New envoys for Pakistan and Thailand in Sri Lanka present their credentials

US senators concerned over China?s investments in Sri Lanka

Several US senators have raised concerns over China’s investments in several countries, including in Sri Lanka. According to the Wall Street Journal, the US senators are pressing the Trump administration to detail what it is doing to deal with Beijing?s financing of international infrastructure projects that have left many countries indebted to China and potentially in need of bailouts. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the senators asked offi

06 Aug, 2018

GMOA says it will compile a ?traitors? list of journalists

The?Government Medical Officers? Association (GMOA) has said that?it will compile a ?traitors? list of journalists. President of the Government Medical Officers? Association, Dr Anuruddha Padeniya has told The Sunday Observer newspaper that the trade union was currently in the process of compiling a ?traitors? list of journalists working against the interests of the motherland. ?We have created a point scheme. In Psychiatry, there is a method to identify people who betray the country. We are g

06 Aug, 2018

A 68 year old man shot dead in Minuwangoda

A 68 year old man was shot dead in Minuwangoda today, the Police said. The Police said the shooting took place?at the Yatiyana Junction in Minuwangoda.

05 Aug, 2018