Second Reading of 2021 budget passed

Lalith Weeratunga and Anusha Pelpita appeal against court ruling

Lawyers appearing for Lalith Weeratunga, secretary to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Telecom Regulatory Commission Chairman Anusha Pelpita today filed an appeal against the recent Colombo High Court ruling which found them guilty in a corruption case. Weeratunga and Pelpita were found guilty in the ?sil redi? case and were sentenced to three years in jail by the Colombo High Court, and ordered to pay Rs. 2 million each as a fine and Rs. 50 million each as compensation. They were

11 Sep, 2017

North Korea illegally exported some commodities to Sri Lanka

North Korea illegally exported coal, iron and other commodities worth at least ?204 million to China and other countries including India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka during a six-month period, in breach of United Nations sanctions, the world body says. In a report released on Saturday , UN experts said Kim Jong Un’s government continued to flout sanctions on commodities, as well as an arms embargo and restrictions on shipping and financial activities, during the period which ended in early August, t

10 Sep, 2017

All Tamils in North are not terrorists asserts Wigneswaran

Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran asserted that all Tamils in the North are not terrorists. He says some people in the South have got the wrong impression about the people in the North. Wigneswaran said he discussed this matter with the Chief Prelates in Kandy when he visited them yesterday. He also invited the Chief Prelates to visit the North and see for themselves the issues faced by the people there. “Calling for a federal system is not a move to divide the country. We hav

10 Sep, 2017