Daily NEWS Srilanka

Egyptian hijacks plane .... having gone mad to see wife and children! It was a hijacking story of an airplane which took prominence in overseas press reports published yesterday. Though reports initially said that it was a terrorist act, later information was revealed that it was something done by a single individual solely based on some...

Southlands schoolgirl assaulted by Old Girls .... during protest demanding Principal! A commotion took place in Galle today during a protest staged by a group of Old Girls against action taken to transfer the lady Principal of Southlands Girls' College in Galle. A student of Southlands who had been expelled by that Principal had been at...

Minister Rajitha back in office Minister of Health Dr Rajitha Senaratne who was suddenly diagnosed to have a heart ailment was flown to Mount Elizebeth hospital in Singapore. He underwent a bypass surgery at this hospital.After a short period of rest he had returned to his office on the 31st instant. The Minister had participated in a...

Because of politics cut from Tele dramas - Oshadi Q: What is this talk about the connection with politics? The reason is for been an active member of the Women members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and for trying to raise a voice for all women in the country. Q: The artistes going to boutique on behalf of politics is now popular? About...

England beats New Zealand to enter finals of ICC world T/20 In the first semi final of the ICC world T/20,2016 between the leader of super 10 B group New Zealand and the runner up in the super 10 group A England played at the Ferosha Kotla Stadium in New Delhi on the 30th instant. England beat New Zealand comfortably by 07 wickets with...

Approval for registration of high speed motor cycles At present the motor traffic department allows only 450 CC and above motor cycles to be registered only for the forces personnel in the country. The commissioner general of motor traffic Jagath Chandrasiri had added that most probably new laws will be enacted for individuals other...

The equivalent of an American dollar shots up to Rs 150/- The equivalent of an American dollar had shot up to Rs 150/- yesterday.This is the highest amount an American dollar had fetched in the annals of the history in the country. In terms of the exchange rates released by the related authorities of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka the...

Promotions for the Police team who discovered explosives The acting Inspector General of Police SM Wickremasinghe has added on the 30th instant that to the team of police personnel who were involved in the detection of the parcels of explosives from a house in the Chavakachcheri area are to be promoted and be given cash awards in order...

The security in the country has fallen, government to blame - Twitter message from Namal The Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa has said that the security of the country has fallen. For this the blame should be taken by the government. He has added this after the police discovered the parcel of explosives, claymore bombs and other devices...

Suicide kit discovered from Jaffna The Chavakchcheri police in Jaffna district have been able to discover a LTTE suicide kit and other explosive items from a house in Chavakachcheri area on the night of the 29th instant. The police had detected the suicide kit , explosives items had been found when they had searched this house in the...

The Cabinet has approved the establishment of a database of bilingual/trilingual resource persons. The Cabinet of Ministers has also approved several other proposals. The purpose of establishing a database of bilingual/tringual resource persons is to make these details open for all government and nongovernment institutions and for the public, and to obtain their services whe...

How Dhammika Ranatunge threatened media (video) A dialogue has spread regarding Chairman of Ports Authority Mr. Dhammika Ranatunge about an incident where he is supposed to have threatened a certain press reporter at the Courts Complex recently. He is expected to appear in courts tomorrow (24). The courts conducted an inquiry in this...

President Maithripala Sirisena has said that more attention should be focused on financial discipline and financial management. He said that he had set examples in this respect during last year. The President was speaking at the opening of the new building of the Treasury. It was built at a cost of 1400 million rupees. T...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has said that no one should entertain any fear about the programme launched for the generation of one million jobs for young men and women. He emphasized that this programme is in place through investments. The Prime Minister said that they gave a pledge to generate one million jobs for t...

Frontline Socialist Party Central Committee member Kumar Gunaratnam has been sentenced to a one year prison term. The Kegalla Magistrate’s Court delivered the verdict today. The Kegalle Magistrate’s Court that sentenced him to one year imprisonment also imposed a fine of 50,000 rupees. Kumar Gunaratnam was arrested on August 04th, 2015, on alleged immigration l...

The Terrorist Investigation Division has been vested with the task of carrying out the investigation with respect to the recovery of a suicide jacket and explosives recovered from a house in Chavakachcheri. The Police recovered this suicide jacket and the haul of explosives yesterday. One suspect with regard to the incident has been taken in...

The Cabinet has granted its nod to implement the Agrahara Insurance Scheme to grant expanded benefits. It will be operative granting benefit for retired public servants. The Prime Minister appointed a Committee to expand the health insurance benefits to public employees and their families through the Agrahara Insurance Scheme. The Cabinet approved the implementation ...

The Cabinet has agreed to implement the recommendations of the Committee appointed by the President and the Prime Minister of power outage. The Cabinet has also given its nod to purchase only the essential quantity of electricity if rain was not received in the next few days. The Cabinet had discussed at length the rece...

Minister Patalie Champika Ranawaka has said that the present government has proved through deeds how the country could be developed sans corruption. The Minister made this reference launching the Maharagama Town Development programme. The first stage of constructing the bus stand under the Maharagama Town Development Project was launched today. 200 million rupees will ...

A special petition has been submitted to the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Right to Information Bill which has been presented to Parliament. Two members of the IT Professionals Association have filed this Special Determination Petition. The Right to Information Bill was presented to Parliament for adoption on the 24th of this mont...

Two customs officers who are in remand custody over a large scale bribe have been granted bail. Colombo Chief Magistrate released them on bail today. They were taken into custody over an incident of soliciting a bribe of 125 million rupees from an owner of a firm supplying spare parts to the Sri Lanka Transpo...

A large group in the North and East battered by terrorism, is still displaced, although seven years had passed since the conflict had ended. The previous administration launched a number of projects to resettle these displaced families. However, they have still not received the opportunity of living in their places of origin. The present Governme...

Lights go off even during .... President's meeting These days power-cuts occur without any regularity. Even when it has been announced across the media that there is no power-cut, there are instances when there is a breakdown in the supply of electricity all of a sudden with power being restored after a number of hours and the public has...

Suspicion about "parippu" radio commercial in .... match lost by Sri Lanka! A suspicion has arisen over the dhal commercial advertisement during the radio broadcast that went over the air during the Sri Lanka and England cricket match played last Saturday preventing the chance of Sri Lanka moving forward in the 20 - 20 World Cup Tournament...

Underworld element who came to Ambalangoda Harbour .... to take revenge on murdering Manoj ... flees after shooting millionaire fish businessman on the head! An armed member of the underworld who barged into Ambalangoda Fisheries Harbour which is under tight security of the Navy had shot a millionaire businessman on the head and killed...

Kulasiri Budawatta to courts .... having assaulted dance student! Popular dance artiste Kulasiri Budawatta had been present at Nugegoda Courts recently for allegedly assaulting a dance student. A young girl who was studying dancing under him had been assaulted by him with a pole and having sustained injuries on her head, stomach and thigh regions...

Treatment of hooting for Pakistan team .... on arrival home at airport! The Pakistan team who were unable to go ahead in the World Cup Tournament being defeated in the first round itself were on their way back to Pakistan today and they were treated with hoots as well as verbal assaults mixed with displeasure at both Karachi and Lahore...

Afghanistan successful in trouncing West Indies! The West Indies who were the unbeaten team in the first group of the World Cup 20 - 20 Tournament lost by 6 runs to Afghanistan today. Critics have identified this match as a competitive game in this tournament. The Afghanistan team batted first in this match which was held in Nagpur, India...

Sri Lanka faces defeat from England .... after sharp fight Sri Lanka out from 20 - 20! After a decisive battle between Sri Lanka and England in the 20 - 20 World Cup held today in India, Delhi, England was able to trounce Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka who pursued England who amassed 171 by batting first, Sri Lanka was able to get only 161 runs....

Sri Lanka has dropped to 8th position in ICC T./20 rankings Sri Lanka who were the defending champions in the ICC T/20 world cup in the year 2014 was eliminated in the super ten A group after the preliminary round. The team with a disappointing all round display returned to the Island when they arrived at the Bandaranaike International...

The talk that Kiriella cannot live with Rs one lakh has become a hit( Wednesday's cartoon) ...