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What Gota did was wrong- Ministers
Several 'leftist' ministers have criticized the Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa for participating in political rallies in public.
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Obama urges Putin to pull troops back
US President Barack Obama has told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Russia has flouted international law by sending troops to Ukraine.
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Mahinda Samarasinghe, too violates election laws
Plantation industries minister and presidential adviser on human rights Mahinda Samarasinghe misused his participation in Rupavahini Corporation’s ‘Ayubowan’ programme on February 26 when he used it as...
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President unresponsive to proposals to counter Geneva
The president is yet to respond to a report prepared by a group of ministers recommending measures to prevent the UNHRC from adopting a resolution unfavourable to Sri Lanka, ‘Ravaya’ reports.
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Claim of Fonseka in conspiracy to topple govt.
Democratic Party leader, former Army chief Sarath Fonseka, has a plan to gain power of government through an armed military conspiracy, his former media secretary Sanjeewa Samarasinghe has told...
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Hakeem’s backstabbing is deplorable - Warnasinghe
SLMC leader, minister Rauff Hakeem’s backstabbing policy is deplorable, says government affiliate JHU.
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Rally in France against imperialism
On the order of France’s socialist government, police dispersed a rally in Paris on March 01 that was the culmination of a series of seminars, roundtable discussions, exhibitions and film showings...
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‘Any narcotic drug is now available in Lanka’
Any narcotic drug in the world is now easily available in Colombo, says UNP national leader Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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‘Geneva proposal will be passed easily’
The proposal relating to Sri Lanka at the UNHCR’s 25th session in Geneva today (03) is likely to be passed with a majority, BBC Sandeshaya reports quoting political analysts.
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National Movement Against Terrorism to take to streets again
Time has come for the National Movement Against Terrorism to take to the streets once again, said its founding convener Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe.
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Mega tele drama actor’s father, a rapist
The 69-year-old father of a mega tele drama actor from Tissamaharama has been arrested on a charge of having raped a woman of one, aged 30 years.
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G.L.’s Geneva speech, a failure – UNP
The UNP claims the speech given by external affairs minister Prof. G.L. Peiris at the UNHRC in Geneva yesterday (05) has been a failure.
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Afghan president commends Lankan counterpart for achieving peace
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai held bilateral discussions at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning (06).
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Freed HR activists told not to speak to media
Two human activists Fr. Pravin Mahesan and Ruki Fernando have been told by authorities not to speak to the media, BBC Sandeshaya reports.
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Ranmenika visits gallows where her husband was hanged
Thirty nine years after D.J. Siripala, better known as Maru Sira, was hanged at Bogambara Prison, his wife had visited the place where her husband breathed his last after being convicted for the murder...
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Julie Bishop stalls on UN call for Sri Lanka war crimes inquiry
The Abbott government is resisting a push by its closest allies to establish a United Nations investigation into war crimes and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, where Australia has returned more than...
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Australia Says Nothing Spotted in Search for Plane
Search planes flying deep into the southern Indian Ocean have found nothing so far that could be from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, Australia's acting prime minister said Friday.
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2 arrested over Borella police OIC killing
Two suspects have been arrested by the CID during raids, in connection with the killlng of OIC of Borella police Prasad Siriwardena at Thunnana in Hanwella.
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1,200 lashes for Lankan housemaid in Saudi
A Sri Lankan housemaid, found guilty of a robbery charge, has been given 1,200 lashes and sentenced to a 12 year prison term by a Saudi court.
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Malaysia: French satellite images may show debris
Malaysia announced Sunday that France has new satellite images showing possible debris in the southern Indian Ocean, where the hunt continues for a missing Malaysian airliner.
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