Two more coronavirus related deaths reported in Sri Lanka

Female and two others arrested over Negombo prison heroin racket

A female and two others have been arrested over a heroin racket operated at the Negombo prison, the Police said. The Police media unit said that investigations had been launched based on intelligence information received by the Police. An officer attached to the Kayunayake Navy base was initially arrested with heroin and ganja. Based on information provided by the Navy officer an inmate of the Negombo prison was detained for operating the heroin and ganja racket from within the prison premise

21 Jun, 2020

Mangala writes to PM questioning “hysterical” attack on CBSL

Former Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has written to Prime Minister and current Finance Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa questioning the “hysterical” attack on the Central Bank by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Samaraweera said that the tongue-lashing the Governor and other senior officials of the CBSL received from the President, later released to the media by the Presidential Media Division, is unprecedented. “Never in the seven- decade long history of our Republic have either the government

21 Jun, 2020

Jeevan Thondaman does not want to be addressed as “sir”

Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) General Secretary Jeevan Thondaman does not want to be addressed as “sir” but as Jeevan. Addressing a gathering in Kandy today, Jeevan Thondaman said that when he arrived for the meeting he was greeted as “sir” by those who welcomed him. Thondaman, son of late Minister Arumugam Thondaman said that “sir” was in the past and he prefers to be identified as Jeevan. He also said that the CWC is a National political party and should go beyond just Nuwara Eliya. Thond

20 Jun, 2020