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.

36 more intercepted

Sri Lanka Navy this morning intercepted 36 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler.

Grant citizenship to SL refugees- Sri Ravi Shankar

Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Saturday said the Centre and the State government must take steps grant citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps in Tamil Nadu. “

SL crush West Indies

Mahela Jayawardene on Saturday struck a record-equalling sixth half century in ICC World Twenty20 as Sri Lanka brightened their semifinal prospects with a crushing nine-wicket win over West Indies in their Super Eights match.

Lankans to be deported from India

Fifteen Sri Lankan Tamils arrested by the Kollam police on June 3 after busting a human trafficking racket and later released from judicial custody on August 17 will be deported to Sri Lanka from the Thiruvananthapuram airport on Saturday morning. Pictures

Smugglers use SL as transit point to pump in gold

Sri Lanka seems to have become a transit point for smugglers bringing gold Chennai from places like Dubai and Singapore. In the past month, bureau of immigration officials at Chennai airport arrested 13 people, including several Sri Lankan Tamils

Woman attempts to bribe police officers

A Sri Lankan woman was arrested recently in Fintas for attempting to bribe police officers for the release of three of her compatriots against whom missing cases were registered, reports Alam Alyawm daily.

SB promises all arrears for uni. teachers who report to work

Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake said that University teachers who report to work next Monday or Tuesday will be given all arrears.

More Lankans opt to return to SL

Another group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers has asked to be sent home, rather than risk Australia sending them to an offshore processing facility. Pictures

LTTE continues to be a threat-India

Justifying the continuation of the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the Union government on Friday asserted that the banned organisation continued to be a threat to the country’s sovereignty and integrity.

Siyambalanduwa trembles

A minor earth tremor hit the Siyambalanduwa area at around 5 30 am today, the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau said.

India to discuss Kudankulam safety with SL

Taken aback by what it describes as "propaganda'' in Sri Lanka against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, India has offered to discuss the safety aspect of the pressurized water reactors with Lankan authorities.

JSC secretary says danger to their security

Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Secretary Manjula Tillekaratne said yesterday there was a danger to the security of all of them and their families beginning from the person holding the highest position in the judicial system.

Ban on LTTE should be lifted: Vaiko

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief, V. Gopalsamy, popularly known as 'Vaiko', has argued before the tribunal court in Chennai that the ban imposed by the Central Government on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) should be lifted.

Video: We will fight to the end - SF

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka who participated at the rally organised by University lecturers vowed to continue the struggle for the benefit of the future generations in Sri Lanka.

‘More SL asylum seekers want to go home’

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Australia, Thisara Samarasinghe, told the Australian ‘National Times’ that more Sri Lankans, who arrived in Australia seeking asylum, had applied to go home.

System dulls our spinners' magic: Murali

Legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muthiah Muralidaran believes Australia's failure to produce a spinner who can perform outrageous tricks since Shane Warne's retirement can be attributed to the perfectionist attitude of the nation's coaches.

Video: Ranil, SF join rally

UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe, former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, JVP leader Somawanshe Amarasinghe and a host of other political leaders are currently participating at the rally held in Hyde Park by the University lecturers. VIDEO UPDATED

Protest marches head towards Colombo

Two separate protest marches – one by the University lecturers and the other by the Inter University Students Federation are nearing Colombo causing heavy congestion along the Galle Road and the Baseline Road, our reporter said.

Urgently resolve education crisis; Mahanayakes

The most venerable Mahanayakes of the Malwaththe and Asgiriya chapters in a statement to the Ministry of higher education today said that the government has to take urgent measures to solve the impending deadlock between the Ministry of Higher education and University lecturers

Police await postmortem inquiry

The Police said today that the deaths of the two IUSF activists will be treated as an accident until the completion of the postmortem inquiry. Police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said that the Police would not comment until the completion of the inquiry

Officer-In-Charge of Kahawatta murder investigation transferred

The Officer-In-Charge of the special Colombo Crime Division (CCD) that had been appointed to probe a series of killings that had taken place in Kahawatta, had reportedly been transferred with effect from yesterday (27), days before the arrest of the main suspect in these killings, informed sources said

Anti Islam film maker arrested in US

The filmmaker of the controversial video that sparked protests across the Muslim world has been arrested in Los Angeles. Nakoula Besseley Nakoula is in custody and is scheduled to make a court appearance in a federal court in Los Angeles

Defence, Urban Dev. Budgetary share tops Rs. 290 bn

The Defence and Urban Development Ministry has received the biggest budgetary allocation for 2013 exceeding Rs. 290 billion for both recurrent and capital expenditure, according to the Appropriation Bill approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday

Luxury vehicles galore on permits

A shipment of 525 vehicles that was unloaded at the Hambantota Port last week had 312 super luxury vehicles which were mainly imported on duty free concession permits, customs sources said yesterday

Charge sheet against cobra woman

While claiming that the cobra found in the possession of a young woman at a Kollupitiya night club be released to the owner, the defence in this case argued that the charges could not be maintained against the suspect since no offence was committed by her

SL beat NZ in super over

Sri Lanka held their nerve to claim a thrilling five-run super-over win against New Zealand in the first Super Eight match of the World Twenty20.

India dismisses reports about its missiles targeting SL sites

India on Thursday dismissed reports that its missiles targeted strategic Sri Lankan locations, calling them "completely baseless and fabricated."