Sajith Premadasa tops votes in Nallur, Jaffna

New SLFP electoral and district organizers appointed

Seventeen new Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) electoral organizers and district organizers received their appointment letters from President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat today. The new electoral and district organizers are: Electoral Organizers 01? Mr. W.M. Samarajeewa Bandara Welagedara??? ? Pathadumbara Electorate 02 Mr. W.M. Yasamana/U.R. Daya Nandasiri??????? -Dambulla Electorate (Co-organizers) 03 Mr. K.P. Gunawardena??????????????????? ?? ????????? ?? Mahiyangan

25 Apr, 2017

Ranil arrives in India on five-day working visit

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived in New Delhi today on a five-day working visit to India. He will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow over lunch. Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari will call on him during his stay in New Delhi,?theindianawaaz.com reported. Before his visit, the?Prime Minister said that he is looking forward to strengthen economic cooperation with India. He said the development of eastern port district of Trincomalee will

25 Apr, 2017

Navy sailor dies while undergoing training in India

A Sri Lankan Navy sailor died while undergoing diving training at Naval base in Kochi, India, the Press Trust of India reported. The Navy said that the 39-year-old Petty Officer (Diving) YPNR Weerasinghe, while carrying out a practice dive in the Ernakulam Channel as part of routine training procedure, failed to surface. The sailor was located after an immediate search was carried out by the attendant supervisory training staff. “The sailor was administered prompt first aid, and evacuated to

25 Apr, 2017