Over 40 suspects arrested over multiple bomb attacks

China grants scholarships to 15 Sri Lankan students

Fifteen Sri Lankan students will go to China to further their studies after being awarded Chinese Government Scholarships, a Sri Lankan official said on Thursday in Colombo, according to the Xinhua news agency. The 15 students, selected from some 1,000 applicants, have been nominated to receive the postgraduate or undergraduate scholarships, in the fields of science, arts, management, medicine and engineering, D. C. Dissanayake, secretary of the Sri Lankan Higher Education & Highways Ministry,

28 Jul, 2016

Namal and five others named in Hellocorp fraud case

Parliamentarian?Namal Rajapaksa has been named as a suspect in the?Hellocorp fraud case by the police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID). Five others were also?named as suspects when the FCID submitted documents related to the case to the Colombo Magistrate. Rajapaksa and the other suspects have been accused of money laundering in the case. (Colombo Gazette)

28 Jul, 2016

Sri Lanka and China have talks on the Hambantota port

The Government?and China today had talks on on developing the Hambantota port. Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama, the Minister for Special Assignments Dr. Sarath Amunugama and the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Yi Xianliang inspected the port in Hambantota. Speaking to reporters at the port, Amunugama said that the Government is keen on developing the port which was constructed with Chinese assistance and opened in 2010. The government, which was

29 Jul, 2016