Suspect arrested over Deraniyagala double murder

CID probing hacking of Media Ministry website

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is investigating the hacking into the Media Ministry website, Media Ministry Secretary Charitha Herath said. He told the Colombo Gazette that the CID is trying to identify the location from where the hacker had gained access to the website. The Media Ministry website was hacked yesterday with an image posted on the domain front page of a person with a gun. While the inner pages of the website http://www.media.gov.lk seemed unaffected, the opening page

25 Feb, 2013

Media Ministry website hacked

The Media Ministry website was hacked today with an image posted on the domain front page of a person with a gun. While the inner pages of the website http://www.media.gov.lk seemed unaffected, the opening page had been breached. A?message?was posted on the opening page with the image saying “here you go Sri Lankan ********s” and at the top of the page a text said the page was hacked by?H4x0r HuSsY. Several government websites had been hacked this year but so far there have not been reports of v

24 Feb, 2013

Two killed, 7 injured in accident

Two people were killed and seven others were injured following an accident along the Bandaragama – Piliyandala road early this morning. The police said that a lorry traveling at high speed had lost control and overturned near the Kindelpitiya junction. Nine people who were in the lorry sustained injuries and were admitted to the Kalubowila hospital. The police said that two people later succumbed to their injuries in hospital. The police said that six people were at the back of the lorry when th

25 Feb, 2013