said.

Murder on ship at Colombo Port

A Philippine national (37) was found killed in a room in a Taiwan ship which was anchored in the Colombo Port following a clash between the sailors, the Colombo Harbour Police said

‘2 to 3 years for Duminda to recover’

Counsel for the injured MP Duminda Silva informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today that it would take ‘at least two to three years’ for Silva to recover from his skull injury

Petrol consignment not contaminated: LIOC

The Lanka India Oil Company (LIOC) in a media release said ‘false rumours’ were being circulated that a consignment of contaminated petrol had been unloaded at the Trincomalee Harbour

Lanka among top boozing nations

High spirited Sri Lankans who crushed a so-called unbeatable terrorist outfit in 2009 has now set another world record by placing the country among the top boozing nations in the world, a study carried out by a local research firm showed

Video: ACJU to remove Halal logo in SL

All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) says that it will remove the Halal logo from local products and will issue the Halal certificates free of charge only for exporters

Delhi gang-rape suspect commits suicide

The driver of the bus in which a young Indian woman was gang-raped and fatally injured three months ago has hanged himself in New Delhi's Tihar jail, police said.

Sri Lanka's dark horse candidate in papal race

Sri Lanka's Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith heads the Catholic church in a predominantly Buddhist nation, but a stint in the Vatican has made him a long-shot candidate to be the next pope

Saudi Arabia may stop beheading due to swordsmen shortages

A joint Saudi committee composed of representatives of the ministries of interior, justice and health is mulling the replacement of beheading with firing squads for capital sentences due to shortages in government swordsmen, Saudi daily Al-Youm reported on Sunday

UNP, JVP says Govt. violating Standing Orders

In an unusual deviation from parliamentary traditions and standing orders, copies of  bills presented in Parliament had been delivered to the residence of United National  Party (UNP) MP Ajith P. Perera and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) office on Saturday

SL pushes for amendments

Sri Lanka has suggested amendments to the resolution to be moved by the United States (US) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Daily Mirror learns

Roshen’s family still waiting for justice

Family members of 21-year-old Free Trade Zone employee Roshen Chanaka who was killed  when police fired at a protest rally in 2011 yesterday expressed concern over the  failure on the part of the Government to publish the findings of the Mahanama  Tillakeratne Commission on the tragedy.

MPNA vows to ground plans for helipad

Legal action will be taken to obtain a writ of prohibition, if the Government goes ahead  with the construction of a helipad or a cable car system in the Sri Pada wilderness, the  Movement to Protect National Assets (MPNA) said.

No change in Sampur coal power project: Ministry

The Ministry of Power and Energy yesterday denied reports that the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of India had pulled out of the Sampur Coal Power Plant Project in Trincomalee.