Four killed, two injured in Mattakuliya shooting incident

Yoshitha Rajapaksa granted bail in Dehiwala house case

Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was granted bail today in the case over a house in Dehiwala. The Mount Lavinia Magistrate granted bail to Rajapaksa when the case was taken up for hearing today.

16 Jun, 2016

Indonesia to escort stranded Sri Lankans towards India

A group of Sri Lankans who were trying to reach Australia when their boat became stranded off Indonesia during bad weather are set to be “escorted” back towards India, officials said according to 9news.com.au. A pregnant woman and nine children are among the 44 people on board the boat that has been drifting around 300 metres off the coast of Lhoknga in Aceh since Saturday. Following a meeting late on Wednesday between local and central government officials, including Vice President Jusuf Kall

16 Jun, 2016

Court orders police to release body of Somawansa Amarasinghe

The Court today ordered the police to release the body of former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Somawansa Amarasinghe. The police was told to hand over the body to?Somawansa Amarasinghe’s relatives for funeral proceedings to be carried out. The police had earlier refused to release the body pending an investigation over his death. (Colombo Gazette)

16 Jun, 2016