Parts of Colombo to be without water for 24-hours

Cabinet approves drafting of legislation for financial city

Cabinet has approved a proposal to draft the required legislation to establish a financial city in Colombo, the Government said today. The Government said the key objective of the proposed financial city is to become the prominent financial hub in the region to attract foreign investments from Indian, South Asian, and Middle East region as well as from European countries including England. The?Government said making the city the financial hub of the region will increase the flow of foreign cap

10 Aug, 2016

Anura Senanayake further remanded in Thajudeen case

Former DIG Anura Senanayake was today further remanded in the Wasim Thajudeen murder case?till August 24. Thajudeen died on May 17, 2012 in Kirulapone and his body was found in his car which had crashed into a wall. According to police reports in 2012, the rugby player was driving home after attending a party when he lost control of the car and crashed into a wall on Park Road. The police claimed that the car had exploded instantly and burnt the victim. However suspicions later arose over th

10 Aug, 2016

Czech authorities jail Lankan man for abusing passport

A Sri Lankan man who allegedly?experienced torture at home and?arrived in Prague late last year to seek asylum has?ended in a Czech prison, sentenced for abusing another person’s passport, the daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) reported. The 28-year-old man was arrested by the Czech police and?was convicted and is in the Prague-Pankrac prison, HN writes. “He was punished for having arrived using a passport of another man, an Indian. He also used a forged Schengen entry stamp. However, from the begi

09 Aug, 2016