Six people missing following landslide in Kadugannawa

Australia warns Lankans in India

Australia warned Sri Lankan asylum-seekers in India against trying to enter Australian territory by illegal means, as it cannot guarantee immigration to such entrants, the Hindu reported today. To create awareness and deter people from undertaking dangerous voyages by sea, the government was committed to breaking the people-smuggling trade, Australia?s Consul-General to South India, David Holly, told reporters in Chennai. ?Anyone who arrives by boat and who does not engage Australia?s obligation

29 May, 2013

Thailand to sign 4 deals with Lanka

Thailand and Sri Lanka will sign four agreements to strengthen relations between the two countries during Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s visit to Colombo, the Bangkok Post reported. The three-day visit begins on Friday. The four deals include cooperation on tourism as well as science and technology, a sister cities partnership between Kandy and Ayutthaya and a visa exemption for officials and diplomatic passport holders. Thai ambassador to Colombo, Poldej Worachat, told the Bangkok Post Ms

30 May, 2013

Three stabbed in Anuradhapura, two dead

Three people of the same family were stabbed and two of them succumbed to their injuries in Anuradhapura, the police media unit said. The police said that a mother, father and their young daughter were stabbed by a man over a love affair. Investigations had revealed that the 23 year old girl had an affair with the man who stabbed them. He had gone to the house of the girl and got into a verbal dispute with the girl and her family. During this time the father and mother assaulted the man and he h

29 May, 2013