The Colombo Fort Magistrate today remanded the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel till March 31 for allegedly deleting the data from the Cinnamon Lakeside Security Camera sets of January 26 and 27.

Three police officers have been suspended and are likely to face disciplinary action for allegedly assaulting a three wheel driver in Hatton, Police Spokesman SP Preshantha Jayakody told Daily Mirror online.

The Sri Lankan government and the European Union (EU) have agreed to meet again for further discussions following preliminary talks held in Brussels this week on continuing with the GSP plus facility, a EU spokesman told Daily Mirror online.

The second Court Martial which convened today to hear charges over the alleged contravention of military procurement procedures by General Sarath Fonseka, adjourned sittings over the composition of the tribunal, the army said

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that he would re-negotiate the stand-by arrangement of US$ 2.9 billion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and strike a separate deal if he comes to power at the April 8 General Election. 

The Colombo Fort Magistrate has re-issued a warrant for the arrest of Dhanuna Thilakaranthna, the son in law of General Sarath Fonseka for absconding court. The CID informed court that Dhauna had mislead investigations.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon dismissed objections by Sri Lanka to his plan to establish a panel to look into possible human rights abuses there and said he would set it up without delay. He also rejected a letter from non-aligned countrie

The Canadian police have launched a nationwide manhunt to arrest a man wanted over the death of a Sri Lankan in Toronto in what was initially believed to have been a hit and run incident, the Canadian media reported today

The Habeas Corpus application filed to the Court of Appeal by Anoma Fonseka was fixed to be taken up before a three judge bench on March 19. The application was filed last week for the release of Sarath Fonseka from army custody.  

A clash has erupted at the Colombo University between two student groups of the management faculty eye witnesses said. The riot police armed with teargas and water cannons have been called in to bring the situation under control.

The Defence Ministry today challenged the international human rights group Amnesty International (AI) to release the allged media hit list in it's possession to the public in order to prove claims that such a list actually did exist.

Sarath Fonseka appeared for the first Court Martial at the Navy Headquarters today morning with his lawyers. The military said that the next session for the first court martial is scheduled for April 6. Fonseka will appear for the second cour

The UNF and DNA released its manifestos in Colombo a short while ago. While the UNF's manifesto includes to allow the public to decide on whether an executive presidency is needed, the DNA's manifesto focuses on releasing all politica

Police used teargas to disperse a protest organized by the Democratic Nation Alliance (DNA) in support of General Sarath Fonseka in Pandura a short while ago. Over 300 people had taken part in the protest

UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon is in touch with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillai on the establishment of a Panel of Experts to advise him on accountability issues as they might apply to Sri Lanka, a UN spokesman said.

The international human rights group Amnesty International (AI) claims it is in possession of a “hit list” believed to be compiled by the Sri Lankan intelligence unit with names of at least 35 leading journalists and NGO officers

The Head Quarters Inspector (HQI) of the Trincomalee police and three policemen have been suspended pending investigations into the killing of a man in a police raid in Trincomalee. A special team has been appointed by the IGP to investi

The police are unable to remove all the political posters, cut outs and banners before the General Elections as there are well over 7000 candidates who have decorated the roads with campaign materials, IGP Mahinda Balasuriya said today.

Sri Lanka says the human rights report released by the US last week consists of vague, non-specific and unverifiable information on Sri Lanka and would appear to fall short of the high standards that the State Department professes to uphold

The Health Ministry has warned that dengue cases are likely to rise due to the strong showers in the coming weeks and has urged the public to take pre cautionary measures. Over 9000 dengue cases have already been reported islandwide.

A team of British experts are currently negotiating with Somali pirates for the release of the Sri Lankan crew members aboard the hijacked Saudi vessel ‘Al-Nisr Al Saudi’ and the negotiations are expected to go on for over a month, sou

Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva charged today that Sri Lanka had become an undemocratic country by betraying all its human rights principles which it had signed with the international community over the years.

   President Mahinda Rajapakse has ordered the General Secretaries of the UPFA and SLFP to take tough action against UPFA candidates who are fighting against each other while campaigning for the upcoming polls, the government said.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck close to Sri Lanka early this morning but did not cause any damages nor was there a threat of a tsunami. The earthquake at 02.33 a.m. was centered about 1,151 kilometers south-southeast of Colombo

Residents near the Sigiriya rock fortress complain that cruel methods are being used to get rid of some of the insects, whose colonies have lived there for hundreds of years. Fire and chemicals are being used to destroy some of the bees  

The department of meteorology has warned of severe lightning over the next two days as the country begins to experience heavy rain following days of drought. The public have been advised to take precautionary measures.

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) alleges that there is discrepancy in the funds allocation by the World Bank (WB) to Sri Lanka. The SLMC has notified the WB about the issue and will lodge an official complaint soon if no action is taken.

A woman who was alleged to have thrown her three-year-old youngest son to the Kalu Ganga was arrested by the Kalutara police Women’s and Children’s Bureau and remanded till March 26 by the Kalutara Additional Magistrate Namal Perera

The Foreign Ministry has launched an inquiry into the alleged episode of a Sri Lankan diplomat who served in Japan having shipped back to Colombo his landlord’s personal belongings including an expensive wall painting, a piano and

The DNA today requested people to stage protests in every town on March 16th when its Leader Sarath Fonseka is produced before a Court Martial.  The party also urged people to conduct Bodhi Poojas and other religious ceremonies islandwide.