The Ministry of Crab, an upmarket restaurant owned by cricketers Mahela Jayawardenaand Kumara Sangakkara, has run into trouble over its name. Secretary to the president Lalith Weeratunga has said that it was totally against the law to use the word ministry for a private business. Only a government ministry or a religious body can use the name ministry, he has said. According to [...]
Former President Chandrika Kumaratunge has told several government and opposition politicians during a friendly chat at the ceremony to mark Indian Independence Day at the High Commissioner’s Office on the 26th evening that the likes of Rajapaksas are holding on to power because of brainless politicians like Buddhika Pathirana. Government ministers like Nimal Siripala de [...]
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According to foreign reports four fishermen from Sri Lanka’s eastern province, whose mechanized boat went adrift after running out of fuel, were rescued by a group of fishermen in Kanyakumari district today.
Police have cracked an extortion racket that originated within the Galle Prison and arrested a suspect in remand said to be the mastermind behind the operation.
Seeking Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s intervention for their immediate release, 29 Sri Lankan Tamil inmates now lodged in a Special Detention Camp have begun their indefinite hunger strike
The President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Prof. Vajira Dissanayake stated that they are planning to initiate a program to bring back medical doctors who have left the island.
Drinking water in the Kalutara district has been mixed with sea water, which caused water cuts in several areas in Kalutara yesterday.
The Ministry of Private Bus Owners stated that two private busses commenced services on the Southern Expressway today.
Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella requested the Opposition yesterday to name their representatives to the Parliamentary Select Committee to begin the process of finding avenues to resolve the ethnic crisis.
The 43 Indian fishermen, who were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday night, were produced before a magistrate court in Trincomalee and released yesterday.
Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga has slammed the sacking of former coach Geoff Marsh as ‘disgraceful’.
Andy Murray insists Novak Djokovic’s emphatic victory over him in last year’s final will not be on his mind when they meet in the Australian Open semi-final on Friday.
Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli insists he has been harshly treated after being hit with a four-match suspension by the Football Association.
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