Cash award of Rs.5 lakhs for informers

The Colombo Crimes Division has released to the media a sketch of the assailant who is alleged to have attacked JSC Secretary Manjula Tillekaratne

SL and India to hold joint naval exercise

With political parties in Tamil Nadu vehemently opposing military ties with Sri Lanka, the Indian defence ministry has asked the Indian Navy to hold joint exercises with the island nation in future away from four southern states

Road closed due to NBF rally

Roads leading to Hyde Park including road from Union Place to Lipton circus to Colvin R. de Silva Mawatha have been closed due to a rally organised by the National Bikkhu Front (NBF).

One of the quintuplets dies

One of the quintuplets (a boy) born to the 29 year old mother at the Kandy Teaching Hospital died last evening, the hospital sources said

Karu sidesteps

UNP MP Karu Jayasuriya said that he would not participate in the rally to be held today at Hyde park. In a statement issued to the media the MP said that he took this decision after a great deal of thought.

US concerned over rushed resettlement

The United States said it was concerned about the hurried resettlement of Internally Displaced People from the Menik Farm camp in Vavuniya

Mozambique national arrested over fraud

Mozambique national was arrested in connection with a Rs.12 million scam. He is alleged to have promised a local company that he would invest in the company in dollars by converting bundles of green paper into dollars with the help of a chemical.

Video: School temporarily closed due to jumbo threat

Malwatta Thissapura Vidyalaya in Ampara in which there are about 450 students, was temporarily closed today as a herd of wild elephants entered the school premises. ???

TNA seeks Chinese help

China as one of Sri Lanka’s biggest funders can help resolve issues pertaining to the militarization of the country’s north and east, a TNA delegation in a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka had said

138 bus strike called off

The strike launched by the Private bus operators on 138 route (Homagama - Pettah) was called off a short while ago, the Private Bus Operators’ Association (LPBOA) President Gemunu Wijeyratne said.

Ban on preparatory classes for public exams

All preparatory classes and seminars will be banned one week prior to public examinations -- including the Grade-5 Scholarship, GCE O/L and the A/L, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said yesterday

Attack on JSC secretary: Police check phone calls

Police are checking out more than 600,000 telephone calls in an effort to trace the suspects involved in the attack on Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Secretary Manjula Tillekaratne, the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) informed Court yesterday

Premier to return soon

Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne, who is undergoing treatment in a medical institution in the United States, is expected to return to the country within the next two weeks

Audio: Decision makers of UNP should be ashamed -SF

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, who referred to remarks made by UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake that fielding Fonseka at the presidential election as a common candidate was a mistake, said the UNP should feel ashamed about its political decision making ???

No evidence against KP: Govt

The Government said today there was no evidence or complaints against Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP to conduct legal proceedings against him.

UK warns unscrupulous agents

While advising prospective UK visa applicants of the dangers of being misled by unscrupulous agents, the United Kingdom today warned that they would take action against those agents.

48 hr detention challenged in SC

The Frontline Socialist Party filed an application in the Supreme Court today challenging the move to extend the period of detention, of persons who have been arrested without a warrant, for up to 48 hours.

Audio: Fielding SF was a mistake: UNP

The decision to field former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka as the common candidate in the 2010 presidential election was a mistake, UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake speaking to the Daily Mirror said

138 route on strike tomorrow

All buses in the 138 Homagama to Pettah route will be on strike tomorrow, said President of the Lanka Private Bus Owners Association, Gemunu Wijerathne.

MR holds talks with Pakistani PM

President Mahinda Rajapaksa held bilateral talks with the Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on the sidelines of Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit in Kuwait yesterday.

Doctors in Colombo on strike

All members of the GMOA(Government Medical officers'  Association) in the Colombo district hospitals launched trade union action over an incident at Lunawa hospital, a spokesman for the GMOA said.

Video: ‘Specialists in a predicament how Duminda is surviving’

Counsel Hemantha Warnakulasuriya appearing for MP Duminda Silva said yesterday that medical specialists treating Mr. Silva are in a predicament how his client is surviving with his head injury.

Find a solution without further delay – Ban to SL

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday emphasized the need to find a political solution in Sri Lanka without further delay to the underlying factors of the past conflict.

Tissa tells Karu not to bring party into disrepute

The United National Party (UNP) lashed out at its Gampaha District MP Karu Jayasuriya yesterday and asked him not to bring the party into disrepute.

JVP to complain to Bribery Commission about Berty

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)  is planning to lodge a complaint with the Bribery Commission against former Chief Minister of the North Central Provincial Council, Berty Premalal Dissanayake regarding the alleged swindling of Rs.110 million  meant for the development of 67 irrigation tanks in Anuradhapura, party officials said.

Haj Festival on Oct.27

The Colombo Grand Mosque announced a short while ago that Muslims in Sri Lanka will celebrate Haj Festival on 27th (Saturday). The decision was made after a committee of learned Ulemas met at the Grand Mosque this evening.

Asia is not a play ground; MR

President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking at the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit held in Kuwait said that the Asian continent should not be considered as a play ground of other forces, "who seek our wealth, our assets of nature and human resources"

Video: Justice served in two spoons; Baratha’s sister

The sisters of the late Baratha Lakshman Premachandra said today that justice is being served in two spoons as the law applies differently to the rich.

Maithripala’s brother remanded

An individual who is said to be a brother of Minister Maithripala Sirisena was remanded till October 30th by the Polonnaruwa magistrate after he was alleged to have obstructed duties of Wild Life officials.

Starved children sent to homes

The four children who had been starving for days at a line-room in Uduwara Estate in Haliela were produced before the Badulla Magistrate today by police and handed over to the Probation and Child Care Officers for protection.