Electoral reforms by end of year: PM

Electoral reforms by end of year: PM

Sep 30, 2015

The new electoral system would be enacted end of this year with the support of all political parties, Prime Minister ... Read More

Video: Election Committee responsible for payments: Susil Premajeyantha

Video: Election Committee responsible for payments: Susil Premajeyantha

Sep 30, 2015

The responsibility of the outstanding bills to the ITN should be taken by the committee that represented the Media and ... Read More

18,000 affected due to adverse weather

18,000 affected due to adverse weather

Sep 30, 2015

At least 18,917 persons have been affected by the severe weather condition prevailing in the Southern Province for several days, ... Read More

Protest against violence of children

Protest against violence of children

Sep 30, 2015

The Sri Lanka Housewives Association organised a protest today in Slave Island against the abuse and violence against children. Read More

First French strike on Islamic State in Syria kills 30: monitor

First French strike on Islamic State in Syria kills 30: monitor

Sep 30, 2015

France’s first air strike on the Islamic State group in Syria killed at least 30 militants, including 12 child soldiers, ... Read More

Russian lawmakers give Putin OK to use troops in Syria

Russian lawmakers give Putin OK to use troops in Syria

Sep 30, 2015

The upper chamber of the Russian parliament has voted unanimously to let President Vladimir Putin send Russian troops to Syria. ... Read More

Pakistan’s purchase of Chinese submarines will strengthen its Naval shield

Pakistan’s purchase of Chinese submarines will strengthen its Naval shield

Sep 30, 2015

Military Analysts claim that Pakistan’s planned purchase of eight modern Yuan-class diesel-electric submarines from China will provide a significant expansion ... Read More

Rohingya Muslims beaten and raped in Indonesia

Rohingya Muslims beaten and raped in Indonesia

Sep 30, 2015

A group of Rohingya Muslim youths say they have been beaten and raped in an encampment in Indonesia. Four females ... Read More

Narendra Modi to visit Sri Lanka to sign the Indo-Lanka Economic and Technology Agreement

Narendra Modi to visit Sri Lanka to sign the Indo-Lanka Economic and Technology Agreement

Sep 30, 2015

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the Parliament that he had invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to visit Sri ... Read More

Applications have been called for CRISP fellowship programme

Applications have been called for CRISP fellowship programme

Sep 30, 2015

he British High Commission in Colombo has announced that the applications are now open for this year’s CRISP fellowship program. ... Read More

Landslide warnings for six districts

Landslide warnings for six districts

Sep 30, 2015

The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued warnings for six districts. It says if the rains continue during the ... Read More

Wigneswaran remains belligerent with ITAK leadership

Wigneswaran remains belligerent with ITAK leadership

Sep 30, 2015

Chief Minister of the Northern Province C.V. Wigneswaran has publicly lashed out at the concentration of power in the Ilankai ... Read More

Joint Statement by Tamil Civil Society Organizations and Political parties against UNHRC resolution

Joint Statement by Tamil Civil Society Organizations and Political parties against UNHRC resolution

Sep 30, 2015

JOINT STATEMENT OF TAMIL POLITICAL PARTIES, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS & TRADE UNIONS ON THE DRAFT RESOLUTION ON SRI LANKA We ... Read More

Details of Siddique’s drug dealings revealed to Court

Details of Siddique’s drug dealings revealed to Court

Sep 30, 2015

The Criminal Investigation Department informed Chief Magistrate of Colombo, Gihan Pilapitiya that Mohammed Siddique, allegedly a large-scale international drug dealer ... Read More

People’s Bank adjudged as Sri Lanka’s best banking group and the most sustainable bank

People’s Bank adjudged as Sri Lanka’s best banking group and the most sustainable bank

Sep 30, 2015

People’s Bank has been adjudged Sri Lanka’s ‘Best Banking Group’ and ‘Most Sustainable Bank’ for 2015 by the World Finance ... Read More