Two dead, 18 admitted to hospital during spiritual healing camp

Army deployed to hospitals following strike

The assistance of the Sri Lanka Army has been offered to conduct emergency skeletal services at island-wide government hospitals in response to a request, following trade union action staged by the minor staff working in hospitals today. At the request of the Ministry of Health, the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva has accordingly directed Army formations at provincial levels to deploy Army personnel to Government hospitals?in order to assist the conduct of essentia

26 May, 2015

Sri Lankan woman proposes to girlfriend on radio

A Sri Lankan radio presenter proposed to her girlfriend on the radio, after Ireland legalised same-sex marriage in a landslide vote on May 23, 2015. Dil Wickremasinghe asked her girlfriend, Anne Marie O?Toole, to marry her live on national radio (in Ireland) in a simple but touching speech. The Newstalk presenter said: ?Now that we can and there?s nothing and no one that is standing in the way, will you marry me?? And the answer was, of course, a firm ?Yes? laden with uncontainable joy and lo

26 May, 2015

Musthapha appointed legal adviser to Maithri

Former State Minister and United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian Faiszer Musthapha has been appointed as the legal adviser to President Maithripala Sirisena. Musthapha had extended support to Sirisena at the January 8 Presidential elections and was made a State Minister in the new Government. Howevere Musthapha later resigned from his post saying he wanted to focus on his legal career.

26 May, 2015