Teens jump into Polgolla Reservoir and commit suicide

Cardinal says drug traffickers must be placed on isolated island

The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says drug traffickers must be placed on an isolated island to ensure they do not continue with their criminal activities from inside prison. The Ministry of Health said that the?Cardinal had expressed this opinion at a meeting with Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne today. According to the?Ministry of Health, the?Cardinal had noted that there was a huge outcry over a recent statement he had made on the death penalty for drug traffickers.

26 Aug, 2018

Sri Lanka and Malaysia to?take stock of bilateral relations

Sri Lanka and Malaysia are to?take stock of bilateral relations between both countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Tilak Marapana will undertake a working visit to Malaysia today, the AFP news agency reported. In a statement, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) said the Minister would be accompanied by senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. “This will be Tilak’s inaugural visit to Malaysia since assuming his post in August 2017,” it said. W

27 Aug, 2018

US Senator John McCain, who spoke widely on Sri Lanka, has died

US Senator John McCain, who spoke widely on Sri Lanka, has died. He was 81 years old at the time of his death. Al-Jazeera reported that McCain, a US senator from Arizona for over three decades, had been battling glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, discovered by his doctors in July 2017. He had not been at the US Capitol in 2018. He also had surgery for an intestinal infection in April of this year. “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on August 25, 2018,” read a statement from

26 Aug, 2018