Stock of decaying shot-guns found buried in Matale

Malaysia seeks trial venue switch for Sri Lankan envoy

Malaysia has filed an application, on the request of the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Malaysia, to transfer a criminal trial from the Sepang court to Kuala Lumpur on security grounds, Free Malaysia Today reported. Last September, three men were charged with rioting and assaulting ambassador Ibrahim Sahib Ansar at the KLIA airport. The unprecedented application was filed by the public prosecutor, with Sahib filing an affidavit in support of moving the court. The application in January was made und

13 Apr, 2017

Meethotamulla garbage mountain collapses, houses buried

Several houses were buried after the?Meethotamulla garbage mountain collapsed, officials said. Initial reports said that around 100 houses were buried in the incident and some people sustained injuries. The residents of the area have been protesting over the past several months urging the authorities to move the garbage to another location. A fire had also broken out at the site and the Air Force was deployed to douse the flames. President Maithripala Sirisena instructed the Disaster Managem

14 Apr, 2017

Speaker calls for new beginning by putting past behind

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya says in the New Year,?Sri Lankans?should be determined to create the background for a new beginning not only by cleaning the surroundings of the household in order to make a fresh environment, but also by gathering pleasant thoughts having forgotten old grudges. He says worship of the sun, which was practiced in various forms among each civilization in the world throughout thousands of years, is in evidence of the fact that Sri Lanka’s?ancestors were aware of the reality

14 Apr, 2017