Three arrested with heroin in Divulapitiya

Professor Carlo Fonseka passed away

Sri Lankan physician, academic and political activist Professor Carlo Fonseka passed away. He was 86 years old at the time of his death. His remains will be handed over to the Ragama Medical Faculty as per his will. Professor Carlo Fonseka is a former dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya?and a former president of the?Sri Lanka Medical Council. Fonseka was a prominent member of the Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). He was a member of the party’s central committee a

02 Sep, 2019

Bohra leader delivers sermon in Colombo amidst threat of protests

The leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community delivered the first sermon of the Ashara Mubaraka in Husaini Masjid in Colombo amidst a threat of protests by extremist Buddhist monks. His Holiness Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin TUS conducted the first sermon of Ashara Mubaraka in Husaini Masjid, Colombo 4 on Sunday. As has been his practice over the last few years, Syedna announced that the series of ten sermons would centre upon a single theme. This year he has chosen to base his sermons on an exten

01 Sep, 2019

Surge of people-smuggling activity reported from Sri Lanka

Australian Border Force officials are facing a surge of people-smuggling activity from Sri Lanka, with another fishing boat carrying 13 suspected illegal immigrants ?intercepted west of Christmas ?Island ? the sixth attempted venture since May, The Australian newspaper reported. The operation, near the Cocos Islands last month, comes ahead of expected plans by the Morrison government to head off a Senate committee report into the controversial Medivac laws due in October by forcing a vote on it

01 Sep, 2019