Soldier commits suicide at Veyangoda camp

Navy detains 22 Indian fishermen off Jaffna

The Sri Lanka Navy has seized two Indian trawlers with 22 Indian fishermen for poaching in Sri Lankan waters. The Indians were arrested during a patrol carried out by a Fast Attack Craft of the 4th Fast Attack Flotilla (4 FAF), attached to the Northern Naval Command in Sri Lankan waters north of Kankasanthurai and northwest of the Kovilan Lighthouse in Jaffna. The Indians were detained during a patrol carried out on the night of 23rd February 2022. The Navy took hold of the Indian trawlers wi

24 Feb, 2022

Bandula Padmakumara of ‘Mul Pituwa’ fame is no more

Veteran journalist Bandula Padmakumara of ‘Mul Pituwa’ fame has passed away. Padmakumara passed away while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo. He had reportedly been in hospital to seek treatment for a kidney ailment. Padmakumara was a former Editor in Chief of the Lakbima newspaper and a former Chairman of Lake House. He was best known for the ‘Mul Pituwa’ TV programe where be presented the newspaper headlines of the day. (Colombo Gazette)

24 Feb, 2022

President amends duties and functions of some Ministries

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has amended the duties and functions of some Ministries. The President issued an Extraordinary Gazette today amending the functions and duties of some Ministries. “It is hereby notified that the notification issued by me in the exercise of powers vested in me under Articles 44 (1), 45 (1) and 47 (1) (a) (b) respectively of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2187/27 of 09th August, 2020 a

23 Feb, 2022