Sarath N. Silva ordered to appear in court

Leadership training for principals suspended following death

The Education Ministry says the leadership training programme conducted for principals has been suspended following the death of a principal. According to the Education Ministry, an investigation will be conducted into the death. The principal of the Ambalantota Suchi National School Rohini Kumari Attapattu (53) had died while participating in the training programme conducted for principals on Saturday. She had met with the accident while attempting to climb a rope as part of the leadership p

20 Feb, 2018

Army insists Diyatalawa incident not terrorism related

The Army today insisted that the?Diyatalawa incident was not terrorism related. A minor explosion and a fire destroyed a passenger bus travelling from Jaffna to Diyatalawa injuring 19 passengers this morning around 5.45 am while it was plying in the general area of Kahagolla, Diyatalawa. Reports? claimed that after reaching Bandarawela town the bus had transferred the passengers bound for Diyatalawa to another private bus before the incident took place. Among the passengers were seven Army pe

21 Feb, 2018

UN blocks deployment of Sri Lankan military officer to Lebanon

The United Nations (UN) has blocked the deployment of a Sri Lankan military officer to?Lebanon for peacekeeping operations. UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said that following questions raised, the deployment of Rathnappuli Wasantha Kumara Hewage has been suspended, Innercity Press reported. “We were asked last week about a Sri Lankan officer who was scheduled to deploy to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL. I can confirm that the officer?s deployment is on hold pending a review of the mat

20 Feb, 2018