Tripura Chief Minister Biplap Kumar Deb sparked a news controversy on Saturday when he revealed BJP’s alleged ambition to form governments in neightbouring Nepal and Sri Lanka. The Times of India reported.
He was addressing a gathering during a thanksgiving...
Accountability cannot be established in the absence of credible and verifiable data says security expert Prof.Rohan Gunaratna
The Sri Lankan government is discussing the possibility of asking the UN Human Rights Commission UNHRC) to set up a data base on...
Former Speaker WJ M Lokubandara passed away this evening while being treated at the IDH hospital after he was infected with Covid19.
Mr Lokubandara was 81.
Initially he was treated at a private hospital and thereafter admitted to the IDH.
Mr Lokubandara...
Indian High Commission said a staff member working at the High Commission of India, Colombo was tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.
Keeping in line with COVID-19 guidelines prescribed by Government of Sri Lanka, the official is currently placed at...
Indian grant for power project off Jaffna peninsula?
Colombo, February 14: Though India failed to get the East Container Terminal
(ECT) project in Colombo port, it is now well on the way to bagging the West
Container Terminal (WCT) project and also...
The government had decided not to place the country under lockdown following the detection of the fast-spreading Covid variant in several parts of the country.
Media earlier today speculated that the country may be placed under lockdown after an assessment...
Modi tells in Chennai
Our Government has always taken care of the welfare and aspirations of our Tamil brothers and sisters in Sri Lanka. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while touring Chennai
Prime Minister Modi further said It is my honour...
Confusion reigned in the vicinity after an anonymous caller said that there was a plan to attack the St Anthony’s church Kochchikade.
Police moved swiftly to strengthen the security in the area and provide tight security to the Church. Eventually...
A man was sentenced to death by the Galle Provincial High Court for drug- related offences after a trial that lasted for twenty years.
He was charged for having 382 grams of Heroin in his possession in the year 2001...
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa requested the Speaker today to allow Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake to attend Parliamentary proceedings.
Premadasa said based on a directive made by the Court of Appeal to the Parliamentary Secretary General he said that the Speaker could...
A new variant of the covid 19 virus has been found from Colombo,Avissawella and Biyagama. The new variant has high transmutability and linked to the variant found in the United Kingdom and belonging to B117.
Hakeem slams Health Ministry
A decision to allow to bury the remains of Covid victims in Sri Lanka will be taken after consultations with the Expert Committee of the Health Ministry, State Minister Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle told Parliament today.
She told...
