A constable attached to the Ministerial Security Division (MSD) was yesterday ordered to pay Rs.5,000 as crown cost after he pleaded guilty to the charge of having behaved in an indecent manner with a woman while he was under the influence of liquor.

United National Party (UNP) parliamentary group will decide today whether to participate in the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), which is to be constituted soon for the purpose of finding a political solution to the national question.

Apulannalada Ukku Amma of Bulathgamuwa, Kehelpannala in Mawanella is reportedly the oldest living Sri Lankan. She has reached the ripe old age of 116 . Her National Identity Card gives her birth date as August 22, 1897.

The Government is planning to dissolve the Central and North Western Provincial Councils on June 24, one year ahead of schedule and to hold elections during the latter part of September, informed sources said yesterday.

The United National Party (UNP) Working Committee yesterday decided to expel Western Provincial Council member Shiral Laktillake and Southern Provincial Councillor Maithri Gunaratne from the party.

The National Transport Commission (NTC) is planning to increase bus fares by 6.2% from July 1, but the minimum fare of Rs. 9 is likely to remain unchanged.

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) has broken up the surface of many roads repaired by the Moratuwa Municipal Council (MMC) to build a water treatment plant in the area, residents said. Angulana residents complained that many of the...

Police said incidents of jay walking have decreased in the recent times as a result of the awareness programmes conducted by them, which have apparently convinced the public of the harms of this practice. H o w e v e r, police sources said jay walking...

The principal of Zahira College, Colombo 10, Trizviiy Marikkar said the contractor of the construction site for the college was summoned to courts for neglecting to eradicate dengue breeding grounds. Marikkar said the College itself has never been...

In a bid to prevent fishermen from India crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and entering Sri Lankan waters, the Indian Coast Guard station in Puducherry in Taml Nadu has intensified patrols and launched awareness campaigns, an official...

A man who was arrested on charges of having stolen a packet of milk powder valued at Rs.800 from a grocery store in Gunasinghapura, Colombo was released on bail after being produced before the Colombo chief magistrate yesterday. The Pettah police had...

M. S. M. NOORDEEN Monkeys have become a menace in Kattankudy, residents and officials said yesterday. They said that the monkeys damaged the roofs of houses and roofing sheets of building and houses in the area and were virtually impossible to...

Sixty Tamil Police Officers who have completed training are due in Jaffna, Jaffna Police Headquarters OIC Saman Sigera said. “Sixty Tamil Police officers who had been under going training at the Police Training College in Kalutara have now been...

School attendance in Nuwara Eliya and Maskeliya education zones were reported to be low as a result of extreme weather conditions, Divisional Secretary Nuwara Eliya D. P. Kumarasiri said yesterday. He said the authorities were forced to close the...

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) yesterday warned it would be a mistake if someone thought that he or she could go against the nationalist movement and win over the people in Sri Lanka. JHU General Secretary and Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka told a...

The petition filed by cigarette companies challenging the Court of Appeal ruling that permitted the Health Ministry gazette notification to cover 80% of the face of the cigarette packet with a pictorial warning will be taken up today in the Supreme...

Three Tamil MPs from the Batticaloa District have complained that attempts are being made to include in the Indiafinanced housing project about 350 Sinhalese families who are not war-displaced families, ignoring the claims of Tamil families which were...

TMVP Party has resolved not to support any attempts to weaken the 13th Amendment and decided to join progressive forces in the south and like minded parties, party sources said. The resolution was taken at a meeting chaired by Tamil Makkal Viduthalai...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalalithaa on Monday accused the Centre of not engaging the Sri Lankan government in a dialogue to resolve the issue of attacks on fishermen by the state and maintaining a ‘stoic’ and ‘apathetic’ silence over it. “The...

The All Island Active Graded Principals Association was to submit a petition to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Governor North Western Province Tissa R. Balalle in which they had requested for an assurance that the teachers in the area would receive...

Colombo DIG S.K.D.S Gunawardena has been appointed as the acting Colombo North DIG following the arrest of DIG Vaas Gunawardena by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Vaas Gunawardena was arrested during a CID...

Police raided a kasippu hideout which was situated inside a house in the Lunuwila area in Wennappuwa. The illegal operations were carried out for a considerable time period and the Wennappuwa police carried out the raid after they received a tip off...

A retired employee of the Gampola hospital who had retired in January last year, had visited the office of the accountant on twenty six occasions to finalise his pension dues. He had been so frustrated about the delay that he had finally approached the...

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Teachers and principals from schools in the Puttalam Education Zone said they had been threatened by zonal education officials yesterday. They said they were warned not to participate in the protest rally being organised, by principal and teacher...

UNP spokesman and Galle District parliamentarian Gayantha Karunatilleke told a news conference yesterday that the party’s parliamentary group will meet today to decide on this matter and would also have discussions with other opposition political...

The world’s oldest person was said to be a Japanese, Jeero Eamon Kimura of Kyoto. He died on June 12 at the age of 116. The next oldest is a Japanese woman who is 115 years old. Apullanale Ukku is a mother of eight and has been fortunate enough to...

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Both provincial council members played a leading role in a long battle to reform the party. The working committee also decided to expel 11 members of local government bodies. However, it was decided to delay any action being taken against...

of severe abdominal pain after eating some roasted wild yams. Police said two Chinese who had eaten these yams had been admitted to the Kongahawela hospital. The deceased was identified as Linsha Jeen. The other had been transferred from the...

In terms of tax concessions, peace, infrastructure facilities and uninterrupted power supply around the year, Sri Lanka can boast of being the best country for investment in SouthAsia, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa told a high level...

The retired Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) ASP Ananda Ranasinghe, was yesterday ordered to be released on bail by a Colombo Court in connection with 7 Court cases filed against him. However, he will be held in remand custody regarding 8 other...

The Presidential Task Force on Dengue met at the Temple Trees yesterday chaired by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who instructed the Treasury to release any amount of funds to control the fast spreading dengue and carry out a special programme targeting...

A 23-year-old first year student of the Colombo University Science Faculty was admitted to the National Hospital after she fell from its fifth floor yesterday. She was rushed to the Colombo National Hospital by University authorities where she...

Hillwood Girls’ College, Kandy emerged champions at the Central Province girls under 19 basketball championships by defeating the strong St. Anthony’s Girls’ College, Kandy 61-35 in the finals organized by the Ministry of Education (Central Province)...

Tillakaratne Dilshan pulled off a miracle catch with his left-hand off his own bowling to put Sri Lanka into the semi finals of the Champions Trophy tournament at the Oval here yesterday, edging Australia by 20 runs in the final Group ‘A’ match. Sri...

Andy Murray believes his third Queen's Club title will act as the perfect foundation to launch his latest bid to win Wimbledon. Murray hardly had time to finish celebrating Sunday's 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 victory over Croatian fifth seed Marin Cilic in the...

Duty free permits continued to fuel increasing trends in luxury vehicle registrations despite a declining trend in overall registrations during the month of May, a report by an equities research firm said. According to information analyzed by JB...

Sri Lanka’s economic growth slowed down to 6.3 percent in the first quarter of 2013 against the 6.3 percent growth the country recorded in the previous three months, the 2013 first quarter GDP data released by the Census and Statistics Department...

Currently there is no probe conducted into the alleged reports that said a number of individuals and companies linked to Sri Lanka own secret offshore entities, Central Bank Deputy Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said. Speaking to Mirror Business...

Nation Lankan Finance CEO and Anilana Hotel promoter Asanga Seneviratne is likely to be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) shortly, informed sources told Mirror Business. The appointment of Seneviratne is expected...

Singapore urged Indonesia to take “urgent measures” yesterday as severe air pollution from a rash of forest fires on Sumatra island choked the densely populated citystate. Singapore’s skyscrapers including the famous Marina Bay Sands casino towers...

Mass market brands were hardest hit following drastic tax increases on vehicle imports in April 2012 as part of last year’s fiscal tightening packages implemented by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Luxury brands however have remained relatively...

The Investment Promotion Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena has set up a new unit at the Board of Investment (BoI) to fast track investment proposals received by the country’s apex body of investment promotion, with effect from July 1. This unit is to...

Expressing similar sentiments, the ICIJ has also stated that they “do not intend to suggest or imply that any persons, companies or other entities included in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database have broken the law.” Controller of the Exchange P.H.O....

According to sources, Kelegama, who was appointed to the CSE board in 2010, will not stand for a reelection. They further said the broking community has been rallying for the appointment Seneviratne to the CSE board during the impending AGM. The...

The Central Bank cut its policy rates by 50 basis points in April to spur economic growth. The monetary authority also urged the banking sector to reduce lending rates and cut credit card interest rates.

Photo Technica, sole distributor for Nikon cameras in Sri Lanka, announced that four of its product’s achievement at the prestigious TIPA award-2013 for photographic and imaging products. At the TIPA 2013 awards ceremony organised by the Technical...

The Finance Company PLC has come forward to catalyze additional income streams to migrant workers by providing financial support to procure livelihood assets even before departure, thereby committing their remittances to finance livelihood assets. For...

The AYS Gnanam Construction Training Academy signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Apprenticeship and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) at a ceremony held at Cinnamon Grand. The group also received a certificate of accreditation...

Divisional Manager Naovarat Kaewsakut together with Department Manager Chitphan Tansiri of The Mall Group Thailand and Manager Baur Asia Thanakrit Traithip accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Chaiwong were on a five-day trip to Sri Lanka, which they won at a...

Life insurance leader Ceylinco Life has constructed and donated new classroom buildings to six rural schools in the first five months of 2013 under t he company’s community i nitiative to support education in under-served towns and villages across Sri...

Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Surapong Tovichakchaikoln took a tour of the Katunayake Industrial Zone during his visit to Sri Lanka recently. The picture shows the Deputy Prime Minister in conversation with Holcim (Lanka) Ltd Vice President...

Field Services (Pvt.) Ltd, which was founded in 1970, was recently awarded the ISO 9001:2008 certification for quality management by ACS Registrars UK ISO (International Organisation of Standardization), which works with the national standards...