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

CJ must resign-Athauda

A Senior Minister and several government MPs today called for the resignation of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranyake against whom an impeachment motion is being probed by a special select committee in Parliament

138 bus strike called off

The strike which was launched by the Western Province Private Bus Operators Association (PBOA) mainly on the High Level road and some 50 sub routes was called off ,Association President Gemenu Wijeratne said

Nurses threaten strike on Dec.7

The Government Nursing Officers Association (GNOA) warned of another strike on December 7.

Sanga to have Bollywood actress as neighbour

Former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara may soon have Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandes as his neighbor in Sri Lanka, an Indian website reported.

SA to approve Shavendra as DHC

A South African government official said his government might approve the appointment of Major General Shavendra Silva as the next Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner to South Africa, the IoL news agency reported.

Access to civil justice: SL outperforms S Asian peers

Sri Lanka outperforms its regional peers in all but two dimensions of the rule of law, a latest report, the 'Rule of Law Index 2012' by World Justice Project revealed.

Museum robbery:CID ordered to produce suspects

Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to produce three suspects who had been arrested in connection with museum robbery and kept under detention orders.

Lankan maid raped in Kuwait

Kuwait police are looking for three Bangladeshis for kidnapping and raping a Sri Lankan housemaid, reports Annahar daily.

Train accident kills six

At least six persons, including two children were killed when a three-wheeler collided with the ‘Yal Devi’ train at the railway crossing at Getawa, Ambanpola around 9.10 this morning, police said. Pictures

Bizarre ritual leaves 15 year old dead

A husband and wife who had apparently been possessed in Dehiaththakandiya last night had made a fire in a ritual of some sort and burnt a seven-year-old child causing serious injuries  and stabbed a 15 year-old-girl who had died upon admission to  hospital.

Malaysia to look into HR abuse in SL

A Parliamentary Caucus on the Abuse of Human Rights in Sri Lanka has been set up, announced Malaysian Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz.

Private bus strike in WP

Private Bus Operators Association said that private bus operators in the Western Province mainly on the High Level road and some 50 more sub routes have launched a strike over issuing route permits.

Kachcheri armoury gutted

Inside the Kachcheri building that was gutted on Monday there had been a room where decades old fire arms had been stored, and that the authorities believe fire had spread to this room as well, Colombo District Secretary Kamal Pathmasiri said.

SF’s media man taken by CID

Sanjeewa Samarasinghe, media co-ordinator of the former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka had been taken in for questioning by the CID yesterday.

Not State sponsored-SuprmeSAT

The SupremeSAT(Pvt) Ltd said the telecommunication satellite that was launched last evening in China was a joint venture of the China’s state owned CGWIC and the SupremeSAT(Pvt) Ltd and was not a state sponsored one.

Weapons,ganja found in MP Wedaarachchi jeep

Two weapons, ammunition and Ganja were found by the police in the jeep in which UNP MP Dilip Wedaarachchi travelled and met with an accident in Ranna this morning, the police said.

Video: SupremeSAT satellite launched

The communication satellite,a joint venture of SupremeSAT(Pvt) Ltd and China’s state owned CGWIC was launched from XI-Chang Space Centre China, a short while ago.

Czech businesses may lose contracts in SL

The Sri Lankan authorities are reluctant to make good their promises that they will grant lucrative contracts to Czech businesspeople after the Czech Republic criticised the country over its violation of human rights in the United Nations, a Czech daily newspaper Hospodarske noviny (HN) reported.

Video: First in history is a mystery! UNP

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today said the government should reveal the mystery behind the launch of satellite “SupremeSat-1 “

Five persons with pro-LTTE hand bills arrested

Five suspects distributing pro-LTTE hand bills to mark the 'LTTE war heroes' were arrested by the police in Akkaraipatuwa. LTTE ‘war heroes’ day is commemorated today (27 November)

Chinese national with ammunition arrested

A lone Chinese national was taken into custody yesterday along with his fishing trawler in the sea off the Colombo harbour for possession of live and used M-16 ammunition, the police said

Audio: Mervyn says no full stops, no commas

Minister Mervyn Silva yesterday said if anyone who did wrong and immoral activities stooping to the level of dogs, he would also be compelled to counter such acts in the same manner

Prime Minister returns

Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne who was in US for medical treatment has returned to the island this morning, the Government Information Department said

Accident injures MP Wedaarachchi

A bystander was killed while three others including the Hambantota District UNP MP Dilip Wedaarachchi admitted to the Matara hospital following an  accident in Ranna in the early hours today, police said

CB buys NY property for US$5 million

The Central Bank transaction for the purchase of a property in New York has not been properly accounted for, Parliament was informed yesterday

SL sapphire ring dazzles in new world record

An exquisite Sri Lankan sapphire and diamond ring by Van Cleef & Arpels featuring a rectangular-cut sapphire weighing 43.16 carats set a new world record, selling for US$ 1,560,000 (HK$12,084,000; £979,000) on November 23