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A two-storied super market in Aluthgama town was gutted by fire early this morning. The Kalutara Municipal Fire Brigade rushed to the scene at the request of the Aluthgama Police prevented the fire from spreading to other buildings in the town. Pictures ...
Police said the abduction of the two police constables on traffic duty at the Getinuwara Junction in Kurunegala and the killing of one of them was a challenge thrown by the miscreants at the Police Service. ...
A number of animals, including mouse deer, deer and cranes, that were taken for exhibition at the model rural village ‘Ape Gama’ in Battaramulla during the time of the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM) had died under tragic circumstances, Parliament was informed yesterday ...
A tense situation reported at the Polgahawela railway station when a driver of a Colombo bound train from Mahawa was assaulted allegedly by passengers ...
Three Naval patrol vessels arrived at the Navy jetty at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu today in the backdrop of information that Pakistan's ISI could infiltrate India from Sri Lanka through the sea ...
Sakir Hussain, the suspected ISI agent arrested in Chennai on April 29 had been tailing US consulate officials and looking for unoccupied buildings in the vicinity, probably for an attack, investigators said ...
Britain said that it continues to urge the Sri Lankan Government to co-operate with the UN resolution. ...
Rejecting claims that several animals kept at the ‘Ape Gama’ Mini Zoo in Battaramulla had died, the Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation Ministry said today the Zoo would not be closed down or shifted elsewhere ...
Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage rejected allegations that he was rearing an elephant without a valid licence and claimed he was in possession of a valid license to rear an elephant. ...
The infant born prematurely at the Kurunegala Hospital during the nurses’ strike was pronounced dead but later discovered to be alive had died shattering the hopes of everyone, Kurunegala Hospital Director Dr. Palitha D. Yapa said. ...
Sri Lankan epic movie 'Sri Siddhartha Gautama' based on the life of Prince Siddhartha won the award for the best film at the UN Buddhist Film Festival in Vietnam this evening ...
Around 65 metric tons of e-waste was generated in Sri Lanka per year, the Central Environment Authority’s (CEA) Director General Dr. Saranga Alahapperuma said ...
The much awaited investigation report on how the baby elephant ‘Dinuda’ was included in an animal exchange programme, has revealed that the baby elephant had been born not on May 18, 2009 but eight months before Victory Day ...
In a question and answer session via Twitter website, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, when asked whether there was any plan to block social media networks said there were no plans to do so. He said his sons would revolt if he did so ...
Sri Lanka is the best place to be a mother in South Asia, a latest study released by the Save the Children said ...
The Colombo High Court today imposed a fine of nearly Rs.12 billion on a former Deputy Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department and sentenced him to 102 years rigorous imprisonment to be spent in three years after he pleaded guilty to 34 charges ...
The now well-known gambling centre in Colombo 7 was raided again this evening and 34 people including a woman, 26 men and seven employees arrested, police said ...
The United States does not punish its news organizations for doing their job and we wish that the Sri Lankan Government to do the same, US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Doug Frantz said today ...
Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs M.K.D.S. Gunawardane said in Parliament yesterday that the government could not ban alcohol consumption in the country. He said it could only be controlled through the government’s ‘Matata Tita’ policy ...
A baby, born during the nurses’ strike had been pronounced dead. However, it had been resuscitated after six days at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital ...