The Police has so far received 204 complaints on election related violence, head of the Police Election Desk Senior DIG Gamini Navaratne said. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:49:22 AM

Mount Lavinia Civil Appellate Court yesterday fixed the order in connection with an appeal filed by the Sunday Leader newspaper against Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa for April 21. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:49:01 AM

Colombo Chief Magistrate Champa Jayanthi Rajaratna while observing that the cause for overcrowding the prisons is the lackadaisical behaviour of the police, ordered an OIC of the CID to appear before court to show cause for such behaviour. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:48:38 AM

Eleven Lankan fishermen who were in the custody of the Indian Coast Guard were handed over to the Sri Lanka Navy by the Indian Coast Guard today near the Indian-Sri Lankan sea border and taken to Mannar after negotiations with the Sri Lanka government . -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:47:58 AM

Former Director of the Dehiwala Zoological Gardens, Duminda Jayarathne whose term ended on December 31 last year, has refused the offer by Minister of Sports and Recreation, Gamini Lokuge for an extension. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:47:42 AM

The Elections Commissioners Department has rejected 57,036 applications for postal votes for the upcoming Presidential Election. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:47:25 AM

A number of buried LTTE weapons including one 40 mm grenade launcher, sixteen Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered during search operations in the general areas of Mullaitivu, Periyamadu and Puthukkudiyiruppu on Tuesday. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:47:07 AM

Indicted Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam faces expanded charges of insider trading and allegations that he earned $36 million in illicit profits, double the amount previously alleged, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:46:50 AM

The possible suspension of the GSP plus trade concession to Sri Lanka by the EU will affect the country’s duty-free export status for bicycles and bicycle parts, the Bike Europe website reported. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:44:30 AM

The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka yesterday rejected charges leveled against them by the Corruption Watch organization saying that there had not been any impropriety in the Lanka Government Network (LGN) established by them. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:44:15 AM

The trade union of Professions Supplementary to Medicine (PSM) will stage an island wide token strike on Monday (11) based on five demands including an opportunity for them to follow degree programmes in national universities on their professions. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:44:02 AM

President of Private Bus Owners Association Gemunu Wijeratne yesterday blamed the deterioration of private bus transport service on the violation of court orders by the Western Province Road Passenger Transport Authority. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:43:45 AM

Opposition Common Candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka yesterday visited Madawalalanda Maha Vidyalaya, Ampara, the first school he attended from 1951 to 1956. At that time Gen. Fonseka’s father was the principal of this school and the mother the only teacher. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:43:30 AM

The Colombo Fraud Investigations Bureau (CFIB) had begun investigations on a complaint made against a group - The Senior Citizens Organization - who had fraudulently collected money from the public. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:43:11 AM

THENI: A suspected LTTE militant has been arrested at a checkpost at Cumbum near Theni after his passport and identity cards were found to be forged. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:42:42 AM

A businessman who was taken into custody and produced before the Mt. Lavinia Magistrate Harsha Sethunga for threatening a lawyer was warned and discharged when he pleaded guilty to the charge and apologised to the lawyer in open court. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:42:29 AM

Minister of Justice and Law Reform Milinda Moragoda has appointed a senior officer to redress grievances concerning Tamil Language issues in various agencies coming under the purview of the Justice ministry. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:42:11 AM

Common Opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka speaking at one of his election meetings in the East said that he would stop the armed culture existing in the Eastern Province. -- Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:10:33 AM

The UNP yesterday alleged that the Police was being used in a biased manner for the benefit of the President’s Election campaign. -- Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:45:26 AM

Appeals from grade five scholarship passed students are now being accepted by the Ministry of Education until the 12 of February, a ministry statement said. Appeals to new schools or want to change the schools they have been assigned to, are now being accepted, the statement said. -- Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:44:55 AM