Litro Gas forced to reverse massive price hike

Social media presenter claims life under threat after dispute with Iraj

Popular social media presenter Ashen Senarathna claims he has received death threats after a dispute with music producer Iraj Weeraratne escalated. Addressing reporters today Senarathna?said that Weeraratne had shared his contact details on Facebook and instigated a hate campaign against him. Senarathna said that Weeraratne had accused him of being part of the election campaign of United National Front Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa. Weeraratne has said that the young social media pr

14 Oct, 2019

Case against former Defence Secretary postponed

The case against former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa at the Special High Court over the D.A. Rajapaksa museum has been postponed until January 9, 2020. Rajapaksa is accused of misappropriating state funds worth Rs 33.9 million in the construction of the museum. The Permanent High Court at Bar had decided to hear the case on a daily basis from today.

15 Oct, 2019

Tamil parties sign memorandum on key demands

A group of Tamil political parties today signed a memorandum highlighting the key demands of the Tamils. The memorandum is to be presented to the two main Presidential candidates contesting the election in November. The memorandum was prepared by Tamil university students of the Jaffna and Eastern universities, after talks with the Tamil political parties. The memorandum contains 13 demands including a demand for a political solution and abolishing the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Illa

14 Oct, 2019