Governor of the Central Province Surangani Ellawala passed away

Sampanthan tells NPC members to withdraw no-confidence motion

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan has told a group of Northern Provincial Council (NPC) members to withdraw a no-confidence motion submitted against Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran. The move comes after?Wigneswaran told Sampanthan he will not push for two NPC members to go on compulsory leave over the corruption probe on some NPC members. The issue between?Wigneswaran and the Tamil National Alliance leadership threatened to divide the TNA.

19 Jun, 2017

Discussions underway with foreign airlines on Srilankan

Discussions are underway with some foreign airlines to reach a deal on operating Srilankan Airlines, State Finance Minister Eran Wickramaratne said today. The Minister said that the talks are at “discussion level” and nothing was concrete as yet. The State Minister also insisted that there was no move to sell Srilankan off to any party. Last week?the management of SriLankan Airlines pointed out that since the unity Government was formed, the airline?s losses have been dramatically reduced. Th

19 Jun, 2017

Army officers arrested in Keith Noyhar case granted bail

The six Army officers arrested in the case over the abduction and assault of journalist Keith Noyhar were granted bail today. The six Army intelligence officers were granted bail by the Colombo High Court. An Army Major and two soldiers were arrested in February over the abduction and assault on Noyahr. Subsequently a few other soldiers were also arrested over the case. Noyahr was abducted in May 2008 and?was severely assaulted before being set free. The former Associate Editor of The Natio

20 Jun, 2017