AG files indictments against Sajin de Vass Gunawardena

Former PM admits India warned Sri Lanka ahead of Easter attacks

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today admitted in Parliament that India warned Sri Lanka ahead of the Easter Sunday attacks. Speaking in Parliament today, Wickremesinghe said that India had alerted Sri Lanka’s Police intelligence service about an attack on Easter Sunday, hours before the attack. However, he said the Police failed to act on the intelligence information. The United National Party (UNP) Leader also said that then Minister Harin Fernando had told him that his father ha

19 Jul, 2021

World’s largest star sapphire cluster found in Ratnapura

The world’s largest star sapphire cluster has been found in a backyard in Ratnapura by accident, the BBC reported. A gem trader said the stone was found by workmen digging a well in his home in the gem-rich Ratnapura area. Experts say the stone, which is pale blue in colour, has an estimated value of up to $100 million in the international market. The cluster weighs around 510 kilograms or 2.5 million carats and has been named the “Serendipity Sapphire”. “The person who was digging the well

27 Jul, 2021

Record 437,878 people vaccinated in a single day

A record 437,878 people were vaccinated in a single day in Sri Lanka, the highest number of people to receive the jab in one day. The Health Ministry said that the record number of jabs were administered around the island yesterday (Monday). This included 356,628 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine administered as the first dose and 55,722 Sinopharm doses administered as the second dose. The Health Ministry also said that 25,420 people were administered with the Moderna vaccine yesterday while 108

27 Jul, 2021