Father, mother and son killed after raft toppled in Matara

Wimal Weerawansa suspends hunger strike over bail

Parliamentarian?Wimal Weerawansa has suspended a hunger strike he had launched demanding bail. Weerawansa was yesterday transferred to the Colombo National hospital as his condition deteriorated. Weerawansa was earlier admitted to the prison hospital following a fast launched by him. The former Minister was in remand prison over allegations he misused Government vehicles when he was a Minister. Weerawansa applied for bail but it was rejected by court. As a result he launched a fast in prison

30 Mar, 2017

Heroin detained from passenger on flight at BIA

Customs officers detained a stock of heroin from a passenger on a flight at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning. The police said the 1.5 kg heroin is worth over Rs. 15 million.

31 Mar, 2017

Government to compensate victimised journalists

The Government has decided to compensate journalists threatened or victimised in the past, the Xinhua news agency reported. President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a committee to study proposals on steps to be taken to compensate journalists harassed or victimised in other ways from 2005 to 2015. The Government information department said that the Foreign Minister, the Media Minister and the Justice Minister will make recommendations on the steps to be taken to provide relief to the haras

29 Mar, 2017