Three people electrocuted in Akuressa

Poet Ahnaf Jazeem signs petition against PTA

Poet Ahnaf Jazeem, who was detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for 18 months, today signed a petition in Mannar against the PTA. Jazeem and his family attended a campaign held in Mannar by the Tamil National Alliance to seek support to abolish the PTA. The poet and his family members signed the petition in the presence of TNA MPs M.A Sumanthiran and Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran?Rasamanickam. The 25-year-old poet was arrested on 16 May 2020 by the Terrorism Investigations Departmen

26 Feb, 2022

Toxic gas from barbecue grill kills couple in Nuwara Eliya

Toxic gas from a barbecue grill is believed to have caused the death of a couple who were on holiday in Nuwara Eliya. The couple had been sleeping inside their rented room with the extinguished barbecue when they were found dead today. According to the Police, the couple aged 59 and 58 from Kurunegala and their children had a barbecue dinner at night. Fearing that the grill would get damaged if kept outside, the couple had kept it inside their room and slept. The children had found that thei

27 Feb, 2022

Maithripala maintains he was not alerted prior to Easter attacks

Former President Maithripala Sirisena says even if he is crucified he will maintain that he was not alerted prior to the Easter Sunday attacks. Speaking at an event held at a church in Polonnaruwa today, the former President said that he is being falsely accused of being alerted prior to the attacks in April 2019. “Allegations are being made that I went overseas despite being alerted about the attacks. This is false,” he said. Sirisena said that if he was alerted about a possible attack he wo

27 Feb, 2022