No one is above the law: Asgiri Mahanayake

Asgiriya Chapter Maha Nayake Thera the Venerable Udugama Sri Buddharakkita Thera yesterday underlined the statement made by the Mahanayake Theras against the impeachment motion on the Chief Justice. He said if there was a law in the country it should be applied equally to all.

'SL assures release of 5 Indian fishermen'

Indian Fishermen's associations today said Sri Lanka has assured them that five Indian fishermen, arrested and lodged in jails there last year on charges of drug smuggling, would be released on humanitarian grounds.

Anajli Patil wins best actress award in Lankan film

Indian actress Anjali Patil who played the lead role in Prasanna Vithanage’s newest movie ‘Oba Nethuwa Oba Ekka’ (With You Without You) won the best actress award for her role in the film a short while ago at the 43rd Indian International Film Festival.

UNP MP sent out of Chamber

Parliament sittings were suspended for ten minutes a short while ago after a tense situation arose as UNP MP Ajith P. Perera was ordered to be sent out of the Chamber.

Sanga denies Indian report

Former Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara when contacted by Daily Mirror today, strongly denied Indian media reports which said that he owns an island off the southern coast of Sri Lanka.

A'pura Dy. Inland Commissioner arrested

The Deputy Commissioner of Inland revenue Department in Anuradhapura was arrested by the Bribery Commission officers while she was allegedly accepting Rs. 500,000 as a bribe today, an official said.

It was a decision taken by UNP-Dy Speaker

In response to the privilege issues raised some UNP MPs regarding a directive to their personal security officers barring them from carrying personal weapons tomorrow, Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody said that it was a decision taken by the UNP convention organizing committee.

MSD officers sans weapons tomorrow: UNP MPs

Several UNP Parliamentarians have raised a privilege issue in Parliament regarding a directive from the Police Chief to their personal security officers of the Ministerial Security Division barring them from carrying personal weapons tomorrow.

12 hour water cut in Colombo

The water supply to several areas in Colombo would be interrupted from 8.00 pm tomorrow (Saturday) to 8.00 am the day after because of the laying of new pipe lines and maintenance work, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced.

CBK says inequality breeds ‘terrorism’

Sri Lanka’s former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga warned Thursday that inequality can fuel “terrorism” during a speech in Lagos.

4 elephants electrocuted

At least four wild elephants were electrocuted at Vakarai in Batticaloa last night. They had been killed when they came in contact with a low lying high tension power line, police said.

Australia will continue deporting illegal SL asylum seekers

While claiming that almost 600 asylum seekers have now been returned to Sri Lanka against their will so far, the Australian government said it would continue to deport people in the same circumstances, WA Today reported

Two more petitions against UNP convention rejected

Mount Lavinia District Court today rejected two more petitions seeking an injunction order against the UNP National Convention to be held tomorrow.

More skeletal remains found at hospital site

The number of skulls and skeletal remains found at the Matale hospital premises has increased to ten, Police said. Matale police are conducting further investigations

More Lankans sent to Manus island

A group of 28 mostly Sri Lankan and Iranian asylum seekers has landed on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island under federal government policy

There would be replacement of every dead LTTE cadre or leader - IPKF commander

 “There would be prompt replacement of every dead LTTE cadre or leader as long as the idea of Eelam remained,” Brigadier (retd) Ravi Palsokar quotes Lt Gen AS Kalkat, who commandeered the IPKF in Sri Lanka as having said

Agonizing three wheeler journey for dead child and parents

The parents of an 11-month old baby girl, who had died of an unidentified malady, are reported to have been asked to take the body from Metigahatenne Madulsima Hospital in a three -wheeler to the Badulla Hospital mortuary, a distance of 45 kilometers

Refers to statement by Ranil

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, in his ruling against notices issued on him and the members of the select committee by the Court of Appeal, made particular reference to views expressed by Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe in the course of his intervention on the legality of the matter

SF receives pardon document

The Court of Appeal today released a copy of the Presidential pardon granted to former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka that spelt out under what conditions he was released from prison

Speaker rejects court notices

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa making a landmark ruling a short while ago regarding the on-going court proceedings challenging the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) regarding the impeachment motion ruled that no external institution can notice, order or direct Parliament.

Act like Anura-Ranil tells Chamal

Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today said Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa should act according to the ruling given by late Speaker Anura Bandaranaike in responding to the judicial process against the parliamentary select committee that probes allegations against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake.

US concerned over freedom of expression in SL

The United States Embassy in Colombo has expressed its concern about recent threats to freedom of expression in Sri Lanka.

India’s Congress withdraws SL child ad

Succumbing to intense criticism from all quarters, the Gujarat unit of the Congress has withdrawn its advertisement on malnutrition that had used a flood affected Sri Lankan baby’s photo to ‘prove’ its allegations, the Pioneer reported.

Black Caps win 2nd test against SL

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 167 runs on the fifth and last day of the second and final Test at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Thursday to level the series 1-1

Video: UNP to undergo radical changes - Mangala

UNP parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera said today the UNP should undergo radical changes to topple this corrupt regime.

I’ll put an end to killings at Kahawatte: SSP

Ratnapura District Senior Superintendent Vass Gunawardena assured the residents of Kotakethana that he would take steps to stop the killings and the panic and terrorthat are spreading in the area.

Video: Court refuses to issue injunction UNP convention

The Nugegoda District Court today refuses to issue an injunction order against the holding of UNP party convention scheduled on December 1, lawyers said

Director of the Karapitiya Hospital threatened

A suspect was arrested yesterday for allegedly threatening to kill the Director of the Karapitiya Hospital, police said. The suspect threatened the director to resign from his post if not he would be killed

SL overseas worker death toll up

A number of 158 Sri Lankan expatriate workers have died up to now this year, and 120 out of them died due to natural causes, Foreign Employment Promotion Minister Dilan Perera said in Parliament yesterday

Govt. told police not to salute CJ: TNA

The government had even ordered police officers not to salute Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake when she came to the parliament complex last week to appear before the select committee probing 14 charges against her, TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran told Parliament yesterday