Beedi leaves worth Rs. 40mn found hidden in containers

Government insists Mahinda’s security not cut

The Government today insisted that the security of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has not been reduced. Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament that the security of the former President is important to the Government. He said that the threat level to the former President is always assessed and security provided accordingly. Kiriella was responding to concerns raised by opposition Parliamentarian Dinesh Gunawardena over media reports that the army security provided to Rajapak

07 Dec, 2015

Saudi court reopens case of Lanka woman

A Saudi court has decided to reopen the case of a Sri Lankan woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, a Sri Lankan government minister said Tuesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha de Silva told parliament that an appeals court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, has decided to hear the case again following pleas by Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry. “Based on the advice of the lawyers and our (foreign ministry’s) intervention on the matter, a decision has been reached to reopen the

08 Dec, 2015

One killed, 7 injured in expressway accident

One person was killed and seven others were injured following an accident along the Southern?expressway today. The police said that a 28 year old woman was killed in the accident. The van in which the woman and several others were travelling in skidded off the road and hit a fence at the 73rd km post along the?Southern?expressway. The injured were rushed to hospital. (Colombo Gazette)

08 Dec, 2015