Ragama car hijackers arrested

Kandy to be Sri Lanka’s first ‘smart city’

The Government hopes to make Kandy the first ‘smart city’ in Sri Lanka and cabinet approval will be sought for this. Minister of Urban Development and?Water Supply?Rauff Hakeem said that funding will be sought for the project from foreign donor agencies. “We will later expand that to Galle, Colombo and other areas,” the Minister told reporters in Kandy. He said the project will not be very costly and the Government will be able to implement it with USD 10-15 million. We maybe able to do two o

06 Sep, 2015

Dutch national drowns at Mount Lavinia sea

A Dutch national who had gone for a swim in Mount Lavinia had drowned, the police media unit said today. The police said that the foreigner had gone for a sea swim and?was pulled away by strong currents. The man was later rescued and taken to the Kalubowila hospital where he had died. He was identified as a 60 year old resident of the Netherlands. (Colombo Gazette)

06 Sep, 2015

Viber, not India, helped in unseating MR says CBK

Former President Chandrika Bandarnaike Kumaratunga says India had no role to play in the defeat of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the elections. Kumaratunga, who was in India last week for her first visit since the surprise defeat of her successor Mahinda Rajapaksa, spoke for the first time to a group of Indian journalists including The Hindu?s Suhasini Haidar about how the opposition and Rajapaksa?s own party members were united. Excerpts from interaction with former President Kumaratu

06 Sep, 2015