Two arrested with 288 LG polls official ballot papers

Ecstasy pills imported from France seized

Sri Lanka Customs has seized 3 kg of ecstasy pills that were concealed in a package that was couriered from overseas. Spokesman to the Sri Lanka Customs Sunil Jayarante told the Colombo Gazette that the stock of ecstasy had been couriered from France. He said one suspect has been arrested in connection to the parcel. Preliminary investigations are underway into the incident. (Colombo Gazette)

10 Jul, 2020

One hundred returnees from Middle East released from quarantine

One hundred returnees from the Middle East were released from a quarantine facility operated by the Sri Lanka Air Force today. The Air Force media unit said that 100 people who were quarantines at the Air Force facility in Palaly were released today. Meanwhile,?Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head, National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army urged the public to be more cautious as more and more infected expatriate

11 Jul, 2020

Government accused of lack of transparency in China deals

The Government has been accused of lack of transparency in its deals with China. Harin Fernando, a Minister in the previous Government led by Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, accused the current administration of turning Sri Lanka into a “banana republic” under Chinese rule, the Nikkei Asian Review reported. “In 2014, before we toppled the government, this is what we highlighted. But now we see [the Chinese] doing this much more strategically,” he told Nikkei. Fer

11 Jul, 2020