General Shavendra Silva appointed Chief of Defence Staff

Mattala a joke for some says MR (Audio)

President Mahinda Rajapaksa says the Mattala international airport has become a joke for some but they fail to see what the country has to gain from this in the future. Speaking at an event in Nuwara Eliya today, the President said that earlier if an airline could not land or refuel at the Bandaranaike International Airport it had to be prepared to fly to Chennai. However now that Sri Lanka has two International airports, a passenger plane can be diverted to Mattala and not India. The President

19 Aug, 2013

Two killed in Maharagama accident

Two people were killed and another two injured when a car lost control and crashed into some vehicles and pedestrians in Maharagama last night. The police media unit said that the car had first gone off the Maharagama – Piliyandala road and crashed into the pedestrians. It then went on to hit a motorcycle, a lorry and a three-wheeler and then moved to the opposite side of the road and crashed into a telephone post. Four people who were injured in the accident were admitted to hospital but two of

20 Aug, 2013

Lanka agrees to Jakarta declaration

Sri Lanka and 13 other countries today reinforced their commitment to pursue coordinated joint actions in the fields of prevention, early detection, protection and prosecution to address the irregular movement of persons. The agreement was reached at the Jakarta Declaration on Addressing Irregular Movement of Persons at the conclusion of the Special Conference On Irregular Movements of Persons, held at the initiative of Indonesia, the Bernama news agency reported. The conference, chaired by Indo

20 Aug, 2013