Sri Lanka denies claims on purchasing weapons from North Korea

Former US first lady Barbara Bush has died aged 92

Former US first lady Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, died on Tuesday, the Bush family said. She was 92. Bush was the wife of the 41st president, George H.W. Bush, and mother of the 43rd, George W. Bush. The Bush family had said in a statement on Sunday that she was in failing health, had decided not to seek further medical treatment and instead would focus on ?comfort care.? According to some media reports, Bush had been battling chronic obs

18 Apr, 2018

Hashish hidden in skateboard sent to journalist seized

Hashish hidden in a skateboard when was sent to a journalist in Nugegoda was seized by customs officers at the?General Post Office in Colombo today. Customs officers attached to the?airmail unit of the Post Office detected 1.4 kilograms of hashish valued at Rs 1.4 million concealed in the skateboard. Investigations revealed that the?Hashish was send from Spain to the freelance journalist in Nugegoda. (Colombo Gazette)

17 Apr, 2018

Trade unions object to postponing May Day to May 07

Trade unions today raised strong objections to the decision taken by the Government to postpone May Day to May 7th this year. In a joint statement, several trade unions said that in Sri Lanka it is a workers? right to celebrate international workers? day on May 01st. May Day was declared a holiday in Sri Lanka in 1956 for the public, bank and mercantile sectors. The trade unions said that after 62 years this Government has declared May Day a working day by issuing a gazette notification that

18 Apr, 2018