Shashindra takes oaths

UPFA Chief Ministerial candidate Shashindra Rajapaksa is seen taking oaths as the Uva Provincial Council Chief Minister before President Mahinda Rajapaksa.  (Pix by Presidential Media)

Shooting at Dehiwala leaves two injured

Two youths sustained serious injuries when two unidentified men opened fire at them in the Pokuna Road area in Dehiwala last night.

Jayalalithaa seeks bail

Seeking immediate bail, jailed AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa yesterday moved the Karnataka High Court challenging her conviction in the disproportionate assets case which cost her the chief minister's job and disqualified her from being an MLA.

Two Lankans nabbed with gold worth Rs.3.4 mn

Two Sri Lankans were arrested at the Katunayake Airport when attempting to smuggle 699 grams of gold bars and biscuits worth Rs.3.4 million. The contraband was concealed in the handle of their hand luggage.

60 shoes with Dharmachakra-shaped buckle

A 41-year-old shop-owner was arrested yesterday at Balangoda when he was found in possession of thirty pairs of shoes with the buckles in the form of the Dharmachakra, police said.

MR to discuss snap poll

With speculation rife about a snap presidential election early next year, President Mahinda Rajapaksa will hold a discussion with the leaders of the constituent parties of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) after today’s Cabinet meeting, Daily Mirror learns.  

BASL seeks expert opinion on MR’s third term

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has sought legal opinion from foreign constitutional experts on whether the Constitution allows President Mahinda Rajapaksa to contest for a third term, a senior member of the BASL said yesterday.  

Navy seize 1.7 kilos gold hidden in dingy

Navy seized a haul of 1.730 kilogrammes of gold which was hidden inside a fiber glass dingy on the beach in the Madagalthurei area of Kankasanthurai (KKS) yesterday.  

Students protest

The Medical Faculty Students’ Action Committee today staged a protest in front of the Hultsdorf Court Complex against the alleged privatisation of education. They urged the authorities that education is not for sale. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

W’pola girl seeks compensation from police

The girl who was allegedly harassed by a youth at the Wariyapola Bus Terminus filed a fundamental rights petition against the police officers seeking one million rupees as compensation.  

Harin failed the challenge: Gammanpila

The UNP Chief Ministerial candidate  at the recently held Uva Provincial elections Harin Fernando had not followed conditions required to win the challenge he was thrown at,  Western Provincial Council Minister Udaya Gammanpila said today.  

16 die as TN reels under verdict

At least 16 people committed suicide or died of cardiac arrest across Tamil Nadu after a special court in Bangalore convicted AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa in the 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case on Saturday and sentenced her to four years in prison.  

SC rejects asylum petition: SL not ratified UN convention

The Supreme Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by six human rights activists seeking an interim order preventing the deportation of about 2,000 Pakistani and Afghan asylum seekers arrested by the immigration officials.     

Rs.3.3 million robbed in Mt. Lavinia

Two men travelling in a trishaw are alleged to have robbed Rs.3.3 million worth of cash belonging to a private campus in Mount Lavinia when the cash was being taken to be deposited in a private bank.  

Protest at Government Press

The National Trade Union Centre today staged a protest in front of the Government Press in Borella against the Government Printer Lalith de Silva. They charged that the Printer had used his henchmen to assault employees of the Press and urged the police to arrest the assaulters. Pix by Nisal Baduge

D.V Upul noticed to appear in court

A notice has been issued on Southern Provincial Council Minister D.V. Upul to appear before the Bandarawela Magistrate's Court on October 6.

Man sentenced to death for triple murder

A man found guilty of clubbing two men and a woman to death in 1994 in Mahawewa was sentenced to death by the Chilaw Magistrate’s Court today.  

Five rescued from fire gutted boat

Five fishermen were rescued and hospitalised from a fire gutted boat in the sea off Rekawa in Tangalle today.  

Range’s hotel shot at

Multiple shots were fired at a hotel of UNP MP Palitha Range Bandara, located in Karuwalagaswewa this morning, the Police said. Pictures

OIC chief to visit Sri Lanka

The head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will visit Sri Lanka on an invitation from Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, according to a senior official from the Sri Lankan Embassy.

SL navy detains four fishermen

The Sri Lankan Navy detained four Indian fishermen who were repairing their boat near Katchativu, in the wee hours of Sunday. Sources said as many as 533 mechanised boats ventured out into the sea for fishing on Saturday

Jaya’s first day in jail sans visitors

AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa, the first serving chief minister to be convicted in a corruption case, spent her first day in the Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara in Bangalore without meeting any visitors. She has been allotted a normal cell in the women's barracks that she shares with close aide N Sasikala and J Elavarasi. 

Video: Ashin Wirathu Thera of Myanmar to work with BBS

Stressing that a world without extremism was the essence of Buddhism, the founder leader of the 969 organisation of Myanmar, the Venerable Ashin Wirathu Thera said today that his organisation would work with the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) to achieve this goal.

Video: BBS holds conference

The Maha Sanga Samuluwa of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) was held today at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo with a large number of Buddhist monks attending.  Secretary General of the BBS is seen here conducting Ven. Ashin Wirathu of Myanmar who was one of the foreign representatives attended the Sanga Samuluwa to the conference hall. Pic by Nisal Baduge

Video: Another assault video goes viral

A video clip showing a policeman assaulting a woman with a stick near the Ratnapura Bus Stand has gone viral.

Jayalithaa will have no effect: UNP

The issue pertaining to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalithaa Jayaram would not have any effect on Sri Lanka as she was just an opinion maker, United National Party Parliamentarian R. Yogarajan said today.

Panneerselvam to be TN chief minister

A day after a special court in Bangalore unseated AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa as Tamil Nadu chief minister by sentencing her to four years imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case, party MLAs on Sunday elected O Panneerselvam as her successor, as she wished.

MR invites Ban to visit Lanka

President Mahinda Rajapaksa had invited UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon to Sri Lanka when he met Ban on the sidelines of UNGA sessions today, the Information Department said.

Death plunge in Nilwala river

A man of around 40 years had reportedly fallen into the Nilwalaganga in Matara near the Mahanama Bridge and disappeared, residents said.

BASL: Do honest judges have no place?

The President of Sri Lanka Bar Association (BASL) observed that a well experienced, an honest and upright judge in the Court of Appeal who sat in the judgment in a matter that was filed by the 43rd Chief Justice and issued writ quashing the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) proceedings, was being repeatedly overlooked for promotion.