| Complaint book at schools to control child abuses |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 05:29 PM] |
 Inspector General of the Police N.K.Ilankakoon announced they have sent special complaint book towards to school to control child abuses and other abuses carried out against children in the country. [More] |
| Lanka challenges UK warning |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 04:20 PM] |
 Sri Lanka will challenge a British Government travel advisory warning Britons over an upsurge of nationalism, sexual offences and anti-western rhetoric, a senior official said yesterday. [More] |
| Election violations increased in Ampara and Batticaloa districts |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 04:03 PM] |
 Election commission announced number of election violations increased in the Ampara and Batticaloa districts. [More] |
| Son kills father, mother and sister |
[Sunday, 19 August 2012, 03:51 PM] [  ] |
 Police found three bodies beleived to be members of the same family- father, mother and daughter - were found in an apartment complex in Ramakrishna Terrace, Wellawatte this afternoon. [More] |
| Political parties own name of "Tamil Eelam" to be ban in the country |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 02:54 PM] |
 SriLankan election commissioner decided to ban political parties which owns name “Tamil Eelam” and create separation among the people, Colombo based English news paper reports. [More] |
| Petrol bomb attack against house of EROSE senior candidate |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 02:36 PM] [] |
 Petrol bomb attack carried out against the house of Praba leader and the senior candidate of the Eelam Democratic Front during the wee hours of Sunday. [More] |
| Lankan navy seize catch netted by Tamil Nadu fishermen |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 02:17 PM] |
 Sri Lankan Navy today allegedly forcibly took away the catch netted by fishermen who put to sea from here, while they were fishing near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits, Fisheries Department officials said. [More] |
| Sinking Greek Ship Poses A Threat To Colombo Coastline |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 02:14 PM] [] |
 The coastal area between Colombo and Kalutara faces an imminent danger to its environs with the possibility of an arrested Greek vessel sinking with over 1,000 litres of chemicals and 275 tons of fuel on board. [More] |
| Two Russians drowned in Negombo sea |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 02:13 PM] |
 Two members of a Russian family who were on holiday in Sri Lanka and staying at a Negombo hotel had got into difficulty when swimming in the sea off Ethukal. [More] |
| 60 students hospitalize for food poisoning |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 07:47 AM] |
 About 60 students who had participated in a night class for the Year 5 scholarship examination at the Wilgamuwa Handungamuwa Vidyalaya have fallen ill due to alleged food poisoning. [More] |
| Female witness shot to death in Wadduwa |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 07:43 AM] |
 A female victim has been shot dead by unknown gunmen who had arrived on a motorbike in the Melagama area in Wadduwa a short while ago, the Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana stated. [More] |
| Kapilavastu relics arrive in Sri Lanka |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 07:34 AM] [] |
 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa received the relics of Buddha (bone fragments excavated in Kapilavastu and considered sacred by Buddhists) at a stately ceremony at the Bandaranaike airport in Colombo. [More] |
| Unidentified gang attack political office in Batticaloa |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 07:25 AM] |
 An unidentified gang had attacked a political office in Batticaloa this morning (August 19) at around 1.45am, police Media Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana stated. [More] |
| No Prabha’s photos at TESO conference |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 05:43 AM] |
 Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam leader Muthuvel Karunanidhi, who hosted the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation conference (TESO) in the outskirts of Chennai last week had a knotty issue to overcome. [More] |
| Young man stuck between two rocks rescued |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 05:35 AM] [] |
 A young man who was stuck between two rocks on the Colpetty beach, has been rescued. [More] |
| Fire at Norochcholai School |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 05:30 AM] |
 A temporary building of the Norolchcholai Muslim Maha Vidyalaya was gutted early today. The fire brigade of the Norochcholai coal power plant rushed to the scene and doused the fire and prevented it spreading to other buildings. [More] |
| Groundnut brings death to infant |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 05:14 AM] |
 An eleven month old infant of Karuwalagawewa died of suffocation allegedly when the outer covering of a groundnut stuck in his throat. [More] |
| President of Seychelles to visit SL tomorrow |
| [Sunday, 19 August 2012, 04:47 AM] |
 James Alix Michel, the President of the Republic of Seychelles will visit Sri Lanka from 20th to 23rd August, the Government Information Department stated. [More] |
Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka of Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday that the UNP turned down a request from a former terrorist to contest the Northern Provincial Council elections under the party. [
The entire world was asking Sri Lanka to give into the terrorists and avoid confrontation with them, but we chose to trust in the strength and courage of the country’s youth, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. [
Trade unions, opposition parties and civil society organizations are gearing up to hold a massive protest on the 21st against the electricity tariff hike and the performance of the government. [
Deputy leader of the Vavuniya Municipal council M.M.Rathan stated by lighting lamps in the Wellamulliwaikal and Karaiyan Mulliwaikal people paid their respect to civilians killed in the final stage of war in year 2009. [
Students of Jaffna University commemorated death anniversary of people killed in the Mulliwaikal war. [
A woman attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a well with her 3 children in Vavuniya this morning. [
Man who has married mother and daughter of same family arrested. [
International community continuously hold debates on genocide attacks carried out by the racist government against Tamil’s in SriLanka. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [