Review of the year 2012

Colombo Night Races 2012

WELIKADA PRISON RIOT

Second anniversary

Budget today 2013

Depression condition forecast

ICC World T20 final-guide to the ground

ICC World Twenty20 - Super 8

ICC Women’s World Twenty20 -2012

ICC World Twenty20 2012

Provincal Council Elections

A total of 3,073 candidates from 22 parties and 86 independent groups are contesting for 108 provincial council seats in seven districts of the Sabaragamuwa, North Central and Eastern Provinces. According to the Elections Commissioner’s Department 3,336,417 voters in all three provinces are eligible to vote.

Sri Lanka Premier League 2012 Final

Sri Lanka Premier League 2012

Tribute to Whitney Houston

Fans of late Whitney Houston, a world-renowned pop and R&B singer celebrating her 49 birthday today (Aug 9). On her birthday, Daily Mirror recalls her musical legacy which lives in our hearts forever.

Randoli Perahera Adorns Kandy Today

Politicians of the Rampage

During the first six months in this year, at least 20 politicians were arrested by the police and many arrest warrants were issued against them by courts for various criminal charges. Most of politicians were representatives of the governing party, the UPFA and also most of them are local authorities’ members including provincial council members, Urban and municipal councils and Pradeshiya Sabha members. Most of them are involved killing,

Decline of SL Population Growth Rates

Interactive graphic : Dengue crisis

The number of deaths from dengue has risen to a staggering 75 while 12,747 dengue cases have been reported in the first six months of the year.

Cases against sarath fonseka graphic

Cases against sarath fonseka graphic

Michael Jackson lives on… interactive graphic

...In the hearts of his fans as they remember him through his music on his third death anniversary.

Interactive graphic : Sri Lankan War Heroes

Sri Lankan War Heroes

Interactive graphic : Sarath Fonseka

Norway was concerned about JVP

Another US top secret document, released by the Wikileaks revealed that in late 2004, the Norwegians were increasingly concerned by an ‘ugly’ JVP-orchestrated campaign against their role in the peace process

LTTE wanted more concessions

A top secret diplomatic cable made public by Wikileaks reveals that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) left peace talks with Sri Lankan government in a tactical move to “get more concessions”.

SLMM tipped-off LTTE

A move by Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) made a gunrunning vessel belonging to the  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), escape from Sri Lanka Navy, whistle-blower website- Wikileaks reveals

Twitter to hand over documents

A U.S. federal judge has ordered social media website Twitter to hand over documents connected to WikiLeaks to the Justice Department, according to court documents

UNP wanted radio equpts for LTTE

A top secret diplomatic cable obtained by Wikileaks makes a revelation that the then former UNP government, had requested Norwegian assistance in the importation of radio equipment for the LTTE in a bid to give legal recognition to the “Voice of the Tigers”.

US threatens SL-Wikileaks

The United States had threatened Sri Lanka in 2009 with costly sanctions if weapons deals were carried out with both Iran and North Korea during the final stage of the war, a secret US cable revealed.

GL meets Butenis over WikiLeaks

External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris today raised concerns with US Ambassador Ms. Patricia Butenis about the references to Sri Lanka in the WikiLeaks website cables

SF would've been better than MR -US

US Ambassador in Colombo Patricia Butenis in her cable January 22, 2010 said that if then Opposition Leader Sarath Fonseka won the election ‘US could expect that his new government would be interested in moving forward more quickly than the Rajapaksa government’, the WikiLeaks revealed.