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Upul lodges a complaint against the Police Media Spokesman Attorney at law Upul Premaratne has been accused by the Police Media Spokesman Assistant Superintendent of Police Ruwan Gunasekara for a grave statement made him to the media that the attorney at law has defended the suspect Dunesh Priyashanth alias Kodaya who is a figure notorious...

Lustful Bollywood  star Sunny Leone visits Sri Lanka The famous lustful Bollywood actress Sunny Leone has planned to visit Sri Lanka in the month of December.During her visit she hopes to present a  musical concert of hers. Sunny Leone is to sponsored by Ms Bally's casino who have a chain of casinos registered in Sri Lanka. The...

President Maithripala Sirisena says that both positive and negative matters are centered on cities. He said this by addressing the concluding ceremony of World Cities Day 2015 at Apegama in Battaramulla. The President said that the development of the country is planned from the cities. He also said that what is not good for t...

The main suspect of Karate Champion Wasantha Soysa’s murder, Erosh Ranasighe Alias “S.F. Lokka’s” brother has been arrested. Police said that the brother named Asitha Ranasinghe was arrested in Tangalla.  Accordingly 27 suspects are in police custody in connection with the murder. Wasantha Soysa who had established 10 Guinnes Records was murdered on the 24...

Some frontline European Investors have expressed their willingness to invest in Sri Lanka. They have agreed to do so during a business meeting in London. Minister Ravi Karunanayaka has made the Keynote Address at the meeting. He pointed out that a positive environment for investments has been created at present in the country. He sa...

Polonnaruwa District Irrigation Director W.M. Karunaratne said that several tanks in the Polonnaruwa District have reached spill level due to heavy rains. He said that the water level of Parakrama Samudraya, Giritale, Minneriya and Kavudulla Tanks is increasing rapidly. The water capacity of Parakrama Samudraya has increased to more than 93 thousand acre feet. Wh...

The President says that the services of Authors are essential to the society to improve and nurture creativity of the children. President Maithripala Sirisena mentioned this while attending the Birthday celebrations of Veteran Author Sybil Wettasinghe. The 88th Birthday celebrations of Veteran children’s Author Sybil Wettasinghe took place in Colombo under the patronage of Preside...

Saudi Fund has taken steps to provide financial assistance for Epilepsy Hospital Project and for renovations of A-5 road. The agreements in this regard were signed yesterday. Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunga signed on behalf of Sri Lanka while Deputy Chairman and Managing Director Ysuf Al Bazam signed the agreements ...

The Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies says an object named as WT1190F is expected to enter the Earth’s atmosphere on 13 November and will fall into the Ocean about 100 km off the southern coast of Sri Lanka. It has been discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey based in University of Arizona. Accordi...

Ella Police have arrested two Military Officers of Diyatalawa Army Camp for printing 5,000 rupee fake currency notes. Police have seized the fake currency notes and the machines used for printing. One of the Military Officers has been arrested while at his home in Millagama area. Police have found several 5,000 rupee counterfeit notes aft...

Negambo Anti-Narcotics Division has arrested a main suspect and another person who bring heroin to Negambo. Police said they have drugs to the value of 1.5 million rupees in their possession. One suspect has been arrested near the Negambo open prison area. Police said he is a drug addict and they were able to n...

The funeral ceremony of late Venerable Ariyawansa Thera of Assam, who was living in the country for 64 years, was held at Divulapitiya. He came to Sri Lanka from Assam in India during the time of former Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake. He had come to Sri Lanka to attend the World Buddhist Conference which w...

Police have seized more than 5,000 kilograms of waste tea, which was being transported to Udunuwara. Police have seized the stock of tea while being transported to Udunuwara Welamboda from Baduraliya. They said that there were 5,050 kilograms of waste tea. A suspect has been taken into custody for transporting waste tea. Police said t...

Politicians who compete in the political stage, making a change took part in a bicycle race. Several Ministers participated in the bicycle race which was won by Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera. This bicycle race was held before the National Bicycle Championship in Anuradhapura. Ministers Duminda Dissanayake, P. Harison, Dayasiri Jayasekera, North Central Provincial Council Minister Pesha...

The All Blacks and Wallabies will meet in a Rugby World Cup final for the first time. The two best teams in the tournament. Nos 1 and 2 in the world. Archrivals. Neighbours. Records at stake. The Rugby World Cup may just have its perfect final. At the end of a tournament dominated by t...

Dayasiri peddles 12 Km on a push bike The Minister of sports Dayasiri Jayasekara has participated in an exhibition push bicycle event held at Anuradhapura today. He had shown his ability in sports as had peddled a push bicycle 12 kilometres without showing any signs of exertion. This exhibition push bicycle riding event had been organised...

"SF Lokka" has erased his Face Book page account For the murder of Wasantha Soysa ,Eron Ransinghe alias "SF Lokka " is supposed to be a chief suspect.:" SF Lokka is at present is hiding somewhere.AS he could be contacted via his Face Book friends he has been successful in erasing his Face Book account from the internet. Anyone who attempts...

President to Thailand with Buddha relics from Mahiyanganaya  President Maithripala Sirisena is to leave on an official visit to Thailand tomorrow, the 1st instant. The President has been extended an invitation to visit Thailand to take part in the celebration ceremony  organised for having completed 60 years religious connections...

Mysterious planet to travel close to earth today  European Astronomical experts have revealed that the  mysterious planet about 400 metres in width is to travel close to the earth today the 31st instant. They have confirmed that it will not  collide with the moon or the earth. Hence have informed all people not create any...

The three custom bosses in bribery case involving 125 million escape to India The three customs bosses who were to be remanded in connection with the Sri Lanka's highest bribe of rupees 12 1/2 billion recorded ever it learnt to have escaped to India. Evading the investigations and imminent arrest the trio had left the island. In the context...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has informed Minister Thilak Marapone to submit a full report with regard to the demonstration staged opposite the Higher Education Ministry yesterday. The 39 students arrested with respect to the incident have been enlarged on bail. Minister Lakshman Kiriella said that he cannot endorse the procession staged by the students despi...

President Maithripala Sirisena has emphasized that he would fulfil the obligation of alleviating poverty during the tenure of office. The President pointed out that State Leaders discharged significant responsibilities based on the needs of the country and the nation. Accordingly he asserted that he too would fulfil this responsibility to the letter. President Maithripala Sirise...

The 16-year-old student who was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital with his neck pierced by a stick died this morning. The student underwent a three-and-half-hour surgery at the hospital on Tuesday. The student from Bulathsinhala, Horana faced the tragic experience when he climbed a tree to pluck Mango and suddenly fell off the tre...

The Anuradhapura Police took two more suspects into custody over the murder of Wasantha Soysa. Accordingly, the number of suspects so far arrested with regard to the incident is 27. Wasantha Soysa who had established 10 Guinness Records was murdered on the 24th of this month in his nightclub in Anuradhapura. The Police arrested...

Officials of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry which probed the firearms of the Avant Garde vessel ended their investigations today. The Commission is ready to release its report within the next few days. Investigations with respect to the firearms in the controversial Avant Garde were carried out along two directions. Initial inquiries were conducted ...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa appeared before the Presidential Commission investigating and inquiring into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources, and Privileges today too. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was summoned to the Commission to be grilled on a financial irregularity said to have taken place respect to the telecast of commercia...

The three Customs Officials alleged to be involved in a large scale financial fraud were further remanded until the 13th of next month. They were apprehended by officials of the Bribery Commission when an attempt was made to accept a bribe of 125 million rupees from a proprietor of a firm supplying spare parts ...

The Police have raided a shop in the Kumbukgete town in Kurunegala. It has been selling intoxicant capsules to students under the guise of maintaining the shop selling indigenous drugs. The Gokarella Police said that they succeeded in recovering a haul of intoxicant capsules during the raid and arrested three youths who had come ...

Ariana Grande has got into the Halloween spirit with a surprise of her own: the early release of her new song “Focus”. The pop singer led a countdown for the new single, which became a trending topic on Twitter when it dropped an hour ahead of schedule. “Surprise !!!! it’s here!!!!,” she informed her millions of Twitter followers overnight. T...

The Bulathsinhala student who's neck was pierced by a wooden stick succumbs to death On the 27th of October the news was reported of the student in Galahena area in Bulathsinhala area who met with an unfortunate incident when he slipped down from a mongo tree. When falling a wooden stick had pierced through his neck area.  The family...

Prime Minister to probe into the assault on University students On the incident that occurred between the students of Inter University students federation and the Police personnel in front of the premises of the Ministry of Higher education yesterday the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe in order to make a probe under his purview has...

39 students arrested during a protest staged by students of Higher National Diploma in Accountancy are enlarged on bail. Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court released them on bail. Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya released them on surety bails of 100,000 rupees each. The Chief Magistrate instructed the police to arrest the remaining individuals responsible for organizi...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has instructed the Law and Order Minister Thilak Marapana to submit a report following an inquiry into yesterday’s HNDA students protest. The Prime Minister made this intimation after summoning him to Temple Trees last night. Police fired water cannons and tear gas on students of the Higher National Diploma in Accountan...

President Maithripala Sirisena has emphasized that as a government all must unite to face the challenges and all future development plans for the country should implement considering these complexities. A special meeting was held at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday to deliberate on the Geneva proposals and its challenges. President Maithripala Sirisena apprised the religious leade...

Sri Lankans among the 22 injured in a bus mishap in Thailand It is reported that in a bus mishap in  Ranchuburi area in Prothem district in Thailand among the 22 persons who had been injured there had been some Sri Lankan tourists. The bus carrying Thailand and Sri Lankan nationals 22 in number had been admitted to Prothem hospital...

Mahinda has got frightened by seen the crimes in the country ( Friday's cartoon)  ...

I have not disappeared - Here I am here in overseas, Nishantha calls the Presidential commission The officers of the presidential commission when they visited the residence of the former Chairman of the Sri Lankan Airlines in Mount Lavinia the wife of  Nishantha Wickremasinghe had confessed that he had not come home for years and...

The finance limit of vehicles increased from 70 % to 90% The ministry of finance authorities have announced that the Finance limits of vehicles that was reduced to 70 % of the value of the vehicle has been increased to 90% the value of vehicles. In this regard the Central Bank of Sri Lanka is to issue today  the 29th instant a circular...

The Identity card office and the passport office to one location The secretariat office under  the purview of which the department of registration of persons and the department of immigration and emigration come under are to be shifted to a new location at Battaramulla Polduwa junction where a new 30 floor building has been completed....

It has been agreed to grant an adjournment debate in Parliament on the Avant Garde transaction. This was revealed by Cabinet Spokesman Gayantha Karunatilake at the weekly Cabinet news briefing today. The Minister said that the President has issued a directive for the conduct of investigations and the inquiries are in progress. An adjournment deba...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Parliamentarian Keheliya Rambukwella and Former Parliamentarian Upeksha Swarnamali were today summoned to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry Investigating and Inquiring into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources, and Privileges. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was summoned to the Commission based on an incident relating to the nonpayme...

Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has said that more than 5000 workers of the manpower division serving in Ceylon Electricity Board will be granted permanent appointments soon. The Minister said that there are about 5800 workers who were taken from Manpower Supplies Division for the Electricity Board. They first planned to look into the qualifications of t...

President Maithripala Sirisena will begin his four day official visit to Thailand on Sunday the 01st, parallel to the 60th Anniversary of the long standing friendly relations between Sri Lanka and Thailand. Thailand which is popular as a country in which a majority of Theravada Buddhists in the world live, displays immense respect to t...

The Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate has ordered the Immigration and Emigration Controller to prohibit the main suspect in the Wasantha Soysa murder case to leave the island. The order was issued to the Controller of Immigration and Emigration when the lawsuit with respect the murder of Wasantha Soysa was taken up for hearing by Anuradhapura Chi...

Minister Ravi Karunanayake has pointed out that Sri Lanka was able to maintain a stable Stock Market at a time when large scale investors were withdrawing from Asia. He made this reference joining in the Investment Sri Lanka Business Forum held in Switzerland. Nearly 200 leading investors in the world joined in the Investment S...

Journalists made queries with regard to a bunker that was located in the President’s House. In response, the Minister said that when they saw the photographs published in the media, it was issue for them whether it was a bunker or a palace. A bunker means a small booth in which soldiers lead a traumat...

Cabinet approval has been granted to put up a building complex for the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka. The faculty is currently situated in a building which is temporarily taken over from the Paddy Marketing Board. The Cabinet has sanctioned the granting of 6,617.5 million rupees to construct th...

A discussion has been held between Cuba and Sri Lanka to cooperation in the mass media sector. The discussion was held between Minister Gayantha Karunatilake and Cuba’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Florentino Batista. Attention was focused at their meeting on the exchange of news reports between Sri Lanka and Cuba on the basis of...

22 persons including Sri Lankans are injured when their tour bus overturned into a ditch in Ratchaburi’s Photharam district on Thursday afternoon. The coach was returning from the Damnoen Saduak floating market when the driver lost control while overtaking another vehicle, careering into the ditch along Phetkasem Road in tambon Nong Pho. Police and resc...

It is one year today since the Meeriyabedda landslide in Koslanda happened. It killed 37 people while a large number was rendered homeless. The Meeriyabedda disaster devastated 63 houses, a community hall, three Government official quarters, two milk collecting centres, a Kovil and two shops. A massive operation was mooted in search of those w...

The Ranaviru Seva Authority is planning to conduct for the first time an island wide census on Ranaviru families. Arrangements have been made to hold the countrywide census of families of war heroes who had made supreme sacrifices and those who have been rendered disabled on the 01st and the 02nd of next month. T...

Asela Iddawela has assumed office as the new Chairman of the Lowlands and Land Reclamation Corporation. Asela Iddawela assumed office in his new position at the Head Office of the Lowlands and Land Reclamation Corporation located in Rajagiriya. Minister Patalie Champika Ranawaka was present on the occasio...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is slated to make a special statement in Parliament on the 05th of November on Medium Term Economic Framework of the present Government. This was announced by Cabinet Spokesman Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka. He was addressing the weekly Cabinet news briefing at the Government Information Department today. Along with the budget, Premi...

The 90% leasing facility for motor vehicles will come into effect from today (29). This has been mentioned in a release issued by the Finance Ministry. The Ministry said the Central Bank is expected to issue an official directive in this respect to all private and state banks, today. The Central Bank on 15th Septemb...

Bother of Shiranthi has disappeared, wife confesses The brother of the first Lady, the wife of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa Shiranti Rajapaksa who was the former Chairman of the Sri Lankan Airlines has not come home for a number of years. This had been confessed by the wife of the Chairman of the Sri Lankan Airlines. This had...