Opposition holds protest inside chambers on fertiliser issue

Teens rape, kill child in Kirullapane

A seven year old child from Kirullapane was found dead this morning after she was believed to have been raped and killed by two teenagers, the police said. The child, identified as Krishna Kumari, was reported missing last night after attending a religious event at Sidhartha Road. Investigations were launched and the body of the child was found in a canal opposite a house in Narahempita this morning. The body was recovered by navy divers, the police media unit said. A 16 year old boy and an

01 Jul, 2012

US to continue GSP for Lanka

Ron Kirk The United States has decided to continue with the GSP trade?benefits?for Sri Lanka, the US Embassy in Colombo said today. The Embassy said that United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk announced yesterday that USTR has closed the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) country practice review on worker rights in Sri Lanka without any change to Sri Lanka?s GSP trade benefits. The action follows an interagency review of a petition filed by the AFL-CIO in 2008 alleging shortc

30 Jun, 2012

Cops arrest 53 over dengue

A special police operation was carried out in Colombo today to look for dengue mosquito breeding grounds and 53 people were subsequently arrested, the police media unit said. The police said that the special operation was carried out on the instructions of Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The police said that Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena had sought the assistance of the Defence Ministry to crackdown on dengue mosquito grounds. Following this request it was decided to carry out sp

01 Jul, 2012