Five Fishermen saved

Group of five fishermen, who had gone missing since August 30, 2012, was saved last night by the Army in the sea off Nayagu in Mullathivu. They were in perfect health.

Indian Soldier goes to court to marry Lankan girlfriend

Will Major Vikas Kumar of the Indian Army be able to marry his Sri Lankan girlfriend Arnila Ranamali Gunaratne who is pursuing her M.Phil. in Bangalore?

Lankan asylum seeker wins court bid to stay

A Tamil asylum seeker who was about to be deported from Melbourne to Sri Lanka has won a last-minute reprieve from the Federal Court.

Cyclone ‘Nilam’ moving away-Met.Dept

The Met department today said that the tropical cyclone storm ‘Nilam’ is moving in North wards of the country indicating that it is moving away from the island.

Lankan self-harms as deportation looms

A Tamil man set to be deported from Australia today has attempted to take his own life.

UPFA collects 118 signatures to impeach CJ

The constituent parties of the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) decided yesterday, at a meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, to bring an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, Daily Mirror learns.

MV Sun Sea: 20 refugee claims approved so far

More than two years after a boatload of 492 of asylum-seeking Sri Lankan Tamils arrived on the West Coast, the vast majority of the migrants remain in Canada waiting for decision on their refugee claims, only 20 refugee claims have since been approved and 35 have been rejected. Two have been removed from the country.

Govt. debt tops Rs.6 trillion

Sri Lanka's total outstanding government debt stood at Rs.6161 billion at the end of July 2012 against Rs.4975.2 billion reported during the same period of the previous year, the latest data from the Central Bank showed.

Rain ruins SL-NZ Twenty20

The opening match of New Zealand's five-week tour of Sri Lanka was ruined by bad weather on Tuesday when the one-off Twenty20 international in Pallekele was abandoned as a no-result.

UNP MPs Complain to the bribery commission

Several UNP MPs including Sujeewa Senasinghe, Talatha Atukorala, and Rosy Senanayake today lodged a complaint with the Bribery Commission against the investment on Greek Bonds. Pix by Nisal Badhuge

SL field first

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first in the one-off T-20 match against New Zealand at Pallekele Stadium, a short while ago.

UNP MPs before disciplinary committee

The UNP Working Committee decided today to initiate disciplinary action against three MPs Palitha Range Bandara, Palitha Thewarapperuma and Asoka Abesinghe for attending the October 18th rally along with former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka despite warning by the party, informed sources said. 

Tune your radios from Nov 1

All the 45 FM broadcasting channels, operating in the country will be shifting their FM radio frequencies with effect from November 1, after Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) re-allocated radio frequencies in an effort to minimise the technical problems hindering the listeners from obtaining a clear sound reception.

Helping H'tota: UNP to seek reversal of SC order

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) said today it would take steps for a possible reversal of the verdict given by the Supreme Court on the ‘Helping Hambanantota’ case in 2005.

New York in darkness

Much of New York was plunged into darkness on Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront and flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people. Picture shows the skyline of lower Manhattan in darkness after a preventive power outage in New York on Monday night.(Reuters)

Video: I won’t allow my father to be sold-Hirunika

Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra’s daughter Hirunika said today that she would never allow her father to be sold and insisted she would fight on until justice was served.

Video: GNOA protest

  Government Nursing Officers’ Association today staged a protest outside the Colombo General Hospital from 11.00am to 1.00 pm on several demands including the increase of over time payments. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

Video: Govt. neglects youth in PC Bill: UNP

UNP deputy leader Sajith Premadasa today charged that the government had entirely left out the youth in the Provincial Council Elections Amendment Bill, which was presented in parliament recently.

Photos:New York City underwater

Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, battered the nation's eastern seaboard on Tuesday, swamping New York City streets with record levels of floodwater, blacking out power to millions of people and bringing transportation to a halt through much of the region.

Oil leak in Orugodawatta

A pipeline carrying fuel from the Kolonnawa Oil Refinery has been damaged in Orugodawatta, leaking oil to the surface, police said. Large crowds were seen flocking to the site to collect oil, they said. Pictures

Mist in Nuwara Eliya

The heavy rains in Nuwara Eliya and the suburbs due to the prevailing weather condition. Seen here is a town area covered with heavy mist. Pix by Shelton Hettiarchchi.

Evacuation order lifted

Authorities have lifted an evacuation order as a cyclone heading towards the island changed course early on Tuesday and headed towards neighbouring India, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.

Private bus strike on Colombo-Aluthgama, Moratuwa

Private buses operating on the Colombo-Moratuwa, Colombo-Panadura, Colombo –Aluthgama and 20 other routes have launched a strike over several issues, Private Bus Owners’ Association President Gemunu Wijeratne said

Cyclone storm likely to move past KKS

The cyclonic storm has not entered the country early today but is expected to move past over Kankesanthurai (KKS) by this afternoon, the Department of Meteorology said.

Govt. allows PCs to recruit nurses: GNOA

Despite demands for the repeal of the 13th Amendment, the Health Ministry has authorised provincial councils to recruit 75 per cent of the nursing cadre to hospitals coming under their purview, trade unions said yesterday

‘Abolition of PC system doubtful even during MR regime’

Malwatte Mahanayake most Ven. Thibbatuvawe Siddhartha Sri Sumangala Thera said it was unlikely that the abolition of the provincial council system, the executive presidency and the preferential voting system would take place even during the current regime of President Mahinda Rajapaksa

Military mentality breeding in the country-Karu

UNP MP Karu Jayasuriya on Monday said that the military mentality is breeding in the country and the trappings of a dictatorship were quite eviden

CAA to take legal action against flour price hike

Consumer Affairs Authority Chairman Rumy Marzook charged that no permission or approval had been granted yet to wheat flour production companies to raise prices

Tamil Nadu Police defends ban on LTTE

Defending the ban on LTTE, three Tamil Nadu Police personnel today deposed before a tribunal and charged the Sri Lankan militant outfit with training members of Tamil Puratchi Munnani (Tamil Revolution Front).

Cyclone threat: People being evacuated

People residing within 500 metres from the coastal belt from Kuchchaweli to Jaffna are being evacuated due to the possible threat of a minor cyclone, which said to enter the country from the Mullaitivu coast around 2 am tomorrow, officials said