State minister holding portfolio for foreign affairs Mr. Wasantha Senanayaka has attended the Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna public rally held in Polonnaruwa yesterday by expressing support to presidential candidate Mr. Gotabhaya. When the rally was in progress at Polonnaruwa Maithri playground and when Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was speaking, it was curtailed for a moment and Mr. Wasantha Senanayaka happened to arrive there on shoulders of the public and step on stage and thus offer his support. 

Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has on that occasion not anticipated this arrival which was perhaps

University lecturers and other academics who have gone overseas for educational purposes and not returned to their motherland ... 519 in number owe over Rs. eighty three crores and one lakh to the government; it is stated in the committee on public enterprises (COPE) as presented to parliament yesterday (7). 

According to the report concerned, the number of university lecturers who have gone overseas and

On a tip off received to the effect that a programme where injustice was being meted out to a candidate within national Rupavahini corporation last night (7), a group of officers of the election office, Colombo and additional district secretary had visited the place when a commotion has flared up. 

A supporter of a presidential candidate serving within Rupavahini premises has given a tip off that a group of workers in the said corporation are engaged in preparing a mud-slinging video and that they

Colombo high court today enforced death penalty to Madhura Manuranga who was convicted of murdering his wife and two children in his house at Ratmalana in the year 2012, creating a sensation across the country. Mr. Vikum Kaluaarachchi, Colombo high court judge thus imposed death sentence on Madhura Manuranga de Silva being guilty of strangling his wife and two children and burning them to death. 

Court hearings over this case extended throughout the period 2013 - 13 and a host of information was

The body of a lecturer who was attached to Ratmalana German Technology College and was missing was finally found from a pit in a coconut estate belonging to him at Metobokkawaththa, Kuliyapitiya day before yesterday (5). The corpse so found was that of a lecturer named Banneheka Mudiyanselage Nandika Mahinda Basnayaka living in Madakumburumula, Metibokkawaththa. 

Mother of the deceased has complained to Kuliyapitiya police last Monday (4) saying that she has

A dialogue has flared up in a weekend newspaper this time in relation to a certain minister who was subjected to continuous talk during the past because of his passionate movements. Here is an extract of that story in Deshaya newspaper: 

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There is a minister-type gentleman who was appointed from a seat close to Colombo where the

The suspect connected to the murder of a certain person living in a house down Dharmapala Mawatha, Town Hall opposite Vihara Maha Devi park, Colombo last night (5) was taken into custody this afternoon (6). 

Police who began inquiries regarding this murder on a information across a call received at emergency unit 119 found that the person who came from outside was murdered after a clash that took place between a person who was on rent at a house opposite Vihara Maha Devi park and the

A corporal who was a deserter of the army and is known as the ace gunman of the underworld and has committed a series of murders disguised as a Muslim lady dressed in burka was arrested on suspicion by a posse of policemen of law enforcement unit of Nugegoda division some days back. The suspect is one Ruwan Kumara (29) alias 'Army Ruwan", a resident of Suriyawewa. A senior police officer said that the suspect thus taken into custody is connected to a series of murders that

A new aspect took shape under the name 'Kulasingha Park' at Colombo planetarium premises and it was opened by president yesterday. To commemorate the hundredth death anniversary of distinguished engineer Late Mr. A.N.S. Kulasingha and it was in fact a joint creation

A student following studies at the medical faculty in Jaffna University has hanged himself and the body was found some days later, day before yesterday. What police said was that that as the room in the hotel where the student stayed was closed for a number of days and  when a foul odour was emanating from the room the other students had made an inspection and it was then revealed that

A special number of pages have been allocated in connection with rights of the gay community in the manifesto presented for the presidential election by Jathika Jana Balavegaya this time and presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayaka has taken steps to speak on that topic at public rallies. The LGBT community has welcomed the manifesto of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and the community has mentioned that they would favour Anura Kumara Dissanayaka with about two

A motorcar which had disappeared after falling into a river in Meramaniha district in Toamasina area in Madagaskar was brought ashore day before yesterday (2) and in the process three bodies of Sri Lankans in the said vehicle was found. 

This accident has occured when the motor car has been on its way with the occupants going for a business matter in Maramanna city along R.N. main road travelling from Antananariyo town to

It is superfluous to mention that the incident where death of  ISIS leader Abu-Baker Al-Baghagdi hit the spotlights from among international news last week. 

It was during a clever operation launched by a special American troop of soldiers when Baghdadi put an end to his life by exploding the suicidal suit he was wearing. During this attack two of his wives

Many SLFP MPs who get on stage at presidential elections this time were subjected to an unpleasant moment of hooting. The reason for that is for having joined the SLFP - Maithri camp at the last election or after that ... leaving Mahinda. 

Though three instances of placing the signatures were seen on behalf the SLFP - SLPJP alliance and

When presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was addressing the crowd at the Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna rally held in Angoda, Kolonnawa in Colombo last 31st, an incident where a spectator has made a request was spotlighted by a rupavahini channel today. 

What this member of the audience has requested was to 'erect an elephant fence'. It was seen that

Well-known actress who left a memorable name for sometime in tele stage plays and films passed away this afternoon (1) and she was in her 76th year at the time of her death. 

She contributed herself as an actress in films such as 'Romeo - Juliet Kathwak, Dandumonara, Aradhana, Himagira, Yuwathipathi, Pawuru Walalu, Ira Mediyama, Boradiya Pokuna and Nisala Giri stand out in this connection. Apart from them she has played various character roles in close upon 40

A big discussion is taking place these days about the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MMC) and related programme. Wimal Veerawansha, Mahinda Rajapaksa and those of the opposition have expressed their opinion that it could be a disguised American colony. Minister Mangala Samaraweera has boasted about acquiring this aid indicating that it would be possible to get a large sum of monies as an aid which need not be paid back and with those funds it would be possible to set up a light

"Ran Chamara, alleged to be an accomplice of 'Olu Mara', a criminal gang leader who is supposed to have maintained a torture chamber in a house in Wennappuwa Sirigampola Colony has been taken into custody on suspicion by a posse of policemen of Wennappuwa police day before yesterday (30). The person so apprehended on suspicion is a resident of Sirigampola Colony. 

This suspect has had in his possession 2 grams and 200 milligrams of heroin, police say. Olu Mara,

Hiru who have been accused of engaging in partial reporting concerning presidential reporting these days and after posters "Kudu epa ... Hiru epa ... boru epa" with their logo being publicised, two chiefs of Hiru media network have directed a complaint to police headquarters yesterday In this instance Hiru chief executive officer Vincent Silva and news editor Sudeva