Economic fate of Greece would befall SL: JVP

The economic fate that befell Greece due to the spending of US$13.5 billion for the Olympics in 2004 would befall Sri Lanka too if a massive Rs.265 billion were spent for  the Commonwealth Games in 2018, the JVP warned today

UK visa applicants arrested for identity fraud

Two Sri Lankan visa applicants have been arrested this week for using deception and false identities to apply for UK visas. They were referred by the UK Border Agency to the CID in Colombo.

Earth slip in Badulla

At least 63 families in Haldummulla, Badulla have been temporarily evacuated following an earth slip with heavy rain, the Disaster Management centre said.

India, SL agree on JSW meeting

India and Sri Lanka on Thursday agreed that the Joint Working Group on Fisheries should meet and discuss steps to ensure that peace and harmony prevailed in the waters between the two countries and Indian fishermen are not attacked by Lankan navy

Daya to go before int’l tribunal

Sevanagala Sugar Industries Ltd., owner Daya Gamage said yesterday he would go before an international tribunal to seek redress over the government’s plan to acquire his assets through the new act passed in parliament on Wednesday

Expressway to be patrolled by super cops

Traffic police manning the Southern Expressway are to whiz past in 2600cc engine capacity high speed Subaru Imprezza cars which can accelerate to 100 km/h within few seconds to catch traffic offenders.

Army to de-list deserters in four stages

The Sri Lanka Army has taken four steps to de-list 55,000 out of 60,000 deserters in the country under a special programme implemented by Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya

Australia bowled out for 47

Australia were bowled out for 47 - their fourth lowest Test total and their lowest for 109 years - by South Africa as 23 wickets fell in one day

MR meets Prime Minister Gilani

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa met with Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani here on Thursday on the sidelines of 17th SAARC Summit and discussed bilateral relations

Three drown in Kosgoda sea

At least three youth were drowned and three were rescued in the Kosgoda seas where a group of 12 had been bathing this evening, police said

PM discusses fishermen issue with MR

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is understood to have discussed the Tamils’ issue and frequent attacks on Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy during his meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Thursday

CBK in New York

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is in New York for a meeting of the Board of Directors and the annual conference of the Club de Madrid. She will also attend a Banquet organized by the Club de Madrid where President Bill Clinton will be the Guest of Honour

Six students injured in Uni clash

At least six students were injured following a clash between two student factions of the University of Kelaniya

Joint effort to recover five boats of Lankan fishermen

The Ministry of Fisheries, Foreign Affairs and Buddhist and Catholic clergy are making a joint effort to recover five boats belonging to Sri Lankan fishermen which have been confiscated by the Indian Authorities

STF security for SAARC Summit

A joint security plan involving the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and Sri Lanka's Special Task Force (STF) has been placed in and around the SAARC summit venue in Addu

SL to discuss maritime security with Maldives and India

The Sri Lankan government delegation currently attending the SAARC summit in Addu, will be holding bilateral discussions with their Indian and Maldivian counterparts over maritime security

CPI against closure of Koodankulam plant

CPI today said it was against the closure of the controversial Nuclear power station in Koodankulam but demanded that the Centre should dispel the apprehensions of the locals before proceeding with the project

Protest if demands not met in Budget, say teachers

The Ceylon Teachers Service Union today called on the Government to increase public expenditure on education to 10% from the current 2.59% as low investments in education will cause the country’s education system to spiral downwards and threatened to protest if their requests are not met in the 2012 Budget

Businessman granted bail

A businessman who had allegedly bought pilfered computer toners from two peons attached to from the President’s Private Secretary’s Office was released on bail by a Colombo Court today

Expropriation bill passed

The Revival of Underperforming Enterprises and Underutilised Assets Bill was passed in parliament today. 122 voted for the bill while 46 voted against it. Those who opposed the bill were the UNP, JVP and TNA

Sri Lanka will never condone torture: Former AG

Despite grave atrocities committed by non-state actors, the Sri Lankan government has at no time sought to justify torture nor resorted to torture, former attorney general Mohan Peiris, who is also the senior legal adviser to the Cabinet has told the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT)

Parliamentary proceeding continue

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa gave the go ahead for the debate on the controversial Revival of Underperforming and Underutilised Assets Bill in Parliament today despite objections by the opposition UPDATE

Interim stay order on land circular to north and east

The Appeal Court today issued an interim stay order on the land circular pertaining to the north and east.

Clear sign of mafia-type govt.: Mangala

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today charged that its official news website ‘Lankawaynews’ had been banned at the time it was being checked out.

What I said has come true: Dayasiri

Speaking to Daily Mirror online exclusively at the conclusion of Parliamentary proceedings yesterday UNP Kurunegala District Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara asked the government what logic it had behind the introduction of the Expropriation bill.

47 refugees return to Lanka

A total of 47 Sri Lankan refugees departed to the island nation from here on Tuesday under the United Nations High Commission for Refugees’ (UNHCR) voluntary repatriation programme.

Police vow to crackdown on illicit booze in Wirral

The second of two Sri Lankan brothers allegedly at the centre of an illicit booze “epidemic” in Wirral has been banned from selling alcohol.

Channel 4 commissions second SL documentary

Channel 4 has commissioned a follow-up to the acclaimed but controversial Sri Lanka's Killing Fields documentary as part of its new current affairs programming drive.

Lankan maid claims she killed lover in self-defence

A Sri Lankan maid on trial for culpable homicide told a psychiatrist that she killed her lover in self-defence as he had threatened her as well as her employer's two children.

Police seeks AG’s advice over layman in the temple

The Women and Children’s Bureau informed court it had sought the Attorney General’s advice on whether the chief layman of the controversial Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Temple at Liberty Plaza belonging to a Japanese Mahayana Sect should be arrested as a suspect in an alleged sexual harassment case.