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Lieutinant Colonel supposed to have fired because maintenance was too high! It was day-before-yesterday a married person, an Army Lieutenant Colonel who was involved in a law suit of divorce from his wife having 3 children was shot at in Isurupura area in Pittugala, Malabe was interrogated by the police. However on that occasion he had...

We will contest the PC elections under a new symbol-- Basil For a case against misappropriation of public funds when the former Minister of economic development Basil Rajapaksa was present in the Colombo Magistrates courts on the 30th instant answering to a question posed by a media personnel the member of joint opposition had added that...

Who broke the Buddha statues in Jaffna?  Along the A 9  Jaffna -Colombo road in the Kanagarayankulama area about some years ago a Buddha statue that was erected by the Sri Lanka Army had been damaged on the 29th instant. The two Buddha   statues 3 1/2 feet and 1 1/2 feet in height have been totally destroyed and the remnants...

It would be Sri Lanka Police after  the 150th Anniversary The official name of the  Sri Lanka police service in parallel to the 150th anniversary celebrations would be made officially as  "Sri Lanka Police".This change has received the cabinet approval.This proposal has been made by the Minister of Law & Oder and southern...

A sum of 902 million rupees has been released for the payment of salary arrears and increments of teachers. Accordingly the salary arrears and increments will be paid with effect from the year 2006. The Education Ministry said that these funds cover the nine Provinces. There was a delay in the past in the adopti...

The suspected Lieutenant Colonel in the incident related to the killing of his wife has been remanded till the 09th of next month. The remand order was delivered by the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court. The suspected Lieutenant Colonel was produced before Kaduwela Magistrate Dhammika Hemapala today when he was ordered to be remanded. The Army Colon...

The purpose of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s visit to Sri Lanka is to review the progress of the reconciliation programme. Minister Rajith Senaratne said that as mentioned by certain elements no harm will be done to the island by his visit. The Minister was addressing the weekly Cabinet news briefing today. The Minister sa...

“The Wild Life” is a 2016 Belgian 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film. It was released by Studio Canal on March in Belgium and April in France. On a tiny isolated South Pacific Island, Mak, a parrot and his friends live the perfect life. But every day is the same and Mak is really bored. Convinc...

As goals go, they don’t get much better than this. This spectacular effort, worthy of a ten in Olympic gymnastics, took place during an American high school match. Columbine High School striker Dylan Prichett-Ettner took the rather unorthodox and very daring route over the keeper to bury the ball in the back of the ne...

England posted the highest ever one-day international total as they beat Pakistan by 169 runs at Trent Bridge to secure a series victory. Alex Hales struck a record 171 and Jos Buttler made England’s fastest ever 50 from 22 balls as England hit 444-3. This surpassed the 443-9 posted by Sri Lanka against the Netherlan...

After raping a 15 year old within 24 hours Sudu Bappa had proposed to marry. A fifteen year old school girl a resident of Vedikumbura area in Moneragala had been raped by a person called "Sudu Bappa" while she was all alone at home.Not only that this person had  even  brought a proposal to marry the teenage girl within 24 hours...

How Harshana and Janith who hacked President Website were cornered! Two young people have been taken into custody by now over the incident of having gained illegal access to President Maithripala Sirisena's official website. After they were questioned in this connection a host of information relevant to the incident has been exposed. The...

The person who hacked the President’s website has been arrested. He is a 17-year-old youth. He has been arrested from Kadugannawa. The suspect was apprehended on the allegation of hacking the official website of President Maithripala Sirisena. The hackers had tampered with the President official website www.president.gov.lk on two consecutive days. The message, which w...

Three people have been killed in two separate accidents that happened on the Expressway. Two people were killed in an accident that occurred at the Jaela interchange along the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway. Another who suffered critical injuries has been admitted to the Ragama Hospital. A group travelling in a motorcar faced an accident near the Jae...

The Fire Brigade has succeeded in dousing a fire which erupted at a rubber stock near the Jetty located at the Eastern terminal of the Colombo Harbour. The fire had erupted in a stock of discarded rubber hose dumped near the Jetty of the Eastern Terminal of the Colombo Harbour. It is reported that th...

Lanka motor  cyclists association cautions riders to wear helmets indicating the volume of damage that could be caused The  President of the Lanka motor cyclists association Chirantha Amarasinghe has advised the motor cyclists to wear helmets from the 1st September where they have indicated the areas of the head that could be...

Kandy - Ratnapura - Jaffna Expressway work to commence from next January Plans are afoot to commence work on 3 new Expressway routes from January 2017, Minister of Highways Lakshman Kiriella says. As such, operations are to begin on Colombo - Kandy Expressway (stage 2), Colombo - Ruwanpura Expressway and Kurunegala - Dambulla - Trincomalee, running...

Schoolboy who hacked President's website to postpone Advanced Level Exam A person who subjected the President's official website (president.gov.lk) to a process of hacking last Friday had made certain comments of a threatening nature so that anybody who had access to it was able to see them. A protest against conducting the Advanced Level...

The Colombo Chief Magistrate has ordered that the schoolboy who hacked President Maithripala Sirisena’s website be sent to the probation home. In the meantime, the other 27-year-old suspect was remanded till the 02nd of next month. President Maithripala Sirisena’s website was hacked on two consecutive days altering the data. A 17-year-old schoolboy was taken in...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will arrive in the island tomorrow to express support to the country’s Reconciliation programme. It is after a lapse of seven years that a UN Secretary is visiting Sri Lanka. The United Nations Secretary General will be arriving in the island tomorrow on a three-day official visit at the invitati...

Two new Sri Lanka Freedom Party electoral organizers have been appointed. They have been appointed to the Ududumbara and Yatinuwara electorates. They received their appointments from President Maithripala Sirisena. Deputy Minister Anuradha Jayaratne has been appointed as the new Sri Lanka Freedom Party organizer of the Ududumbara electorate. Chief Minister of the Central Province Sara...

The husband of the women who was shot at Isurupura in Malambe Kaduwela has been apprehended. He is an Army Colonel. The Police have recovered the pistol used for the shooting from the Diyawanna Oya near the Parliamentary Complex. This woman was shot at on Saturday night while she was in her house. The injur...

The serving of indictments on four suspects including Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa has been postponed until the 19 of October. The postponement of the handing over of indictments was made when the case was taken up in the Colombo High Court today. Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and three other suspects have been accused of misappropriati...

Media Spokesman of the National Freedom Front Mohamed Musammil was summoned to the Financial Crimes Investigations Division today. In the meantime, Former Uva Chief Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa was also summoned to the FCID today. Media Spokesman of the National Freedom Front Mohamed Muzammil is accused of improperly recruiting Marketing Promotion Officers while serving as Direct...

Colombo High Court today allowed Uduwe Dhammaloka thera to travel to UK for a Buddhist programme to be held in that country next week. The Ven. Dhammaloka Thera is on bail over the illegal possession of an elephant calf and his passport was impounded by the High Court over the case. The next hearing of t...

Parliamentarian Edward Gunasekara has said that the United National Party is the only Party which has responded to the world. He made this reference to apprise journalists of the 70th Anniversary of the United National Party which falls on 10th September. Parliamentarian Edward Gunasekara said that the United National Party led by the Prime Minist...

The Independent Television Network is the country’s oldest TV Channel. Former Chairman Anura Siriwardena claimed that no other station than the Independent Television Network can become the leading Channel in the television media. He expressed these views joining in the fifth of the series of the ITN Aswedduma programme. Anura Siriwardena said that the Independe...

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme has decided to provide more consultancy services for local housing projects. An agreement in this respect was inked today. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme is supporting the construction of houses in Sri Lanka from the year 1978. The Housing and Construction Ministry said this agreement has been sign...

Plans are afoot to begin work on three expressways from January next year. This has been revealed by Minister Lakshman Kiriella. The Minister said that the Government is planning to construct three Expressways and the work on these Expressways will begin in January. The Minister pointed out that this would create a new awakening ...

The Ports Authority has embarked on a separate inquiry into the fire that erupted at the Colombo Harbour premises yesterday. The Ports Authority emphasized that the fire had not inflicted any damage to property at the Harbour or caused any obstructions to its daily operations. The Ports Authority claimed that reports about the fire h...

Measures have been taken to indict 936 persons following raids carried out parallel to the National Food Safety Week. 18,258 establishments were inspected under special raids carried out in view of National Food Safety Week. As a result action was taken to indict 936 persons. It is reported that a total of 23,258 bottles witho...

Glamorous Bollywood stars on and off the runway brought the curtain down on the five day Lakme fashion week with celebrated designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee presenting his opulent “Illuminate” collection. A visibly pregnant Kareena Kapoor Khan was the show-stopper for the fashion week finale, looking resplendent in a shimmering, heavily embellished long skirt. Other Bollywood celebriti...

A private institution responsible for the fire at Harbour When investigations were carried out to verify the reason for the fire that broke out in the harbour it had revealed that a private institution who are conducting a certain development activity have been held responsible for the fire. It has been reported that some rubber pipes...

Those officials who participated in RIO Olympics in hot water The Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has called for explanation from the related authorities of the sports ministry how as many as 46 officials had accompanied just 09  participants at the RIO Olympic games concluded in Brazil.The Prime Minister has called explanation...

Undergrads at J'pura clash ,six hospitalized Two factions of undergraduates of the Sri Jayewardenapura had clashed resulting in six students been admitted to the Kalubowila hospital for treatment. The clash had taken place between the first year and second year students in connection with the participating in a protest. on making inquiries...

The 34th Mexico City marathon took place and some 35,000 runners braved the blistering temperatures. Kenya’s Emanuel Mnongat finished first among the men. He crossed the line level with countryman Isaac Kmaiyo in a race that was eventually decided by a photo finish. They stopped the clock at 2 hours, 19 minutes and 32 second...

Colombian Nairo Quintana took back the leader’s jersey for the Vuelta A Espana a day after losing it to David de la Cruz following a commanding victory in stage ten. The day’s 188.km trek to Lagos de Covadonga was animated by a 16-man break. A serious of late climbs however caused that breakaway to splinte...

In the latest upgrade made by the International Cricket Council ICC, the third umpire will make a call on all the front foot no balls and convey it to the on-field umpire. The upcoming ODI series between Pakistan and England will be used to trial the set-up. The TV umpire will be assisted with t...

Colonel of Army questioned on suspicion for shooting wife in her stomach The officers of the Athurugiriya police have questioned a Colonel in the army who had lived in two storied house in Isurupura,Pittugala Malabe for causing injuries to the stomach of his wife by shooting. The children of the couple had confessed that the two had been...

Six persons who hooted at John Amaratunga nabbed At a ceremony presided by the Minister John Amaratunga yesterday at Wattala area, two persons who had pelted stones at the vehicle of Western provincial council member of the UPFA and six persons who had hooted at Minister John Amaratunga have been caught and arrested by the police. These...

The Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation has decided to join in the programme of providing organic fertilizer for a healthy population. It is planned to sell organic fertilizer produced from the Compost Project of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha. Many Local Councils have already come forward to support the concept of the Government’s pois...

Booing for Minister John at Wattala! An incident where Minister John Amaratunga was booed by a crowd who came for a festival at Oliyamulla area in Wattala yesterday (28) was reported.  A crowd who disfavoured a festival where a plot of land being allocated for a festival where the foundation stone for a new school was laid in Oliyamulla...

Kiribathkumbura hotel owner shot through bag! A man who entered a restaurant with a helmet in Kiribathkumbura, Nanu Oya, Peradeniya had shot a businessman who had been at the cashier's counter and had killed him.  One person who had been accompanied by another had come on a motor cycle at about 9.30 in the night of 26th Friday...

The Police are optimistic that they would be able to uncover details on the murderers of the Bambalapitiya millionaire businessman. The Colombo Crimes Division said that they have already interrogated and recorded statements from around 20 persons. An analysis of the CCTV footage along the road from near the Colombo house of the abducted millionai...

The evaluation of the G.C.E. Advanced Level and Grade Five Scholarship answer scripts commenced today. The first stage of the marking of answer scripts of the Advanced Level Examination is scheduled to take place at 31 centres until the 11 of this month. The Examinations Department said that 6876 teachers are participating in the proce...

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said that the proper appointments made by the present Government to the Foreign Service had made its activities more efficient and formalized. He further said that a suitable environment has been created for the Northern civilians to normally engage in their day to day activities. The Minister said that ...

The statement made by Opposition Leader R. Sambandan that everyone should live through the devolution of power and without dividing the country has earned the acclamation of the Maha Sangha. A Tamil Opposition Leader has begun a tour of the South after a lapse of 37 years. The Maha Sangha said that the people ...

Tyres catch fire at Colombo Port In the eastern wing in the  premises of the Port authority Colombo some tyres  had caught fire this afternoonresulting in huge flames and smoke over the area. The fire had not hurt or injured anyone.The fire brigades had been deployed to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire has not yet...

Wife dies after Husband  had cut the umbilical cord between wife and child A sad incident is reported from Kalpitiya police division where a woman after child birth had died when her husband had cut the umbilical cord between his wife and new born child. Before the death of the woman she had given birth to a child 08 days earlier. The...

“The Light Between Oceans” is an upcoming romantic period drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance and based on the 2012 novel of the same name by M. L. Stedman. An international co-production between DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment the film stars Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown and Jack Thompson. T...

Sergey Lagutin from Uzbekistan won stage eight of the Tour of Spain while Colombian Nairo Quintana became the new overall leader. Team Katusha rider Lagutin attacked in the final 200 meters of the flat stage from Villalpando to La Camperona to claim his first ever stage win in a Grand Tour, finishing 10 seconds ahe...

Australia edged out Sri Lanka by two wickets to spoil Tillakaratne Dilshan’s one-day farewell and go 2-1 up in the five-match series. Opting to bat first, Sri Lanka were all out for 226 with four balls remaining, a total built around Dinesh Chandimal’s gutsy 102. Dilshan’s fluent 42 in his one-day swansong was the seco...

Australia edged out Sri Lanka by two wickets to spoil Tillakaratne Dilshan’s one-day farewell and go 2-1 up in the five-match series. Opting to bat first, Sri Lanka were all out for 226 with four balls remaining, a total built around Dinesh Chandimal’s gutsy 102. Dilshan’s fluent 42 in his one-day swansong was the seco...

Up to 7th September sun is travelling right above Sri Lanka  In the next few days the officials of the meteorological department have informed that the sun is travelling right above Sri Lanka.It is travelling toward south from tomorrow until the 07th  September. At 12.12 pm this afternoon it is right above Pullaweli,Vedukkadu...

Sulaiman's body identified by Wife via  whats-Apps These days via mobile phones and related searches  have helped people in their activities in day to day life. In this context in regard in locating and identifying the body after the murder of millionaire businessman from Bambalapitiya Mohammed Shanib Sulaiman has helped immensely...

A 70 year old grandfather arrested for showing his vital organs to University female student The officers of the Akuressa police has taken into custody a 70 year old grandfather who had shown his vital organs by raising his sarong  to a university female student while travelling in a packed SLTB bus plying from Matara to Akuressa. This...

Colonel shoots wife on the stomach? A person had fired gun shots at the wife of an Army Colonel who had been living in a two-storied house in Isurupura area, Pitugala, Malabe and had beat a retreat after that, Athurugiriya Police say. This shooting has taken place around 10 in the night day- before-yesterday and the victim who sustained...

Minister Rajitha's youngest son's wedding  The wedding of Minister Rajitha Senaratna's son Eksath Senaratna who was focused upon in the past was concluded on the 12th at Colombo Hilton.  Sometime back the parents of the girl Dilini the latter of whom was to be the daughter-in-law of Rajitha and was then a minor had been retained...

Matugama and Ratgama  SLFP's to boycott the convention It has been unanimously decided by the members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party at Matugama and Ratgama electorates not to attend the 65th annual convention of the SLFP. The proposals made in this regard on the 27th instant have been passed. In this regard it is obvious that the...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe says the Government led by the President has been able to improve the living conditions of the Tamil people in the estate sector. The Prime Minister mentioned this at the UNP membership Development Drive in Hatton. The UNP membership development programme in Hatton was held under the patronage of Prime Minist...

Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says that he is prepared to debate anytime about purchasing of coal which was done in a transparent manner. He said this while attending a mobile service in Matale. Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said that all steps taken related to coal purchasing have been done after a careful study. The country has be...

Minister Rajitha Senaratne says that power cannot be taken by creating a new party with a racist corrupt group who destroyed the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Minister Rajitha Senaratne said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa does not want to be of service to the public but to seize power as soon as possible. He express...

Mr. Channa Wickremasinghe who is the brother of the Prime Minister has filed a case against the Info Sri Lanka News Web site demanding 1,500 million rupees as compensation. He has taken legal action against publishing a news report in the Website. The Website has published that an inappropriate transaction has taken place between M...

The Director General of Health Services has ordered to conduct an investigation into an alleged incident where a young woman who came for a medical examination has been abused. He has ordered the Hospital Director of Colombo South Teaching Hospital to conduct the investigation. He has given the order on the instructions of Health Minist...

The Reconciliation tour which commenced from the North displaying the value of protecting peace in the country, has arrived in Anuradhapura. The tour which commenced from Jaffna, arrived in Vavuniya last evening. It commenced its journey to Anuradhapura this morning. The reconciliation tour is organized by the Sri Lanka Human Rights Organization. The tour ...

Police have seized 23 kilograms of Kerala Cannabis in Kalutara South. The Kalutara South Police have conducted the raid following a tipoff received by them. They have found the stock of cannabis hidden inside a three wheeler last night. Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the detection. They are said to be residen...

Katunayake Airport Police Antinarcotic Bureau has seized a stock of heroin worth about 7.1 million rupees. Police said that they seized the stock of drugs and arrested the suspect. The suspect who is an Indian national has arrived from Chennai. He has cleverly packed the drugs inside his travelling bag. Police have produced him befo...

The Randoli Perahera of the Bellanwila Raja Maha Viharaya paraded the streets last night. The procession was conducted under the guidance of Registrar of the Bellanwila Temple, Venerable Professor Bellanwila Wimalarathana Thera. Minister Wijayadasa Rajapaksa and Western Province Chief Minister Isura Devapriya placed the relic casket on the elephant. The procession was held for t...

Dead body of a migrant worker died in Saudi Arabia not released owing to the medical report The Chief consultant  judicial medical officer of the Negombo hospital has refused to conduct the postmortem of a driver who had died in Saudi Arabia.This person had died according to the medical report sent had been owing to a  rare dangerous virus...