Teen girl stabbed to death

Two youth remanded for taking photos on stupa

Two youth have been remanded for taking photographs while posing on top of a stupa. The two youth had been arrested for posing on the stupa at the?Mihintale Raja Maha Viharaya. They were produced before a Magistrate today who ordered that they be remanded till the 21st of February.

15 Feb, 2019

School boy slapping incident draws strong criticism

Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena has slammed an incident where a school boy was seen on a video being slapped at a school rugby match by his coach. The video is circulating on social media and has already drawn strong criticism. “This is wrong! It?s not coaching its abuse.?I had coaches who thought me values without hitting me,”?Mahela Jayawardena said in a tweet. (Colombo Gazette)

15 Feb, 2019

UN urged to assist Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu to return

The?United Nations has been urged to assist Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu to return home. The UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer called on the Governor of the Northern Province Dr. Suren Raghavan at his office in Jaffna, the Governor’s office said today. The discussion was focused on the land and houses in the Northern Province and Sri Lankan refugees in India. Under the direction of the President Maithripala Sirisena, lands and farms in Northern Province which were occupie

15 Feb, 2019