President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered an urgent and special inquiry into the incident where a 13 – year - old student in Horana robbed coconuts to pay Rs 800 to school authorities to paint the school, Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.
Addressing the Cabinet press briefing at the ministry auditorium yesterday, the minister said this incident was extensively discussed during the Cabinet meeting yesterday morning, adding that the President spoke emotionally about the incident, while noting the abhorrent

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) yesterday cried foul at the manner in which the media had reported on the law student Achala Priyadarshani, whose arm had to be amputated due to alleged medical negligence.

"Several doctors in Matara and Karapitiya hospitals have already been 'hanged' for this incidence. The final report on this matter hasn't even been released yet, the reason being that it is a very complex, sensitive issue which must be handled by experts. Neither the media nor the publ

External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris held a London audience enthralled with a short, crisp speech that encapsulated Sri Lanka’s remarkable progress in less than four years after the defeat of LTTE terrorism in May 2009, the Ministry of External Affairs said yesterday.

Prof. Peiris was speaking at a reception, held at the Sri Lanka High Commission, to celebrate the country’s 65th Independence Day and attended by members of the House of Lords and the Commons, ambassadors and high commissioners, officials of t

The Sri Lankan government is expecting all Commonwealth countries, including Canada to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November this year, despite calls by Human Rights Watch for countries to boycott the event.

“We expect that all Commonwealth countries will attend the meeting in November, including Canada. We have heard various media reports that some countries will not attend however there has been no official communication from any country and therefore we expect that all Commonwealth co

A Central Bank investigation into Golden Key that may have led to a suspension of the company’s financial activities as far back as 2006 was buried by the Bank’s Governor Ajith Nivaard Cabraal soon after he assumed office, the main Opposition United National Party charged yesterday.

UNP Senior Vice President Lakshman Kiriella said Supreme Court Justice Shiranee Tilakawardane had revealed details of an investigation by the Central Bank’s Special Investigations Unit in her evidence before the Parliamentary Sele

Five Sri Lankan fishermen, along with their boat and over 100 kg catch, have been apprehended by Indian Coast Guard for illegally fishing off Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh coast.

Coast Guard vessel ICGS Rajshree spotted Lankan boat 'Ranil Putha' and apprehended the five crew along with a fish catch weighing over 100 kg while on patrol on Wednesday, a Coast Guard statement said.

The boat and crew were apprehended for violating Sections 3/10 (fishing without license) and 7/14 (entering Indian Exclusive Econo

Speculation is rife in Sri Lanka and among Sri Lankans abroad of the possibility of Defence and Urban Development Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa being implicated in the incident concerning the discovery of skeletal remains in mass graves in the Hill town of Matale.

Discussions are on whether the Presidential sibling regarded as the second most powerful person in Sri Lanka could have been allegedly involved in the incidents relating to the 140 skeletal remains discovered in Matale.

Like nearly every other multi ethnic country, we have had a history of ethnic conflict. But, compared to several other countries, our conflict was mild and not posing a serious threat to national unity till the mid 20th century. The so called 50-50 issue raised by the Tamil Congress before the Soulbury Commission in the mid 40s was a non-starter, and quickly and smoothly disposed of. Far more insidious was the issue of citizenship and voting rights of ‘Indian Tamils’ (mostly Tamils who had been recruited into the plantations

A Grama Seva Officer in the Mahenagama area in Kegalle who forged a national identity card belonging to a deceased person for another individual has been arrested.
 
The police media unit said a NIC of a person who died in 2011 has been prepared in this manner.

The suspect has been arrested based on a complaint made by the relatives of the deceased.

The suspect is a resident of the Alawwa - Weragollawatte area.

The suspect was arrested by the Kegalle Special Crime Investigation Unit.

A member of the Aranayake Pradeshiya Sabha has been arrested for sexually molesting a young girl.

The Pradeshiya Sabha Member was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Women and Children's Bureau of the Kegalle Police.

The police further stated that the victim is a ninetee-year-old female residing in the Dampalagoda area in Aranayake.