Two suspects arrested over Kopay attack on cops

Transportation of beef and mutton temporarily suspended

The transportation of beef and mutton at district and provincial level has been temporarily suspended with immediate effect. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered to suspend the transportation of beef and mutton at district and provincial level with immediate effect in order to safeguard public health considering the sudden death of cattle, buffalo and goats in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. The President has also instructed the relevant district officers and the Police to act respon

10 Dec, 2022

University students assault former VC and son

A group of university students assaulted the former Vice Chancellor of the Peradeniya University, Professor Athula Senaratne and his son and damaged their house. The Police said that the attack had taken place over an incident involving Senaratne’s son. Senaratne’s son was accused by the students of crashing his car into a parked motorcycle. Approximately 300 students had stormed Senaratne’s official residence and damaged the property. They had also assaulted Senaratne and his son before the

11 Dec, 2022

EU requests WTO panels against China over patents, Lithuania

Brussels [Belgium], December 8 (ANI): The EU has said that it had requested the establishment of panels at the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) for two of its ongoing trade disputes with China . In both cases, the EU said the Chinese measures are highly damaging to European businesses. Furthermore, China’s discriminatory measures against Lithuania affect intra-EU trade and intra-EU supply chains and they impact the functioning of the EU internal market. Since December 2021, China has applied d

11 Dec, 2022