One person arrested after drone falls on sacred stupa

Coronavirus claims another 48 lives including 18 at home

The coronavirus has claimed another 48 lives including that of 18 people who were at home. The Health Ministry said that the 48 people included 23 females and 25 males. Among them, 18 had died at home, 29 while being treated at hospital and one on admission to hospital. The latest victims are residents of Bogawanthalawa, Maskeliya, Mudungoda, Colombo 13, Kolonnawa, Kalutara North, Mathugama, Kirimetiya, Kandy, Nawana, Radawana, Rajagiriya, Colombo 10, Thihariya, Attanagalla, Welioya, Ragama,

04 Jun, 2021

Kelani River faces threat of being mixed with furnace oil

The Kelani River is facing the threat of being mixed with furnace oil following heavy rain. Separator tanks containing furnace oil at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery managed by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, has overflowed. The Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard have been deployed to skim the furnace oil from the flood waters and prevent a further spread. The Navy said that the Heiyanthuduwa area in Sapugaskanda has been flooded due to heavy rains and there is a risk of the furnace oil mixed wit

04 Jun, 2021

Name board without Sinhalese at Indian consulate replaced?

By Easwaran Rutnam? A name board at the Indian consulate in Jaffna which had wordings in English, Tamil and Hindi and not Sinhalese, has been replaced. Concerns were raised over the name board especially at a time when similar criticism had been directed at some Chinese companies for not giving space to Tamil on their name boards. Well informed sources told?Daily Mirror?that the name board of the Indian Consulate General in Jaffna had been placed 5 years ago. Indian sources said that the nee

05 Jun, 2021