One fourth of Lanka are diabetics

Latest statistics reveal that 25% of the population in Sri Lanka is suffering from Diabetes and the figure is estimated to be doubled by 2050, the Health Ministry said yesterday

Audio: Will not give up- Macrae

The Channel-4 journalists today said they would continue their endeavor on reporting on the situation in the North of Sri Lanka despite protests and preventions

Sharma should pressurise MR: UNP

The United National Party (UNP) today said the General Secretary of the Commonwealth Kamalesh Sharma should put pressure on President Mahinda Rajapaksa to implement the Commonwealth Charter once the President assumes the Chair of the Commonwealth Union

Three killed in accident

Three people were killed and two others hospitalised when a three wheeler plunged into a precipice on Badulla- Bandarawella Road in Ella today

UNP claims Ranil’s vehicle attacked

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s vehicle came under attack by a group protesting against an exhibition on Human Rights and the Implementation of LLRC recommendations being held at UNP headquarters Sirikotha today, UNP said

Video: Channel-4 journalists sent back to Colombo

Channel -4 journalists including Callum Macrae, who were heading to the North were sent back to Colombo in a special vehicle by the police saying it was being done for security reasons after their train was blocked at Anuradhapura Railway Station by a group of protesters

Protesters block train with Macrae

The Vavuniya bound train was blocked at Anuradhapura railway station by a group of protesters against Callum Macrae who is travelling in the train to the North.

Two envoys are most welcome in their official capacities -SL

While rejecting ‘misleading’ assertions regarding the alleged incident involving Ms. Leigh Rhiannon an Australian Senator and Ms. Jan Logie a MP from New Zealand

Mauritian PM to join SL C'wealth summit boycott

Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has become the third leader to announce a boycott of this week's Commonwealth summit in Colombo over Sri Lanka's human rights record

Roads closed today

Police Headquarters said that number of prominent arrivals will take place tomorrow, therefore roads in Colombo would be subjected for three closures throughout the day.

67 Lt. Colonels promoted

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has approved the promotion of 67 Lieutenant Colonels to the rank of Colonel with effect from November 01 this year

Leadership Council will be given more powers: Ranil

United National Party (UNP) National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he would handover more powers to the newly-appointed leadership council in the future

Gambling den raid: JHU questions government

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) today questioned the government as to what happened to the 45 people who were arrested for gambling during a raid at a gambling den near the Eye Hospital and under whose instructions the 23 officials of the Police Crime Division who were in the squad that organised the raid were transferred soon after the raid

Video: MR invites C4 men for a cuppa

In what appeared to be a consolidation of the charm that President Mahinda Rajapaksa is renowned for, while dismissing questions posed by Channel-4 journalist when he was about to board the car after the opening of the Commonwealth Business Forum, invited them “for a cup of tea” ???

Video: I will make more: Macrae

The visiting Channel-4 Journalist Callum Macrae, who made the controversial War crimes documentaries on Sri Lankan civil war, said today that he would make documentaries in future if there were evidence on war crimes

Motion to change Northern Governor passed

A motion calling the President to appoint a civilian as the Governor of the Northern Province had been passed in the Northern Province Council during its second sitting on Monday

300 workers arrested for protesting against CHOGM

Over 300 MDMK activists, including its General Secretary Vaiko were, arrested for blocking train traffic as the dawn-to-dusk Tamil Nadu bandh called by pro-Eelam outfits demanding that India completely boycott CHOGM meet in Colombo got underway.

Skip CHOGM, Sikh group tells UK PM

Ahead of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s India visit, the radical Sikh organisation Dal Khalsa has written to him urging him not to take part in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo, over allegations of human rights violations by the Lankan Government.

Renovation work in Colombo completed-CMC

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) said that renovation work carried out for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meting (CHOGM) had been successfully completed.

No road closures during the day today-Police

Roads in Colombo will not be closed during the day today other than the scheduled closures from 12.30 a.m. to 1.00 a.m. and from 3.30 a.m. to 4.00 a.m., the police said.

Umariya case: DJ Jaynoor released

English radio station DJ Ramsey Jaynoor was yesterday ordered to be released from the case filed against him on charges of having harassed the Sri Lankan Pop, R&B and Jazz Singer Umariya Sinhawansa at the World Trade Centre car park.

Australia won’t give other countries HR lectures: Abbott

The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott won't be joining other world leaders in a boycott of the Commonwealth summit, saying Australia shouldn't be giving lectures to other countries about human rights, the Guardian reported

Video: President has to follow the CW values as the Chair: UNP

The United National Party (UNP) today said once the Sri Lankan President becomes the Chairperson of Commonwealth, he would have to implement Commonwealth values exactly without ignoring them unlike now

Video: 'Political henchman' behind transfer of 23 Police officers- JVP

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today urged the government to divulge the ‘political henchmen’ who engineered the transfer of 23 police officers attached to the Organised Crimes Investigation Unit.

Indian Media criticise Singh's ‘diplomatic error’

Media in India see Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's boycott of the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka as a "diplomatic error", the BBC reported

Video: Demo against Channel 4

Around a 100 demonstrators protested against the visiting Channel 4 journalists at the lobby of the Bandaranaike International Airport, when they arrived in the country a short while ago

Probe Packer who is in SL - UNP

A group of UNP MPs including Ruwan Wijewardene, Harsha De Silva and Ajith P. Perera yesterday lodged a complaint at the Police Headquarters against Australian business tycoon James packer who is currently in Sri Lanka to participate in the Commonwealth Heads of State Meeting (CHOGM) Business Forum.

Lankans can see comet

The comet ISON, one of the brightest and potentially dazzling comets would appear clearly on November 18 morning to Sri Lankans, Sri Lanka Astronomical Association said

Packer to address C’wealth Business Forum in Colombo

Billionaire James Packer will visit Colombo this week to lobby the Sri Lankan government over his plans for a five-star resort

Sharma calls on MR

The Secretary General of the Commonwealth Kamalesh Sharma is currently at a meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat, the Government Information Department said