Tense situation as Police force protesters to move to designated site

Woman killed, children rescued after Galle earth slip

A woman died and her three children were rescued following an earth slip in the Galle area today. The Police said that the landslide occurred in Wandaruba, Galle. At least two houses were buried in the earth slip.

23 Sep, 2019

Gotabaya and seven others acquitted in Avant Garde case

The Colombo Chief Magistrate?s Court today acquitted former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and seven others in the Avant Garde case. They were acquitted after the court received an order?delivered by the Court of Appeal discharging Rajapaksa from the case. When the case was heard before the Colombo Chief Magistrate?s Court last week, the court had said that it has not received the order from the Court of Appeal and postponed the case to today. The case had been filed by the Bribery Comm

23 Sep, 2019

Thomas Cook collapses as last-ditch rescue talks fail

Thomas Cook has collapsed after last-minute negotiations aimed at saving the 178-year-old holiday firm failed. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the tour operator had “ceased trading with immediate effect”. It has also triggered the biggest ever peacetime repatriation, aimed at bringing more than 150,000 British holidaymakers home. Peter Fankhauser, Thomas Cook’s chief executive, said the firm’s collapse was a “matter of profound regret”. Commenting as?the company entered compulsory

23 Sep, 2019