Shashi Welgama arrested and remanded over financial fraud

Colombo residents warned over dengue

The police said that several residents in the Colombo area had been warned to clean their environments or face legal action for helping spread dengue. The environment police had, over the weekend, carried out raids in Colombo and filed action against several residents who had dengue mosquito breeding grounds in their gardens, the police media unit said today. According to the police, raids were also carried out on schools, the Colombo university, business establishments and other locations. Of t

10 Jun, 2013

President wants answers after dissaster

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sought an explanation from Dissaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera on how the public was informed about the impending storm on Friday night, the government information department said today. The death toll from the storm began to rise today after fishermen, who had gone out to sea on Friday as they were not alerted, got caught in rough sea conditions. The government said that 18 fishermen have now been killed and Over 30 fishermen are missing. Several fis

09 Jun, 2013

More arrests over Lankan couple case

Two persons, including a key accused wanted for the abduction of a Sri Lankan born British couple in Chennai recently were arrested today, taking the number of persons arrested in this case to 11, the Press Trust of India reported. Satya alias Sakthivel was arrested from Neyveli bus stand in Cuddalore district and on his information, one more person, Kaliamurthy, was also picked up, the Chennai police said. They were wanted in connection with the abduction of British nationals Thavaraja (59) and

09 Jun, 2013