Video: UNP turns down Daya Master’s request

The main opposition UNP yesterday said it had rejected a request made by Velayutham Dayanithi alias Daya Master and his supporters to contest the Northern Provincial Council on the UNP ticket

Video: Two killed, three injured in bus accident

Two persons were killed and three injured when a private bus veered into a bus halt near Thalangama Hospital due to a technical defect Pictures

Video: Customs nab live lobsters

Customs officers of the Bio Diversity unit at the Bandaranaike International Airport nabbed eight boxes containing 669 live lobsters that were to be exported to Vietnam by a businessman breaching the Aquatic Resources Act  Pictures

One soldier killed, 18 injured in accident

One soldier was killed and 18 other soldiers injured when their lorry met with an accident in Settikulam, Vavuniya this morning, police said

Three children killed

Three children were killed when a mentally handicapped mother jumped into a well with the children in Thandikulam-Vavuniya yesterday.

MR returns

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was on a four-day official visit to Uganda has returned this morning, the Government Information Department said

One-year old infant dies in fire


A one-year-and three months old infant died due to a fire that broke out in a temporarily built housein the Madampe area last evening, police said

Owner of salvaged ID living in Jaffna

The owner, of the identity card found during salvage operations of the Antonov 24 wreckage, is reported to be living in Jaffna

Sampur agreement likely to be signed this month

The Memorandum of Understanding for the setting up of the controversial Sampur Coal Power Project (SCPP) in Trincomalee will be signed this later this month sequent to the cabinet approval on Thursday, Power and Energy Ministry Secretary M.M.C. Ferdinando said yesterday

Milk powder samples sent to 3 countries for testing

Minister of cooperatives and Internal Trade Johnston Fernando yesterday directed the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) to obtain samples of all milk powder imported into the country and have them tested in three countries and obtain the relevant reports

Audio: ‘Mahasen’ reported to the CID

An organisation by the name National Council for the Protection of Historical Irrigable Cultural Heritage has lodged a complaint with Criminal Investigations Department for naming the cyclone as ‘Mahasen’ ???

A'pura Buddhist University closes

Anuradhapura Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University will be closed from tomorrow till May 27 due to a contagious disease, Acting Vice Chancellor Ven. Dr. Waradiwela Vijeyasumana Thera said.

Video: UNP says no abolishing of Executive Presidency

The UNP said today that they would present a draft Constitution which includes an Executive President, although the UNP previously were vehemently campaigning for the abolition of the Executive Presidency

CID records statement from SF

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) recorded a statement from former Army Commander and Democratic Party Leader Sarath Fonseka this evening regarding the suicide attempt on his life near the army headquarters

Ex-LTTE leader given 15 months RI

The former LTTE leader Gunasundaram Gunasundaram who pleaded guilty to the charge of not disclosing the LTTE’s international arms deals was sentenced to 15 months rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court

Australia passes controversial immigration law amendment

Australian senate today adopted a controversial amendment to the 'Migration Act', allowing people who arrive by boat to be processed at offshore facilities on Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island

Three Indians nabbed with white sandalwood

Three Indian nationals were arrested yesterday for possession 227 kilograms of white sandalwood during a raid on a house at Thihariya in Nittambuwa, Police said

42 illegal emigrants arrested

A group of 42 suspected illegal immigrants staying at a lodge to leave for Australia was arrested by the Chilaw police in the early hours of last morning. The group included 28 men, five women and nine children

SL Tamil refugees to get driving licences

Driving licences would be issued to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in the state as part of welfare measures provided to them, the AIADMK government announced on Wednesday.

Indian nabbed in Velvettithurai

A 29-year-old Indian national was arrested yesterday by the Velvettithurai police for selling clothes illegally, police said

SL asylum seeker's visa cancelled after sexual assault charge

A Sri Lankan asylum seeker accused of sexually assaulting a Sydney university student has had his visa cancelled, The Daily Telegraph can reveal today

SL court gives green light to sue Norwegian Ambassador

Dismissing an application made by the Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, the Colombo District Court has declared that the Ambassador could be sued despite his diplomatic immunity

Uganda cricket team to train in SL

Uganda`s national cricket team has been invited for a tour to Sri Lanka after the east African nation put up an impressive show at the just concluded World Cricket League Division III in Bermuda

Rolls Royces and BMWs to be imported for CHOGM

The External Affairs Ministry is making arrangements to import 12 Rolls- Royce cars and 100 BMW cars for the use of the heads of state who are scheduled to visit Sri Lanka to participate in the 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November, sources said

Skeleton found in well

Human skeletal remains had been found in a well in a land belonging to a senior police officer in Kalavila, Beruwala, police said yesterday

Three judges absent

The ceremonial sitting to welcome the newly appointed Supreme Court judge, Justice Rohini Marasinghe was held at the Supreme Court yesterday with the notable absence of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), which traditionally represents the country’s legal fraternity

UK warns SL on abuses before C’wealth summit

Britain said on Wednesday there would be "consequences" for Sri Lanka if its leaders did not address international concerns over human rights abuses, ahead of a Commonwealth summit scheduled to be held in Colombo in November

Milk powder imports to be tested for DCD: Ministry

The Health Ministry’s Food advisory Committee had made it compulsory for milk powder importers to obtain a certificate from a recognized Laboratory certifying that imported milk powder does not contain Dicyanamide (DCD), the Health Ministry said yesterday

JVP against NPC election

While opposing the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) election the JVP today said it would only pave the way to separatism

Amza intervenes at Ch4 screening at EU

The Channel 4 documentary “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka” was screened at the European Parliament on Tuesday and an intervention was made by Sri Lankan Ambassador to the EU P. M. Amza, the Sri Lankan Mission in Brussels said.