Air Force helicopter damaged following accident in Hingurakgoda

Clash at Welikada prison, female inmates, prison officers injured

A clash erupted at the?Welikada prison this evening resulting in some female inmates and prison officers sustaining injuries. The Prisons Department said that 52 inmates of the prison were transferred to other prisons during the tense situation. The situation arose when a group of female inmates launched a protest on the prison roof. The women began to throw roof tiles at the prison guards during the protest. A clash later erupted and during the clash, eight prison officers and three female

20 Aug, 2018

Sri Lanka briefs Solheim on ongoing reconciliation process

Sri Lanka has briefed Norwegian peace envoy and now United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim on the ongoing reconciliation process. Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Kenya Sunil de Silva presented his Letter of Appointment as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) to Solheim, the Foreign Ministry said today. Solheim had been designated by the UN Headquarters to accept Letters of Appointment in the absence of th

21 Aug, 2018

Japan and Sri Lanka to strengthen maritime security cooperation

Japan and Sri Lanka are to strengthen maritime security cooperation, the President’s media division said today. The matter was discussed during a meeting between Japanese Minister of Defence Itsunori Onodera, who is on a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka, and President Maithripala Sirisena held at the Presidential Secretariat today. This is the first time that a Japanese Defence Minister is visiting the country. During the meeting the progress of the implementation of the agreements entered

21 Aug, 2018