No independent committee yet ?

Rejecting reports that an independent committee has been appointed to look into the PSC report and its findings, senior government sources said only discussions were ongoing nd no committee has been appointed yet.

Law College registration postponed

Registrations for the new intake at Law College have been postponed by a week following a discussion between representatives of the Bodu Bala Sena and the Principal of Law College today.

Five arrested over killing of PS member

Five suspects were arrested in connection with the murder of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha member Hasitha Madawala by the Criminal Investigation Department, police said

Mother and child die

A mother and her eight-year old child drowned last night while they were trying to cross the Goradiyawaka Oya, Badulla, despite heavy rain, police said.

Subject on P’ment agenda can’t be removed: Dy. Speaker

In the wake of the Court of Appeal quashing the report of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody said no external authority could remove a subject already placed on the parliamentary agenda 

Divi Neguma Bill in Parliament today

The controversial Divi Neguma Bill will be presented in Parliament today, when it meets at 1 pm. The voting for the bill also will take place at the end of the day

Rainy weather to continue

The Department of Meteorology said the prevailing rainy weather conditions were due to a disturbed condition in the regular North East Monsoon, and that it would prevail in varying degrees throughout the week

Canadian minister biased and ill informed: GL

External Affairs Minister G.L Peries said the statements made by the visiting Canadian Minister Jason Kenney were “biased and unbalanced”

Son of Mervyn J. Cooray found dead

Sujith Cooray, son of late Minister Mervyn J. Cooray, was found dead at his ancestral residence in Wadduwa this evening. The deceased was a former Provincial Councilor of the Western Provincial Council.

Court quashes PSC report

The Court of Appeal a short while ago issued a writ quashing the Parliamentary Select Committee report on the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayke and its findings.

Video: Traffic jam

The roads leading up to Hyde Park Corner are closed on one lane from Darley Road, due to a protest march and a rally to be held at the end of the march at Hyde Park by the JVP PICTURES ???

MR visits funeral of slain PS member

The masses gathered at the funeral of slain Kelaniya PS member Hasitha Madawala urged the President to take swift action against those responsible for the murder

Video: Media must apologise to UNP: Ranil

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the media who wrote against him during the past week must apologise to the UNP ???

Opposition walks out over Govt. refusal

Opposition party representatives walked out of Party Leaders’ meeting today in protest over government refusal to accept Supreme Court determination of the impeachment proceedings against CJ Shirani Bandaranayake

Protest over student registration at Law College

A tense situation prevailed between demonstrators and the police outside the law college when the demonstrators attempted to handover a petition to the law college principal in Hulftdrop a short while ago

HR violations still taking place in SL-Canada

Visiting Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney today expressed concern over accountability, human rights and lack of political solutions in Sri Lanka

Woman police officer stabbed to death in Fort

A Woman Police Constable was yesterday hacked to death with a manna knife on an overhead bridge at Lotus Road in Colombo Fort allegedly by her boyfriend who is a police constable PICTURES

Video: Cameroon national nabbed

The airport customs arrested a Cameroon national who attempted to smuggle foreign currency worth around 3.5 million rupees to Mumbai, India, this morning ???

Computer network to interconnect prisons and detention centres

The Prison Reforms and Rehabilitation Ministry is to undertake a project to interconnect all prisons and detention centres in Sri Lanka, to improve efficiency and share vital information.

Lankan asylum seeker commits suicide

A Sri Lankan asylum seeker committed suicide at the weekend while living in the community in Perth, the Immigration Department has confirmed

Violation of oath may unseat MPs: UNP

MPs are liable to be unseated from Parliament if they pursued the impeachment motion against Chief Justice (CJ) Shirani Bandaranayake disregarding the Supreme Court ruling, the United National Party (UNP) said yesterday

Kelaniya PS chairman complains of death threats

Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Prasanna Ranaweera said today that there had been repeated death threats made to him and 12 other members of his council for more than a year, at the instigation of a local politician.

Time for tough decision making-Aluthgamage

After the team's 0-3 humiliating loss to Australia, Sri Lanka sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage today said that some tough decisions should be taken.

No green signal on Rizhana’s pardon: Official

We are waiting for the green signal from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Embassy in Sri Lanka to tell us what would be final verdict of Rizana Nafeek who killed a Saudi child while she was a domestic maid in Saudi Arabia in 2007

MR writes to Saudi King

President Mahinda Rajapaksa requested in writing to the Saudi Arabia King to release Rizana Nafeek who faces death sentence on charges of killing an infant, the Government Information Department said.

Lawyers should be brought before privilege committee-Wimal

Minister Wimal Weeraswansa said that all lawyers and others who work against the legislature should be brought before the privilege committee and should be severely dealt with.

Murderer suspect will not be recruited - Minister

Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister W.D.J.Seneviratne said he will not recruit Godakawela Pradeshiya Sabha member L.H.Dharmasiri, who is one of the suspects in the alleged Kotakethana double murder case.

Indian Major and SL girlfriend to wed next month

When Major Vikas Kumar, 34, from the Indian Army’s Corps of Signals, and Arnila Ranamale Gunaratne, 29, a Sri Lankan doctoral student, first met in an upmarket Bangalore shopping mall in March 2011

SL not good enough in Australia-Mahela

Mahela Jayawardene signed off his second stint as Sri Lanka captain in disappointment on Sunday after a 3-0 series sweep in Australia and said the bottom line was his team had just not played well enough.

Accident kills two in Nivithigala

Two women were killed and five others injured when their three-wheeler met with an accident in Nivithagala, Kalawana early today, Police said.