Rishad Bathiudeen further remanded over Easter Sunday attacks

India assures Sri Lanka vaccine manufacturing capacity being enhanced

India has assured Sri Lanka that the vaccine manufacturing capacity in India is being enhanced to meet the emergency global demand of duly approved COVID-19 vaccines. Responding to media queries on the latest status of supply of made in India COVID-19 vaccines to Sri Lanka, a spokesperson of the Indian High Commission in Colombo said that in line with its commitment to collectively fight COVID-19 pandemic, India has supplied 64.51 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines (as on 09 April 2021) to 85 c

10 Apr, 2021

Rohitha says Mahinda was the father of a nation

Rohitha Rajapaksa, son of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, says his father was the father of a nation. The young Rajapaksa said this in a tweet wishing his brother Namal Rajapaksa for his birthday today. “When our father became the father of a nation, you took upon a role beyond our eldest brother. You became a second father to @YoshithaR and me; our protector and mentor. You are now ‘Loku Thaththi’ to my son,” Rohitha Rajapaksa tweeted. Mahinda Rajapaksa was President of Sri Lanka from 2005

10 Apr, 2021

SSP Rohan Premaratne appointed new CID Director

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rohan Premaratne has been appointed as the new Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Police Spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that CID Director Nishantha de Zoysa has been transferred to the Police Headquarters as the Director of the Crimes Division. Nishantha de Zoysa was appointed as the CID Director in October last year. DIG Ajith Rohana said that the latest change was made to meet service requirements. He

10 Apr, 2021