Tree falls on vehicles in Borella, one person killed

Iran says no decision to lease aircrafts from Sri Lanka

Iran has not made any decision to lease aircrafts from Sri Lanka, Iran’s Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan said. He was responding to reports that Iran was in talks with Sri Lanka?to renegotiate the orders for three A350-900 aircrafts ordered by the last Government. The former management of SriLankan Airlines had entered into a contract in 2013 with Airbus for the purchase of eight A350-900 aircrafts to replace the existing wide-body fleet. Tehran Times rep

28 Jun, 2016

Srilankan airlines to suspend flights to Paris and Frankfurt

Sri Lanka’s National airline, Srilankan Airlines today announced that it will be suspending flights to Paris and Frankfurt from October and November this year. Accordingly, the last flights between Frankfurt and Colombo (UL 553/554) will be operated on October 30, while UL 563/564 of November 6, 2016 will conclude the operations between Paris and Colombo. The airline said that the Government of Sri Lanka has made it clear that it will no longer fund continuing losses. Airline sources said that

27 Jun, 2016

Young couple drown after boat overturns in Anuradhapura river

A young couple who had gone on a boat ride in the Anuradhapura river, had drowned after their boat overturned. The police said that the couple were initially reported missing after the boat overturned. A search operation was later launched and the bodies were found today.

27 Jun, 2016