Police impose curfew in more areas in Kurunegala

ITAK leader Mavai Senathirajah steps down

Illangai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) leader Mavai Senathirajah has resigned from his post. Senathirajah has written to former MP S. Sritharan to assume duties as the ITAK leader. In January ITAK elected Sritharan its new leader through a secret ballot held at the eastern port district of Trincomalee. However, Sritharan did not assume the leadership role resulting in Senathirajah continuing as the ITAK leader. Senathirajah said that he had urged Sritharan to assume the leadership role on numer

08 Oct, 2024

Sri Lanka secures USD 200M from World Bank

The International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group (WBG) has approved a USD 200 million financing package to support the second phase of Sri Lanka’s Resilience, Stability, and Economic Turnaround (RESET) Development Policy Financing (DPF) program. The agreement was signed, Monday, by K.M. Mahinda Siriwardana, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Policy Formulation, Planning, and Tourism, and David N. Sislen, World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka i

07 Oct, 2024

School girl dies after jumping off 29th floor of Colombo Lotus Tower

A school girl died after jumping off the 29th floor of the Colombo Lotus Tower in what Police believe was a suicide. The Police said the student, attached to an international school, was not in her school uniform when the incident occured. She had a bag in her possession and her mobile phone was switched off. The management of the Colombo Lotus Tower said that CCTV footage showed the girl jumping off the tower. She had fallen onto the 3rd floor of the building and was killed. Further invest

07 Oct, 2024