UNF party leaders decide will support Ranil for PM

Court considers request to exhume Thajudeen’s body

Court has decided to consider a request to exhume the body of former Sri Lanka rugby player Wasim Thajudeen, the police said. Police spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekera said that the CID had today made a request to court to exhume the body to conduct further investigations. Gunasekera said that the court had decided to consider the request tomorrow. He said that the Attorney General’s Department had also appeared in court today when the request to exhume the body was made. The CID informed court r

05 Aug, 2015

Suspect arrested over body found in Pettah

A suspect has been arrested over the discovery of a body of a female at the Pettah bus stand, the police media unit said. The police said that the suspect wanted over the murder of the woman had been identified through CCTV camera footage of a lodge in Pettah where the two of them had stayed together. The suspect is a resident of Nallur and the police had arrested him in Mannar today following investigations conducted by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The body of the woman had

05 Aug, 2015

Prime Minister says peace in Sri Lanka will benefit all

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that peace in Sri Lanka will benefit everyone and that Sri Lankans should stay united no matter what the race or religion. The Prime Minister was speaking at an event held today?to hand over the Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships to 150 high school students. The prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships for 2014-15 were awarded to 150 high school students from all 25 districts across Sri Lanka by the Prime Minister and Y. K. Sinha, the High Commissioner of India

05 Aug, 2015