Rajitha proposes making bribery complaint against MS

Nepal PM holds talks with Ranil in Kathmandu

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, held a meeting at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar. During the meeting, they discussed matters concerning Nepal-Sri Lanka bilateral relations and mutual interests. According to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, House of Representatives (HoR) member and industrialist Binod Chaudhary was also present. Wickremesinghe, who arrived in Nepal on December 28 for a private visit, is returnin

02 Jan, 2025

Amritsar police rescue 2 Sri Lankan nationals from fake travel agents

Two Sri Lankan nationals, Kanishka and Sumardhan, were rescued by the Amritsar police from kidnappers in Hoshiarpur. The victims were part of a group of six Sri Lankan citizens who were lured by fake travel agents promising work visas for Albania. According to Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, the victims arrived in India on December 2 and were in Delhi when they met a Sri Lankan national, Asitha, who introduced them to two Indian nationals. The accused took 3,000 US dollars from the

02 Jan, 2025

Graveside memorial service to mark 16th anniversary of Lasantha?s assassination

The 16th anniversary of the assassination of The Sunday Leader founder Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickrematunge, which falls on 8 January, will be marked with a service at his graveside. Family, friends, former colleagues and others will gather at Borella Kanatte at 9 a.m. to mark the anniversary and remember Lasantha. Assassinated on 8 January 2009, Lasantha was one of Sri Lanka?s leading journalists and an outspoken critic of the then Rajapaksa Government. He was attacked as he drove to work a

02 Jan, 2025