Daily NEWS Srilanka

President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered the respective sectors to provide immediate relief to the people impacted by the adverse weather conditions. The Presidential Media Division said that the President who is on a tour of South Korea contacted the Disaster Management Minister and the President’s Secretary over the telephone and issued...

Seven deaths have so far been reported as a result of the adverse weather conditions reported in the country. 23 persons have gone missing. This has been reported by the Disaster Management Centre. The Disaster Management said that the red alert issued to several areas including Badulla and Ratnapura is still effective Assistant Director...

Hurricane style gale force winds accompanied by torrential rain have wreaked havoc within the City of Colombo and in various parts of the island. We have received information on such disasters that had affected island wide. The most affected regions by the adverse weather are the Western, Southern, Central and Uva Provinces. One person h...

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Development claims that many fishermen have been affected following the adverse weather conditions. The Ministry pointed out that several fishermen in the Dodanduwa and Tangalla areas have been affected by this calamity. Three fisheries trawlers that ventured into the sea from Dodanduwa have...

South Korean and Sri Lankan leaders have declared their dedication to work towards raising the bilateral friendship and cooperation to a new high. President Maithripala Sirisena has meanwhile been conferred with the Honorary Citizenship of Seoul Metropolitan Government. President Moon Jae-In of Republic of Korea and President Maithripala...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has said that bonds had been issued from 2008 to 2014 as private direct issue. Making a statement in Parliament the Prime Minister said that there was no transparency in it. Premier Wickremasinghe said that the Government intended to start up a probe on bond issues that had taken place fr...

The lawsuit filed against former Minister Basil Rajapaksa with regard to the purchase of a coconut land with a house in the Eliyakanda area in Matara was taken up for hearing in the Matara Magistrate’s Court today. The case has been filed by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division. It was revealed during the hearing ...

The Bribery Commission today filed a case with the Colombo High Court against Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa over unlawful earnings to the tune of 75 million rupees. Indictments have been filed against the Jathika Nidahas Peramuna leader under 39 separate charges. The Bribery Commission filed indictments against Wimal Weerawansa for exceeding...

The Court of Appeal today dissolved the stay order issued against the implementation of the Gazette notification on Local Government delimitation after the petition filed against it was withdrawn by the petitioners. Accordingly the Court of Appeal took the initiative of ending the case concerning this writ petition filed by six voters of...

Minister of Ports and Shipping Mahinda Samarasinghe has said that not a single worker of the Hambanthota Harbour had been deprived of their jobs. The Minister was responding to a query raised by several Opposition Parliamentarians in Parliament today. Member Dinesh Gunawardena said that 470 workers who are serving in the Magampura private...

The Police have arrested six members of the notorious Aava gang including its leader. The Police said that they apprehended the leader of the Aava gang and two other members while they were in hiding in a house in the Biyagama area during a special Police operation. Based on information revealed by them during interrogatio...

The low pressure area in the vicinity of Sri Lanka has developed into a depression. The Department of Meteorology said that it is expected to develop further and move away from the island along the southern coast. The Department has called on the public and particularly the fisher community to be frequently on alert abo...

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya says that the Legislature Committee has given its approval to recruit 50 additional officers to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption. The Speaker said this in response to a query made by MP Bimal Ratnayake regarding the delays in bribery and corruption related cases....

Death of Kandy nurse seated on chair while on duty at hospital ... a mystery! An incident where a nurse on night duty in Ward 65 in Kandy General Hospital had mysteriously died was reported recently. The 37 year old nurse Asanthi Kumari Bandara resident at Ruwandanigama, Hemmathagama in Kegalle had passed away in this manner. She was...

Doctor Nawariyan Film - Media preview The premier show for the media of the latest film 'Doctor Nawariyan' produced by Ranjan Ramanayaka was held yesterday (28) at Tharangani Cinema Hall. ...

Attempt to sexually molest young mother misfires! ... so grabs baby on lap and drowns in water barrel! An attempt by 2 persons who tried to abuse a 19 year old young mother in Menikpuragama has failed and being enraged they had grabbed the baby daughter from her lap and the tragic incident is reported of having dumped the baby into a water...

Woman murdered with paramour in Deraniyagala has had men everywhere! ...5 children from 2 marriages! ... Husband's younger brother involved in the killings ... also another paramour! A host of information now keeps streaming in about the Deraniyagala woman who faced death because of a clash that took place between two paramours who...

Weekends with husband ... week days with paramour --  Mother of 2 children dies with paramour, during clash! As the husband used to come home only on weekends, a woman who got addicted to associating various other persons by bringing them home was ultimately murdered as a result of an involvement between two such illicit lovers...

Sri Lanka cricket authorities have decided to drop ace spinner Rangana Herath from 3rd Test against India. Sources say he would be rested. Jeffery Vandasay has been called into the team replacing Rangana Herath. The 3rd Test between Sri Lanka and India will start at Delh...

Boy friend forces girl to go to room ...Girl who thus jumps from his bike ... in serious condition! In the instance when the lover of a girl suggested an awkward move calling her to accompany him to a room she had refused the request and on that occasion he had forcibly taken her towards that destination during which journey she had in...

I separated from Saranga's father because of his drunkenness and incompatibility -- Thilaka Ranasingha Popular announcer Thilaka Ranasingha, mother of distinguished actor Saranga Disasekera has for the first time made a revelation regarding the break up of marriage relationships with Saranga's father the Late famed singer Narada Disasekera. What...

The art of tattooing is leaving a brand new mark in this fast-moving age of technology. Tattoos are now being linked up to people’s smartphones so audio can be played with an app. Soundwave is able to read the design and then play anything from a favourite song to the voice of a loved on...

The art of tattooing is leaving a brand new mark in this fast-moving age of technology. Tattoos are now being linked up to people’s smartphones so audio can be played with an app. Soundwave is able to read the design and then play anything from a favourite song to the voice of a loved on...

Bruno Langley who played Todd Grimshaw groped two women in Manchester Former Coronation Street star Bruno Langley has pleaded guilty to sexually assualting two women in a Manchester music venue in October. Langley (34) was drunk and in the Band on the Wall music venue in Manchester in the early hours of October 1st when he touc...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has said that the Good Governance administration has established an era in which the people can work chastising the prevailing Government without being subjugated to it. The Prime Minister expressed this view participating the Kolonnawa United National Party Bala Mandala meeting. The Prime Minister Ranil...

The Bera Fest 2017 was organized on an elaborate scale with the participation of many local as well as foreign artistes. It was held with the participation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe. The Bera Fest 2017 was held on a grand scale with the involvement of more than 350 local as well as foreign drumme...

The Colombo High Court today decided to take up the case filed against former Chairman of the Akuressa Paradeshiya Sabha Saaruwa Liyanage Sunil tomorrow. He is accused of abusing an underage girl. Former Chairman of the Akuressa Paradeshiya Sabha Saaruwa Liyanage Sunil is accused of abusing an underage girl of a couple who was servi...

The Supreme Court has decided to take up on the 29th of March the Appeals petition filed by five persons including former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva who has been convicted in the Baratha Lakshman Premachandra murder case and sentenced to death. The decision was taken after considering the petitions filed by them. The High Court senten...

The Police said that the suspect over the double murder committed in the Malimboda area in Deraniyagala has been taken into custody. A woman was killed after being attacked with a sharp weapon in the Malimboda area at Ranwala within the Deraniyagala Police Division yesterday. Her two daughters aged four and seven years had be...

President Maithripala Sirisena, arrived in South Korea’s capital Seoul this morning, commencing a three-day state visit on a special invitation of South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The bilateral discussions between the President and his Korean counterpart are scheduled to be held tomorrow. But, the President of Sri Lanka was warmly welcomed...

Steps are being taken to conduct elections in 93 Local Government bodies. Elections of 3 Local Government Institutions in Colombo District are to be held. Accordingly, elections of the Dehiwala , Mount Lavinia Municipal Council and Maharagama and Boralesgamuwa Urban Councils are to be held. Measures have been taken to hold the elections at...

Leader of the JVP, Parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake states that the previous government is responsible for the issue pertaining to the delimitation of the local government areas that has caused local government elections. He was speaking at a media briefing held today.   Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that the method which has...

State Minister of Defense Ruwan Wijeywardena says that no terrorist organization will be allowed to raise their ugly heads again. He made this statement participating at a ceremony held at the Mawaramandiya area in Biyagama. State Minister of Defense Ruwan Wijeywardena said that the LTTE is a terrorist organization. It is a banned organization....

Army Spokesman Major General Roshan Seneviratne says that a program is underway to arrest army deserters island wide. The general amnesty given for the army deserters ended on the 23rd of this month. Army Spokesman Major General Roshan Senevirathna stated that a general amnesty for the army deserters was implemented from the 23rd of Octo...

Tangalla police officer arrested for raping schoolgirl! A newly recruited sub inspector affiliated to Tangalla Police Station was day before (22) night taken into custody by Tangalla Police on suspicion on an accusation of an incident of rape. According to a complaint lodged with Mr. Laksiri Geethal, Police Superintendent of Tangalla...

Opening of new pavement for Colombo Having taken into consideration the serious traffic congestion prevailing in Colombo Fort and Pettah, steps have been taken to construct a network of pavements avoiding main roads so that pedestrians could walk safely. After work was completed in the first phase of this project from near Lake House along...