Former Eastern Province Chief Minister arrested

Cabinet agrees to pay Rs. 2.5 million to Priyantha’s family

Cabinet has approved a proposal to pay Rs. 2.5 million to the family of Diyawadanage Don Nandasiri Priyantha Kumara, who was killed by a mob in Sialkot in Pakistan. Cabinet co-spokesman Dr. Ramesh Pathirana said that the proposal was put forward by Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva. He said the Cabinet approved the proposal to make the payment through the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau. Priyantha Diyawadana was employed as the?General Manager Operation at Rajco Industries in Sialkot. A f

07 Dec, 2021

Putin notes progress in relations between Russia and Sri Lanka

Russian President Vladimir Putin has noted the recent progress in the relations between Russia and Sri Lanka. He said that good contacts have been established between foreign ministries, defence ministries and ministries of the economic bloc, as well as between parliaments. The President expressed these views when?Professor Janitha A. Liyanage, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation together with 19 Ambassadors from foreign countries presented letters of credence to the President.

08 Dec, 2021

Study reveals husbands committed several murders in Sri Lanka

A new study has revealed that of 243 murders committed between 2013 and 2015 in Sri Lanka 128 were committed by the legal husband. The UNFPA commissioned the study, which is the first of its kind in Sri Lanka, to understand the contributory factors of unnatural deaths that women and girls by analyzing accidents, suicides and femicides in Sri Lanka from 2013-2015. Conducted by the University of Kelaniya, the study focused on unnatural female deaths in five provinces in the country. Evidence fro

08 Dec, 2021