Youth dies after being shot at in Mattakkuliya

Summons issued on Rajitha over ‘white van’ media briefing

The Colombo High Court today issued summons on former Minister Rajitha Senaratne and former Chairman of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation? Mohamed Rumie to appear before Courts on 28 August. The summons was issued over the controversial white van press briefing held prior to the Presidential elections in 2019. On 31 July, Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera filed indictments at the Colombo High Court against Senaratne and Mohamed Rumie over the same incident. Former Parliamentarian Raj

10 Aug, 2020

SLFP awaits allocation of Ministerial posts

By Vyshnavi Velrajh With the new cabinet to be appointed on Wednesday the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is still awaiting the allocation of Ministerial posts in the new Government. When contacted by Colombo Gazette, the SLFP said that it is still “unaware” of the Ministerial posts to be allocated to its members. SLFP Secretary-General Dayasiri Jayasekara said he is unaware of the Ministerial posts the SLFP will receive. The SLFP contested the just concluded Parliamentary Election with the S

10 Aug, 2020

PM says development in Tamil areas will be resumed and expedited

One of the most important priorities of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was sworn in on Sunday morning [August 8] will be the development of the Tamil-dominated Northern Province, which surprisingly unseated the Tamil National Alliance as the sole representative of Tamils, the Frontline magazine in India reported. “A great deal was done under difficult circumstances [in the Northern Province] during the tenure of my last government. This work, which was unfortunately disrup

10 Aug, 2020