Three Pakistan players suspended by ICC and charged under anti-corruption code

The three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of an alleged betting scam that has thrown world cricket into crisis were last night charged under the anti-corruption code of the game’s governing body and provisionally suspended. MORE...

September 3, 2010  07:45 am|Comments (4)

Amendments Bill: No opposition within Govt, says Dinesh, several UPFA members will abstain, says John

The proposed amendments to the existing elections system will be brought before Parliament after the Constitutional Amendments Bill which will be taken up on Wednesday (Sept. 08), Chief Government Whip Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told Adaderana. READ MORE....

September 3, 2010  08:20 am|Comments (12)

26 people smugglers remanded

A group of 26 people accused of running a large scale people smuggling racket have been arrested and remanded by the Criminal Investigations Department. The suspects are reported to have illegally transported several individuals including LTTE terrorists to Australia in ships. MORE..

September 3, 2010  10:02 am|Comments (2)

SriLankan reduces loss and prepares for the future

SriLankan Airlines significantly reduced its loss in the last financial year and will shortly launch wide-ranging expansion projects to transform the National Carrier and drive growth in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry. MORE..

September 3, 2010  10:10 am|Comments (0)

Virtusa Named to Global Services 100 List for Third Consecutive Year

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services company announced that it has been named to the 2010 Global Services 100 List (GS100) by Global Services in association with NeoAdvisory. The GS100 has featured Virtusa for the third consecutive year, in its 2010 list. MORE..

September 3, 2010  10:32 am|Comments (0)

Miss England secretly weds in Sri Lanka

It is no longer Miss but Mrs England - Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge, who currently wears the coveted crown, has married. The soldier, dubbed “Combat Barbie”, tied the knot in a secret ceremony held in Sri Lanka, in June. MORE..

September 3, 2010  11:14 am|Comments (3)

VIDEO: Earl to support Govt.

UNP Polonnaruwa District Earl Gunasekara today said that he will support the government’s constitutional amendment and will vote with the government when the proposals are presented in Parliament on September 8.

September 3, 2010  11:27 am|Comments (14)

VIDEO: UNP should support constitutional amendment – Lakshman

UNP Badulla Disctrict MP Lakshman Senevirathne today said that ideally the UNP should vote in favour of the constitutional amendment proposed by the Government. Senevirathne however added that his vote will be decided on September 8.

September 3, 2010  11:52 am|Comments (23)

AG clears Defence writer of charges

The Attorney General today informed the Supreme Court that he had decided to clear Bottom Line and Nation newspaper Defence correspondent Ruwan Weerakoon of the charge that he was working to topple the government. MORE..

September 3, 2010  12:24 pm|Comments (2)

VIDEO: Constitutional amendments bill is illegal - Mangala

The new constitutional amendments bill is illegal, says UNP Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera. He said that attempting to pass a bill that removes the term limit of the executive presidency while a petition regarding the president’s second term election is still pending a verdict is illegal as well as unethical. MORE..

September 3, 2010  01:32 pm|Comments (18)

Bates duo represents Lanka at Young Spikes Media Contest

Representing the Sri Lankan ad industry in the 2010 Young Spikes Media Contest to be held in Singapore between 19-21 September are a duo from Bates 141 Strategic Alliance’s media and digital specialization units Mediaedge and 141D, R. Gopi Krishna and Udara Hettiarchchi. MORE..

September 3, 2010  01:40 pm|Comments (0)

September 8 declared a Black Day – Lakthilaka

Shiral Lakthilaka Convenor of the The movement against the 18th amendment today stated that they have declared September 8 a Black Day. He added that a massive protest will be organized at the Borella Ayurveda Junction on the same day. MORE...

September 3, 2010  02:57 pm|Comments (9)

Indian Army chief here on Sunday

Seeking to give a fillip to bilateral military ties, army chief General V.K. Singh is set to undertake a five-day visit to Sri Lanka from Sunday to discuss defence cooperation. MORE...

September 3, 2010  03:18 pm|Comments (2)

Manusha supports Govt.

UNP Galle District MP Manusha Nanayakkara has stated that he will support the upcoming Constitutional Amendment of the Government. Manusha addressing a press conference said that while the opposition suffers defeat after defeat, a service could to rendered to the country by joining the President. MORE...

September 3, 2010  03:48 pm|Comments (3)

Rajaratnam allegedly funded LTTE: US Judge lets suit proceed

A lawsuit accusing a Wall Street hedge fund manager and his father of using a charitable foundation to funnel millions of dollars to the LTTE, a Sri Lankan terrorist group, can go forward, a federal judge in New Jersey says. MORE...

September 2, 2010  07:31 am|Comments (9)

Torture allegation a figment of the maid’s imagination – Saudi Official

Saudi officials have refuted claims that a sponsor in Riyadh hammered nails into the body of his Sri Lankan housemaid as punishment terming that the torture allegations as a figment of the maid’s imagination. MORE...

September 2, 2010  07:45 am|Comments (32)

AUDIO: Maid denies Saudi accusations; reveals how she came through airport

Tortured Sri Lankan maid Ariyawathie denied Saudi accusations that she is lying and her story is baseless. Ariyawathie has revealed how she was taken at 2am to the airport and how when the alarms went off at the barrier no one questioned her. MORE...

September 2, 2010  10:11 am|Comments (57)

Thewarapperuma released on bail

The Mathugama Magistrate courts today released UNP Kalutara District MP Palitha Thewarapperuma on bail today. He was arrested December 2009 for allegedly assaulting a secretary of a government minister. MORE...

September 2, 2010  11:49 am|Comments (4)

VIDEO: Public servants rights curtailed – Ranil

Today the rights of the Public Servants have been curtailed and the best example for that is taking away Sarath Fonseka’s pension, UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe told a press conference today. Wickremasinghe added that in future even if a politician’s child fails an exam the teacher might be tied to a tree the next day.

September 2, 2010  01:13 pm|Comments (28)

People smuggler tells Aussie court of bribes

A self-confessed people smuggler who helped asylum seekers get on boats to Australia has told a court of bribes paid in Indonesia. Sri Lankan-born Tamil Pathmendra Pulendren, 36, from Pendle Hill in Sydney’s west, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a charge of facilitating the arrival of unlawful people to Australia. MORE...

September 2, 2010  01:54 pm|Comments (2)

Why all Tamil parties can’t come together, questions Rao

Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao expressed India’s sentiments towards the wellbeing of minorities in Sri Lanka but questioned why all Tamil parties couldn’t come together, Nalliah Kumaraguruparan General Secretary DPF said today. Kumaraguruparan released the statement following Rao’s meeting with the Tamil Parties Forum. MORE...

September 2, 2010  04:25 pm|Comments (28)

Explosive materials bound for Sri Lanka seized from India

Two persons were arrested today for allegedly attempting to smuggle explosive materials, including gelatin sticks, to Sri Lanka by the sea route from nearby Thondi, Tamil Nadu, India. MORE...

September 2, 2010  04:34 pm|Comments (7)

Const. amendment bill debate and vote on same day – Govt.

The Government will take the constitutional amendment bill for debate on September 8 and vote will be taken on the same day, Government Chief Whip Dinesh Gunawardena said today.

September 2, 2010  06:40 pm|Comments (10)

Lankan army to return lands of Tamils of Indian origin - Rao

Sri Lanka has assured New Delhi that its army will return the land of the displaced Tamils of Indian origin in the country’s northern Vavuniya district, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao said today. MORE...

September 2, 2010  08:36 pm|Comments (34)

Sri Lanka blacklists agent who recruited tortured housemaid

Authorities investigating how a Sri Lankan maid working in Saudi Arabia ended up with 14 nails in her body have temporarily barred the local agent who recruited her from soliciting more workers. MORE...

September 1, 2010  07:35 am|Comments (11)

Suspected LTTE cadres segregated among migrants

More than three dozen Lankan Tamil migrants have been segregated from 492 others who arrived by boat for questioning by police on suspicion of being linked to the LTTE, or other inadmissible groups, including war criminals. MORE...

September 1, 2010  07:44 am|Comments (6)

Army truck goes down precipice, one killed

An Army truck has skidded off the road and gone down a precipice at Galagedara killing one soldier, Military spokesman Ubaya Medawala told Ada Derana today. The truck had been traveling from Kandy to Kurunegala when it met with the accident. Two more army personnel have been injured and are being treated at the ICU at Kandy hospital.

September 1, 2010  10:40 am|Comments (2)

Sapugaskanda kidnapping: Main suspect nabbed

Sapugaskanda police have apprehended the main suspect behind the kidnapping of an eight-year-old boy from Makola. The suspect had been nabbed in Kurunegala and is said to be an employee of the boy’s father. MORE...

September 1, 2010  10:57 am|Comments (16)

IDPs reduced to 28,659

The total number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Menik Farm relief village has dropped to 28,659 as of today (1 Sep), due to the Government’s speedy resettlement programme. MORE...

September 1, 2010  12:37 pm|Comments (2)

VIDEO: UNP against constitutional amendment – Ranil

We are completely against the proposed 18th constitutional amendment and will vote against it, UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe said a short while ago. Wickremasinghe said this following a Working Committee discussion regarding the matter.

September 1, 2010  01:58 pm|Comments (40)