Railway technical services workers instructed to report for duty

Human rights commission finds outside elements behind violence

The National Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (NHRCSL) says it has found that outside elements had instigated the violence in Kandy. In separate letters to President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the?NHRCSL said that investigations carried out by the commission found that a group of outsiders had created tensions between Muslims and Sinhalese communities in parts of Kandy. The?NHRCSL said that even incidents in the recent past targeting Muslims had been inst

07 Mar, 2018

All women crew to take Air India flight to Sri Lanka on Women?s Day

To mark the occasion of International Women?s Day all women crew would fly to Sri Lanka on Air India flight to and from Colombo on 8 March. This unique gesture in Sri Lanka is being appreciated world-wide, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said. Air India, the iconic airline of India is operating an ALL WOMEN CREW flight on Thursday, 8 March from Chennai to Colombo and then from Colombo to New Delhi. Capt V Roopa and Capt Nimisha Goel will be operating the flight. Air India?s Sri Lanka off

07 Mar, 2018

Internet access restricted in Kandy, Facebook blocked in some areas

Internet access has been restricted in Kandy on the instructions of the Government while Facebook has been restricted in some other areas as well. Downdetector.com showed that Facebook was not working in Colombo as of this afternoon (Wednesday). The move comes as the Government looks to crackdown on the spread of hate speech using social media as tensions continue in Kandy. The Government had said earlier that social media will be closely monitored to crackdown on hate speech. (Colombo Gazett

07 Mar, 2018