Five arrested for stealing goods from garment factory

Airman killed in explosion

An airman attached to the Air force base in Anuradhapura, was killed this morning following a bomb explosion. Initial investigations revealed that he had triggered the bomb inside his room at his official residence in an apparent suicide attempt. The victim was identified as?S.T.S Sikuradipathi, a senior officer in the air force, the police said. The 31 year old is a resident of Radawana and the police said that his body was found after an explosion was heard inside his room. The motive for the

03 Jun, 2013

BJP delegation likely to visit Lanka

A three-member Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation, led by Ravi Shankar Prasad, deputy leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha and former union minister, will be on a five-day visit to Sri Lanka from June 4, The New India Express reported. Indian High Commission officials, however, said that while a visit by a BJP delegation in early June was on the cards, there was no official word from New Delhi either as regards the composition of the team or the dates of the visit. Local sources told Expr

02 Jun, 2013

At least 119 killed in China plant fire

A massive fire broke out at a poultry plant in northeastern China early Monday, trapping workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse and killing at least 119 people, reports and officials said. Several dozen people also were hurt in the blaze in Jilin province’s Mishazi township, which appeared to have been sparked by three early-morning explosions, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The provincial fire department, on its microblog, attributed the blasts to an ammonia leak. State broadcaster CC

03 Jun, 2013