Puttalam DS assaulted by protesters

The Puttalam Divisional Secretary and his driver were alleged to have been assaulted by several villagers in Kaladi.PICTURES

Video: Afghan presidential palace attacked in Kabul

Militants have attacked security forces near the presidential palace in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul.???

Video: Sri Lanka disputes refugee claims

Sri Lanka's minister for external affairs GL Peiris says he can guarantee the safety of people returning to Sri Lanka after failed asylum seeker claims in countries such as Australia.

Video: Silent majority in govt. wants 13 A-DEW

A host of senior government Ministers representing the left and the SLFP said today that the government had a silent majority to defeat any attempt to curtail the 13th Amendment.???

SL military officials leave TN

Bowing to pressures from Pro-Eelam Tamil outfits and Tamil Nadu Government over their training in Defence Service Staff College in Wellington in neighbouring Nilgiris district, two Sri Lankan Military personnel left Tamil Nadu this evening.

Another stock of substandard fuel

A ship, which anchored at the Colombo harbour, with 40,000 metric tonnes of substandard diesel was rejected by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, official sources said

Video:Two killed in train mishap

At least two passengers were killed and several others injured when they fell off the train near BahinaThotupala in Angulana, police said.

Summons issued on SF

Colombo High Court today issued summons for the second time on former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka to appear in the High Court on September 23 to give evidence for the prosecution in the case where three LTTE cadres are accused of having attempted to kill him.

UK disappointed over delay in murder trial

Britain today said that it is deeply disappointed that the murder trial of British citizen Khuram Shaikh, and assault on his partner Victoria, had not yet commenced and the call for the perpetrators of this crime to be brought to justice continues.

Bus fare increase after Thursday

A final decision on the private bus fares increase will be taken after the private bus operators submit their proposals to the National Transport Commission (NTC) on Thursday, Private Transport Services Minister C.B. Ratnayaka said.

Accident kills a Chinese worker

A 29-year-old Chinese is reported to have died yesterday after he fell off a flyover, which was above 50 feet above the ground.

Video: Mangala says no ‘Jilmart’ in 2010

Former Minister and current UNP strongman Mangala Samaraweera in an interview with the Daily Mirror said today that there was no computer jilmart’  during the 2010 Presidential Election and President Mahinda Rajapaksa won the elections with no fiddling of numbers.???

Jury chosen in Chandrasena murder case

A jury of five men and seven women have been chosen for the trial of two Sri Lankan men who allegedly murdered Sameera Chandrasena.

India wins Champions Trophy

India has added the Champions Trophy title to the World Cup they won two years ago, seeing off England by five runs in the Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston.

Govt Doesn’t want SL to become 'another Pakistan': Indian Minister

Defending the India's UPA government's stand on allowing training of Sri Lankan defence personnel in the country, Union Minister E M Sudarshan Nathchiyappan today said India cooperated with the neighbouring country as it did not want Lanka to become "another Pakistan".

MCNS website still dysfunctional

The Media Center for National Security (MCNS) website www.nationalsecurity.lk-still remains inaccessible although it has been more than five months since it came under a cyber-attack

All party Provincial Cabinet-Ranil

Opposition UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has suggested a system where all political parties in a provincial council are represented in the provincial board of ministers. 

'Peace, least concern of politically-motivated LTTE fronts'

Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United Nations, Ravinatha Aryasinha has said politically mobilized LTTE front organisations abroad act to sustain hatred and prevent reconciliation in Sri Lanka and that with groups having such a pre-disposition meaningful engagement was not possible.

Video: Murdered businessman's mobile phone found

The CID this morning recovered parts of a mobile phone said to have belonged to the Bambalapitiya businessman who was abducted and killed recently

Private bus knocks down two little children

Two children were killed when a private bus veered into a woman and the children while they were near the Daluggala Junction in Kegalle, police said

Use the ‘come and see’ policy- Navy Chief

Navy Commander Jayanath Colombage requested not to judge Sri Lanka’s commitment and decision to end violence through the Humanitarian Operation from thousands of miles away but use the ‘come and see’ policy to know what had really happened

Alleged assault on villagers: 17 cops transferred

Seventeen police officers including the acting OIC attached to the Dickwella Police Station have been transferred to the Matara Police station with immediate effect in connection with allegedly assaulting a group of villagers

Rejection of assignment led to attack on lecturer?

It has been revealed that the stabbing incident relating to the Open University’s Legal Studies Department Head Ms. Yasodara Kadirgamathamby had come in retaliation of her refusal to accept the suspect’s assignment that was submitted late

Wanted Lankan nabbed in Italy

Italian police officers yesterday arrested a Sri Lankan, who was accused of killing three people (including two policemen) and committing robberies in Sri Lanka, Italian media reported.

£3,000 bond for Lankans to enter Britain

Foreigners from “high risk” countries including Sri Lanka will have to pay a £3,000 cash bond to enter Britain under a tough new crackdown on immigration abuse.

Sri Lanka denies subsidy to 'Bombay Velvet'?

With an eye on budget while scouting for fresh locations overseas, producers opt to shoot in countries where they can benefit from government subsidies. While most countries offer production crews subsidies on films shot there, some like France don't. A recent addition to that list is Sri Lanka which won't offer subsidies to Ranbir Kapoor-Anushka Sharma starrer Bombay Velvet, directed by Anurag Kashyap, which begins shooting near Col

SL looks forward to strengthening ties with Iran – MR

President Rajapaksa in a congratulatory message to newly elected Iranian President Hassan Rowhani today wrote that he is looking forward to strengthening relations between the two countries, which bear a rich history of over six decades

LTTE behind people smuggling to Aussie - GL

While claiming that remnants of the defeated Tamil terrorist organisation - the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, are involved in the people-smuggling business of bringing Sri Lankan boat people to Australia, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Professor G. L. Peiris says it is absolutely clear that the people leaving Sri Lanka are not genuine refugees but economic migrants

Bid to transport Lankan refugees to Australia foiled

Acting on intelligence inputs on a bid to transport Sri Lankan refugees illegally to Australia, Q Branch sleuths rounded up four persons, including two suspected Madurai-based agents and tracked down a mechanized boat anchored in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu yesterday

Infant found near Fort railway

A 5 month-old infant was found near the railway line behind the Lake House in Fort a short while ago, the Police said