Army Commander Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya has told the Indian PTI news service, the army would reduce the number of military camps in Jaffna and hand over lands to their original owners.

Clearing the air after months of speculations on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, the government yesterday confirmed that the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) Elections would be held in September as declared by President Mahinda...

A stock of milk powder manufactured in New Zealand and contaminated with dicyandiamide (DCD), had been surreptitiously imported to Sri Lanka after it was rejected by China where it was initially delivered, said United National Party (UNP) MP Dayasiri...

The Government’s ally Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) yesterday making public its Draft Bill to repeal the 13th Amendment to the Constitution said MP Aturaliye Ratna Thera would present the Bill to Parliament soon.

Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe charged in Parliament yesterday that there was an attempt by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to take in a few UNP MPs for

The Attorney General filed indictments against four accused in the Colombo High Court for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy

The Urban Development Authority (UDA) has begun work on building new premises for the use of the Delkanda Pola vendors, who are temporarily located on a block of land which they have been asked to vacate. Early last year, the owner of this block of...

Police said motorists unaware about the proper parking of their vehicles in Colombo and the suburbs were the biggest contributors for the heavy traffic that we see on our roads daily. A City Traf fic Police spokesman said motorists continued to park...

The draft standard guidelines for the use of vegetarian claims in food and beverages were presented to the public yesterday (22) to gather their input for the finalisation of the guidelines. The draft was prepared by the Sri Lanka Standards...

The People’s Movement Against the Increased Electricity Bill (PMAIEB) yesterday said they will be holding three mass protests at the provincial level to express their continued objection towards the increased electricity tariff. The convener of...

The news article titled “Sajith explains why his father gave arms to LTTE” which appeared on page 2 of the Daily Mirror on Wednesday 22.05.2013 has inadvertently attributed a paragraph which was not stated by Mr. Premadasa in his interview to the BBC...

Two police constables accused of demanding Rs. 15,000 and accepting Rs. 2000 as a bribe from a motorcyclist were sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court yesterday. The accused Police Sergeant Ranjith Podi Mahatmaya (PS...

The Western Provincial Council (WPC) is said to have passed a motion banning organisations located within the Province from charging parking fees from their customers. The proposal calling the Local Government Commissioner and the Provincial Councils...

United National Party (UNP) National List MP Dr. Harsha de Silva, who decried the government's move to import super luxury vehicles in view of the Commonwealth Conference, yesterday said, the government should have instead obtained such vehicles on...

Fees as high as Rs.600010,000 were charged from the parents of students each seeking admission in popular schools for Advanced Level studies these days, inconveniencing them, Parliament was informed yesterday. Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP Anura...

DNA MP Vijitha Herath yesterday filed a motion before the Supreme Court to set aside its all orders with the granting of Special Leave to Appeal exparte (from or on one side only, with the other side absent or unrepresented) by the Attorney General...

A housing project that was undertaken with the assistance of India was ceremonially opened by Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa and High Commissioner of India Ashok K. Kantha, in the Eastern Province yesterday (22). Speaking at the...

The nine suspects including four police personnel who were arrested in connection with the Rs.10-million robbery at Slave Island were yesterday further remanded till May 30 by a Colombo Court. The identification parade which was to be held in respect...

Thai Union Manufacturers Ltd, one of the largest canned fish manufacturers in Thailand, had agreed to start up a factory in Sri Lanka, Minister of Fisheries Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said yesterday. Dr. Senaratne confirmed that officials of the company...

The Customs Revenue Task Force (RTF) seized a 40-foot container yesterday with perfume, shoes and cheese estimated to cost more than Rs.40 million. The officials said the contents had been declared as textiles. Six suspects have been arrested over...

The man who is alleged to have hacked to death a 14-year-old girl at Mahasen Pedesa in Anuradhapura was arrested when he was at the Kaduruwela town on Tuesday, the Polonnaruwa police said yesterday. The teenage

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said nobody had imposed restrictions on Vesak pandals and dansalas and he would also join in viewing the pandals and dansalas. “As Buddhists all our religious activities are performed without causing inconveniences...

Major General Shavendra Silva, who is Sri Lanka’s Deputy Permanent Representative in the United Nations, said some people had forgotten the difficult times Sri Lanka went through during the 30-year war and that they had to be reminded about it. He...

Teachers yesterday condemned Education Minister Bandula Gunwardena’s statement in parliament on Tuesday that held former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake responsible for the 2011 A/L ‘Z-score’ crisis. Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) General Secretary,...

Cabinet spokesman and Minister Anura Priyadhashana Yapa commenting on the MBBS degrees awarded by the Sir John Kotalawala Defence University (SJKDU) said students for medical degrees were selected among officer cadets who were fully qualified to pursue...

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday informed Court that the extracts of the investigations regarding the case on alleged misappropriation of Rs.260 million at Lanka Electricity Company (Private) Limited (LECO) has been referred to...

The suspect wanted in connection with the killing of his lover’s father of Badovita , Mount Lavinia on Tuesday (21) was produced before the Mt. Lavinia Addl. Magistrate Praharsha Ranasighe and remanded till June 04, 2013. The victim Herbert Anthony...

Another victim in the Thalangama bus accident being treated at the Colombo National Hospital ICU, succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday, hospital sources said. Last Friday a bus veered into a bus halt near the Thalangama Hospital killing two...

A gang of thieves clad in garb similar to those worn by the police and army had forcibly entered a jewellery manufacturing institution located on Peradeniya Road in Kandy and robbed golden biscuits and a stock of jewellery worth Rs. 20 million, Kandy...

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said the public is not ready to betray the hard won victory by the government against separatist terrorism and for them therefore, the token strike on Tuesday after month long preparation by the UNP and the JVP...

In a move to make the November 15 – 17 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) a huge success and to showcase Sri Lanka as an emerging economy, the cabinet has formed a number of sub committees to attend to various functions, cabinet...

Tradeunionactionsandpublic protests are organized to win worker-rightsordemonstratetheangerandthedissatisfaction of the working class against extreme measures adopted by the rulers. There are enough examples in world history as well as in Sri Lanka's...

It was mentioned in the news item captioned “Court grants bail to a doctor” appeared in the front page of Daily Mirror recently that a male doctor had attempted to behave indecently while a pregnant mother was in the process of delivering her baby. The...

It was reported some weeks ago in the press that the Legal Draftsman (LD) told journalists that the work of his department was secret and information about proposed Bills could not be given away or divulged. It is surprising to see such a responsible...

The bankers have finally got their revenge. Oil traders claim that influential bankers, furious that their sector has been squeezed by regulators since the 2008 crash, have persuaded Brussels that oil traders should no longer be able to operate without...

are many other factors. The difference in price also depends on the distance between the oilfields and refineries in three locations: Oklahoma, the North Sea and Dubai, as well as other factors such as whether the oil is for immediate delivery or in...

Setting the price of oil is fiendishly complicated. Unlike the price of gold or BP shares, oil’s value is not fixed in one open stock market. Crude oil is not only traded on regulated markets in New York and London but also around the clock in...

There is growing recognition of the fact that biological resources and diversity are vital to humankind’s economic and social development. It is accepted that diversity is a global asset of tremendous value, and that it needs to be preserved for future...

Adaptability and Responsiveness is a highly acclaimed characteristic in business world. Changing customer needs and mounting competition can only be won by managerswho can lead their workers to respond the changers in an agile manner. But there are...

REUTERS: Myanmar’s economy expanded 6.5 percent last year and is set for further modest acceleration, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated yesterday, as sweeping reforms herald hopes of a renaissance for the impoverished nation. At the end...

Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes properly or eat meat as their country is racked by recession and soaring unemployment, said a report which found the number of people considered seriously deprived had doubled in the past two...

REUTERS: Japan yesterday posted its worst April trade deficit as a weak yen ramped up import costs and helped extend the run of monthly shortfalls to the longest in more than three decades. Data from the finance ministry showed Japan incurred a trade...

Louis Vuitton is losing ground as the world’s most valuable luxury brand as competitors including Gucci and Prada gain, Bloomberg wire said quoting a research report. Vuitton’s brand value declined 12 percent from a year ago to US $ 22.7 billion,...

REUTERS: The World Bank yesterday announced US $ 1 billion in development funding for Africa’s Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an escalation in...

to manage marketing channels for over 40,000 distributors across the world,” he pointed out. The company recently invested Rs.20 million in the latest range of computers, laptops and tablets for its employees. Despite recruitment challenges, Alvarez...

Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd has paid US $ 500 million for a stake of around 10 percent in financial data provider Markit Group, a person familiar with the transaction said. Markit said in a statement late Tuesday that the deal...

“We have assessed the suitability of Nigeria light, Libya light and Abu Dhabi Murban light in the refinery. We have realised that Murban suits better than the others. So we have immediately decided to import Murban light,” he said. Sri Lanka cut...

“The level of work that is being done here is very intensive, not in the sense that we are pushing our people in terms of hours, but instead, we look to push them on an intellectual level and we are seeking developers who can respond to that...

A recent ITU report also refers to Sri Lanka as having a very dynamic broadband market,” SLT Group Chief Executive Officer Lalith De Silva said. VDSL2 operates over copper lines, just like ADSL and ADSL2+ technologies do, to deliver high