Australia, Pakistan, SL squeeze into T20 semis

Australia and Pakistan squeezed into the World Twenty20 semi-finals Tuesday as India and South Africa packed their bags after a topsy-turvy last round of Super Eight matches

Keith Vaz's half-a-million pounds under scrutiny

Is Keith Vaz, a British MP of Goan origin, being investigated for making illegal earnings of half-a-million pounds? While Britain's leading mainline newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, said

Berty-loyalist elected NCP Chairman

UPFA North-Central provincial councillor R.M. Siripala who was nominated by the UNP for the post of NCP Chairman was elected by a majority of 11 votes at the sessions today

US Green Card lottery opens

The US Embassy in Colombo announced that the 2014 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery Program, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will be accepting on-line applications starting on October 2, 2012.

Divineguma passed in EPC

The Divineguma Bill was passed at the Eastern Provincial Council a short while ago with a majority of 6 votes. 21 members voted for the bill with 15 voting against

Top priority to resettlement of Tamils in SL: Singh

India attaches "highest and most important priority" to the resettlement and rehabilitation of Tamil community in Sri Lanka and remains engaged with Colombo for achieving a 'future' for them, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said

'Sorry' performance by 'cheerleaders' at T20

The sorry performance of the so called cheerleaders at the ICC World T20 is not only a disgraceful  eyesore but has showcased Sri Lanka in a poor light to the entire world judging by the disparaging comments they have drawn from the international media.

Video: I am still the same - Hirunika

Hirunika Premachandra the daughter of late Baratha Lakshman Premachandra said yesterday, that she has not changed despite the obstacles she has faced during the year after the death of her father

SL switch captains to avoid ban

Hosts Sri Lanka have used a bagful of tricks to outwit rivals on their way to the World Twenty20 semi-finals -- even changing captains for a match to further their cause

Ban wants political solution without delay

UN Chief Ban Ki Moon has emphasized the need to find a political solution without further delay to the underlying factors of the Sri Lanka’s past conflict, the UN News centre said.

Video: People will take to the streets-Ranil warns

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that the people would take to the streets unless the salary was increased in next month’s budget. He said this government had increased prices of everything except increased the salary.

Briton released

The Colombo Chief Magistrate has ordered to release the British national, who was arrested for stealing T20 world cup tickets worth over Rs. 1,000,000, on bail a short while ago

Video: Ruwanwelle Sobitha sentenced

Former monk Ruwanwelle Sobitha alias S. Shantha has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, after he was found guilty of having raped a 28-year-old woman in Kegalle

Video: Arbitrary intervention dilutes confidence in UN system-SL

While claiming that in the settlement of international disputes, action must be based on the fundamental principle of sovereign equality of states, Sri Lanka on Monday said that the ‘recent tendency to selectively and arbitrarily intervene in the internal affairs of states flies dilutes the confidence nurtured in the UN system.’

SL into semis

Lasith Malinga took five wickets to help Sri Lanka knock Twenty20 World Cup holders England out of the tournament with a 19-run Super Eights victory on Monday that put the hosts safely into the semi-finals.

School van registration dilemma

Private Transport Minister C.B. Ratnayake said yesterday that a cabinet paper had been submitted to bring all school vans under the purview of the Ministry instead of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) which the Minister believed had exceeded its mandate by collecting funds from school vans

LIOC raises diesel price

The LIOC has increased the price of diesel by Rs. 4 a litre with effect from midnight today. The new price will be Rs 121 a litre, the LIOC announced

England to field first

England's captain Stuart Broad won the toss in a must-win game and put Sri Lanka in to bat in the last Super Eights match in Group 1 at the World Twenty20 on Monday at Pallekelle

Lankan sentenced for Facebook threat

A United Arab Emirates court sentenced a 33-year-old Sri Lankan electrician to three months in jail for threatening via social networking site Facebook that he would kill a Filipina co-worker if she did not marry him

Ticket stealing Briton remanded

Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli ordered the British national who was arrested on charges of stealing 84 ICC world cup T20 tickets to be remanded till tomorrow

Vidyaloka temporary closed

Vidyaloka College in Galle has been temporarily closed after the newly appointed principal was injured and hospitalised following a tense situation this morning, police said

Water cut in some areas in Colombo

A 9-hour water cut will be imposed in several areas in Colombo from 8am to 5pm tomorrow (02) due to an interruption of the electricity supply to the Kotte pump house, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board stated

ASPI of CSE crosses 6000 points

 The All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) crossed 6000 points a short while ago, Market sources said.

Another accident injures 20

A head-on collision between two private passenger buses left at least 20 people injured at Thalagala, Moragahahena on the Maharagama-Horana road this morning, Police said

Scrap death Penalty in SL-HRC

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), in its report, which is to be taken into consideration during Sri Lanka's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), has recommended that the country should abolish the death penalty, officials said yesterday

Swaranavahini Teledrama director killed in accident

Teledrama director of the Swaranavahini Nalaka Wedamulla (40) was killed and three others injured in a head-on collision in Navinna, Maharagama this morning, police said

Accident kills four in Athurugiriya

Two policemen, a Chinese national and a driver were killed when a police patrolling vehicle veered off the Highway under construction in Athurugiriya this morning, Police said Pictures

I am frustrated and mentally depressed-Malaka

Minister Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka Silva said he is very frustrated and mentally depressed due to the behaviour of the media in the country.

Britisher arrested for theft of T20 tickets

The police arrested a British national who stole 103 ICC T20 world cup tickets worth over Rs.75000 from a ticketing counter in Colombo.

Tight security in Kahawatta

Security has been beefed up in the Kahawatta town by deploying Police and Special Task Force personnel following reports that residents were planning to hold a demonstration against the sudden transfer of the Chief of the Police Special Team that inquired into a series of killings in the area.