Suspects with terror links arrested

Namal Rajapaksa and six others arrested over protest

Parliamentarian?Namal Rajapaksa and six others were arrested today over the protest staged in Hambantota last week. Joint opposition members D.V. Chanaka and Prasanna Ranaweera were also among those arrested. They were produced before a Magistrate and remanded till October 16. They were arrested after being questioned by the Hambantota Police this evening. Namal Rajapaksa and the joint opposition took part in a protest in Hambantota last Friday against the Government. (Colombo Gazette)    

10 Oct, 2017

Finance Minister meets US under Secretary in Washington

The Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mr Mangala Samaraweera who is currently in Washington to attend the World Bank/IMF annual meeting met with the US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Thomas Shannon at the US State Department. Ambassador Shannon will visit Sri Lanka in November 2017 to take part in the next round of the US / Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue, which was inaugurated in 2016 when Samaraweera was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for?a regular policy consultation desig

11 Oct, 2017

Malik and Kabir appear before the Presidential Commission

Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama and Minister of Public Enterprises Development Kabir Hashim appeared before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry investigating the alleged treasury bond scam today. The two Ministers had been ordered to appear before the Commission to record statements. (Colombo Gazette)

11 Oct, 2017