Wheat flour price increased: no bread price hike

Price of wheat flour has been increased by Rs.1 per kilogram with effect from today but the Bakery Owners Association said that there will be no increase in bread prices.

Cop assaulted by politician's goons ?

A police officer who issued a charge sheet to a Deputy Minister on the Southern Expressway on May 20 was reported to have been assaulted by a group of men at the 20 acre area in Bombuwala near the Dodangoda entry point last night while he was driving to work.

9 hour water cut in Colombo

The Water Supply and Drainage Board announced that the water supply would be interrupted from Dikmans Road junction to Bambalapitiya junction and all the connected by roads today due to laying of new pipelines.

Saliya Dissanayake passes away

Brother of Minister S.B.Dissanayake and former Chairman of Central Provincial Council Saliya Dissanayake (49) passed away last night after a prolonged illness at the Peradeniya Hospital.

Modi due here?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Sri Lanka soon, Daily Mirror learns.

Isipathana rout Thomians 61-0

Isipathana proved to be too good for S. Thomas’ as they routed them by 61 points to nil in the first match of the Singer U-20 Cup Championship encounter played at Havelock Park last evening.

Vass to be tried for threatening CID ASP

Former DIG Vaas Gunawardena will be tried on September 22 for intimidating CID ASP Shani Abeysekera and some other CID detectives while he was being questioned by them over the killing of millionaire businessman Mohamed Shiyam.

Student knocked down by train died

The schoolgirl, who was hospitalised after she was hit by a train at the Kollupitiya Railway station, died yesterday, police said

Rs. 100 Mn worth expired chocolates seized

Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) officers confiscated 40,000 kilos of expired chocolate valued at Rs. 100 million in a warehouse in Seeduwa today, when it was about to be repacked, the Internal Trade and Cooperatives Ministry said

New uniforms for women police personnel

Women Police officers would be issued a newly designed uniform comprising a trouser and a shirt in addition to the one they are currently wearing for official duties, police said.

Sudharma surrenders to Court: Warrant recalled

Colombo Magistrate Thilina Gamage today recalled the warrant issued against Sudharma Nettikumara over a breach of trust amounting to Rs.5 million after she surrendered to Court.

SL faces severe nutritional challenges-UN warns

UN Children's agency UNICEF warned that Sri Lanka faces severe nutritional challenges with large numbers of children and women affected by Iron Deficiency Anemia ( IDA), the agency said in a statement on Friday.

Pakistan court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM: Gilani

A non-bailable arrest warrant wasissued today for former Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and an ex-minister for their alleged involvement in a Rs seven billion corruption scandal

SL maid in coma after gas cylinder blast dies

A Sri Lankan maid who has been in a coma for two weeks as a result of a cylinder explosion died at the King Saud Hospital (Semesi) on Wednesday.

Plane not in search area: Australia

Australian officials have ruled out an area in the southern Indian Ocean, where acoustic signals believed to be from an aircraft had been detected, as the final resting place of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Brothel raided at Maradana

The Walana Anti Vice Squad arrested eight suspects including six women at a brothel in Maradana yesterday, police said

Parts found may not belong to aircraft: Air Force

The Air Force today said that the debris found in the seas off Aluthgama that was first believed to be a part of an aircraft pulley and it may actually have come from another type of vehicle or machine.PICTURES

Fire in Kollupitiya

A fire broke out in a room at a five-storey building on the 16th Lane in Kollupitiya a short while ago, police said

TNA seeks meeting with Jaya

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has sought a meeting with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jeyaram. Earlier, the TNA leadership sought a similar appointment with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Schoolgirl knocked down by train in Kollupitiya

A student of a leading girls' school in Kollupitiya was hospitalised due to injuries caused after she was hit by the Kalutara-Maradana train at the Kollupitiya Railway station a short while ago, Railway sources said.

Air Force to send team to verify parts

The Air Force said today that it would send a team of specialists to examine the objects found by fishermen, believed to be parts of an aircraft

Mystery wheel netted

A rim of a wheel has been discovered by several fishermen those sailed from Moragalle in Aluthgama this morning, the Police said

Dy. Minister hospitalised in accident

Deputy Minister Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana had been hospitalised when his vehicle collided with a lorry at the Kammalakkulama Junction on the Anuradhapura-Mihintale Road at Kannattiya earlier today, the Police said

UNP gets a warm welcome at Coal Power Plant

United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarians who visited the Norochcholai Lakwijeya Coal Power Plant on a fact finding mission had got a warm welcome with garlands by Deputy Minister Antony Victor Perera today. PICTURES

Lankan falls to death: 4 women to be questioned

Four Sri Lankan women are being questioned by Sharjah’s Prosecution after a male compatriot fell to his death from a 22nd-floor apartment in the Al Nahda area

Video: Undergrad dies in accident

A 24-year-old girl was killed and four others were injured when the car they were traveling crashed into railings of the Wanawasala Bridge along the Colombo-Kandy Road this morning PICTURES

No trains to Badulla till Saturday

Train services on the Badulla-Colombo line, which was interrupted due to landslides, will resume within two days, the Railways Department said today

People’s Bank coughs up Rs. 9 Bn for Chinese ships

The Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) has signed a USD 70 million (over Rs. 9.1 billion) loan agreement with the state-owned People’s Bank to purchase two 63,600 MT DWT bulk cargo-carrying ships from China, to revive the corporation

Video: It is nobody’s land

A group of people who had come from Chavakachcheri held a protest in Kilinochchi demanding a land which had been used by the Army after it was captured from the LTTE, the army said.

Video: UNP awaits Govt.’s response

Claiming that the UNP would always back the government if it made a genuine effort to resolve the national issue, UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella today enquired what the government intended doing with regard to the request made by the new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for a political solution to the national issue which went beyond the 13th Amendment to the Constitution ???