Colombo Port City formally declared as part of Sri Lanka

Ranil Wickramasinghe to remain as UNP Leader till January

Ranil Wickramasinghe is to remain as leader of the United National Party (UNP) till January 2021, the party announced today. The UNP said that the party will reorganise over the next few weeks and appoint a new leader in January. The decision was announced after the UNP Working Committee met today (Monday). At the UNP Working Committee meeting Ruwan Wijewardene was elected as the new Deputy Leader of the UNP. Wijewardene and UNP Assistant Leader Ravi Karunanayake were nominated for the post

14 Sep, 2020

Sri Lankan immigrant accused of sextortion in Melbourne

A Sri Lankan man living in?Melbourne has been charged with child sex offences over coercing young girls into sending explicit images and videos of themselves and then blackmailing them to send more, Daily Mail reported. The Australian Federal Police alleged the man distributed the intimate content to the girls’ families and friends as a punishment for failing to comply. The 23-year-old was arrested after tip-offs from both the?London?Metropolitan Police and the FBI about young girls, aged betw

12 Sep, 2020

Thirty-nine arrivals test positive for coronavirus

Thirty-nine arrivals have tested positive for the coronavirus in Sri Lanka, the National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said this morning (Monday). NOCPCO said that all 39 had tested positive while in quarantine at a number of quarantine centers in the country. Of the 39 who tested positive for the virus, 16 are arrivals from Qatar who are at the Club Palm Bay hotel in Marawila and at a quarantine center in Anuradhapura,? 12 from the UAE who are at Ozo Hotel

14 Sep, 2020