Budget for 2013 passed in parliament

Danushka launches second bail bid

Danushka Gunathilaka today launched a second bail bid following his arrest and charges of four counts of sexual intercourse without consent, Daily Mail reported. The bail hearing has been scheduled for December 8 by a New South Wales Supreme Court. Following the team’s Twenty20 World Cup loss to England, the 31-year-old was arrested at the Hyatt Regency on Sussex Street in the early hours of November 6. He did not fly home with the team. Daily Mail Australia obtained a police statement of fac

14 Nov, 2022

Eight new foreign diplomats meet President Wickremesinghe

Seven newly appointed Ambassadors and a High Commissioner to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat this morning. Accordingly, Federico Salas Lotfe, the Mexican Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Rinchen Kuentsyl, the Bhutan Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Fleming Raul Duarte, the Paraguay Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Peggy Frantzen, the Luxembourg Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Levan Dzhagaryan, the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Ahmed Ali Saeed Al Rashd

11 Nov, 2022

Overseas travel ban imposed on Diana Gamage

The Colombo Magistrate?s Court today imposed an overseas travel ban on State Minister of Tourism, Diana Gamage. The ban prevents the State Minister from travelling overseas until 17th November. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) was yesterday ordered to submit a progress report on the investigations conducted into Gamage?s passport, birth certificate and National Identity Card (NIC). The Colombo Chief Magistrate?s Court ordered the CID to submit the details on the progress of the in

11 Nov, 2022