Tyzon dies after being trapped in a snare in the Nilwala River

President to avoid New Delhi during India visit

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who will leave for in India on pilgrimage today, will will not visit New Delhi to meet the country???s leaders, the Indian media?quoted?official sources as saying. The Indo Asian News Service (IANS) said the president will fly from Colombo Friday to Bodh Gaya, the site where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment and which hosts a 1,500-year-old temple ??? the most sacred to Buddhists worldwide. While in Bihar, he is expected to meet Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He is als

08 Feb, 2013

Probe finds depressed student committed suicide

An investigation into the discovery of a body of a youth in Panadura yesterday has revealed that the male youth had?committed suicide after being depressed for failing his final year exams at the Sri Jayawardenapura University. The police media unit said that the youth was initially?receiving?treatment at the Kalubowila?hospital?after suffering from depression. However he has later jumped into a lagoon in Panadura and died from drowning, the police media unit said. The body of the youth was foun

07 Feb, 2013

Sri Lanka needs space to recover

The government says Sri Lanka needs time to return to normalcy after nearly three decades of? terrorism and secessionist war. A statement by the External Affairs Ministry quoted Minister G.L Peiris as saying that the reconciliation and rehabilitation is a slow process as other countries that have gone through similar experiences will understand and appreciate. ?These challenges cannot be answered and resolved overnight. They take time and a nation needs space to do so. Sri Lanka is urging that i

07 Feb, 2013