Serious shortage of gas expected next week

Some Tamil political prisoners to get bail

The Sri Lankan government on Monday decided to move court for bail in respect of a section of Tamil prisoners. A decision to this effect was taken at a high level meeting attended by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Ministers Tilak Marapana (Law and Order and Prison Reforms); Mano Ganesan (National Dialogue) and D.M. Swaminathan (Rehabilitation and Resettlement). The prisoners, numbering 217, have been accused of having indulged in terrorist activities and held under the Prevention of T

27 Oct, 2015

Bangladesh to sign FTA with Sri Lanka soon

Bangladesh will ?soon? sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka to reduce trade barriers, Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said. All formalities have been completed, the minister told reporters after meeting Sri Lankan High Commissioner Yasoja Gunasekera on Tuesday, BD News 24 reported. He, however, said that ?some complications? remain on export duty. ?We have proposed to reduce the duty on export from 13.5 to 5 percent in order to boost the trade between the two countri

28 Oct, 2015

Massive piece of space junk to fall near Sri Lanka

A huge piece of space debris ? which may date from the Apollo space missions ? is on a collision course with Earth and is expected to fall near Sri Lanka, the Independent reported. Scientists warn the manmade junk, officially designated WT1190F but nicknamed WTF, will strike Earth at about 6.15am on November 13. Much of the hollow object, which may be a spent rocket stage or panelling shed by a recent Moon mission, should burn up in the atmosphere. But any remnants could dive bomb from the sk

27 Oct, 2015