Another 24 coronavirus patients detected

Muslim MPs to accept Ministerial posts again

Muslim Parliamentarians who resigned from their Ministerial posts following the Easter Sunday attacks, have decided to accept Ministerial posts again. The decision was taken when they met today to decide on the future steps they must take. The Muslim MPs, including those from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, voted against the no-confidence motion on the Government in Parliament today. All Muslim Ministers resigned from their portfolios in the Government early last month (June). All Muslim Stat

11 Jul, 2019

Former top Navy officer tells female journalist to leave Sri Lanka

A former top Navy officer has come under attack on social media for telling a female journalist to leave Sri Lanka over a comment she had made on twitter. Journalist Marianne David had tweeted raising concerns over an event set to take place next Sunday promoting a car free Colombo. “No, I will not support car-free Colombo. I can barely walk 100 metres without some sick pervert or inbred idiot saying something perverted or stupid to me or making some strangled sound – today’s was a meow, of al

11 Jul, 2019

Maldivian wanted over attempted coup transferred from Sri Lanka

Leader behind the 1988 coup attack on Maldives, Abdulla Luthufee has been transferred back to Maldives from neighboring Sri Lanka, AVAS news reported. Luthufee, accompanied by police officers arrived in Maldives via Emirates flight EK 653 on Tuesday night. While he was being led out of the terminal, a crowd gathered at the area had voiced their disapproval against the ‘treacherous terrorist’. Necessary documentations and procedures will completed at the police headquarters before Luthufee is h

09 Jul, 2019