The sacred relics of the Lord Buddha, Paswaga Mahanun, Arahath Rahula, Arahath Seewali, Arahath Sariyuth, Arahath Mugalan, Arahath Kashyapa, Arahath Ananda, Arahath Nanda Thera and 500 other Arahath Theras will be brought for veneration from Myanmar to...

Insisting on diplomatic immunity, the Norwegian Embassy said it was studying the Sri Lankan Court order which deprived former Norwegian Ambassador and three other Norwegian Foreign Ministry officials of diplomatic immunity with regard to a civil suit.

500 people had died of the disease due to the impact of arsenic compounds Around 50 students at Palugaswanguwa Maha Vidyalaya in Padavi-Sripura have lost their parents due to the spread of the chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in the...

Public, private and plantation sector trade unions from 941 industries and organisations countrywide would be on strike today urging the government to immediately withdraw the increased electricity tariffs and reduce the soaring cost of living.

The Lawyers Collective, which comprises several lawyer associations, yesterday pledged to provide free legal aid to employees if they were expelled from their jobs and those who would be intimidated because of having participated in today’s general...

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) founder Rohana Wijeweera’s daughter Easha was arrested yesterday after she was alleged to have assaulted her mother and brother. Police Headquarters said the incident was said to have taken place on Saturday night at...

Neither will threats nor pressure tactics stop workers from going ahead with today’s general strike and they will step out into the streets together with the general public, Opposition United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said...

The government yesterday requested the working class people not take part in today’s planned- countrywide strike action and asked them not to fall prey to those who were trying to gain political advantage from the action. Minister John Seneviratne...

The National Movement of Electricity Consumers asserted yesterday that there was no necessity for the government to go ahead with the electricity tariff hike as this year’s rainfall had exceeded the Ceylon Electricity Board’s (CEB) expected rainfall.

The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) is faced with a major financial crisis with the Treasury having failed to release funds to purchase drugs after the SPC exhausted a major part of its budgetary allocations, Daily Mirror learns.

An atmospheric disturbance has resulted in heavy showers with the southern parts of the country going under water.

Inspections and awareness campaigns related to dengue were carried out by health inspectors of the Dehiwela-Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council area recently. Officers said health checks were also carried out to ascertain if commercial entities and...

A special project of registering those who are engaged in the medical treatment of elephants was held at Navinna Bandaranaike Ayurveda Research Centre recently. This programme included creating awareness among the owners of elephants as well as the...

Some large-scale construction sites in the Colombo City have been found to be mosquito breeding sites, Colombo Municipal Council’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam said yesterday. Dr. Kariyawasam said the owners and the contractors have...

Meteorology Department sources yesterday said the rainy weather in the country was caused by the South- Western monsoon. They further said while the Western Province would experience scattered rain and thunder showers in the coming days, the hill...

The Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) said yesterday that the private bus trade was facing a severe economic slump due to the constant threats of strikes by private bus associations. Some private bus associations staged a bus strike...

All school children have been asked to report to school today in order to decorate the classrooms for Vesak, said a vice principal of a school in Sri Jayawardenepura, yesterday. She said a circular had been sent by the Ministry of Education naming...

A man who lodged a complaint on behalf of a private firm ended up becoming the accused and was sentenced yesterday by a Colombo court to six months imprisonment suspended for six years for making a false complaint. The complainant was a storekeeper in...

Following the discovery that certain food items had been contaminated with toxic substances, the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) would team up with the Agriculture Ministry to work out a mechanism to provide quality assurance certificates for...

Rejecting a request for bail made by the counsel for the first suspect, who was accused of throwing acid at NCP Ayurveda Commissioner Dr Kumara Alwis, the Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge Ms Ruwandika Marapona ordered all the...

Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne had a fruitful discussion with the EU Secretary General on Marine Affairs, Ms Lowri Evans recently and was able to convince the EU that Sri Lanka was on the right track and...

A father of one child taken into custody on the detection of ten packets of heroin allegedly concealed in his underwear, under intense interrogation, also confessed to 33 house break-ins and theft of property. The Unsolved Crimes Division (UCD) of...

A retired Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) ASP who is alleged to have defrauded several job seekers of Rs.3.5 million by promising them job opportunities in Canada was remanded till June 3 by a Colombo Court yesterday. Former ASP Ananda...

Any disabled person or one whose parents received financial relief from the government must henceforth furnish a recommendation from the local area MP, in order to request aid under self-employment schemes, the Social Services Ministry said. Disabled...

An armed gang that allegedly waylaid a businessman on his way home at gunpoint took off with cash and jewellery valued at Rs. 55,000. The incident was reported from the Kalagedihena area in Gampaha. Although the victim promptly informed the police,...

Though there were attempts from within the government and outside, and also among the drug mafia to prevent the implementation of the National Medicinal Drug Policy (NMDP) it would be presented in Parliament and incorporated in the Statute Book this...

A suspect in custody was found hanging inside a cell at the Bambalapitiya police yesterday few hours after he was arrested on charges of robbing vehicles parts. Police said the man was arrested while attempting to remove side mirrors and lights from...

A 19-year-old woman allegedly abducted by a group of men from her home in Katugastota was found abandoned inside a forest in Matale, by police. Police said a complaint was lodged by her husband when he found her missing. He revealed they had been...

A man allegedly hit by a motorcycle at Katiyawa Tract 1 succumbed to his injuries while under treatment. Eppawala police said the victim S.K. Kapurubanda was a resident of the area and he had met with the accident while walking along the road. The...

Hahahaha! Why are you saying that?? Elections are a must and it is the right of the people in the area to chose who they want

You cannot blame the opposition for everything

Why is that all of a sudden? Wait till NPC elections come to an end?? It is too early to give all these powers

The Nuwara-Eliya District secretary D G P Kumarasiri said steps had been taken by the Economic Development Ministry, on the direction of the Presidential Task Force, to stop the import of potatoes commencing from 2014. With the aim of protecting the...

The Court of Appeal yesterday (20) fixed for support on May 27 the Writ application filed by 1,474 land owners in the Jaffna Peninsula against the move by the State to acquire their lands with a total extent of more than 6,381 acres. The matter came...

The Airconditioner (AC) installed at the operating theatre complex of the Matale District Hospital had stopped functioning from last Thursday the 17th May, and work at the operating theatre and the ICU had been disrupted. Operations scheduled on the...

The Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) has taken steps to provide free entrance for all school students who come in their school uniforms and the accompanying teachers who visit the national parks in the island on 22 May, said its spokesperson...

Today’s protests by the trade unions affiliated to the opposition parties against the government’s decision to up the electricity tariffs from this month would definitely meet with stiff resistance and scorn by the government, its trade union leaders...

My problem with the Health Ministry bureaucrats, the Secretaries from 1993 is still pending without due solution in spite of redress and relief recommended and forwarded to bureaucrats of the Health Ministry by the President, Prime Ministers, Cabinet...

According to the new tariff structure announced by the Government in April 2013 if the consumption of electricity exceeds each block even by one unit the charges will be based on the unit rate for the higher block, although this has been relaxed for...

It is horrifying that in this day and age, that this super scientific, all things bright and splendour for one age, that 43 girls were pregnant in a girls school in Kandy area (according to the Sunday Lankadeepa of April 21). It is high time we...

NEW DELHI, May 20, 2013 (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday he had agreed with his Chinese counterpart to make a new push to settle a long-running border row, pledging his commitment to “peace and tranquillity”. “We agreed that...

TEHRAN, May 19, 2013 (AFP) - A car packed with Afghanis smuggled into Iran collided with another vehicle and burst into flames on Sunday, killing nine Afghans and five Iranians, media reported. The official IRNA news agency said the crash occurred...

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, May 20, 2013 (AFP) - A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the murder of Benazir Bhutto, an official said, but the retired general remains under house arrest. Musharraf has been...

BAGHDAD, May 20 (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed by a series of car bombs in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Monday and 11 others were killed by attacks in the southern city of Basra, police and medics said. Scores...

KARACHI, May 20, 2013 (AFP) - The party of former Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan secured victory in a repeat election held in one constituency of violence-plagued Karachi, election officials said on Monday. Voting was held under tight security in...

The contribution and commitment of state executive officers towards the economic growth of Sri Lanka has become increasingly important and impressively high. They have also shown a favourable reception to local products. In this backdrop, the...

Dinapala Group, the authorized distributor of Philips appliances in Sri Lanka, has won the prestigious ‘Grand Prix 2012 Award’ for the best Philips distributor, who had shown the most prominent sales growth in the Asia Pacific region, which consists of...

With the aim of giving back to the community, this Vesak season, leading mobile telecommunication innovator Etisalat Lanka will drive a unique Vesak dansala to provide over 3000 spectacles to financially challenged Sri Lankans, unable to afford the...

For the second year in a row, BBDO won the title of ‘Network of the Year’ at the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards. The coveted awards ceremony was the climax of the two-day ‘Festival of Asian Marketing Effectiveness’ (FAME) held in Shanghai with...

The John Keells group places an emphasis on the importance of higher education among youth, with the aim of encouraging more local graduates to consider employment in the private sector. Whilst there is fierce competition to enter local universities,...

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) is to pay special focus on emerging issues facing finance companies at a special workshop to be held on May 22 at the Institute’s Auditorium. The workshop will focus in detail on...

Seylan Bank, the bank with a heart, has been facilitating remittances from Dubai to Sri Lanka over a long period of time and the bank has arrangements with all the major exchange houses and banks in the UAE for remitting money to Sri Lanka. Whilst...

The Sri Lanka Business and Biodiversity Platform, in partnership with the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy, is holding a public lecture to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22, 2013. As this year’s theme for...