Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero acquitted

Sri Lankan refugee suffers horrendous burns in Melbourne blaze

A Sri Lankan refugee who was injured during a chemical factory fire in Melbourne is recovering in hospital after being engulfed in flames, the Daily Mail reported Vignesh Varatharaja, who fled the civil war in Sri Lanka to start a new life in Australia, was set on fire after a chemical drum he was pumping exploded. Varatharaja was taken to a specialist burns unit where he remains unconscious in a serious but stable condition. More than $13,000 has been raised by the Migrants Workers Centre to

06 Apr, 2019

Indian Housing Project extends to Matara

The High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu along with Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera and Minister for Hill country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development Palani Digambaram, laid the foundation stone for 50 new houses being constructed under the Indian Housing Project at Indola Estate in Matara today. Members of Parliament and Southern Provincial Council, senior Government officials as well as officials from Plantation Human Development Trust (PHD

06 Apr, 2019

More suspects deported from Dubai

Two more suspects who were arrested at a hotel in Dubai in February with notorious underworld leader Makandure Madush, were deported to Sri Lanka and detained at the Katunayake airport. The suspects were identified as Mohammed Nazim Mohammed Faizer and Mohomed Jabeer Mohomed Mufa. The Police said that the two suspects were detained at the airport last night by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Mohammed Faizer was later arrested and handed over to the Colombo Crimes Division. Seve

08 Apr, 2019