Price of bread to be increased

Probe launched into death of youth in Police custody

A special investigation has been launched into the suspicious death of a 21-year-old youth while in the custody of the Pugoda Police. Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that the male suspect was arrested on Sunday (11) over drug related offences. He was admitted to the Ragama hospital due to a sudden illness and had died while receiving treatment. DIG Ajith Rohana further said that a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) has been appointed to conduct a special investig

13 Oct, 2020

Sri Lanka and Kenya laureates to receive 2020 UNESCO Prize for Girls? and Women?s Education

This year?s UNESCO Prize for Girls? and Women?s Education will be awarded to two laureates making a difference for girls? education through projects that help increase young women?s participation in the emerging technology sector in Sri Lanka, and advancing access to quality primary school education for vulnerable children, including girls, in Kenya?s hardest-to-reach areas. The attribution of the Prize coincides with the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October Shilpa Sayura Foundatio

13 Oct, 2020

Dutch ready to give back seized colonial art from Sri Lanka

A cannon that once saluted a Sinhalese king and a diamond looted from an Indonesian sultan are among thousands of objects seized during the colonial era whose rightful owners Dutch authorities are intent on tracking down. But establishing who those owners are can be complicated, the national Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam argues. It says at least 4,000 objects in its collections have clear ties to the country’s colonial empire, which spanned some 300 years from the mid-17th century and whose main ce

13 Oct, 2020