Death toll from Kinniya ferry accident rises to eight

Anura slams CEA over Kelani river contamination

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake slammed the Central Environment Authority (CEA) today over the contamination of the?Kelani river. Speaking in Parliament, the JVP leader accused the CEA of failing to take appropriate action against the Coca Cola company after it was reported that the company was the cause for the contamination. He said that residents living around the river had also complained on several occasions that the river was being contaminated through was

06 Oct, 2015

Ranil briefs Japan Parliament, seeks support

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe briefed the Japanese Parliament (Diet) today and sought support to rebuild the war affected areas. Wickremesinghe is the third leader to speak at the Japanese Parliament after US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He told the Japanese Parliament that he hopes Japanese investors look to invest in Sri Lanka at a time when Sri Lanka’s economy is stable and when Sri Lanka is looking at rapid economic growth in the future. Full speec

06 Oct, 2015

Suspect attempted to traffic Lankans to Europe

Sanjay Kumar, the key operative of the racket that attempted to traffic Sri Lankan Tamil refugees from Munambam in Kochi, India, had earlier attempted to take people to Europe on board a fishing vessel from Thiruvananthapuram, The Hindu newspaper reported. Official sources said Sanjay, said to be a resident of Chennai, was wanted in a cheating case registered at a police station in coastal Thiruvananthapurm two years ago. ?This was verified during an investigation into whether the racket had e

06 Oct, 2015