Actor and singer Janesh Silva passed away yesterday morning (June 10). Janesh had been suffering from cancer for a period of time. He died while he was receiving treatment in the Colombo National Hospital.

Janesh was a son of late comedian Freddie Silva. He had acted in twelve films.

He made his first debut in the film “Ege Variaya 2” in 1997. He also starred in the films “Sir Last Chance (2009)”, “Pissu Pusoo (2001), “Weda bari Tazan mathisabayata (2008)” and many others. His last appearance was in the film “Super Six” (2012) where he acted as a police man.  

Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor has granted lawyers access to two Tamil asylum seekers who feared they would be removed to Sri Lanka.

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A fire has erupted at a warehouse in the Colombo Harbour at around 1 this morning, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today Online.

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The Ministry of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs, has banned the sale of irreverent and scary masks during the Vesak season. The Secretary to the ...

Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha (PS), Prasanna Ranawaeera, who was assaulted yesterday (23) and had to be hospitalized, alleged he was attacked ...

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Parliamentarian, Athuraliye Rathana Thera said, yesterday the government must be compelled to change its stand on the 13th ...

Colombo Mayor, A.J.M. Muzammil, has informed Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Planning, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the Friedrich Naumann ...

An army corporal has been remanded till 30 May by the Trincomalee Acting Magistrate, S. Thiruchenthilnathan, for misbehaving with a woman passenger who was ...

One lane along Olcott Mawatha, Colombo 11 has been closed due to the protest carried out by JVP in the Punchi Borella- Maradana area against the increased ...

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A resident from the Ambilipitiya area has been arrested by the Special Police Unit of the Walana Police for the possession of dry cannabis weighing 367 Kg ...

Thirteen persons who were injured after the bus they were travelling in had veered off the road and toppled in the Udapussellawa area in Walimada at around ...