A vital part of the vehicle of the Justice Deepali Wijesundara has been robbed Mirihana police says that they have started investigation on a complaint that the logo of the personal vehicle of the Justice Deepali Wijesundara has been robbed. Police suspects that this logo has been removed when the vehicle which was parked under ...

Looted a jewelry factory in Kandy pretending to be  as army and police officers The Kandy HQI office reveals that there was a gang of looters who were in identical uniforms as police and army had looted a jewelry factory in Peradeniya Road, Kandy and taken about Rs. 20m worth of gold biscuits and jewelry. ...

Saarc film festival in Colombo from the 26th The Saarc cultural Institute for the third time will be held from the 26th May to the 31st at the National Film Corporation’s ‘Tarangani’ cinema hall. The main aim of this festival is to draw attention to the films that have been produced by the South Asian ...

Two new suspects have been arrested by police investigating the violent killing of a British soldier in London yesterday. A man and a woman, both 29, were being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, as the investigation widens to consider whether the Woolwich attack was part of a larger ...

Residents of Mount Vernon, Washington are counting their lucky stars after a dramatic bridge collapse. Cars were sent plunging into the icy Skagit river north of Seattle, but no-one was killed as the four-lane bridge on Interstate 5, the main vehicle link between Seattle and Vancouver, failed without warning. One ...

After Earth originally known as 1000 A.E. is an upcoming 2013 American science fiction action film co-written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars real-life father and son Will and Jaden Smith as Cypher and Kitai Raige, with the elder also acting as producer and co-writer. It will be ...

A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk has set fire to himself in the city of Kandy this morning, demanding an end to cattle slaughter in the Island nation. Media reports say that the monk has poured petrol over his body and then has set fire to himself. The incident has taken place outside the Sacred Tooth Relic, one ...

A fire erupted at the Container Freight Station 01 of the Colombo Port at around 01.00 am this morning has been completely brought under control, announced the Ports Authority. The authority in a statement issued said the cause behind the fire is yet to be ascertained while the Government Analyst has commenced investigation into the incident. The ...

A 1 year and 4 months old infant who sustained injuries after being run over by a jeep in a house in the Tangalle area has died after being admitted to the Tangalle Hospital, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today Online.

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena has requested the government to investigate who imported rubber masks known as Zombies for the Vesak festival.

Wimal offers an Elephant The Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Wimal Weerawansa stressed that he never consider about political influences when participating in religious activities. He expressed his ideas taking part as the Chief Guest on the occasion of offering an elephant “Kandula Teera” to Sankapitti Viharaya, in Kaduwela. He further ...

A Buddhist monk today set himself on fire in Kandy demanding an end to cattle slaughter here, police said. The demotix.com website quoted eye witnesses as saying the monk poured petrol over his body and then lit himself. He was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries, the police added. The monk had been calling for a stop to ...

Karaikal: Twenty-six Indian fishermen, who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy last month, returned to the port city of Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry on Friday morning, said

Dominican Republic authorities have arrested four men from Sri Lanka accused of smuggling at least 60 migrants from India and the Middle East into the U.S. and Canada using fake passports.

Having seen the Chaithiya where Arahath Mahinda was, “Annichchawatha Sankara” came out of my mouth – Mervin Silva Minister of Public Relations and Public Affairs Mervin Silva said that when he saw the Chaithiya  where Arahath Mahinda was and the place where the Great Grand Father of  Dutugamunu was hunting “Anichchawatha sankara” came out of ...

The fake ‘Atapirikara’ contained an old sauce pan covered with soot and some decayed pieces of robes What is shown in the above photo is what had been given to Chief Incumbent of the Colombagama Sri Miyugunaramaya Raja Maha Viharaya temple’s Ven.Galhepitiye  Premaratna thera  and the other monks  as the traditional ‘Atapirikara’ at an alms ...

A man suspected of staging a terrorist attack that left a British soldier dead near a military barracks in London, was caught on camera clutching a meat cleaver and knife in hands apparently covered in the blood of his victim, as he justified the violence as part of a jihadist-inspired fight against the west. The man ...

රාවයේ අයිතිය වෙනස් වීමක් ගැන පසු ගිය සති කිහිපයක කාලයේ පළවූ විවිධ ප‍්‍රවෘත්ති ඇතැම් විට අතිශයෝක්තියට නැගුණු අතර ඒ නිසාම නොමග යවන සුළු ගතියක් කියාපෑවේය. Ravaya_logo වසර විසි පහකට වැඩි කාලයක් තිස්සේ මේ රටේ සමාජ-දේශපාලනික කතිකාව තුළ විකල්ප සළකුණක් තැබූ එකම පුවත්පත රාවය බව අපේ විශ්වාසයයි. එම කතිකාව, වෙන කවරදාටත් වඩා, අදටත් මින් මත්තටත්, මේ ...

Notwithstanding the fact that previous attempts to escape from refugee camps in search of greener pastures in Australia through the sea route had turned perilous for many, unscrupulous agents continue to lure Sri Lankan Tamil refugees into their trap.

33 devotes hospitalized over food poisoning after consuming prasadham at Thirukkovil Manika Pillaiyar kovil in Ampara.

On the Vesak day Buddhist monk has set himself on fire infront of Daladha Malaigawa protest against slaughtering cattle.

26 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Lankan navy retuned back to Karaikal this morning.

The Minister of External Affairs G.L.Peries called upon Mr.Peter Callaghan, director general of the Commonwealth Business Council.

The National Investigations Department (DNI) in the Dominican Republic arrested members of a people trafficking network with possible links to international terrorist cells, who used Dominican Republic as a bridge from Cuba, France, Spain, Sri Lanka and Haiti, Dominicantoday.com reported.

A Vesak zone established in Jaffna peninsula, sources said.

A major fire broke out at the Colombo Port early (1.00 am)this morning, the minister of Port and Aviation Rohitha Bogolagama said.

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he would never agree to the granting of police powers to provincial councils in accordance with the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. He said that he had arrived at this decision after having considered the dangers and the challenges it would pose to the security services.

Lankan Buddhists are not racists, says president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Inquiries on import cargo at Container Freight Station 1, which was gutted in fire today, can be obtained from the duty manager via the phone number 071-8688361 or 011-2482579, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) said.

The Q branch of the Tamil Nadu police, with the assistance of the Ernakulam North police, arrested 21 Sri Lankans who were about to sail to Australia in a fishing boat from Kochi.