Another UNP MP jumps ship and joins Sirisena

Indian fixing kingpin arrested over fake Sri Lankan T20 league

The Punjab police today arrested Ravinder Dandiwal, who is allegedly involved in the international tennis match-fixing scandal, along with two others from Mohali for recently hosting a fake Sri Lankan T20 league near Chandigarh, the IANS news service reported. Dandiwal, who is on the radar of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, is facing charges of hosting a cricket match of the Uva T20 league on June 29 that was aired in Sri Lanka through YouTube. The BCCI team will be reaching Mohali

06 Jul, 2020

Vice Chancellors to decide on date to resume

The Vice Chancellors of all State universities have been vested with powers from today to decide on the reopening of universities for academic activities, the University Grants Commission (UGC) said. All State universities were temporarily closed in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The UGC said State universities can reopen for academic activities based on the 11 health guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health. (Colombo Gazette)

06 Jul, 2020

BIA Duty-free shops reopened for passengers who returned during pandemic

By Vyshnavy Velrajh Duty-free shops at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake reopened today to facilitate passengers who returned during the COVID-19 pandemic to purchase goods. Many passengers who had returned to Sri Lanka during the Coronavirus pandemic from March to May were denied an opportunity to purchase duty-free goods at the airport due to the quarantine procedure implemented by the Government. Chairman of the Sri Lanka Airport and Aviation Services G. A. Chandra

06 Jul, 2020