Navy recovers parcel with explosives materiel under water

Five coronavirus patients escape from Gallella treatment facility

Five coronavirus infected patients escaped from the Gallella treatment facility, the Police said today. The Police said that the five patients are infected prisoners who had been admitted to the Gallella treatment facility in Polonnaruwa. A search operation was launched to locate the five patients who had escaped from the treatment facility this morning. A number of patients have escaped over the past couple of months but have eventually been found. Earlier this month a Covid patient escaped

31 Dec, 2020

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 351 km long ‘New Bhaupur-New Khurja section’ of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Prayagraj. Speaking on the occasion, Modi said, “After Independence we are witnessing the inauguration of the most advanced rail section in the country. The first goods train that will run on the New Bhaupur-Khurja section will give a message of the new ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) and the new op

31 Dec, 2020

UK?s largest Muslim body?to sue Sri Lanka

By Easwaran Rutnam Britain’s largest Muslim umbrella body, the Muslim Council of Britain, is to launch legal action against the Sri Lankan Government over its forced cremation policy. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has set up a taskforce headed by Assistant Secretary-General, Zara Mohammed, consisting of UK-based Sri Lankan representative bodies, lawyers, medical experts, and senior leaders of the community. The MCB taskforce has written to the Foreign Secretary and the Sri Lankan High C

31 Dec, 2020