CBK meets Mahanayake

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga called on the Mahanayake Thera of the Malwatte Chapter Most Venerable Thibbotuwawe Siddhartha in Kandy today

One dead 68, injured in bus collision

One person was killed and 68 injured when a Colombo –Maduru Oya private bus collided head on with a Colombo-Kurunegala SLTB bus at Pasyala this afternoon, police said. Update

Pakistan PM invites MR

Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has extended an invitation to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit Pakistan, Pakistan based news agencies reported.

Farewell to turtles

Wildlife officials are seen preparing to take the albino turtles that were bred at a hatchery in Kosgoda to the Dehiwala Zoo. An employee of the hatchery is seen bidding good bye to an albino turtle at the hatchery. Pix by Hemantha de Silva

Nimal's long journey to Australia has an ending at last

A Sri Lankan refugee who was involved in a six-month long standoff with Indonesian authorities in 2009 has finally arrived in Australia.

Scholarship: Appeals accepted till Jan 31

Appeals with regard to the student admissions to national schools based on 2013 Grade 5 scholarship examinations would be accepted until January 31, the Education Ministry said

Albino Turtle carcass to be brought to zoo

The Balapitiya Magistrate today directed the Kosgoda police to hand over the carcass of an albino turtle that had been preserved at the turtle hatchery in Kosgoda to the Dehiwala zoo, and have it destroyed after the investigations

Britain allowed ex-SAS officers to train SL forces

Former SAS officers were allowed by the British government to train security forces in Sri Lanka around the time of the 1980s Golden Temple massacre, recently released government documents show

Rubasinghe, new Rupavahini Chairman

Wimal Rubasinghe has been appointed the Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), Government Information Department said

Australia assists people-smuggler arrested

Alleged people-smugglers have been arrested in Vietnam and Sri Lanka with the help of Australian intelligence.

Kshenuka Seneviratne new Foreign Secretary

The Additional Secretary of the External Affairs Ministry Kshenuka Seneviratne was appointed the new Foreign Secretary following the retirement of the former secretary, External Affairs Ministry sources said

One arrested with three rare geckos

A person was arrested for allegedly transporting three geckos of a rare species in bottles in Embilipitiya town by the Embilipitiya police yesterday, police said

Hirunika should cooperate with other organizers: Faizer

Deputy Minister Faizer Mustapha yesterday said he will continue his political activities in  Colombo Central despite the appointment of Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of late ruling party politician Baratha Lakshman Premachandra as an SLFP’s co-organizer for the area

Indian night club dancers deported

The female five Indian dancers who had overstayed their visas and been arrested in a night club in Borella were black listed and deported, the Emigration and Immigration Department said

US to extend support to SL Bar Association

The United States said that it was supporting the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, through which it expects to help further the efficacy of the legal system and the administration of justice here.

Fishermen exchanged…

Sri Lanka Navy today assisted in the exchange of Indian and Sri Lanka fishermen released in accordance with the discussions between the two governments.Pix by Navy.lk

Protect our industry

The Sri Lankan Film Directors Association and the Film Artistes' Association today held a protest march from Shalika Road, Narahenpita to the Ministry of Mass Media & Information and handed over a petition urging the authorities to revise the National Film Corporation Act and to save the industry from ruin by improving digital film screening. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

First day at school

A ceremony was held to welcome students admitted to grade one in the Kirillawala Medi Maha Vidyalaya today. The children were taken to the school by a double-decker bus from Kirillawala to Kiribathgoda.

US ready to work with SL

The United States said that it was interested in working together with Sri Lankan Government on addressing humanitarian issues

Video: SF targets 25 seats at PC polls

Democratic Party (DP) Leader Sarath Fonseka said today that his party was targeting at least 25 seats at the upcoming  Western and Southern provincial Council elections

Midwives protest

Government Midwifery Service Association members today held a protest march from the Health Ministry at Dean’s Road, Colombo to the President’s Secretariat urging the authorities to safeguard their profession from moves to allow nurses to be trained in midwifery. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Albino turtles to be handed over to the Zoo

Wildlife officials were today directed by Court to hand over the albino turtles that were being bred by Chandrasiri Abrew in his hatchery at Kosgoda to the Dehiwala Zoo

Prayer centre attack: Court orders suspects’ arrest

The Galle Additional Magistrate Gunaratne Kumara today ordered the police to arrest the 24 suspects identified by the Police as those involved in the attack on two prayer centers in Hikkaduwa.

Video: UNHRC to be used as publicity stunt: JVP

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today alleged that a publicity stunt had been planned by the ruling UPFA to get political advantage at the coming Provincial Council elections using the resolution on Sri Lanka

Ravana Balaya wants two Bishops arrested

While claiming that the Bishops of Mannar and Jaffna have provided ‘false’ information to US Ambassador-at-Large Stephen J. Rapp on the Sri Lankan civil war, the Ravana Balaya Organisation today urged the Inspector General of Police to arrest them

Traffic at Dean’s Road

Heavy traffic congestion is reported in the Town Hall area due to a protest carried out by health workers near the Health Ministry blocking Dean’s Road, Police said

Lanka can help in fighting pirates: Neomal

Sri Lanka’s experience in eradicating the threat of the Sea Tigers could be of great use in fighting piracy in the Indian Ocean and providing security cover to vessels of the Gulf countries, Deputy Minister of External Affairs Neomal Perera has told the Oman Tribune

Road flooded in Anuradhapura

The road Malwathu Oya lane leading to the Anuradhapura Sacred city is seen inundated due to the over flowing Malwathu Oya in Anuradhapura after the heavy rains in the area. Pix by Athula Bandara

PC poll nominations from Jan. 30 to Feb. 6

Nominations for the Western and Southern Provincial Council Elections would be accepted from January 30 to February 6, the Department of Election said today

Two Chinese nationals arrested

Two Chinese Nationals aged 36 and 38 were arrested by customs this morning at the Katunayake Airport while attempting to smuggle foreign currency valued at more than Rs. 7 million concealed in their hang bags to China