The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today issued an order preventing the suspicious person missing since the triple deaths in Wellawatte from leaving the country. Colombo Additional Magistrate Praharsha Ranasinghe also ordered police to submit a report regarding the incident to court on August 27. The bodies of three persons, of a mother, father and their daughter, were found inside a residence in Ramakrishna...

The three day Cultural Festival titled “Divine Ecstasy” (known as Theiveega Suga Anubhavam in Tamil Language) which was held in Jaffna from 16-18 August 2012, coinciding with the Annual Nallur Temple Festival concluded Saturday (18) late in the night with the stellar and outstanding performance by the famous Carnatic Classical singer Shri. P. Unnikrishnan from India.  The famous Sankilyan...

The debacle in the countries education sector came under discussion at  various fora today. 3 Demonstrations were organised in connection to the university teachers issue which has surpassed more than 40 days. University lecturers attached to the Kelaniya University engaged in a silent protest before the university today. Chairman of the Federation of University Teachers Association...

The progress review meeting of the Galle district was held Monday morning (13) under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapakse at the Hall de Galle auditorium. The meeting discussed about the progress of the on going projects, projects being planned and problems related to current projects. President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the meeting reiterated not to lay foundation stones here onwards...

Sri Lanka has no reason to do anything that would hurt India's interests in this region. There is no rationale for us to do such things, and we also believe that India also would not do anything that would harm Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. Our best neighbourly relations will remain, and there are many more areas for investment that India could be interested in. "I think it is...

Secretary Defence and Urban Development Gotabaya Rajapaksa paid homage to the Jade Buddha at the BMICH, Colombo on Monday (13). The Secretary also attended a special 'Wishwa Shanthi Pooja' held to usher in world peace. The Jade Buddha was created by two sculptors in Australia and Thailand and was exhibited around the world before being brought to the Island. The Buddha statue made of the Jade...

The rift between United National Party’s Kurunegala District MP Dayasiri Jayasekara and the party leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has got escalated. In the latest round the Party leader Ranil Wickremasinghe, probably being intolerable of accusations being made by the Kurunegala MP has called for an urgent report on various statements made by him to the media recently. Wickremesinghe has called for...