Arjuna Ranatunga joins Sajith’s grand alliance

USA wins Miss Universe, Lanka 4th for best national costume

Miss USA was crowned Miss Universe 2012 at the finals held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas today. Meanwhile Sri Lanka has something to cheer about as?Miss Sri Lanka Sabrina Herft was placed 4th for the best national costume.?Miss China won the Best National Costume title. Olivia Culpo, Miss USA ?beat Miss Philippines who was placed second followed by Miss Venezuela, Miss Australia and Miss Brazil for the crown. The huge responsibility of giving the world its next Miss Universe was at the han

20 Dec, 2012

Emergency not declared in flood areas

The government has not decided on imposing?emergency in the flood affected areas, Minister of?Disaster?Management Mahinda Amaraweera said today. He said that declaring emergency in the affected districts can have an impact on the tourism sector. As a result the government has not declared emergency in any of the areas but is meeting the requirements of the affected families, he said. Over 20 people have been killed, saveral others?are missing and over hundreds have been displaced after heavy

19 Dec, 2012

Mass grave unearths ghosts from troubled past

A mass grave unearthed in Sri Lanka has stirred memories of the country’s bloody insurgencies and sparked calls for an official inquiry in the island nation that has drawn global scrutiny for its chequered human rights record. At a building site near a hospital in Matale, a central town 142 km (88 miles) from the capital, Colombo, excavators have found the skeletons, or parts of the skeletons, of at least 59 people. It is possible they died of natural causes many years ago but in a country roc

19 Dec, 2012