Seven suspects arrested over Minuwangoda violence granted bail

Overseas travel ban on Gotabaya lifted

An overseas travel ban imposed on former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was lifted today by the?Special High Court. The ban was lifted when the case over the alleged misappropriation of state funds by Rajapaksa was heard by the?Special High Court today. The Special High Court lifted the overseas travel ban on Rajapaksa for a period of one month from December 14. Rajapaksa is accused of misappropriating state funds for the DA Rajapaksa museum when he was Defence Secretary. (Colombo Gazet

09 Nov, 2018

Wimal appointed Minister of Housing and Social Welfare

United People’s Freedom Alliance?(UPFA) Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa was appointed as the Minister of Housing and Social Welfare. He took oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena today. Weerawansa was the Minister of Housing when Mahinda Rajapaksa was President. (Colombo Gazette)

09 Nov, 2018

Namal defends Chinese funded projects in Sri Lanka

Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, son of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, defended the projects funded by China in Sri Lanka. In an interview with India Today, Namal Rajapaksa insisted that the projects were purely commercial and that China assisted Sri Lanka with several infrastructure projects. Namal Rajapaksa also noted that the Hambantota Port and the Mattala Airport projects were first offered to India but nothing happened. “At the end of the day we as politicians must look at the intere

08 Nov, 2018