President leaves for New York to attend General Assembly

NP Governor says he was misquoted on Bachelet comments

Northern Province Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan says he was misquoted by some local newspapers on comments he made with regards to the meeting between the Sri Lankan Government delegation and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet in Geneva last week. The Governor said that his comments made to the media had been particularly misquoted by some English newspapers resulting in the High Commissioner’s office issuing a clarification. Dr. Suren Raghavan said that he has the utmo

29 Mar, 2019

Veteran Singer Anjalin Gunathilaka passed away

Veteran Singer Anjalin Gunathilaka passed away today. She was 79 years of age at the time of her death. Gunathilaka passed away while?receiving treatment in hospital in Colombo.

29 Mar, 2019

Beedi leaves floating in the sea recovered by the Navy

Beedi leaves packed in parcels were found by crew members of a Fast Attack Craft and a Coastal Patrol Vessel of the Sri Lanka Navy, floating in the sea. The leaves were found during a patrol carried out in the seas of Mannartoday (29th March). The beedi leaves which was 1456.1 kg in weight, was packed in 33 parcels. It is suspected that the consignment was smuggled from India. The beedi leaves were? handed over to the customs office in Jaffna for further investigations. So far over 8000 kg o

29 Mar, 2019