Pregnant woman dies after being infected

CID to probe Dehiwala incident

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has taken over the investigations into the grenade attack on the house of Dr. Lalantha Abeyranasinghe in Dehiwala, the police said today. A grenade was lobbed at the doctor?s house yesterday by an unidentified group and as a result doctor?s at state hospitals decided to lunch a strike today in protest over the attack. The police media unit said that the Dehiwala police had already launched investigations into the incident yesterday. However today t

17 Aug, 2012

UK notes upsurge in nationalism after war

The British Foreign office notes in its travel advice for Sri Lanka that the end of the military conflict in May 2009 has seen an upsurge of nationalism in Sri Lanka. As a result, anti-Western (particularly anti-British) rhetoric has increased, the travel advice which was last updated on August 14, has said. ?This has led to violent protests against the British High Commission and other diplomatic premises. Although no protests have so far been directed at the British community more generally,

15 Aug, 2012

Lanka to depend heavily on Norochcholai

Sri Lanka is to depend heavily on Norochcholai by 2014, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said today even as Chinese engineers attempted to get the power station back in operation after yet another breakdown. Vice Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board Anura Wijepala told Xinhua that the Lakvijaya power plant is expected to meet 30 percent of the island’s entire electricity demand by the year 2014. “We still have faith in the main equipment. The breakdowns are as a result of faults in the a

17 Aug, 2012