Chinese crackdown aims to break vicious circle of military corruption
It has a huge and growing budget, its first aircraft carrier has taken to the seas, and its increasing assertiveness stirs anxiety in the region and the west. China's 2.3 million-strong People's...
View ArticleTNA says prevented from remembering war dead
The TNA accuses the Army and the police of having prevented a function it had organized in front of the northern provincial council building at Kaithady in Jaffna this afternoon to remember the...
View Article'Bahu' Smriti Irani gives Rahul Gandhi the jitters
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was marginally ahead of rival Smriti Irani of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Amethi, signalling a possible close fight in what has always been a Congress...
View ArticleNarendra Modi gets mother's blessing for election win
India's next prime minister, Narendra Modi, visits his mother to seek her blessing as his Bharatiya Janata Party heads towards a landslide victory in the national elections
View ArticleNorochcholai out of order within 2 days
The second phase activities of Norochcholai coal power plant, handed over by the Chinese constructor on May 13 to the CEB, have been suspended after a leaking boiler in the main turbine, CEB sources say.
View ArticleDrowned migrant couple found clinging together
Footage emerges of police divers exploring a sunken ship holding the bodies of some of the 366 migrants who died trying to reach the coast of Lampedusa last year.
View ArticleJVP supports apolitical common candidate
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JPV) is of the opinion that a common candidate should be presented in the next presidential election in order to defeat the President Mahinda Rajapaksa and that the candidate...
View Article13 arrested students hospitalized
Thirteen injured students who were arrested yesterday (May 16) and kept under remand custody have been hospitalized, reports say.
View ArticleThink newly about dealing with India-Ranil
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the Sri Lankan government has to think anew when dealing with the new Indian government to be formed by Bharathiya Janatha Party.
View ArticleSuspension of 7 Rajarata students lifted
The suspension of seven of the 27 Rajarata University students, who had been suspended last year on disciplinary charges, will be lifted, said vice chancellor Prof. Ranjith Wijayawardena.
View ArticleSobhitha Thera, Anura Kumara meet
A discussion took place today (18) at the JVP headquarters in Battaramula between leader of the leftist party Anura Kumara Dissanayake and representatives of the People’s Movement for a Just Society,...
View ArticleSuspect in trafficking of children arrested
A man has been arrested on suspicion that he was involved in the trafficking of children to Australia by sea.
View ArticleWimal sorry over police crackdown
The NFF, led by minister Wimal Weerawansa, says it condemns the police crackdown and the arrests made during a peaceful protest by allied sciences students in front of the University Grants Commission.
View ArticlePaba's first love in his grave
Actress and parliamentarian Upeksha Swarnamali better known as Paba has revealed that her first love bid adieu to this world when she was just 16. Paba, a lass basking in her sweet sixteens, has met...
View ArticlePiyumi’s jumbo liking!
Popular actress Piyumi Boteju has a huge liking for elephants, her friends say. Sri Lanka Mirror found out that Piyumi has been wanting for a long time to have an elephant as a pet. However, conditions...
View ArticleVinu’s cat with female name
Beauty queen and actress Vinu Siriwardena has a habit of giving her male pets the names of females. Therefore, all pet animals at her home have female names. For example, her closest cat is called...
View ArticleMuthu gets backache because of Jagath!
Popular actress and singer Muthu Tharanga has suffered a backache because of internationally-acclaimed actor Jagath Chamila, reports say. On the set, they were shooting a scene according to which,...
View ArticleBoyfriend wanted for Shalika
Popular actress Shalika Edirisinghe is in search of a boyfriend, reports say. Speaking to a newspaper, she has said that she should get married even though she doesn't find a boyfriend. Shalika, who...
View ArticleYureni’s love for old things!
Actress, presenter and model Yureni Noshika has a love for old things. Her cabinet looks like a shop selling old wares, her female friends say. According to them, the clothes in the cabinet are five to...
View ArticleIts raining films for Hashini
For dance artiste and budding actress Hashini Gonagala, it is raining films. She is set to play in Sanath Gunatilake's 'Sinahawa Athara'. Meanwhile, Sanath Abeysekara's 'Ajasaththa', in which Hashini...
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