Following the first round of scheduled talks with the government, the Tamil National Alliance dropped a bombshell when it announced it would not be a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee prepared to explore means to resolve the ethnic [ ... ]

Fifty per cent of local government election candidates who lost the election have failed to declare their assets and the Elections Department is in a quandary how to address the issue, Elections Commissioner, Mahinda Deshapriya told media.&rs [ ... ]

The budget deficit was actually 7.3 percent of GDP and not 6.2 percent as claimed by the government, the UNP’s National Organiser Ravi Karunanayake MP, said yesterday.   Speakingn to"a weekend newspaper and said that  that the [ ... ]

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Long standing Group Director of Capital Maharaja Organization Mano Wickramanayake,  passed away today (03). 

A former Vice President of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA), Mr. Wickramanayake had died while being rushed to  [ ... ]

A court in Chennai has issued a search warrant to Interpol against LTTE’s chief arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP in connection with offences such as crimes involving the use of weapons, explosives, criminal conspiracy a [ ... ]

  The Meteorology Department (MD) dmitted that they failed to give adequate warning to the country and especially to fishermen in the Deep South, about the impending gale force winds and storm that wrecked havoc destroying property a [ ... ]

  The ruling party denied Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe an opportunity to make a special statement in Parliament yesterday.
Leader of the house Nimal Siripala De Silva who stood up in protest when Wickremasinghe cited standing [ ... ]

TNA MP S. Sridharan who attempted to speak for the second time in the second reading stage debate in Parliament yesterday had been prevented by the Chair. An MP is allowed to speak only once in a debate. MP Sridharan spoke in the second r [ ... ]

A group of dissident JVPers yesterday boycotted a Central Committee meeting at Pelawatte party headquarters, alleging that they had been man-handled on the pretext of being frisked by some thugs brought in there by those loyal to leader Somaw [ ... ]

  Renewing his call for all citizens to unite in unseating the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime, securing freedom for war hero Sarath Fonseka and finding solutions for other burning national issues, opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today led re [ ... ]

According to Saudi Media, seven nails have been found embedded in a Sri Lankan housemaid employed in Dammam. The Arab News website had posted an article that the nails were removed from the woman’s body following surgery o [ ... ]

  Due to an internal fire inside the coal crushing machine at the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant, the plant has been temporarily shut down, the Power and Energy Ministry sources told the Digathanews. No major damages have been reported an [ ... ]

Commissioner of Elections Mahinda Deshapriya will initiate legal action against two Local Government members who have not declared their assets and liabilities.   They are Nadil Dhushantha Malagoda (UNP) in the Colombo Municipal Coun [ ... ]

Despite President Mahinda Rajapaksa's warning for diciplinery action against  Local Government members for defeating  budgets in respective Local Goverments ,  members of the Bandarawela Pradeshiya Sabha was defeated   after voting for t [ ... ]

  UNP general secretary Tissa Attanayake says tomorrow’s major demonstration against the authoritarian government starting at Hyde Park in Colombo at 2.00pm has massive support pledged by other political parties, trade unions as well as [ ... ]

    Senior Minister Prof. Tissa Vitharana tells parliament today that he is not happy with the government's decision to devalue the rupee by three per cent. Prof Vitharana UPFA member represents Samasamaja Party always critical wit [ ... ]

The first accident on the Southern Expressway occurred today (November 28) at 7.15am when a speeding vehicle toppled over injuring two persons, the galanigama Police stated.  The vehicle was unable to control its speed causing it to topp [ ... ]

  Showers expected today in the Western and Southern Provinces. Thunder Showers will develop at several places during the afternoon or evening, the Meteorological Department said.  The death toll from the strong winds and rain experience [ ... ]

University teachers have joined the on-going campaign against establishing private universities in the country, claiming that they do not want education to be turned into a commodity.
  President of the Federation of University Te [ ... ]

Around 1.5 million youth in the country are jobless according to official statistics but the actual figure could be around 2.5 million, the JVP’s youth wing, Socialist Youth Union (SYU) yesterday claimed.
  Addressing a media bri [ ... ]

United National Party (UNP) will hold a protest rally at national level in Colombo on Tuesday (29) on several important issues. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake says that the protest will be based on three main issues. The party [ ... ]

Pakistani officials on Saturday accused NATO of conducting a helicopter attack on two military checkpoints at the northwestern border with Afghanistan, in strikes that military officials said killed at least 25 soldiers. 

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Sri Lanka is one of the best tea producing countries in the world. Unfortunately Sri Lankan citizens don’t get changes  to taste cup of a pure Ceylon Tea because mostly  tea dust and rejected tea is available in the market.  [ ... ]

  The daughter of the late Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, Hirunika Premachandra says that she will create her own political party for people who are ready to rally round her, and those who respect law and order.   She said her  &ld [ ... ]