Suspect linked to Easter Sunday bombers arrested

Sri Lanka joins Asia in crop battle with Fall Armyworm

An insect that can infest and damage hundreds of hectares of maize fields, literally overnight, is sweeping across Asia ? alarming smallholder farmers and threatening livelihoods ? but the damage can be limited, the UN?s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. Fall Armyworm is native to the Americas. However, since 2016 it has been aggressively moving ever eastwards, sweeping across Africa, and making landfall for the first time in Asia last summer. Fall Armyworm (FAW) was first

21 Mar, 2019

Navy officer arrested over abduction of 11 youth further remanded

Navy officer Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi, who was in remand over the abduction and disappearance of 11 youth from Colombo, was today ordered to be further remanded by court. The Colombo Additional Magistrate ordered the Navy officer to be remanded till April 04.

21 Mar, 2019

Australia and Sri Lanka to deepen maritime security cooperation

Australia and Sri Lanka?s cooperation on shared maritime security interests in the Indian Ocean is set to rise to a new level with Indo Pacific Endeavour 2019 (IPE19) ? which will see the visit to Sri Lanka of an Australian Joint Task Group comprised of Navy, Army and Air Force assets. Acting High Commissioner Jon Philp said that Australia has always been an Indian Ocean nation. “With increasing interconnectedness and dynamism in our region, Australia is committed to strengthening cooperation

21 Mar, 2019