Sri Lankan Rupee falls to a record low against the US Dollar

Uber and Pick Me drivers protest, some drivers threatened

Several?Uber and Pick Me drivers staged a protest in Colombo today over the commission charged by the respective companies from them. The protesting drivers also threatened some Uber and Pick Me drivers who operated their vehicles without joining the strike. Uber drivers parked their cars along Green Path and staged a protest walk to the Uber office. The protesters said that they were suffering as a result of the high commission charged by the companies, particularly Uber, for each taxi hire.

22 Oct, 2018

India arrests key accused attempting to flee via Sri Lanka

India’s National Investigative Agency (NIA) has arrested a key accused absconding in a terror attack case, while he was preparing to flee to?Saudi Arabia via Sri Lanka, the Financial Express reported. Ashraf Khandey, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir? Pulwama, was arrested from the New Delhi?s IGIA Airport, the NIA said in a press release. As per the release, Ashraf Khandey was a co-conspirator in facilitating, harboring and transporting a group of three heavily armed Pakistani terrorists belong

22 Oct, 2018

Two elephants killed on railway track

Two elephants were killed in two seperate train accidents last night and today. In one accident, a train crashed into two elephants killing one and injuring the other at Ambanpola. In the other accident, a train crashed into an elephant?near Palugaswewa killing the animal. Earlier this month three?elephants were killed after being hit by a train along the?Polonnaruwa-Batticaloa railway line. The train was travelling between Batticaloa and Colombo when the elephants had been on the track. At

21 Oct, 2018