Over 150 houses damaged as strong winds rip through Kanduruwela

Ranil says Government forced to beg from India, China

United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says the Government has been forced to beg from India and China. Speaking in Matara today, Wickremesinghe said that the Government has not been able to manage the economy. He said that the only thing the new Government did during its 100 days in office is join hands with former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was a strong critic of the Rajapaksa regime and who has not apologised for all that he had said in the past. Wickremesinghe said

29 Feb, 2020

Concerns raised over safety of women in Sri Lankan media

Concerns have been raised over the safety of women in Sri Lankan media. The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with the UNESCO New Delhi office inaugurated a two-day workshop ?Women in Media and Safety? with an aim to promote the safety of women journalists in the country. The workshop held at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel was designed to build capacity of women journalists working in the field and and also focused on other key aspects of safety like harassment in the workplace an

28 Feb, 2020

Man arrested with over 300kg of Kerala cannabis

One person has been arrested for the possession of 323kg of Kerala cannabis in Killinochchi, the Police said. They said the suspect had been arrested early this morning (29) while transporting the stock of cannabis from Poonerin to Vavuniya in a tipper truck. The arrest comes following a raid conducted jointly by officials from the Army Intelligence Unit and Police Special Task Force. The value of the stock of cannabis is yet to be estimated. The suspect is due to be produced before the Kill

29 Feb, 2020