No conditions from India-GL

While claiming that all Commonwealth member countries except Canada and India have confirmed the participation of their heads of government at the November CHOGM, Sri Lanka today dismissed as speculation the suggestion that India had made three conditions if it was to ensure the participation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

OIC and four other officers interdicted

The Officer-in-Charge of the Athurugiriya Police Station and four other police officers have been interdicted pending an inquiry, police sources said.

Tamil issue is being resolved- SL envoy

The Tamil issue in Sri Lanka is in the process of being resolved and the country's government is trying to find a solution to alleged human rights violations involving Tamil citizens, Sri Lankan High Commissioner in India Prasad Kariyawasam said today.

Video: Traffic on Kinsey road

Heavy traffic had been reported in Borella area as one lane of Kinsey Road has been closed due to a protest march by the students of the Kelaniya University, police said

Cricket: Skit slip

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said today he was awaiting a response from Sri Lanka Cricket Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga about the allegations made by Cricket Selection Committee Chief Sanath Jayasuriya

Bangladesh Islamist opposition Leader gets death penalty

Bangladesh's top court has rejected the appeal of an Islamist leader against his war crimes conviction, increasing his life sentence to the death penalty.

SL to sign FTA with China before CHOGM

The government said today it is optimistic of signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China before November 2013

Sweet poison

Fourteen women were hospitalised due to food poisoning after eating a cake bought from a shop last morning in Wellawaya, the Wellawaya police said

Ranil: govt. has no plans

Sri Lanka had become the miracle of Asia by becoming one of the top heroin hubs in the world, Opposition UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said at an election rally yesterday

Wadduwa OIC interdicted

The OIC of  theWadduwa police station Lalith Weerasinghe  was interdicted by IGP N.K. Illangakoon last evening on the findings of the preliminary inquiry against the officer concerned

24 hour water cut in Wattala and Kelaniya

A 24-hour water cut will be imposed in several areas of Wattala and Kelaniya from 10am today (17) to 10am tomorrow (18) the National Water Supply and Drainage Board stated

MR says he won't allow anti-India acts

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an interview has said that he will not allow any country to act against the interests of India from its soil. Rajapaksa made the comment after ascertaining New Delhi's concern about China's presence in Sri Lanka

Strong winds expected this week

Strong winds and showers are expected in the coming days as the Southwest monsoon intensifies, the Met Department said yesterday. It said strong winds exceeding 50 kmph might develop in the central hills and sea areas off the west coast

First polls related death from Mullaitivu

The first killing related to the forthcoming provincial council election was reported from Puthukuduirippu, in Mullaitivu when a supporter of the UPFA was clubbed to death by other UPFA supporters on Monday night, sources said.

MPs play havoc on expressway

Two parliamentarians, who had tried to show their high-handedness on the Katunayake Expressway, were forced to withdraw following interventions by the security forces personnel

Paid sex not paid massage

Police arrested 18 women and a man during raids made on alleged brothel houses that were being run under the guise massage clinics in Thalangama, Pelawata , Thalawatugoda and  Battaramulla areas

Video: Shooting at US Navy Yard in Washington

A gunman dressed in all black fired shots Monday inside the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, injuring at least 10 people, according to the Navy and a Washington police spokesman ???

Two university students drown

The bodies of two Ruhunu University students who drowned while bathing in the Maddewatta sea area off Matara were recovered this evening, Matara police said

Lankan refugees turning to South Korea

Sri Lankans have been identified as one of the three main nationalities who have sought refugee status in South Korea in 2012, the YaleGlobal reported.

Lankan-born student wins HR award defending Israel

Sri Lankan-born Timon Dias stood head-and-shoulders above the rest to receive Honest Reporting prize for defending Israel, Israel National News reported

Video: Pillay’s comments on DS statue must be taken up in Geneva: UNP

The United National Party (UNP) said today the Sri Lankan Government should express its views on the statement made by the UNHRC Chief on the statue of late Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake and the Buddhist flag, which are at the Independence Square, during the ongoing Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva???

Video: CIFL Directors to pay back

Three Directors of the CIFL finance company, who appeared before Fort magistrate for allegedly defrauding depositor’s money, were released on bail after undertaking to pay back the depositor’s money ???

Over a hundred lawyers appear for CJ 43

Over one hundred lawyers appeared on behalf of ousted Chief Justice  Dr Shirani Bandaranayake when the case filed by the Bribery Commission was taken up today before the Colombo Magistrate Court.

Four killed, 36 injured in separate accidents at Dambulla

At least four people were killed and more than 36 injured in three separate accidents at Dambulla last night. Police said three persons travelling on a motorbike were killed when the bike collided with a lorry in the Dambulla town.Pictures

Impeached CJ before court today

Controversially impeached Chief Justice 43, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake will appear before the Colombo Chief Magistrate today, creating history as the first Chief Justice to face a trial before a court of law.

India's Seeman contradicts Wigneswaran

Leader of the Naam Thamizhar Katchi in Tamil Nadu and film director Senthamizhan Seeman has condemned the comment made by TNA’s chief ministerial candidate for the Northern Provincial Council election C.V. Wigneswaran, that Tamil Nadu politicians used the Sri Lankan Tamils’ issue for their own gains, much to the detriment of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Kama fiasco referred to mediation board

In a case where a businessman and two bouncers, who were alleged to have been involved in assaulting a 21-year -old youth at the Kama-Colombo nightclub was referred to the Mediation Board by a Colombo Court.

Former MP and diplomat Asitha Perera no more

Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Italy Asitha Perera passed away today following a cardiac arrest around 10 a.m. at a private hospital in Colombo.

MR to attend UN General Assembly

President Mahinda Rajapakse will participate in the General Assembly Sessions of the United Nations which will start during the weekend in New York, the state owned radio announced today.

TNA spreading racism and separatism-Basil

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that the TNA is attempting to push Tamils in the North to vote for the by spreading racism and separatism.