Man walking from Thalawakele to Colombo to support protest

Suspect who surrendered over Diyawanna BMW accident remanded

The suspect who surrendered to the Police yesterday in connection to the Thalawathugoda accident involving a BMW sports car, was today ordered to be remanded till March 27. The suspect, a relative of a United National Party (UNP) member and Minister, had fled the scene recently after his car plunged into the?Diyawanna Oya in?Thalawathugoda. The car had crashed into two vehicles before going into the?Diyawanna Oya. The driver then fled the scene but surrendered to the Police today and was arre

20 Mar, 2018

IAEA says will support Sri Lanka to introduce nuclear energy

The?International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today said it will support Sri Lanka?to introduce nuclear energy. In a press statement, the IAEA noted that?IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano reviewed the cooperation between the IAEA and Sri Lanka during his visit to the country on 14 March. The IAEA says it supports the island nation in many areas including nuclear medicine, non-destructive testing in industry and assistance in introducing nuclear energy. While joining the Minister of Power and

20 Mar, 2018

Coast Guard intercepts migrants from Sri Lanka near Florida

Two migrants from?Sri Lanka?were part of a group attempting to get to the?US illegally when authorities found them in a small boat off?Florida, the U.S.?Coast Guard?said, according to ABC News. A Coast Guard airplane crew spotted six men?in an?18-foot center console about 5 a.m. Saturday. The Coast Guard sector Miami deployed two crews to search for the boat and intercepted them east of Jupiter.??The other migrants were from the Bahamas, Jamaica and Brazil. The Coast Guard transferred the six

20 Mar, 2018