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Peliyagoda Urban Council UPFA member Chamila Sandaruwan had been shot dead by an unidentified gunman when he was travelling by a vehicle on Old Kandy Road at Dalugama in Kelaniya, a short while ago, the Police said. Pictures ...
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region have claimed a resounding victory in a "self-rule" referendum, saying 89% voted in favour ...
A man had allegedly killed his wife for enlisting in the Army and later committed suicide in Vallipunam, Pudukudiyiruppu yesterday, the Police said ...
The Dubai Criminal Court has ordered the release of the passport of a Sri Lankan witness in the case of rape of a French girl on humanitarian grounds ...
The Colombo Fort Magistrate today issued notice on Vajira Janaki Nettikumara the owner of the building in which an illegal gambling centre allegedly operated at Union Place Colombo 2, to appear in Court on May 19 ...
About 60,000 Buddhist flags sewn in wrong colours and patterns were seized by the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) from some shops at the Peoples’ Park Shopping Complex in Pettah today ...
The arrest of 10 Sri Lankan Tamils, who fled Sri Lanka following persecution, has evoked angry reactions from rights activists and Tamil outfits at Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu ...
Hardly a few days passed since the calling off of trade union action by nurses, when another nurses’ trade union threatens trade union action starting from tomorrow against what they called an ‘intimidation to their duty’ by family health officials. ...
Pope Francis would arrive in Sri Lanka on January 13 next year, inside sources of the Catholic Church in Colombo said yesterday. ...
The Kalutara Division criminal investigations unit yesterday arrested five suspects who were allegedly involved in a series of robberies in the area, police said ...
Five Police officers of the Kandeketiya Police were arrested in connection with the death of an 18 year-old suspect following a postmortem report suggested that the suspect could have been assaulted ...
The Police today released a sketch of a suspect in the killing of a Policeman in Kurunegala on Tuesday, May 6. ...
A Sri Lankan student who found more than $100,000 while cleaning toilets at Channel Nine's headquarters has been richly awarded for his honesty. ...
The Coast Guard on Friday night apprehended 11 Sri Lankan fishermen on two trawlers, who were found fishing inside the Indian Maritime Boundary ...
A stock of 150,000 ammunition was recovered by the security forces from the former LTTE stronghold in Vellamullivaikkal in Mullaitivu on Friday, the defence ministry said. ...
Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs in Somalia Khalid Omar Ali is currently visiting Sri Lanka at the invitation of the Sri Lankan government, sources said, ...
The Government yesterday told Parliament that it would wait till the Indian General Elections was over to answer a question raised by the opposition UNP about India procuring of arms from Sri Lanka as revealed by the Indian Defence Minister in Lok Sabha. ...
The ruling African National Congress party (ANC) has won South Africa's fifth democratic election by a significant albeit reduced majority, debunking speculation that the party would be punished over high unemployment and political controversy. ...
Thirty-one Sri Lanka fishermen were caught and arrested by the Indian Coast Guard at Nagayalanka in Krishna district on Wednesday. ...
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that Sri Lanka is in the process of implementing all demands made by the sponsors of the UNHRC resolution against it, except for allowing an international probe into alleged human rights violations during the last phase of the war with the LTTE. ...