Over 1000 children hospitalized

Sniper arrested in Maldives not from Lanka military

The Ministry of Defence says the sniper arrested in the Maldives recently is not from the Sri Lanka military. The Maldives media had reported that the police had arrested a Sri Lankan sniper from the Maldives days after a sniper rifle bullet was found in the biggest weapons bust in the country?s recent history. Haveeru reported that the sniper had served in the Sri Lankan military and that he was arrested a week ago and remains in custody.?Maldivian authorities, neither confirmed nor denied th

06 Nov, 2015

Man who attacked Narayanan backed LTTE

The man who attacked former Indian National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan at the close of a meeting in Chennai?on Wednesday night had supported the LTTE and deliberately used a fictitious name to gain entry into the venue. After a night-long interrogation, police produced the accused before a judicial magistrate and lodged M. Prabhakaran at the?Puzhal central prison in Chennai early on Thursday, The Hindu newspaper reported. Though the colloquium on the ?Future of Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees

06 Nov, 2015

Threat to Sri Lanka from tropical cyclone Megh

While tropical cyclone Megh is moving away from India, a new tropical concern threatens to cause flooding in southeastern India and Sri Lanka later this weekend and early next week. The AccuWeather Tropical Cyclone Center is keeping a close eye on a developing area of low pressure in the southern Bay of Bengal. The low is expected to track westward toward southeastern India and Sri Lanka this weekend before moving onshore early next week. The combination of warm waters and a lack of strong wi

07 Nov, 2015