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Diana files complaint against MP for calling her a b****

State Minister Diana Gamage today filed a complaint against Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP and General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara for calling her a b****. The State Minister said that she filed the complaint with Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. Gamage told Parliament that she had a recording of the MP calling her a b**** when she was making a statement in Parliament recently over the Easter Sunday attacks, The State Minister said that this was not the first time that female MPs in Parliam

05 Oct, 2023

Danushka Gunathilaka to sue Australian authorities

By Easwaran Rutnam Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka is to sue the authorities in Australia to recover his legal fees after a Sydney court had acquitted him of raping a Tinder date. Gunathilaka told reporters after arriving in Sri Lanka that he cannot take legal action against the woman who accused him of rape owing to the laws in Australia. However, he said he will take legal action against the State to recover his legal fees. He also said that while most people in Sri Lanka believe

04 Oct, 2023

Passenger ferry service between TN and Sri Lanka likely from October

Efforts are on by the Union government?s Shipping Corporation of India to commence high-speed passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kangesanthurai in Sri Lanka?s Northern Province by the first week of October. The service covering around 60 nautical miles will start from Nagapattinam Mini Port, sources said. Each ferry will carry around 150 passengers. The Tamil Nadu Maritime Board and the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways are working to start the ferry se

21 Sep, 2023