Captain of boat in Katukurunda tragedy arrested, remanded

Sri Lanka Air Force swimmer crosses the Palk Strait in record time

Air Force swimmer Roshan Abeysundara crossed the Palk Strait in a record time of 28 hours and 19 mins and 43 seconds today. He set a new Asian record by breaking S. Kumar Anandan’s 50-year-old record set in 1971 when he swam the Palk Strait in 51 hours. He swam across the Palk strait from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka to Danushkodi in India and back. Abeysundara had earlier set a new record by swimming a 25Km distance from Matara to Koggala on January 3, 2021 clocking a time of 10 hours and 37 min

11 Apr, 2021

FR petition filed against deradicalization regulations?

A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition has been filed against the deradicalization regulations. The petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by Ambika Satkunanathan, a former Commission at the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. The petition states that the regulations, which contain vague terms that lend themselves to over-broad applications, amount to a continuing violation and/or imminent violation of Articles, 10, 12, 13 and 14 of the Constitution. The petition states that they allow ar

12 Apr, 2021

China and Sri Lanka sign USD 500 million loan agreement

China and Sri Lanka today signed a USD 500 million loan agreement which will infuse the required foreign exchange into the Sri Lanka economy. Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China, Dr. Palitha Kohona, signed the agreement on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka with the China Development Bank at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Beijing. ?These funds will help with Government efforts to facilitate rapid economic recovery following the setbacks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,? the Sri Lankan Embassy in Chi

12 Apr, 2021