Anunayake of Sri Lanka Ramanya Sect has passed away

Turnbull, Sirisena discuss fighting people-smuggling

President Maithripala Sirisena met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today?with fighting people-smuggling high on the agenda. Sirisena and Turnbull agreed to expand cooperation between the two countries in several areas. The two leaders, after concluding a one-on-one round of talks, held bilateral discussions, in which ministers and officials from both sides participated. Sri Lanka and Australia signed a joint declaration, a memorandum of understanding and a letter of intent to

25 May, 2017

Cop injured after another policeman’s gun misfires

A policeman was injured after another policeman’s gun misfired in Kegalle, the Police media unit said. The Police said the gun misfired during a raid launched to arrest a suspect in Kegalle. The suspect was eventually arrested.

25 May, 2017

CBK says SAARC, BIMSTEC inactive and ineffective

Former President Chandrika Bandarnaike Kumaratunga has slammed the SAARC and BIMSTEC for not doing anything to solve the regional crises, BD News 24 reported. ?Both regional organisations failed to resolve any political problems,? she said, delivering a lecture in Dhaka on Tuesday. ?I would say (the regional groupings) are inactive and ineffective,? she said. She said during her time as Lankan President at a summit in Maldives she along with the then Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom sl

24 May, 2017