PS Chairman sentenced to death

Cops attached to Ingiriya Police arrested for assaulting suspect

Three policemen attached to the?Ingiriya Police station have been arrested for assaulting a suspect. According to the Police media unit, the policemen had been on duty in?Ingiriya last night and had stopped two youth to search them. The policemen had then assaulted the youth. A tense situation arose at the?Ingiriya Police station with residents and family members of the two youth alleging that the three policemen were drunk at the time. The two youth had been admitted to hospital following t

29 Jul, 2018

Eastern Province to undergo major development to boost tourism

The?Eastern Province is to undergo major development to boost tourism in the area, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. The Prime Minister said that as part of the development drive, domestic air services will operate to the East and this will help bring more tourists to the area. He said that four companies have already shown interest to operate air services to the East. Wickremesinghe said that a new airport which is to be opened in the East will help reduce the travel time to ar

29 Jul, 2018

Sampanthan seeks Mahinda’s support for new Constitution

Opposition and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan says he had asked former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to support the process to draft a new Constitution. Sampanthan said that he had put forward the request when he met?Rajapaksa at a Chinese event recently. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sampanthan and others were present at an event held in Colombo recently to mark the 91st Anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People?s Lib

28 Jul, 2018