Kuwaiti Prime Minister writes to MR on bilateral relations

Court told jealousy led to Lankan killing Lankan in UK

A jealous husband whose wife was planning to divorce him ?kidnapped? the new man in her life and beat him to death, a UK court heard. Gnanachandran Balachandran from Sri Lanka is said to have recruited two others to help snatch the man he saw as a rival, Suren Sivananthan, while he was shopping, miltonkeynes.co.uk reported. The trio, which included a 17-year-old teenager, then held Suren captive for 12 hours while subjecting him to a series of sustained beatings in various locations around Mil

12 Jul, 2017

BOI chairman Upul Jayasuriya resigns amidst allegations

The Chairman of the Board Of Investment (BOI) Upul Jayasuriya has resigned from his post on personal grounds. His resignation comes as the BOI faces allegations over some of the agreements it had signed in the recent past. Jayasuriya was the former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka.

13 Jul, 2017

PM asserts cannot let Dambulla temple lose heritage status

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today asserted that the Dambulla cave temple must be protected and steps must be taken to ensure it does not lose its world heritage status. Speaking to a group of monks today, he said if steps are not taken to preserve the site in line with the recommendations of UNESCO by December 1st this year it will lose its world?heritage status next year. The Prime Minister said that the?Dambulla cave temple has been damaged in the recent past and there was a request

12 Jul, 2017