Category: LOCAL

Tourist bathing in the nude arrested at Hikkaduwa Beach

Tourist bathing in the nude arrested at Hikkaduwa Beach

Oct 6, 2015

A foreign tourist sea bathing in the nude off the Hikkaduwa beach was arrested based on a complaint made to ... Read More

Janaka Bandara Tennakoon arrested

Janaka Bandara Tennakoon arrested

Oct 6, 2015

Former Minister and Parliamentarian Janaka Bandara Tennakoon was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago in ... Read More

Japan a sincere friend of SL: Abe

Japan a sincere friend of SL: Abe

Oct 5, 2015

Japan will act as a sincere friend of Sri Lanka during challenging times the latter may have to go through, ... Read More

Video: Body found in Borella Golf grounds

Video: Body found in Borella Golf grounds

Oct 5, 2015

The body of a 44-year-old worker of the Borella Golf Grounds was found, stabbed in Golf grounds in Borella this ... Read More

Eliyantha White at FCID

Eliyantha White at FCID

Oct 5, 2015

Eliyantha White, who is considered as a spiritual healer and was close to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, is being questioned ... Read More

Video: 12 injured as 2 buses topple in Medawachchiya

Video: 12 injured as 2 buses topple in Medawachchiya

Oct 5, 2015

Twelve people were injured today in an accident when two buses toppled on the road in Nawakkulama, Madawachchiya. Madawachchiya police ... Read More

Kundasale PS Chairman arrested

Kundasale PS Chairman arrested

Oct 5, 2015

Kundasale Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Asela Ekanayake of the UPFA was today arrested when he surrendered to the Waththegama police in ... Read More

Video: Another crocodile captured

Video: Another crocodile captured

Oct 5, 2015

One of the crocodiles spotted in the sea areas off Dehiwala, Bambalapitiya and Galle Face Grounds during the previous weeks, ... Read More

Z-score marks of 2014 A/L’s to be released today

Z-score marks of 2014 A/L’s to be released today

Oct 5, 2015

The minimum Z-score marks for University entrance, based on the results of the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Examination held last year ... Read More

Kondaya’s brother confesses to killing Seya: CID

Kondaya’s brother confesses to killing Seya: CID

Oct 5, 2015

Samantha Jayalath, the elder brother of Dunesh Priyashantha alias ‘Kondaya’ has confessed to abducting, sexual abusing and killing five-year-old Seya ... Read More

China To Always Stand Together With Sri Lanka To Enhance Bilateral Ties, Says Ambassador

China To Always Stand Together With Sri Lanka To Enhance Bilateral Ties, Says Ambassador

Oct 2, 2015

China will always stand together with Sri Lanka to strive for a more brilliant future for the bilateral relations as ... Read More

Gammanpila Vows Legal Action To Remove Vijitha Herath From Constitutional Council

Gammanpila Vows Legal Action To Remove Vijitha Herath From Constitutional Council

Oct 2, 2015

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Leader Udaya Gammanpila yesterday threatened to take legal action if JVP parliamentarian Vijitha Herath is not removed ... Read More

Devolution Essential for Reconciliation, India Tells Sri Lanka

Devolution Essential for Reconciliation, India Tells Sri Lanka

Oct 2, 2015

India told Sri Lanka at the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Thursday, that ... Read More

VIDEO: Drug kingpin Siddique re-remanded

VIDEO: Drug kingpin Siddique re-remanded

Oct 2, 2015

Drug kingpin Mohammed Siddique, who was arrested on charges of drug trafficking was re-remanded till October 14 by Colombo Chief ... Read More

Probe mechanism must be domestic: President

Probe mechanism must be domestic: President

Oct 2, 2015

President Maithripala Sirisena has told the New York Times on Wednesday that he would keep an open mind on a ... Read More