Security beefed up in Pallai following shooting incident

EC invites foreign observers for Parliamentary election

By Easwaran Rutnam The National Elections Commission (EC) has invited foreign observers for the upcoming Parliamentary election. Commission member S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole told the Daily Mirror that observers from the European Union, Commonwealth and the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) have been invited by the Elections Commission. Separately, local election monitors will also observe the election and are also likely to invite their own foreign observers for the polls set for April 25

12 Mar, 2020

Flights to Sri Lanka from Italy, Iran, South Korea to be suspended

By Indika Sri Aravinda Flights to Sri Lanka from Italy, Iran and South Korea will be temporarily suspended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Sri Lanka. Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority?G.A. Chandrasiri said that flights from Iran and Italy have already been halted while the last scheduled flight from South Korea is expected over the next few days. Chandrasiri was speaking to reporters at an event at the Bandaranaike International Airport today. He said that there was no nee

12 Mar, 2020

Court fixes writ application by Gihan Pilapitiya for May

The writ petition filed by interdicted judge Gihan Pilapitiya at the Court of Appeal requesting it to issue an interim injunction order preventing his arrest was fixed for consideration on 04 May. The decision was announced when the case was taken up for hearing before President of Appeals Court, Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz and Justice Sobhitha Rajakaruna today. President?s Counsel Romesh de Silva representing Pilapitiya requested the court to extend the order issued earlier preventing the arrest o

12 Mar, 2020