Gnanasara’s appeal rejected by Supreme Court

Body of teen who died at Rishad’s house to be exhumed on Friday

The body of the 16-year-old girl who died while being employed at the residence of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, is to be exhumed on Friday. According to the Police, a special medical team has been appointed to conduct a second post-mortem after the body is exhumed at the?Dayagama Cemetery. The Colombo Magistrates? Court had this week issued an order to exhume the body to conduct the fresh post-mortem. The court also ordered the wife of the former Minister, his father-in-law and brother-

28 Jul, 2021

Sri Lanka to receive 4 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine next week

Sri Lanka is to receive another 4 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine next week. The Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing said that arrangements are being made to airfreight the consignment between 04-08 August 2021. This is the largest quantity of vaccines that Sri Lanka has been able to procure in one consignment. With the 4 million vaccines Sri Lanka has procured 12 million doses of the COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine from China. The Government of China also gifted 2.7 million doses of vaccines to S

28 Jul, 2021

UK based Sri Lankan demands Rs 1.7 million ransom from woman

A UK based Sri Lankan has demanded Rs 1.7 million in ransom from a woman after threatening to release her photographs on social media. The Sri Lankan man had reportedly obtained the photographs after maintaining a relationship with the 33-year-old woman online. Police Spokesman, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that the woman had filed a complaint with the Police Women and Children’s Bureau. The woman had agreed to pay part of the money and the UK based Sri Lankan ha

28 Jul, 2021