Bangladeshi, Myanmar nationals remanded

The 127 Bangladeshi and 11 Myanmar nationals who were rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy in the high seas off Oluvil were ordered to be remanded till Friday and sent to the Mirihana Detention Camp for Foreigners until then. 

Prison inmates help Achala to get a hand

Welikada Remand Prison inmates today donated the funds, allocated for their lunch and dinner, to the project to provide an artificial limb to law student Achala Priyadarshini

Lankan arrested with over 80 fake passports

A Sri Lankan national allegedly involved in sending Lankan Tamils living in the state to various countries on fake passports was arrested on Monday and 82 fake passports seized from him, police said

Google doodle for Independence Day

Google celebrated Sri Lanka’s 65th Independence Day today with a Google Doodle featuring the lion and three colours of the National Flag  

Video: Respect the UN Charter: MR

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his Independence Day address to the nation reminded the people of Sri Lanka and the international community that every country should respect the UN Charter, according to which no country had the right to intervene in the internal affairs of sovereign nations ???

Vipakshaye Virodaya in crisis over rift

Vipkashaye Virodaya, the United National Party (UNP) led joint action group of opposition political parties had temporarily stopped its programs following the critical statements that have been made by the Nawa Sihala Urumaya Leader Sarath Manamendra

Coalition vows to stop Lankan boats

A future coalition government would give Sri Lanka the support it needs to stop suspected asylum seeker boats from leaving its shores, opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison says

Monk stabbed to death over land dispute

A Buddhist monk  of a temple in Egoda Uyana, Moratuwa, was stabbed to death last night over a land dispute, police said

"UN, Commonwealth behind communal tensions"

International forces like the UN and Commonwealth Union are gearing up to force Sri Lanka to hold a referendum to set up a devolution unit by merging the North and the East, the  Anti Imperialist Peoples Movement (AIPM) charged yesterday

Uni admission: Standardisation going out

The district quota system introduced under the standardization of university admissions is presently under review for the introduction of a novel system in conformity with recommendations by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), officials said

TNA calls for action against SL

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today called for further action by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against the Sri Lanka government.

Teenager killed in Kollupitiya

A sixteen-year-old boy was killed and two of his friends injured when they were run over by a Fort-bound train near the Kollupitiya railway station this evening, Police said.  

Int'l Bar Assn. members violated visa rules-SL

The External Affairs Ministry today said in a statement that it rejected issuing visas to four members of the International Bar Association (IBA), who scheduled to travel to Sri Lanka for violating the country’s visa regulations.

IPL auction: Ajantha Mendis sold for $725,000

Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell was the biggest earner at the IPL 2013 auction in Chennai today, attracting a price tag of $1million from Mumbai Indians. The other big winners were Ajantha Mendis ($725,000), Abhishek Nayar and Thisara Perera ($675,000).

No official communique on any resolution-SL

The External Affairs Ministry said that ‘it has not received any formal communique with regard to the US intentions to move a procedural resolution at the forthcoming Geneva sessions against Sri Lanka.”

One killed, 53 injured in two accidents

  At least one passenger was killed and 53 injured due to two separate accidents in Kotmale and Gampola this morning, police said.

MP Maddumabandara hospitalized

UNP MP Ranjith Maddumabandara has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Karapitiya Hospital, Galle this morning following an illness, sources said.

Video: Navy rescues 138 foreigners from sinking ship

The Sri Lanka Navy has rescued a total of 138 Burmese and Bangladesh nationals from a sinking ship some 50 nautical miles off the eastern sea and brought to the Oluvil fishing harbor this morning, the navy said.

‘A/L results will create complications’

The Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) today expressed their concern over an alleged abnormality in the 2012 G.C.E. A/L results, claiming that the results are indicating signs of a possible complication in university entrance that could pave way to the promotion of private universities.

SL congratulates US Senator Kerry

Minister of External Affairs Prof G.L.Peiris in a letter to newly appointed Secretary of State John Kerry extended his congratulations on the nomination and expressed Sri Lanka’s willingness to continue working with the US in full cooperation on matters of mutual concern

Cricket Australia asks ICC to adopt fan-centric approach

Embarrassed by the abandonment of last month's ODI against Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Cricket Australia has written to the ICC to implore possibilities of relaxing its standards for the resumption of rain-affected matches.

Australia has new Sri Lanka boat plan

The Australian Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison said he would toughen the Coalition's policies after this week visiting Sri Lanka with Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop.

SL Prez India visit: MDMK to picket PM's residence

Protesting against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's proposed visit to India, MDMK founder Vaiko on Friday announced picketing of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence at Delhi besides a black flag protest at Tirupati.

India’s former CJ denied visa

India’s former Chief Justice J.S. Varma, who sought to visit Sri Lanka as a member of an international fact finding mission on the impeachment process, had been denied visa by the Sri Lanka authorities, informed sources said yesterday

New hangmen start training session

Two newly recruited hangmen for the Welikada and Bogambara Prisons have started their first fourteen-day training session at the Centre for Research and Training in Corrections of the Welikada Prison, official sources confirmed

UK to support proposed resolution

Visiting Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for South Asia Alistair Burt said yesterday that his country would support the planned procedural resolution by the United States on Sri Lanka at next month’s session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Update

SC dismisses case against ex-AG and PB

The Supreme Court today dismissed with costs a fundamental rights petition that challenged the integrity and honesty of the former Attorney General Mohan Peiris and the Treasury Secretary P.B. Jayasundera.

Sisira Rathnayake new JSC Secretary

Former Colombo District Judge Sisira Rathnayake has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). He replaces Manjula Tillakaratne who is transferred as the Supernumerary District Judge of Ratnapura, it is learnt.

India must impose sanctions on SL-TN governor

Tamil Nadu governor K Rosaiah on Friday urged the Indian government to impose economic sanctions on Sri Lanka and take steps to ensure that those displayed by the ethnic conflict there returned to their original homes.

SL lasses win thriller

The Sri Lanka women’s Cricket Team won in  a thriller, beating England by one wicket, at the Women’s world Cup in a group stage match played in Mumbai, India.