Police arrest two notorious drug traffickers including ?Aruni Baba?

Mahinda holds talks with Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi

Former President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa met with Congress President Rahul Gandhi, former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party leader Anand Sharma in Delhi today, the ANI news service reported. Sri Lanka?s former foreign minister Professor G.L. Peiris and MP Namal Rajapaksa were also present on the occasion. Rajapaksa is in India at the invitation of BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy to deliver a talk in Delhi and is also participating in various events in India. He graced the fun

13 Sep, 2018

After urgent cabinet meeting President to now meet media heads

President Maithripala Sirisena, who earlier today held an urgent cabinet meeting, has now called for a meeting with media heads tomorrow. The meeting is to take place tomorrow morning at the President’s House in Fort. Invitations send out by the President’s office have called on Heads of Media, Newspaper Editors and Directors of Electronic Media Institutions to attend the meeting. Today, the President had an urgent meeting with the cabinet where it was reported that he had sought support agai

13 Sep, 2018

WPC Governor cancels purchase of expensive chairs for council

Western Province Governor Hemakumara Nanayakkara has issued an order to cancel the purchasing of a large number of expensive chairs for the Western Provincial Council (WPC). Nanayakkara said that he had received a complaint from Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Provincial Council member Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi that the expensive chairs were to be purchased. The Governor said that when he had made inquiries he found that there were some discrepancies. He said the chairs were being purchased fo

13 Sep, 2018