Manmohan to contact TN on holding Indo-Lanka fishermen talks

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday told a delegation of fishermen associations from Tamil Nadu that he would contact the Tamil Nadu government this week for arranging talks between the fishermen representatives of India and Sri Lanka on fishing issues

Passport Office opens hotline

The Immigration and Emigration Department today introduced the hotline 1962 for purposes of obtaining information on passports and its other services, Government Information Department said.

Milco strike called off

The strike action at the Milco Company was temporarily called off after President Mahinda Rajapaksa gave an assurance that the concerns expressed by the workers would be resolved soon, Sri Lanka Nidahas Sangamaya President Padmasiri Silva said

'Ghost train' report handed over to Minister

The committee appointed to look into the incident where a train took off without a driver, handed over its report to the Transport Minister Kumara Welgama today, the Ministry said

Homagama PS Budget defeated for 2nd time

The 2014 Budget presented by the Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha was defeated for the second time today with majority of two votes

Canadian MP in Jaffna, meets TNA politicians

Canadian parliamentarian Rathika Sitsabaiesan, who is on a visit to Jaffna, held discussions with several Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians and Jaffna-based organizations, yesterday and today, sources said

Video: Hot line to complain against police officers

National Police Commission Secretary T.M.K.B. Tennakoon said the commission has introduced a new telephone number for the public to complaint against police officers involved in wrongdoing

Lankan caught with 'Khat'

A Sri Lankan arriving from Kenya arrested at the Bandaranaike International Air Port with 50kgs of herbal narcotic 'Khat' which is a banned narcotic in most countries. This is the first time it has been detected in Sri Lanka, Customs said.

Sri Lankans ‘need not flee’- Envoy

Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe said Sri Lankans no longer have any reason to flee to Australia as the country moves towards reconciliation.

Govt., TNA court international community

Ahead of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions, the Government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) are slated for a race against time to woo the international community, Daily Mirror learns.

India fears Muslim militant attacks in SL

The Indian High Commission in Colombo has written to Sri Lankan government requesting it to enhance security given to Indian diplomatic offices in Sri Lanka to prevent an attack by Muslim extremist groups, the Daily Mirror learns.

450 prison officers transferred

Some 450 prisons officers will be transferred with effect from January 1, 2014, Prisons Commissioner General Chadraratna Pallegama said

Pallepola PS Member arrested for fraud

Pallepola Pradeshiya Sabha UPFA member Krishantha Jayasinghe was arrested today on charges of having defrauded Rs. 6 lakhs when purchasing inter-blocks for road development work, police said.

246 arrested for drunken driving within 24 hours

Some 246 people have been arrested by the police across the country during the past 24 hours, for driving under the influence of liquor, Police said today.

Lankan held with US currency in TN

A Sri Lankan national was today arrested in Rameswaram  for alleged illegal stay in the country and possessing US currency, police said.

22 Indian fishermen arrested

22 Indian fishermen were taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy along with six trawlers for illegally poaching in Sri Lankan waters in the Northern seas last night, the Navy said.

Indians nabbed for violating visa rules

Two Indian nationals were arrested in the Nilaveli area, Kalavanchikudi yesterday for engaging in various trades while being in the country on tourist visas, Police said.

Sri Lanka deports arrested Indian journalist

Tamil Prabakaran (24), a Tamil Nadu-based journalist arrested in Colombo on Thursday reached Chennai on Saturday after he was deported by the Sri Lankan government.

Milco strike continues- Rs.300m goes down the drain

The Milco Company said today that it had lost over Rs. 300 million in sales due to the strike launched by a trade union of the Milco Company on December 9.

Air Force helicopter assists to douse Hantana fire

Sri Lanka Air Force has deployed a Bell 212 helicopter from Ratmalana this evening to assist in retarding the spread of a forest fire which erupted in the Hantana hills in Kandy.

Fire on Indian train kills at least 23

At least 23 people were killed on Saturday in a fire on a train in southern India, authorities said.

Lankan refugee commits suicide

A Sri Lankan Tamil refugee allegedly committed suicide by setting himself afire near the camp at Thuraimangalam area here on Friday. Police gave the name of the deceased as K. Govindasamy, aged around 40.

Lankans arrested in Madurai with gold

Customs officials at the airport in Madurai, Tamil Nadu had their biggest ever catch on Friday when they detained three Sri Lankan nationals, including two women, and seized 1,189 grams of gold rods worth around Rs. 36 lakh.

Khurshid assures help to arrested journalist in SL

India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, said that the union government would extend all possible help to arrested journalist in Sri Lanka.

Over a billion rupees owed as taxes to the CMB Municipality

The Colombo Municipality said yesterday that tax defaulters owed the municipality over a billion rupees in rates and that many of the private properties that had defaulted would be auctioned next month

Ground frost in Nuwara Eliya

The temperature in the Nuwara Eliya district had gone below 5ºC resulting in ground frost last afternoon, the Meteorology Department said yesterday.

Major changes in top Army positions

Reporting the first major changes in the top ranks of the Sri Lanka Army in the recent times, six Major Generals in the Army including Jaffna Security Forces Commander Mahinda Hathurusinghe have been transferred with effect from January 1, 2014, military sources said.

Video: Doctors ready to face inquiries regarding medical negligence

Government Medical Officer’s Association (GMOA) said, doctors were ready to face any inquiry on their negligence in providing medical services.

‘Sri Siddhartha Gautama’ wins best movie award

The much-hyped epic Sinhala movie ‘Sri Siddhartha Gautama’ which enjoyed a successful run in Sri Lanka, won the award for the best film in the World Cinema section at the second Delhi International Film Festival in India which concluded a short while ago, the film’s director Saman Weeraman told the Daily Mirror.

Delft Island for wild horses to run free

The Government is expected to declare a landmass of 100 acres as a wild life park in the Delft Island off Jaffna for the conservation of the wild horses roaming freely in the area, officials said today.