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Political game on the International Children's Day ( Thursday's cartoon) ...

Maithri also afforded a seat at  Table of powerful dignitaries at Moon's Lunch Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena too attended the official lunch given under honour of General Secretary of United Nations Organisation, Mr. Ban Ki Moon which lunch was thrown to all State leaders who participated at the United Nations Assembly...

Medical student who came to rob Sampath Bank had written .... on bank slip 'I will shoot you!" But nabbed after taking away 5 lakhs! After the recent Colombo Sampath Bank Super Branch hold up, yet another Sampath Bank Super Branch in Panadura was to be robbed last evening. However the attempt proved futile. This person who is said to...

'Big Boss' who terrified the whole of Royal .... in courts because of a shot on the ear! An Advanced Level student of Royal College was produced in court last Monday over an incident of assault. This student who terrorised the Principal, teachers and students saying that he had connections with the underworld appeared in the school under...

Susil to the Serious Acts of Frauds Commission Former General Secretary of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Minister Susil Premajayantha had  arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC), a...

President Maithripala Sirisena is scheduled to address the 70th sessions of the United Nations General Assembly in a short while from now. The main sessions of the United Nations marking its 70th Anniversary commenced yesterday. World attention has been drawn to the sessions which commenced with pomp. The main sessions [...

The recommendations presented by the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and the US Resolution expressing support to Sri Lanka were taken up for discussion at today’s Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva. It is reported that this would be adopted with a [...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that reforms will be introduced by the Government to include 25 per cent females into local government authorities before the next LG election. The Prime Minister revealed this at a function organized to mark the 60 Anniversary of the Elections Department in Colombo today. An [...

The two suspects who were found guilty in the Colombo Town Hall bomb case were today sentenced to jail terms of 290 and 300 years to be served concurrently in 30 years. The Colombo High Court sentenced V. Varadaraja to 290-years and C.I. Ragupathy to 300-years rigorous imprisonment to be [...

Former UPFA General Secretary and Minister Susil Premajayantha today arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into large scale corruption and fraud to give a statement. Minister Premajayantha was summoned to give a statement regarding allegations of cash totaling millions of rupees owed to Independent Television Network for broadcasting adverts [...

Various calamities are being reported from many parts of the island due to the adverse weather conditions. Officers of the Wanduramba Police have rescued an eighty-year- old person who was stranded in the floods. He had been living alone in a house in the Lelwala area in Wanduramba. The Police [...

A complaint has been lodged with the Human Rights Commission on the schoolboy arrested over the murder of Seya Sadevmi. The complaint was forwarded to the Human Rights Commission by the Teacher Principal Trade Union Collective today. The Union made submissions with respect to two main points. One dealt on [...

Two Senior Police Officers who had discharged an excellent service in the Sri Lanka Police Service have been feted by Inspector General of Police N.K. Ilangakoon. The presentation of awards to these Police Officers took place at the Police Headquarters Auditorium. Senior Superintendent of Police Karunaratne Bandara was felicitated on [...

Two persons have been killed in two motor accidents which happened in the Puthukudiyiruppu and Beragala areas. Both of the victims were motorcyclists. In addition we have more reports on accidents reported from the country. A motorcycle and a three wheeler collided at Puthukudiyiruppu along the Batticaloa-Kalmunai main road. The [...

A man caught for peeping into a bedroom of a woman asked to apologise by clasping both hands inside courts In the Kiribathgoda area a man had been caught when he had peeped into a room where a woman had been sleeping in the night. A complaint had been lodged in the police after he was identified and the incident had been referred to courts. The...

Investigations of Kotakethana murder to CID Another murder of a  48  year  old mother of two children has been reported from Kahawatta,Kotakethana,Opathawatta area. This is another mysterious death that has been reported from the Kotakethana .The investigations in this regard has been handed over to the criminal investigations...

Though Kondaya fell in love with a dozen girls ....  they all refused Approached house 4 times .... to kidnap Seya! Dunesh Priyashan alias Kondaya who is presently under police custody regarding the murder of Seya Sandewmi of Kotadeniyawa had once again made a lengthy confession last Friday and on that occasion he had even...

The sinful criminal who killed 10 year old child ....  to appease revenge on father! The sinful man who murdered the 10 year old boy by killing him by cutting off his limbs with a sharp instrument in a lonely house near a granite workshop in Kapurugoda area in Panagoda had explained his reason for it saying that he had done this to...

Another woman in Kahawatta .... brutally hacked to death ! By now a wave of heartrending murders are being reported in the country. Yet another 17th woman-murder from Kahawatta area which rocked the country sometime ago has to be reported. A 48 year old woman from Opatha area in Kotakethana was murdered after being hacked to death by a...

Helmet-clad lonely intruder who comes to .... Sampath Bank, Dharmapala Mawatha Robs 55 lakhs! A person arming himself with face covered had at 7.10 in the morning yesterday (27) broken into the Super Branch of Sampath Bank down Dharmapala Mawatha near the Public Library in Colombo which incidentally is open 365 days and after assaulting...

"I went because mother could not go ..." -- Daham Sirisena explains reason why he had to attend UN Assembly When the inaugural moment of the United Nations Assembly was held some days ago, the fact that the President's son too was seated with the group who represented Sri Lanka motivated certain media to publish a criticism about it. Some...

Ramboda earthslip which grabbed 7 lives (photos) As a result of the prevailing inclement weather these days 7 lives were lost from the landslide that took place yesterday. Because of this tragedy in Wedamulla Estate, Ramboda, Kothmale, 5 members of the same family and two others died in the process. The dead body of a child who died from...