Two on a motorcycle snatch Rs.5 Mn

Two men are alleged to have robbed Rs.5 Million from a van transporting cash to a Private Leasing Company in Matugama this morning. Police said the robbery had taken place while the van was parked outside the Company situated on the Agalawatta Road

Malaysia corrects last words from Flight MH370

Malaysia's civil aviation department said late Monday the last words spoken by one of pilots of missing Flight MH370 were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero", and not the more casual "All right, good night" originally reported

Two brothers caught selling heroin near school

Two brothers allegedly selling heroin outside a school at Kahagalla in Katugastota were arrested yesterday, Katugastota Police said

Rising number of housemaid deaths alarms SL

The Sri Lankan government is showing grave concern about the large number of housemaid deaths in the Gulf countries where they come to work as domestic helps in households

Case of sexual abuse: German woman identifies suspect

The 25 year-old German woman, who was allegedly sexually abused by a young businessman recently, identified the suspect at an identification parade held at Colombo Magistrate’s Court today

Video: SL bans LTTE fronts

The Sri Lankan government has in a decisive move with far reaching implications proscribed as foreign terrorist entities, several overseas organizations suspected of being fronts of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

I will set Kolonnawa on the right path -- Hirunika

Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of slain Presidential Advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, polled the highest number of preferential votes of the UPFA in Colombo District at the Western Provincial Council Election, with more than 130,000 preferences ???

Video:Sri Lanka into World T20 semis

Sri Lanka qualified for the semi-finals of the World T20 with a 59-run win over New Zealand in Chittagong a short while ago. Highlights

NZ bowl Sri Lanka out for 119

New Zealand bowled out Sri Lanka for 119 in 19.2 overs in their Group-1 match of the Super-10 Series in the fifth World Twenty20 here at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Monday.

NZ win toss, invite SL to bat

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and chose to bowl in the virtual quarter-final in Chittagong, expecting dew to form later in the evening

Video: UPFA to review Saturday’s results: Minister

The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Central Committee headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa will meet at Temple Trees tomorrow for a review on Saturday’s elections to the Western and Southern Provincial Councils

14 Uni students arrested

Fourteen students of Sri Jayawardenapura University’s Arts faculty were today arrested on charges of assaulting a security officer and damaging a security post in the University on February 24.

Ready to support a common candidate: SF

Democratic Party (DP) Leader Sarath Fonseka said today his party was prepared to support a common opposition candidate at the next presidential election if a suitable candidate was selected

11,000 votes at the first shy: Nadeesha

Despite not being among the first four in UNP preferential list, Nadeesha Hemamali said the 11,000 votes she obtained could be considered a real victory being a new entrant to politics and to Matara.

Anarkalli: I did it like a lady

Actress Anarkalli Akarsha said that she would continue to engage in politics despite her failure to garner enough votes in the preferential list in the Matara District.

Another bank robbed of Rs.1.4 Mn

In another high noon robbery four armed men wearing face-covered helmets are reported to have robbed the Seeduwa Branch of the Commercial Bank of Rs.1.4 million after stabbing the bank manager today Update

Another Minister joins Chidambaram in protest

Close on the heels of Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram expressing the view that India should have supported the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution against Sri Lanka, Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan said he was “agonised and shocked” by the country’s abstention.

North and South Korea exchange fire across sea border

North and South Korea have exchanged fire into the sea across the disputed western sea border, South Korea said

'No need to re-examine Khuram’s GF'

Highly placed sources at the Attorney General's Department said the decision not to re-examine the main witness in the Khuram Shaikh murder trial, Victoria Alexandrona was because there was no necessity to do so, as the witness faced cross examination competently.

Hirunika leads in Colombo

Western Provincial Council candidate Hirunika Premachandra has obtained the highest preference votes for the UPFA in the Colombo District with 139034 votes, while Udaya Gammanpilla has received 115637 votes. Preferential votes list ??

SL Navy offers soft drinks, sweets to Indian fishermen

Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu trawling near Katchatheevu were in for a big surprise today when Sri Lankan navalmen not only allowed them to fish but also offered them soft drinks and sweets.

Don’t ask for a presidential election till 2016 -MR

President Mahinda Rajapaksa told journalists that no presidential election would be held till 2016 at a meeting at D. A.Rajapaksa Maha Vidyalaya, Medamulana on March29.

Unfair to compare with previous results: UPFA

The ruling UPFA today said it was not fair to compare Saturday’s Provincial Council (PC) polls’ results with the 2009 results, to indicate that the UPFA had suffered a setback this time, UPFA’s election campaign manager Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.

Hashim adopts GL’s voter theory

Interpreting the results of Saturday’s Provincial Council Elections as a message given by the people for all opposition parties to form an alliance

Video: President’s downfall imminent: JVP

While being overjoyed at the results recorded at the two provincial council elections, after suffering setbacks for several years, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today said the election results had dismantled the President’s power map planned for the next six years

British driver dies on seeing victim

A British Sri Lankan who allegedly knocked down a man on the Puttalam-Kurunegala road on Saturday, suffered a cardiac arrest on seeing the hapless victim, and died.

Prisoners under treatment escape

A group of prisoners who had been referred to the Prisoner’s School at Wataraka has escaped custody. The Commissioner General of Prisons, Chandraratne Pallegama said

Hirunika tops list?

Hirunika Premachandra, Prasanna Ranathunga and Shan Wijeyalal have reportedly topped the preferential votes list in Colombo, Gampaha and Galle respectively.

Anarkalii, Nadeesha fail to secure seats

Unconfirmed reports said that the two leading actresses contesting the Southern Provincial Council elections, Anarkalii Akarsha and Nadeesha Hemamali have failed to secure seats.

Comfortable victory for UPFA

President Mahinda Rajapaksa led UPFA has secured a comfortable victory at yesterday’s Western and Southern Provincial Council elections with a majority of 388,977 votes in the SPC and 683,993 votes in the WPC.