Mahinda asserts Mahendran must face legal action

Former ?Aragalaya? activist drops a bomb on ex-lover

A former ?Aragalaya? activist dropped a bomb today on her ex-lover and former MP Professor Ashu Marasinghe, accusing him of sexually abusing her pet dog.? Adarshaa Karadana claimed that she secretly videoed Marasinghe sexually abusing her pet dog in their room after becoming suspicious over the dog’s behaviour. Karadana said that she had been living with Marasinghe for a coupe of years. She alleged that she eventually decided to leave him after she found out he was abusing her dog. Karadana

23 Dec, 2022

Burkina Faso expels UN diplomat who had served in Sri Lanka

Burkina Faso’s Government has expelled the top UN diplomat in the country who had once worked for the UN in Sri Lanka. Barbara Manzi, the United Nations’ resident and humanitarian coordinator in the West African nation, was declared persona non grata, the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Burkina Faso said in a statement. The Italy native has extensive experience with the UN, working as the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Ukraine, Iraq, Myanmar and Sri La

23 Dec, 2022

Scottish blogger fears being ‘trapped’ in Sri Lanka

A Scottish blogger fears she will now be trapped in Sri Lanka for six months after British diplomats said they could not force the countries authorities to return her passport. Kayleigh Fraser, a medical researcher from St Andrews, who has been living in the country since last year, has been locked in a legal battle with immigration officials on the island for months after they seized her passport and accused her of breaching the terms of her visa. It came after she shared images of a civil upr

24 Dec, 2022