Police fire tear-gas on students for violating court order

Lankan files police complaint over racial abuse in UK

A Sri Lankan in UK has filed a police complaint saying he faced racial abuse on the streets in?Welwyn Garden City. Although Eranda Wickramasinghe was born in Sri Lanka 40 years ago, he has lived in the UK since 1990, and won citizenship in 2000, marrying an Englishwoman two years ago and moving to Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn Hatfield Time?reported. Last week, as he arrived at the Hydeway end of the railway station footbridge on his way to work in London, he was confronted by a white man. The m

20 May, 2017

Plane makes emergency landing at BIA following fire

A passenger plane with over 200 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) late this evening. The Civil Aviation Authority said the?Qatar Airways flight?made the emergency landing after reporting a fire on board. The Qatar Airways flight Dreamliner was flying between Thailand and Doha when it made the emergency landing at BIA. “QR 841 was carrying 202 passengers and made an emergency landing,”?Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority

19 May, 2017

Over 50 injured in accident involving two buses in Akuressa

Over 50 people sustained injuries following an accident involving two buses in Akuressa, the police said. The police said that a private bus and a CTB bus crashed into each other injuring the passengers.

19 May, 2017