Police promotes 42 SPs
Forty- two Superintendents of Police (SSP) have been promoted to the rank of Senior Superintendent of police (SSP), the Police said. The promotion is effective from December 1, 2013, a statement from...
View ArticleSouth Sudan violence spreads from capital
Fighting between military factions has spread from the capital to the rural state of Jonglei in South Sudan, raising fears of a slide into civil war.
View ArticleUS Senate passes two-year budget deal
The US Senate has passed a two-year budget deal to ease automatic spending cuts and reduce the risk of another government shutdown.
View Article"Conflict nears its end... we hold the upper hand" Syrian Al-Qaeda leader
The leader of al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, one of the most powerful groups in the war-torn country, has told Al Jazeera that that the conflict is nearing an end and that his fighters hold the upper hand.
View ArticlePolice investigate suspicious fire at fireworks factory
Police have commenced investigations into a suspicious fire that had erupted at a factory producing fireworks in Kimbulapitiya, Negombo yesterday. The fireworks were being produced at location next to...
View ArticleKerry 'regrets' India diplomat row
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called a top Indian official to express his regret over the treatment of an Indian diplomat arrested in New York on suspicion of visa fraud.
View ArticleTeen arrested with heroin
A teenager was arrested with 1.14kg of heroin in Mannar last night. Police said the 19 year old youth, was arrested in Joseph Vaz Nagar in Mannar on a tip-off. The suspect is due to be produced before...
View ArticleWhite House task force recommends surveillance curbs
A White House panel has recommended significant curbs on the National Security Agency's sweeping electronic surveillance programs.
View ArticleRodman heads to North Korea for basketball visit
Retired US basketball player Dennis Rodman is heading to North Korea for a five-day visit, where he will train the national basketball team.
View ArticleSyria jihadists torturing, killing detainees: Amnesty
Amnesty International on Thursday accused an Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group in Syria of abducting, torturing and killing detainees at secret prisons in areas under its control.
View ArticleSri Lanka to implement a National Action Plan for Disability
The government has received approval from the Cabinet of ministers to implement a National Action Plan for Disability that is aimed at promoting the rights of differently-abled people.
View ArticleAnother 1,000 Nenasalas to open islandwide
Another 1,000 Nenasala computer centers will be opened in the country with three in each Divisional Secretariat Division at a cost of Rs 1,000 million.
View ArticleSri Lankan honoured by The Queen
The former Head of the Guard Force at the British High Commission (BHC) in Colombo Tuan Ismail was awarded an honorary MBE by Her Majesty The Queen in the Birthday Honours List of 2013.
View ArticleFemale Anaconda swallows the male
A female Anaconda had swallowed a male Anaconda at the National Zoological Gardens, today(19). It is reported that this pair of Anacondas were kept starving inside a small cage for a considerable time.
View ArticleBangladesh protests ‘interference’ by Pakistan
Bangladesh has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan for its reactions to the execution of one of the top war crime convicts Abdul Quader Mollah, requesting Islamabad to refrain from such...
View ArticleUS releases two Guantanamo Bay detainees back to Sudan
Two detainees at the US military prison at the Guantanamo Bay Navy Base in Cuba have been repatriated to their native Sudan.
View ArticleTexas judge: Search warrants obtainable based on predictions of crimes
Police in Texas may now obtain a search warrant based on “a prediction of a future crime,” according to a dissenting judge on the state’s criminal appeals court.
View ArticleMany dolphins in the vicinity of BP spill ‘not expected to survive’ – study
Dolphins swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near where a massive BP oil spill occurred in 2010 are showing signs of sickness so serious that many are not expected to survive, a new study has determined.
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"We are not working with Snowden" says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that "we are not working with Snowden on intelligence work" a short while ago.
View ArticleE. Timor takes Australia to top UN court over spying raid
East Timor has launched legal action against Canberra at the UN's top court, alleging Australian intelligence officials illegally seized documents from a lawyer representing Dili in a row over spying.
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