1.5kg of gold dust seized from Lankan national at Chennai airport

Air customs seized 1.5kg of gold dust from a Sri Lankan national who arrived in Chennai from Colombo on Thursday. Sources said R Thiagarajan smuggled gold dust in tea packets after mixing it with tea powder

Lankan stabbed to death in Sydney

A 48-year-old Sri Lankan -Vissa Esan- was stabbed to death outside his real estate business in Pendle Hill, Sydney’s west on Thursday morning, Australian media reports said.

Video: Govt. attempting to grab PCs at any cost: JVP

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today met the Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya and complained about the election law violations being blatantly carried out by United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidates. Pictures

JVP street play members assaulted

A Street Drama troupe of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) was assaulted by an unidentified group at the Panadura bus stand this afternoon, JVP media said

Video: World Glaucoma Day walk

The World Glaucoma Day walk was held from the National Eye Hospital to Lipton Circle this morning. The participants handed over leaflets to the public to create awareness about Glaucoma. The walk was organised by the National Eye Hospital. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

19-year-old beaten to death

A 19-year-old youth was killed and a 68-year-old man critically injured after being allegedly assaulted by some of the guests at a function held at a residence in Galle last night

Fishermen talks on March 25; no response from TN

The new date for the talks between Indian and Lanka Fishermen had been fixed to March 25 on a directive of Fisheries Minister, Fisheries Department Director General Nimal Hettiarachchi said

Video: Satellites spot suspected Malaysia Airlines plane debris

Satellite images posted on a Chinese government website appear to show three unidentified floating objects in the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam near the flight path of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane

Lankans hurt in expressway mishap in India

Ten Sri Lankan tourists were Wednesday injured, including a woman in critical condition, on Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, India as their mini bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck, police said.

US to lobby support against SL

The United States (US), the prime mover of the resolution on Sri Lanka while calling for an international inquiry into human rights violations, has called for another side event in Geneva on March 18 to lobby for support, a spokesman said yesterday

Indian beauties in Galle

These Indian beauties, the finalists of ‘Femina Miss India 2014’ fondle a python taken from a snake charmer at the Galle Fort. These Indian beauties, who arrived in the country on Tuesday, toured Galle today. In addition to the historic Dutch Fort, they also visited the lighthouse. Pix. by Manoj Ratnayake

8 hour water cut in Colombo/suburbs

The supply of water to Colombo and its suburbs would be interrupted from 12 noon to 8 p.m. tomorrow due to urgent maintenance work that was to take place at the pump house located in Kotte, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced

Teachers protest

The Training College and Institute of Education’s teachers today staged a protest opposite ‘Isurupaya’ in Battaramulla against their salary anomalies and alleged irregularities in the proposed New Constitution of Teachers Service. Pix by Nisal Baduge

Video: Building collapses in Manhattan

A building collapsed in Manhattan this morning following an explosion, injuring more than a dozen people and scattering dust and debris across streets and sidewalks

Law entrance protest abandoned

Ravana Balaya leader Ven. Iththekande Saddhatissa Thera is seen sharing a light moment with SSP Ranagala near the Colombo Public Library today where Ravana Balaya had scheduled to organise a protest march against the alleged admission irregularities at the Law College in 2014 intake with the Law Entrance Students Collective. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

TID calls for public help to locate fugitive

The Terrorist Investigations Department (TID) called for public support to identify and locate a suspect by the name of Kajiban Ponnaiah Selvanayagam alias ‘Kobi’ alias ‘Kasiyen’, police sources said.

Facebook's San Francisco-area HQ secured after threat made: police

Police searched and secured the headquarters of social media giant Facebook Inc on Tuesday evening after receiving a threat against the company, which San Francisco-area authorities said turned out to be "totally not credible"

Video: Pharmaceuticals categorised as a special commodity

Pharmaceuticals have been categorized as a special commodityand as such it is compulsory for importers to obtain the approval of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) before increasing prices,the Ministry of Cooperatives and Internal Trade said today.

Royal-Thomian Parade before the Big Match

Prior to the 135th Battle of the Blues cricket encounter between S.Thomas’College Mount Lavinia and Royal College, Colombo which is scheduled to start today. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel

Video: Check your land deeds: Police

Police warned the public today to check their land deeds after it was revealed that the CID arrested a man who cheated a lady engineer of Rs.42 million by selling a plot of land using forged documents.

UNP flashes Green Light

The United National Party (UNP) today launched its manifesto ‘Bala Peraliyata Kola Eliya’ (Green Light for Regime Change) for the Provincial Council elections at its headquarters Sirikotha. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Court orders release of 116 Indian fishermen

Ahead of the proposed talks between Sri Lanka and India to sort out the vexed fishermen issue, a court in Sri Lanka today ordered release of 116 fishermen, arrested over the last two months for allegedly crossing the IMBL and fishing in the island nation’s waters

Video: Don’t vote for small parties-UNP

United National Party (UNP) today requested the people not to vote for any other small party if they are fed up with the ruling party as the UNP is the only alternative for it ???

SL regrets removal of Ukrainian President

The Sri Lankan government said that in keeping with country’s consistent policy of recognizing democratically elected Heads of State, the unconstitutional removal of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from office is regretted, and has aggravated the present political uncertainty in Ukraine.

Glyphosate to be banned in Sri Lanka

The use of the weedicide Glyphosate has been banned on a directive from President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Deputy Minister S.M. Chandrasena said. He said this weedicide is known to be linked to the rapidly spreading kidney disease in Sri Lanka

Video: UNP aide stabbed

In another case of election violence, a UNP aide was stabbed during an altercation with some UPFA supporters at the Yala junction in Anguruwatota last night, police said.

Victory Day jumbo won’t fly to Korea

The donation of the five-year-old baby elephant named ‘Dinuda’ to a private zoo in South Korea has been halted on the intervention of President Mahinda Rajapakse. 

TNA meets British and US diplomats

A Tamil National Alliance (TNA) delegation led by R. Sampanthan met US and British envoys in Colombo on Monday and discussed the US-led resolution to be submitted at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva, informed sources said

Missing Malaysian airlines passengers' phones still ring

Relatives of Chinese passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were still clutching to faint straws of hope for their loved ones Tuesday, four days after the aircraft went missing

Hangman hangs in balance

The Prisons Department had not decided whether to call for fresh applications or not for the position of hangman, Prisons Commissioner General Chandrarathna Pallegama said