Prima increases price of wheat flour by Rs 5 per kilo

Acting IGP summoned before commission

Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D.Wickremaratna was today summoned before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to probe incidents of Political victimisation. The Acting IGP has been summoned to report to the PCoI on 03 September. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed the high-powered Presidential Commissions in January 2020. In July the term of the commission was extended by another four months till 09 November 2020. The PCoI is tasked with investigating allega

31 Aug, 2020

Web journalist Desmond Chathuranga De Alwis arrested

By Indika Sri Aravinda Web journalist Desmond Chathuranga De Alwis has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). He was arrested by the CID cyber crimes division for allegedly publishing reports which obstruct judicial proceedings. Chathuranga De Alwis operates a private website and prior to that he had worked at ITN and Siyatha FM. He was also the President of the National Movement of Web Journalists in Sri Lanka. (Colombo Gazette)

31 Aug, 2020

Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee passed away

Pranab Mukherjee, India?s former president and one of the country?s most admired political leaders, died on Monday. He was 84. Mukherjee had suffered a fall at his Rajaji Marg house and had been operated to remove a blood clot in his brain on August 10. Doctors on Monday morning warned that there was a?decline in his condition?and he was in septic shock due to infection in his lung. Soon after, his son Abhijit Mukherjee also tweeted a request to people, asking them to pray for his father. ?He i

31 Aug, 2020