Daily NEWS Srilanka

Eight Companies willing to take over our two airlines State enterprise development deputy Minister Eran Wickremaratne had this to say at a media conference held at the Siri Kotha UNP headquarters on the 31st:- " When we cannot run one airline service could we run two airline services? Both are loss making institutions.Hence the question...

Attempt to provoke racism by showing images in Bangladesh It is reported that the photos that had been published in Face Book pages that people in the north have attacked the army have been identified as those pictures pertaining to an incident that had taken place in Bangladesh in year 2007. It has been found by our intelligence personnel...

Story about Tourist Guest House in Sri Pada forest environment -- camouflaged political and Muslim Hand The phenomenon that a tourist guest house is to be established in Sri Pada environment which was circulated among social websites during the past few days had by now gone a long way. This news has become a topic which has been provocative...

President Maithripala Sirisena has said that Sri Lanka’s remarkable position as the first country in Asia and the fourth in the world to ratify the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The President was addressing the 165th Anniversary of the IOGT International. The ceremony was held in Kandy. The conference organized parallel to the 165...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has said that the country second golden era in urbanization has dawned after the Anuradhapura period. He made this observation at the national ceremony marking World Cities Day, designated by the United Nations every 31st of October. The national ceremony marking World Cities Day and organized by the Ministry of Megapol...

It is reported that the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Report and the Auditor General’s Department have been directed to the Attorney General’s Department today. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe recently told Parliament that the COPE report will be directed to the Attorney General’s Department for future initiatives. A Senior Officer of the Prime Minister’s Offi...

President Maithripala Sirisena has paid his last respects to Thailand’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Bhumibol Adulyadej who was the Monarch of Thailand for 70 years passed away on the 13th of this month. Thailand has declared a period of mourning as a mark of respect to the late King. The President who visited Thailand pa...

The Colombo High Court has sentenced to death five relatives convicted of murdering an individual. The murder has taken place on 14th March 2001 at Sangharaja Mawatha in Maligakanda Colombo. They have murdered a very close relative aged 40 years. The judgment was delivered when the case was taken up for hearing before High Cou...

The Colombo High Court today fixed the trial regarding the murder of former TNA MP Nadaraja Raviraj was fixed to commence on the 22nd of next month. It will be held before a special jury of seven members. The jurists will be selected by lots. This will be conducted as a day-to-day trial. The Attorn...

The case field by the Bribery Commission against Former Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena was taken up for hearing in the Colombo High Courts today. The Former Minister is accused of irregularly earning property and cash worth more than 41.2 million rupees. The lawyer of the accused filed preliminary objections related to the case. The Judge order...

300 European Travel Agents are participating in a tourism conference at the BMICH in Colombo. Its aim is to educate Europeans on the tourism industry in Sri Lanka. It is hoped that these tourism agents will motivate the Europeans to visit Sri Lanka and thereby develop the island’s tourism industry. These details were given ...

Studies are the Jaffna University returned to normality today. This was announced by Minister D.M. Swaminathan. The Minister further said that an opportunity will be afforded for University student representatives to have a special discussion with the President and the Prime Minister tomorrow. A special discussion was held between the Jaffna University students and t...

The Police have succeeded in detecting a Kerala ganja racket which was operative in the Nachchaduwa area in Anuradhapura. The Police were able to detect a haul of ganja worth more than 100,000 rupees. The racket had been in progress for a long time at Hidogama in Nachchaduwa. The Police said they succeeded in uncoveri...

A stunning display with colorful creations highlighted the Cape Town International Kite Festival over the weekend. The annual event, now in its 22nd year, continued to draw in local and international kiting enthusiasts who displayed their hand made kites, most of which were truly impressive. In addition to being a recreational event during the area...

Hassan Sheheryar Yasin – aka HSY – was the main attraction as Fashion Pakistan Week Winter Festive 2016 kicked off in Karachi yesterday. HSY – dubbed the “King of Couture” by Harper’s Bazaar – nabbed rapturous applause as he presented his collection inspired by fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld. Mona Imran, who has established a stro...

Bangladesh yesterday recorded their first Test victory over England, taking all ten wickets in a single session thanks to teenage off-spin sensation Mehedi Hasan to win the second Test by 108 runs and square the series. Celebrations erupted at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Stadium and across the country as Bangladeshis revelled in one of the proudest momen...

Andy Murray moved one step closer to becoming world number one by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 7-6 (8-6) to win the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The Scot, 29, asserted his dominance in the first set against Frenchman Tsonga in his 78th singles match of the year. But he faced a revived Tsonga in t...

Lewis Hamilton kept his title hopes alive with a comfortable victory from Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton survived a scare at the start, when he ran wide at the first corner after locking a front tyre. But otherwise he was untroubled en route to his 51st career win. In t...

The manner how Galle got submerged  for yesterday's rain There had been heavy downpours to the Galle district on the night of the 30th instant and in the wee hours of this morning. Owing to the heavy rains several roads and areas had been inundated causing a severe hardships for transport.  The roads thus flooded are reported...

Member DV Chanaka although is qualified to get a labour job Participating in a ceremony in Suriyawewa the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had this to say:-  " When the young society of occupation recipients had come to express gratitude to former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa what came to mind was the manner how a minister 'Hamu' who...

Japanese national who saved life when vehicle went up in flames on expressway . .. a fire extinguisher! A vehicle travelling along Southern Expressway on 29th, day-before-yesterday went up in flames because of a technical fault in the vehicle and it was totally destroyed. At the time the vehicle had been moving towards Colombo from Welipenna,...

The properties claimed by children who strand parents on streets to be confiscated The Minister of welfare and social empowerment SB Dissanayake proposes to enact laws in parliament against children who abandon parents in streets and other place in order to confiscate their properties. It is reported by the official of the social services...

How skinny Sunil set in motion obese Mahendran ( Monday's cartoon) ...

Proposal to increase the number of police stations island wide The Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara had added that in order to provide a better service to the citizens the number of police stations are to be increased. In this regard  the Inspector General of Police has made a request to  the President and...

For the Artistes sans houses a "Udaganak" in Hambanota-Sajith It has been proposed by the Minister of Housing Sajith Premadasa to construct a "Kala" Village in the Hambantota district. The Minister has elaborated that those artistes who do not own houses would be constructed houses in this proposed "Kala" village.A plane has been drawn...

Democratic candidate Hillary's Email non compliance of exposed by FBI With the American just days ahead the FBI institution has exposed an e mail non compliance by the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.This has caused a chaotic and contentious situation in the United States of America. This exposure it is learnt has caused a tremendous...

13 areas around Maharagama Kottawa to have a 16 hour water cut It has been reported  by the authorities of the National Water Supply & Drainage Board that 13 areas including Maharagama and Kottawa would be subjected to a 16 hour water cut from this morning. Accordingly Maharagama, Boralesgamuwa,Kottawa ,Pannipitiya,Rukmalgama,...

Man who had come to pluck mangoes at Katubedde Campus succumbs to his injuries The security personnel at the Moratuwa Katubedda campus had found a dead body of a man inside the premises.The police had been called upon and they have found a dead body according to police headquarters. It is reported that this person had climbed on to a...