Colombo

Warrant not needed for Diana Gamage’s arrest, court tells CID

The Colombo Chief Magistrate has pointed out to the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) that a warrant will not be required for the arrest of State Minister மேலும் படிக்க...

Sri Lanka reconciliation: Vigneswaran backs president, wants monks not to interfere

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has a clear vision for the country which must be supported and the Buddhist clergy must stay out of the reconciliation மேலும் படிக்க...

Balangoda Kassapa Thero arrested during Satyagraha

Two individuals including Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thero were arrested today (Feb. 08) during a Satyagraha campaign that was blocking the entry road to மேலும் படிக்க...

Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000

With hope fading to find survivors, stretched rescue teams toiled through the night in Turkey and Syria, searching for signs of life in the rubble of thousands மேலும் படிக்க...

Schaffter’s death caused by ingestion of cyanide, and not strangulation, court told

It has been revealed that the death of prominent businessman Dinesh Schaffter, the director of Jana Shakti PLC, was caused by ingestion of cyanide, when the மேலும் படிக்க...

Military personnel deployed in Colombo amidst mass protests

Several teams of military personnel have been deployed within the Colombo Fort area, to help control the prevailing situation in the wake of various groups மேலும் படிக்க...

Police officer swims after fleeing suspect, arrests him at sea

A 19-year-old suspect has been apprehended in Galle after he had attempting to evade arrest by jumping into the sea. The arrestee was accused of illegally மேலும் படிக்க...

The Country We Lost to Sinhala-Buddhism

“Our challenge is to devise some arrangement which enables us to coexist if not in amity then at least in forbearance.” Jawaharlal Nehru (quoted in Andre மேலும் படிக்க...

Hirunika and her mother urge SC to set aside Presidential Pardon granted to Duminda Silva

Former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra and her mother Sumana Premachandra through their lawyers yesterday urged Supreme Court to set aside the மேலும் படிக்க...

Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 7,800

The death toll of a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria jumped to more than 7,800 people on Tuesday as rescuers worked against time in harsh மேலும் படிக்க...