Lawyer murdered in Athurugiriya

MP wants Ceylon House in Makkah ?returned to community?

A visiting Sri Lankan legislator told Arab News that ?Ceylon House,? which is a property of the island?s Muslims, has to be redeemed from an individual who claims to be its owner and handed to a new group of trustees, who should be appointed by the Colombo government. Mujibur Rahman, a young parliamentarian who was elected to Sri Lanka?s Parliament with a large number of votes from the Colombo Central Electorate, said that it is sad that the previous government has not taken any action on this

31 Dec, 2015

Cigarette prices increased with effect from today

The price of a cigarette has been increased with effect from today, the?Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) announced. CTC said that based on the brands the?price of a cigarette has been increased by Rs. 1 and 2 from today.

01 Jan, 2016

Navy detains 29 Indian fishermen for poaching

Twenty-nine fishermen from Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu were today detained by Sri Lankan naval personnel when they were fishing off the Trincomallee coast, an Indian fisheries department official said, according to the Press Trust of India. The navalmen also took their three boats along with them, according to information reaching Joint Director of Fisheries Department, Subburaj. He said that the fishermen from Akkaraipettai in Nagapattinam district, along with their boats, had been ta

31 Dec, 2015