Category: LOCAL

18 new trains to Sri Lanka

18 new trains to Sri Lanka

Jun 19, 2015

  Sri Lanka Railways Cabinet has approved the purchase of 160 passenger trains sets and 18 Diesel Engine sets.  The ... Read More

UNP plans to contest at the General Election alone

UNP plans to contest at the General Election alone

Jun 19, 2015

  While addressing a press conference, at Sirikotha today (19) Plantation Industries Minister LakshamanKiriella and Education Minister AkilaVirajKariyawasam stated that ... Read More

Wele Suda and Udayanthi Kulatunga transaction revealed: CID

Wele Suda and Udayanthi Kulatunga transaction revealed: CID

Jun 19, 2015

  The Colombo Magistrate’s Court this morning informed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to produce a copy of the Colombo ... Read More

Four dead at Rambukkana sewage pit accident

Four dead at Rambukkana sewage pit accident

Jun 19, 2015

Four people have died after falling into a sewage pit in Rambukkana area. A woman had fallen into the sewage ... Read More

China bans Ramadan fasting in mainly Muslim region

China bans Ramadan fasting in mainly Muslim region

Jun 18, 2015

  Civil servants, students and teachers prevented from fasting and restaurants ordered to remain open in Xinjiang region. China has ... Read More

CCD director & two sergeants sentenced

CCD director & two sergeants sentenced

Jun 18, 2015

  The Colombo Crime Division (CCD) Director of  and two Police sergeants were sentenced for 8 years by Panadura High ... Read More

“MPs are meeting IGP to discuss the legality of FCID”: Namal Rajapakse Tweets

“MPs are meeting IGP to discuss the legality of FCID”: Namal Rajapakse Tweets

Jun 18, 2015

Former President Mahinda Rajapakse’s elder son Parliamentarian Namal Rajapakse tweeted a short while ago stating that MPs such as Prof. ... Read More

Maithri refuses to give MR nomination from SLFP

Maithri refuses to give MR nomination from SLFP

Jun 18, 2015

President Maithripala Sirisena has decided not to give former President Mahinda Rajapakse nomination from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) ... Read More

Government agrees to grant 41% Golden Key deposits

Government agrees to grant 41% Golden Key deposits

Jun 18, 2015

  Deputy Solicitor General Viraj Dayaratna today (18) said that the government has agreed to grant 41% of the deposits ... Read More

Murali Vijay fined for ‘illegal’ logo on bat

Murali Vijay fined for ‘illegal’ logo on bat

Jun 18, 2015

  Indian batsman Murali Vijay has been fined by the ICC for an ‘illegal’ logo on his bat during the ... Read More

60 Million People displaced in 2014

60 Million People displaced in 2014

Jun 18, 2015

  The number of people displaced by war, conflict or persecution reached a record high of nearly 60 million around ... Read More

Somawansa Amarasinghe to re-enter the Political Arena with a new Front

Somawansa Amarasinghe to re-enter the Political Arena with a new Front

Jun 18, 2015

The first meeting of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) former leader Somawansa Amarasinghe is scheduled for the 27th of June at ... Read More

Sri Lankan flight carrying 193 passengers faces fright

Sri Lankan flight carrying 193 passengers faces fright

Jun 18, 2015

A Sri Lankan Airlines flight en route from Paris to Sri Lanka faced a drop in pressure during the flight. ... Read More

​Field Marshal Fonseka’s Writ application dismissed

​Field Marshal Fonseka’s Writ application dismissed

Jun 18, 2015

  The Court of Appeal today dismissed a Writ Petition filed by Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka seeking an order directing ... Read More

Former Chief Justice entangled in Bribery scandal?

Former Chief Justice entangled in Bribery scandal?

Jun 18, 2015

The Bribery and Corruption Comission informed the Supreme Court yesterday (17) that they would be conducting an inquiry into former ... Read More