TNA parties hold meeting on crucial issues

Dissanayake promoted as Admiral

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, as?Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has promoted Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Vice Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake to the rank of Admiral. The Sri Lanka Navy accorded a 48-member Guard of Honour to the newly-promoted Admiral upon his arrival at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo today. Admiral Dissanayake is the 17th naval officer to reach the helm of the Naval Service. He assumed Command of the Sri Lanka Navy on 15th January 2011. In the 61-year history

24 Sep, 2012

Kids pelted stones at train

Police investigations have found that a group of 11 year old children had pelted stones at a train operating between Colombo and Kandy on Tuesday. The police said that four passengers in the train were injured after the stones had hit them while the train was moving past Rambukana. The police media unit said today that following investigations the police had identified group of 11 year olds as responsible for the attack. According to the police, the children, who live near the track often mee

22 Sep, 2012

Pakistani diplomat in Lanka named in spy case

A Pakistani diplomat in Sri Lanka has been named in the FIR filed by Tamil Nadu police in the suspected espionage case busted in Thanjavur district recently, a senior police officer said. “We have named Amir Zubair Siddiqui, a diplomat in the Pakistan High Commission based in Colombo in the case busted recently. The FIR has his name,” ‘Q’ Branch Superintendent of Police Sampath Kumar told PTI. He said the diplomat’s name has been added to the FIR, “based on the statement of Thamim Ansari,” wh

22 Sep, 2012