Father and son hacked to death in Gampaha following dispute

Bangladesh dressing room damaged after heated Sri Lanka match

The dressing room of the Bangladesh cricket team was found damaged following a heated cricket match with Sri Lanka in Colombo. Bangladesh won the match and knocked out Sri Lanka from the final of the tri-nation tournament which also features India. India is already in the final and Bangladesh and hosts Sri Lanka battled it out for a chance to enter the final. The game got heated when the Bangladesh team felt they had not been awarded no-balls for the height of some deliveries bowled by Sri La

16 Mar, 2018

Government urged to withdraw proposed ban on tobacco cultivation

The Government has been urged to withdraw a proposed immediate ban on tobacco cultivation. The?All Ceylon Cigarette Tobacco Barn Owner?s Association said that since 2015, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Drug Prevention has recommended “unreasonable restrictions” on tobacco cultivation such as the immediate prohibition of even using barren marginal paddy lands for such cultivation. In a letter to the President, the association said that despite the fact that tobacco farmers being the key d

17 Mar, 2018

Ram Sethu will not be damaged for Sethusamudram project

The Indian Government today told the Indian Supreme Court that “in the interest of the nation” it has decided not to damage the ‘Ram Sethu’ bridge for the Sethusamudram project initiated to facilitate navigation between India’s east and west coasts, the IANS news service reported. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A. M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.?Y. Chandrachud were informed by the Union Ministry of Shipping that it has decided to explore an alternative to earlier alignment of the Sethusamudram

16 Mar, 2018