Complaint against BBS Gen.Sec. over 'derogatory remarks' on Holy Quran
A complaint has been lodged with the Slave Island Police against Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera for allegedly making derogatory remarks and insulting the...
View ArticleSix suffer cut injuries in Minneriya clash
Police are investigating a clash between two groups that erupted in Pasiyawewa, Minneriya last evening. According to police media unit, the clash had erupted after an argument between the groups...
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Fear, anger grows with hundreds missing in S. Korea ferry
Rescuers worked frantically Thursday to find 300 people -- mostly schoolchildren -- missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel dimming as...
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Deadly clashes at eastern Ukraine port base
Ukrainian troops have repelled an overnight attack on their port base in the southeast city of Mariupol, killing three of the assailants and wounding 13 others, Arsen Avakov, the country's interior...
View ArticleBBS wrapped for making remarks on Quran
The Colombo Crimes Division has today taken over the investigation regarding the alleged derogatory remarks made about the Holy Quran by the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Ven. Galagoda...
View ArticleBathiudeen challenges the Bodu Bala Sena
Minister Rishad Bathiudeen plans to sue the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), if the BBS is not to prove the allegation made on him over a fabricated story of settlement of Muslims inside a national park....
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Garcia Marquez, godfather of magic realism, dies at 87
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship in Latin America, died Thursday at the age of 87.Known...
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Manmunai Bridge in Batticaloa to open tomorrow
The Manmunai Bridge in Batticaloa will be declared open tomorrow with the participation of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The bridge connects the east and west land across the Batticaloa lagoon. The...
View ArticlePolice seek severe punishments on alcoholic drivers
The Police will file cases against the passenger transport bus drivers whom caught during the New Year period on service under the influence of alcohol. Police Spokesperson SSP Ajith Rohana told The...
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Submarine dives deeper in hunt for missing MH370
The mini-sub searching for missing flight MH370 has reached record depths well beyond its normal operating limits, officials said Friday as it dived on its fifth seabed mission.With no results to show...
View ArticleFrench mosque files complaint after 'letterbox threat'
A mosque in the Paris suburbs said on Friday it had filed a complaint with the police after slices of pork pate and a threatening letter were stuffed into its letterbox.The authorities at the mosque in...
View Article58 killed in attack on UN base in South Sudan
At least 58 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded in Thursday's attack on a United Nations base in South Sudan sheltering thousands of displaced civilians, a UN official said."Forty-eight...
View ArticleHambantota Mayor denied his involvement of the attack on UNP MPs
Hambantota Mayor Eraj Ravindra Fernando rejected claims that he was behind the attack on the United National Party MPs at the Mattala Airport premises in Hambantota yesterday (April 17). He also denied...
View ArticleFive dead after van falls into lake in Kataragama
A child of around five years of age was the only survivor from a group of six persons after a van they were traveling in veered off the road and fell into the Detagamuwa tank in Kataragama early this...
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S. Korea ferry captain arrested, divers spot bodies
Investigators on Saturday arrested the captain accused of abandoning the South Korean ferry that capsized three days ago with 476 people on board, as divers finally accessed the submerged vessel and...
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Abdullah Abdullah leads Afghan presidential polls
Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah is well ahead of his main rival in Afghanistan's presidential election, officials said Sunday after half of the ballots were counted, though a run-off vote...
View ArticlePrime Minister to bring a Sangha Kathikawatha
Prime Minister and Buddhist Affairs Minister D.M. Jayaratne who was openly criticized by the Bhikku (Maha Sangha) led political party; Jathika Hela Urumaya has made the plans to bring a bill in...
View ArticleArmed man take hostages in Russian city of Belgorod
An armed man took three hostages at a Russian bank in the city of Belgorod. The hostage situation is developing at a branch of the Zapadny bank in Belgorod, a city in western Russia in a region...
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Death toll in S. Korea ferry disaster passes 100
The confirmed death toll in South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on Tuesday, but almost twice that number remained unaccounted for nearly a week into the rescue and recovery effort. The official...
View ArticleSuspect with forged driver's license nabbed
A suspect who allegedly produced a forged driver's license along with documents submitted to the Ministry of External Affairs while applying to travel overseas, was arrested by Fort Police yesterday....
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