Three drown in Muttur

Homagama judge freed on bail

Homagama District Court Judge Sunil Abeysinghe was freed on bail today by the?Colombo Chief Magistrate. He is alleged to have solicited a bribe of Rs.300,000?from a businessman over a case. Meanwhile the Daily FT newspaper reported that Abeysinghe has been interdicted by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). The JSC, the body entrusted with the power to appoint, promote, transfer exercise disciplinary control and dismiss judicial officers of the subordinate courts, interdicted Homagama District

10 Jun, 2013

Colombo residents warned over dengue

The police said that several residents in the Colombo area had been warned to clean their environments or face legal action for helping spread dengue. The environment police had, over the weekend, carried out raids in Colombo and filed action against several residents who had dengue mosquito breeding grounds in their gardens, the police media unit said today. According to the police, raids were also carried out on schools, the Colombo university, business establishments and other locations. Of t

10 Jun, 2013

Boat with up to 60 migrants sinks

A boat carrying up to 60 asylum seekers has capsized in the Indian Ocean en route to Australia, with 13 people confirmed dead and no survivors found by the fourth day of searching, an official said on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. An air and search continued Sunday 120 kilometers (75 nautical miles) northwest of Christmas Island, an Australian territory 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Jakarta and 2,600 kilometers (1,600 miles) from Perth, the nearest major Australian coastal cit

09 Jun, 2013