SC to hear case calling for PC polls to be held soon

Sri Lanka’s Kanni Wignaraja gets top UNDP post

United Nations Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres announced the appointment of Kanni Wignaraja of Sri Lanka as the next Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ms. Wignaraja succeeds Haoliang Xu of the People?s Republic of China, who has been recently appointed as the Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP?s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. Ms. Wignaraja recently served as the Actin

20 Nov, 2019

Suspect arrested with explosives in Puthukudiyiruppu

A suspect has been arrested with a cache of explosives in Puthukudiyiruppu. The Special Task Force arrested the suspect with the explosives weighing around 52kg. Further investigations are underway.

20 Nov, 2019

British victims of Sri Lankan bombings ‘unlawfully killed’ says coroner

Six British nationals were “unlawfully killed” in the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka, a British coroner recorded, the BBC reported. A mother and her two children were among six British nationals killed in the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, an inquest in the UK heard. Anita Nicholson, 42, and her children, Alexander, 14 and Annabel, 11, died instantly in an explosion at the Shangri-la Hotel in Colombo. Lorraine Campbell, Bill Harrop and Sally Bradley also died in the blast at the Cinnamon G

20 Nov, 2019