Trade Ministry on fire

Man killed, wife injured in Armour Street shooting incident

A man killed and his wife was injured following a shooting incident in Armour Street today. The Police said that two gunmen had arrived on a motorbike and opened fire on a car in Armour Street. A 42 year old man, identified as Anthony Raj from Dematagoda, was killed in the shooting incident while his wife sustained injuries. (Colombo Gazette)

19 Mar, 2018

President removes state of emergency as situation back to normal

President Maithripala Sirisena removed the state of emergency today as the?situation in the country had returned to normal. The President, who returned to Sri Lanka last night from a visit to Japan, said that he had revoked the state of emergency from today. “Returned from a very successful tour of Japan, that brings many short and long terms benefits to us. Upon assessing the public safety situation, I instructed to revoke the State of Emergency,” the President tweeted. The state of emergenc

18 Mar, 2018

UPFA Parliamentarian Sanath Nishantha remanded

United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian Sanath Nishantha and his brother have been remanded over an alleged assault on the?Arachchikattuwa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Jagath Samantha Perera. The Chilaw High Court ordered that?Sanath Nishantha and his brother be remanded till May 25 over the incident.

19 Mar, 2018