Three of the same family found dead in Kotahena

Two killed, two injured in Hambantota accident

Two people were killed and two others injured following an accident along the Colombo – Kataragama main road in Hambantota today, the police media unit said. The police said that a van travelling from Tissamaharama to Hambantota collided with a three-wheeler travelling on the opposite direction. Four people who were in the three wheeler suffered serious injuries and were admitted to hospital, the police media unit said. The police said that two of the injured succumbed to their injuries in hospi

12 Mar, 2013

No record of Indian fishermen killed in Lanka

There ar no official records of Indian fishermen being killed in Sri Lankan territorial waters over the past one year, the Indian Defence Ministry said. Indian Defence Minister AK Antony said in a statement that from time to time, there have been reports of incidents of attack on Indian fishermen, allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy. He says the Indian Government has been consistently taking up such issues with the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure that the Sri Lankan Navy acts with restraint and I

12 Mar, 2013

Algae-like fossils in Polonnaruwa meteorite

Researchers in the United Kingdom have found algae-like fossils in meteorite fragments that landed in Sri Lanka last year. This is the strongest evidence yet of cometary panspermia ? that life on Earth began when a meteorite containing simple organisms landed here, billions of years ago ? and, perhaps more importantly, that there?s life elsewhere in the universe. In December 2012, a fireball was seen over the skies of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Over the following few days, fragments of the fireball

11 Mar, 2013