Group of UPFA MPs walk out of Parliament

Sangakkara named first non-British President of MCC

Kumar Sangakkara,?the former Sri Lanka captain, has been announced as the first non-British President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and will take up his one-year post on October 1, 2019. Sangakkara’s nomination was announced by the current President, Anthony Wreford, at the MCC Annual General Meeting at Lord’s on Wednesday. “It is a huge honour to be named the next President of MCC and it is a role that I am thoroughly looking forward to,” Sangakkara said. “For me, MCC is the greatest cric

01 May, 2019

Assets owned by group behind bombings to be seized

Assets owned by the group behind the Easter Sunday bombings is to be seized. The Police said that the Criminal Investigations Department has identified the assets. He said that steps are now being taken to seize the assets. President Maithripala Sirisena this week banned the National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem (JMI). President Maithripala Sirisena, in terms of the powers vested in him as the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka under Emergenc

01 May, 2019

Catholic services in Colombo cancelled for a second week

Catholic services are being cancelled for a second weekend in Sri Lanka?s capital after the government warned of more possible attacks by the same Islamic State-linked group that carried out Easter suicide bombings, the Associated Press reported. Rev. Edmund Tillakaratne, spokesman for the Colombo diocese, said Thursday that Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith had cancelled all Sunday services in the diocese based on the latest security reports. Last week, Muslims were told to stay home for Friday prayer

02 May, 2019