Truck rams into 10 vehicles in Kaleliya

Thilanga, Nishantha, Jayantha, Mohan submit nominations for SLC polls

Thilanga Sumathipala, Nishantha Ranatunga, Jayantha Dharmadasa and Mohan de Silva submitted their nominations to contest for the post of President at the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board elections. The board elections will take place on 31st?May 2018 in compliance with a directive issued by the Sports Minister. Earlier, the Annual General Meeting of Sri Lanka Cricket for the year 2018 which was due to be held on 19th?May 2018 had been postponed. The Annual General Meeting and Election of Office

21 May, 2018

Death toll from adverse weather rises, over 50,000 affected

The death toll from the adverse weather rose further today while over 50,000 people have been affected and many of them displaced. The Disaster Management Centre said that eight people had been confirmed killed as of today and 52,380 people affected. The floods and adverse weather saw some roads being closed and train services being disrupted. The Army media unit said that the military had been deployed to assist those affected and carry out rescue operations. The Army media unit said that a

22 May, 2018

Mahanama and former STC Chairman further remanded

President Maithripala Sirisena?s former Chief of Staff K Mahanama and State Timber Corporation (STC) Chairman P. Dissanayaka have been ordered to be further remanded till June 5th. Mahanama and Dissanayaka had been arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs.20 million over a land deal. Mahanama and the Chairman of the State Timber Corporation, P. Dissanayake were arrested at the car park of a Colombo hotel recently while accepting the bribe from an Indian businessman.

22 May, 2018