Wasp attack injures 32 in Bogawantalawa

Sri Lanka records 1.9 million tourist arrivals in 2019

Despite 2019 being a tough year for the tourism industry, Sri Lanka has achieved the revised tourists? arrival target for 2019 which stands at 1,913,702 as of 31st December. It is a decline of 18% from 2018 when 2,333,796 of tourists had visited the country during the same period. The initial projection for the year 2019 was 2.5 Million Tourists but it was revised due to the Easter Sunday tragedy last April by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA). The total number of international

07 Jan, 2020

President tells EU Sri Lanka cannot fully implement 13-A

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the European Union (EU) today that Sri Lanka cannot fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. He said that certain aspects of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution cannot be accommodated, especially handing over Police powers to the Provinces. The President had expressed these views when a delegation representing the European Union called on him at the Presidential Secretariat today (06). Headed by the?Ambassador of the European Union to Sri La

06 Jan, 2020

Former CID Director Shani Abeysekera interdicted

Former Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Shani Abeysekera, has been interdicted. He was interdicted based on information which surfaced in a telephone conversation between him and former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake. The Police Headquarters said SSP Abeysekara was interdicted for allegedly causing disrepute to the Police service through his telephone conversations. Acting IGP C.D. Wickramaratne has also been notified to immediately carry out preliminary investigati

07 Jan, 2020