Wine stores to remain closed until further notice

Injured not serious following wasp attack

The police said that the 42 people, including children and two monks, who were?hospitalised?following a wasp attack in Ratnapura last?evening?are not in a serious condition. Police media spokesman SSP Priyashantha Jayakody said that the injured people are receiving treatment at the Ratnapura hospital. He also said that investigations revealed the wasps had been disturbed by a boy who had thrown a stone at a hive. The people had gone to the Ratnapura ‘Pothgal’ Budhist Temple on a visit when th

15 Oct, 2012

Three fishermen killed, two rescued off Tangalle (AUDIO)

Three fishermen were killed and two were rescued after their boat was attacked and hijacked off Tangalle,?Southern Province Minister of Fisheries D.V. Upul said today. The boat had departed from the Kudawella fisheries?harbor?on Sunday night and?the navy yesterday?spotted two fishermen floating in the area where the incident was believed to have taken place and they were rescued and brought to Galle today. Upul said that the fishermen were assaulted and then stabbed with knives. He did not say

16 Oct, 2012

Two Lankans deported from Chennai

Two Sri Lankan women, who arrived at the city airport on Sunday evening by an Air India flight, were deported to Colombo on Monday afternoon. Airport sources said the duo, Dharmarathinam, 26, and her younger sister Mohanapriya, 25, was sent back as they have been barred from entering the country for one year since February 2012. The duo, residents of Yazhpanam in northern Sri Lanka, was deported to Colombo in February when they were caught overstaying in the city. When they landed in Chennai

16 Oct, 2012