Train runs over nine-foot crocodile in Kekirawa

Police curfew imposed in the Veyangoda area

A Police curfew has been imposed in the Veyangoda Police Division in the Gampaha District with immediate effect. The Government Information Department said that the curfew will be in effect until further notice. A curfew had earlier been declared in the Divulapitiya and Minuwangoda areas in Gampaha after a woman in Divulapitiya tested positive for the coronavirus. The 39-year-old woman had been?detected with the virus?after being admitted to the Gampaha hospital. Chief Epidemiologist Dr Suda

04 Oct, 2020

CID chief transferred hours after Archbishop raised concerns

The Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Nuwan Wedasinghe has been transferred, hours after the Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith raised concerns over the CID. Wedasinghe has been transferred as the Acting Deputy Inspector General, Western Province (North) with immediate effect. DIG S.P Ranasinghe has been appointed as the new CID DIG. Wedasinghe was appointed as the DIG in charge of the CID last December. Just yesterday

04 Oct, 2020

US questions China?s trade deals with Sri Lanka?

By Easwaran Rutnam? The United States has questioned China?s trade deals with Sri Lanka and asserted the need to ensure that global standards of free trade and a fair investment climate are in place for the benefit of Sri Lankan and US businesses. The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz noted that the US believes partnerships between countries should be open, transparent, and mutually beneficial ? and if this is what Sri Lanka?s relationship with China embodies, then the US will encou

05 Oct, 2020