Police gives ethnic breakdown of recent arrests

Mahasen may affect Sri Lanka

The low-pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal has undergone intensification twice last night to become a deep depression, just a spin away from being a tropical cyclone, the Hindu newspaper reported today. When declared one, it would be named ?Mahasen? (contributed by Sri Lanka) as per World Meteorology Organisation protocol. The deep depression lay 360 km southwest of Car Nicobar, 1,110 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka); 1,400 km southeast of Chennai; and 1,750 km south of Chitt

11 May, 2013

Two cyclones form off Sri Lanka

Two cyclones have formed off Sri Lanka and could bring strong winds and heavy rain over the next few days, the Indian media reported today. Meanwhile the department of meteorology in Sri Lanka said that a depression has formed in the South-east Bay of Bengal and is centered about 1000km to the East of Hambantota. As such eastern and south-eastern sea areas beyond 300km from Hambantota will experience strong winds (more than 60kms per hour), rough conditions and intermittent rain. Naval and fishi

10 May, 2013

Welgama wants to attract women

Transport Minister Kumara Welgama says he has decided to do away with his traditional sarong in Parliament and wear trousers to attract female parliamentarians. Speaking at a public event, Welgama said that when he walks into parliament wearing the sarong no one looks at him. He says there are pretty MPs in parliament in the likes of MP Rosy Senanayake and Upeksha Swarnamali, whose eyes he would like to attract. As a result he says he had decided to wear trousers in parliament and now some femal

10 May, 2013