Indo-Sri Lankan undersea transmission project hits roadblocks
State-run Power Grid Corporation's much debated 285-kilometer (km) undersea power transmission line between India and Sri Lanka has hit technical and religious roadblocks....
Court issues notice in land issue
- සිංහල - The Appeal Court issued notice on the respondents in the cases filed by 2176 Jaffna Tamils seeking relief against their...
Sri Lankan Tamil refugees should be given Indian citizenship
A politician in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has requested the government provide citizenship to the estimated 100,000 Tamil refugees who fled...
Thai Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka
- සිංහල - The Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra will begin her three-day visit to Sri Lanka on Friday (May 31)....
Cameron’s Sri Lankan advisor Rohan Silva leaves
You may never have heard of Rohan Silva. But this key advisor to Britain's Prime Minister is also responsible for helping create Britain's...
China, Sri Lanka agree loans, defence; seek to allay Indian worries
China has offered Sri Lanka about $2.2 billion in loans for infrastructure projects and a free trade pact, the island nation said on Wednesday,...
Judge arrested on bribery charge
- සිංහල - The District Judge of Homagama was arrested by the Bribery Commission while allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs. 300,000 ...
Rs.50 robbery suspect acquitted after 10 years
- සිංහල - A Colombo Court today released a suspect from a case that was dragging on for ten years over...
Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena passes away
- සිංහල - United National Party Parliamentarian Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena has passed away .The Parliamentarian died in Singapore yesterday, while under treatment...
Sri Lankan Tamil duo mastermind fake ATM card racket
The Indian Q branch police arrested two more persons - Habib Rahman of Saibaba Colony in Coimbatore and Muthukumar, Sellur, in Madurai...
No military training for Lankans in TN
- සිංහල - The Sri Lankan military will not be given training in Tamil Nadu, Indian Defence Minister A.K Anthony said. He said this...
CEB Chief told to renegotiate IPP contracts
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) would have saved Rs. 48 billion by today if it had implemented the 2007 Cabinet decision to renegotiate the...
Colombo University teachers to strike if new VC doesn’t quit
- සිංහල - The Colombo University Teachers’ Association (CUTA) yesterday threatened to launch an all-out strike if the newly appointed Vice...
Navi Pillay to visit Sri Lanka in August
- සිංහල - Addressing the UN Human Rights Council -23rd Regular Session in Geneva on 27th May Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the United...
Indrarathana Thero’s last rites at Kahawatte on wednesday
- සිංහල - Security has been tightened in Kahawatta to avoid any untoward incidents when the funeral of Bowatte Indrarathna Thera...