Udul granted bail

A former Inter University Students Union Federation convener and Human Rights lawyer Udul Preparatne was granted bail by a Colombo Magistrate yesterday amidst strong police objections.

Cabraal-missile more vicious than Agni-V: Ranil

Opposition United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday the sky-rocketing cost of living in Sri Lanka was far more destructive and forceful than the Indian missile that was launched last week.

Milinda resigns

Court orders SF hospital treatment

A Colombo High Court judge today ordered the Prisons authorities to admit jailed Sarath Fonseka to the Nawaloka hospital for indoor treatments as he was suffering from asthmatic bronchitis. Pictures show the former Army Commander arriving at the court premises. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Video: Kelaniya PS members rejecting Mervyn

Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman, Prasanna Ranaweera today said that all the members of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha are rejecting Minister Mervyn Silva as the Kelaniya SLFP organizer.

Video: Court orders to admit SF to hospital

Colombo High Court judge Sunil Rajapaksa today ordered the Prisons authorities to admit jailed Sarath Fonseka to the Nawaloka hospital for indoor treatments as he was suffering from asthmatic bronchitis. PICTURES

Ranil appoints organizers

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and General Secretary Tissa Attanayake addressing a gathering at Sirikotha this morning at the ceremony for the appointment of electoral and district organizers. Pic by Nisal Baduge

‘Met Dept’s wrong forecasts cost millions’

The inability of the Department of Meteorology to forecast weather accurately had cost Sri Lanka millions, said Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera.

SL to have blood pressure meters in public places

Sri Lanka will install meters in Colombo's public places to measure blood pressure of people, in a country where at least 350 die every day due to heart attacks, hypertension and respiratory diseases.

Trishaw driver arrested for transporting 14

A trishaw driver who transported 14 schoolchildren in the primary section of a Girls’ school in Hasalaka, in his trishaw was taken into custody by Hasalaka police.

We are not going-Rauff

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress has no immediate plans to leave the government as the party feels whatever differences of opinion could be resolved amicably, the Party Leader and Minister of Justice Rauff Hakeem told Daily Mirror online today.

It is the right time for MR-UN Chief

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said that it is the right time for President Mahinda Rajapaksa to address the issues including rights violation in a speedy and judicious manner.

Fake Indian doctor nabbed

An Indian national who posed as an Ayurwedic doctor and conducted his practice in Bambalapitiya was arrested by the Wellawatte police together with some Ayurwedic herbs. The police are conducting further investigations into the incident.

SF to apply for bail

Bail applications will be filed seeking the release of former army commander Sarath Fonseka after the jail term imposed by the Court Martial against him ends tomorrow, his family members said yesterday.

Where are the museum robbers?

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) staged a protest in front of the National Museum on Tuesday demanding authorities to reveal the identities of the thieves who were involved in the Museum robbery on March 15 and questioning the failure to arrest those involved. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Swaraj satisfied with visit to SL

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj told Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that she was satisfied with her recent visit to Sri Lanka, the Times of India reported.

Army says…

With reference to the Daily Mirror online story titled ‘President said ‘go ahead’-Army Chief’, the Army Headquarters today said that there had been an error in the Army website with regard to the Army Commander’s speech and says it had published the paragraph ‘President Mahinda Rajapaksa personally instructed me to pursue the operations as planned,’ mistakenly

President said, ‘go ahead’- Army Chief

Despite international pressures to sudden stop the military operations when the Wanni humanitarian operations were entering a decisive phases, President Mahinda Rajapaksa ‘personally’ instructed the military to pursue the operations as planned, the Army Commander revealed.

Video: Britisher further remanded

A Britisher, who visited the Colombo Central Mail Exchange to collect three parcels addressed to film actress Angela Seneviratne and alleged to have contained hashish was produced before court and remanded till May 8, by the Colombo Fort Magistrate today.

‘Police could arrest Udul, if behaved provocatively’

Colombo Additional Magistrate Ms. Praharsha Ranasinghe today said that Police could arrest the former Inter-University Convener and presently a lawyer, Udul Premaratne, if he had behaved provocatively during the protest at Wanathamulla, against the arrest of some suspects few days ago.

Eleven buffalos killed in an accident

Eleven buffaloes were killed on the spot this morning when they were knocked down by a speeding container truck at the Dematapitiya junction in Bangadeniya, the Chillaw police said

S.Korea gives US$200mn loans to SL

South Korea today announced that it will provide Sri Lanka with US$200 million in development loans that can be used for future infrastructure building by the South Asian country, the South Korean finance ministry said Tuesday.

Video: Vows to the God

Hirunika Premachandra and her supporters are seen dashing coconuts outside the Colombo Magistrate’s court today, asking the gods to punish those who threatened her with death and to punish those who killed former presidential adviser Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra. Pix by Samantha Perera

Court orders probe into death threat

Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis today ordered Inspector General of Police (IGP) N.K. Illangakoon to investigate into the alleged death threat received by Hirunika Premachandra, daughter of the slain former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra

Before the summit

South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak (2nd R) shakes hands with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa (2nd L), as Lee's wife Kim Yoon-ok (L) and Rajapaksa's wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa look on, before their summit at the official presidential house, the Blue House, in Seoul April 24, 2012. REUTERS

SL still top priority for Lasith Malinga

Lasith Malinga said today that he will be available for all national commitments, even though he may choose not to sign a contract with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)

Vehicle prices will come down-Minister

The unloading of vehicles at the Hambantota port, which would begin next month, would significantly reduce the prices of motor vehicles, Deputy Minister of Ports and Highways Rohitha Abeygunawardena said

Hirunika complains of death threat

Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of slain former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra lodged  a complaint at the Police headquarters late last night alleging that she had received credible information that a contract has been given to kill her

Engage Tamil Nadu not Delhi: DEW

Sri Lanka should foster diplomatic relations with Tamil Nadu than with New Delhi given its importance to country’s national interests, a senior Minister said yesterday

‘Sorry, it’s Houseful’ says Mervyn

Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva today said that Kelaniya meant Mervyn Silva, and Mervyn Silva meant Kelaniya. Addressing a function in Kelaniya, the minister said though he remained silent in the recent past he had resumed his activities in the Kelaniya area.