Dr. Neville Fernando passed away

Female and two others arrested over Negombo prison heroin racket

A female and two others have been arrested over a heroin racket operated at the Negombo prison, the Police said. The Police media unit said that investigations had been launched based on intelligence information received by the Police. An officer attached to the Kayunayake Navy base was initially arrested with heroin and ganja. Based on information provided by the Navy officer an inmate of the Negombo prison was detained for operating the heroin and ganja racket from within the prison premise

21 Jun, 2020

Mangala writes to PM questioning “hysterical” attack on CBSL

Former Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has written to Prime Minister and current Finance Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa questioning the “hysterical” attack on the Central Bank by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Samaraweera said that the tongue-lashing the Governor and other senior officials of the CBSL received from the President, later released to the media by the Presidential Media Division, is unprecedented. “Never in the seven- decade long history of our Republic have either the government

21 Jun, 2020

Seventy-one Army officers promoted to their next rank

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, on the recommendations of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army promoted 71 Officers to their next rank, the Military Secretariat announced. Accordingly, 41 Colonels were promoted to the rank of Brigadier and 30 Lieutenant Colonels to the rank of Colonel, effective from 15 June 2020. Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva expresses the gratitude of the Army to the President and the

20 Jun, 2020