Three members of same family killed in Ambalangoda

Case on Pilapitiya at Nugegoda Magistrate?s Court suspended

The Appeal Court issued an interim order suspending the case on interdicted High Court Judge Gihan Pilapitiya from being heard at the Nugegoda Magistrate?s Court. The court decided that the case can be heard only once a writ application filed by Pilapitiya seeking an interim injunction order is considered. The Appeal Court issued notice to the Nugegoda Magistrate, the Acting Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General to respond to the relevant writ application. Further hearing of th

08 Jun, 2020

Gammanpila says “some minorities in Sri Lanka blow at majority”

Former Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila says some minorities in Sri Lanka not only breathe but also blow at the majority. He made the comment on twitter which drew strong condemnation from several people on social media. Gammanpila said that an example for his remark were the Easter Sunday attacks, the Aranthalawa massacre, Gonawala Massacre and the attack on the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy. His tweet said: “Some? minorities in Sri Lanka not only breathe but also blow at the majority. Eg #Ea

07 Jun, 2020

Colombo?s air quality continues to drop with more vehicles on street

By Indika Sri Aravinda Colombo?s air quality is continuing to drop with more vehicles returning to the street after the curfew enforced to contain the spread of the cororonavirus being relaxed. Sarath Premasiri, a senior scientist at the National Building Research Organization said the air quality has dropped by 150 percent when compared to what it was during the curfew. The clean air resulted in mountains as far as Ratnapura and Kandy being visible in Colombo. However, with more vehicles re

08 Jun, 2020