Two Lankan students from South Korea admitted to hospital

Nedumaran claims LTTE leader Prabakaran is alive

Tamil nationalist movement leader Pazha Nedumaran claimed that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabakaran was still alive, and would emerge in public soon. Reading out a statement at a press conference in Thanjavur at Mullivaikkal Mutram, Nedumaran said the time was now appropriate for the LTTE leader to come out in the open in the context of the Sinhalese protest against Mahinda Rajapaksa?and the international situation. Reading out a statement at a press conferen

13 Feb, 2023

German companies may withdraw from Sri Lanka if import ban continues

By Easwaran Rutnam German companies operating in Sri Lanka have raised the red flag with some warning they will be compelled to withdraw from the country if the import ban continues, Daily Mirror learns. Sri Lanka has slapped an import ban on several items owing to the shortage of US dollars, but Germany has urged the Government to relax the ban. The German Ambassador to Sri Lanka Holger Seubert told a group of journalists in Colombo today that some German companies have raised concerns over

19 Feb, 2023

Government asserts no money to hold election

The Government today asserted that it has no money to hold the Local Government (LG) election. Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardena told reporters today that he had consulted the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya on the availability of funds to hold the elections. Gunawardena said that Siyambalapitiya had informed him that the Government did not have sufficient funds at this moment to hold an election. He said that the Supreme Court has also been informed about the situation.

14 Feb, 2023