Government declares ‘work from home’ period

Father of Sri Lankan family killed in Canada in shock

The father of a Sri Lankan family murdered in Canada is in shock following the biggest mass killing in Ottawa?s recent history. Lying in a hospital bed nursing physical wounds and unimaginable mental trauma, Dhanushka Wickramasinghe is trying to come to terms with the horrifying deaths of his young family and a good friend, the Ottawa Citizen reported. ?He is still in the shock level,? said Bhanthe Sumanarathana, a friend and resident monk at the Hilda Jayewardenaramaya Buddhist Monastery, who

08 Mar, 2024

Sri Lankan family dead in Canada ‘mass killing’

Canadian police are describing the deaths of members of a Sri Lankan family, including four young children, in Ottawa as a “mass killing”. Police say the six victims were newcomers to Canada, and the youngest was less than three months old. A 19-year-old student from Sri Lanka who lived with the family has been charged in the killings. “This was a senseless act of violence perpetrated on purely innocent people,” said Ottawa’s police chief on Thursday. Officers responded to emergency calls pl

07 Mar, 2024

Sri Lanka offers new restructuring plan to bondholders

Sri Lanka sent a new restructuring proposal to dollar bondholders through its adviser Lazard as the South Asian nation seeks to complete overhauling its defaulted debt, according to people familiar with the matter. A counter proposal to a bondholder group?s offer in October for a 20% haircut and the issuance of macro-linked bonds was conveyed through Lazard, the people said, declining to be named because negotiations are private. They did not elaborate on the details of the offer. Government re

21 Feb, 2024