Mahinda appeals for more investments from Norway

SLPP assures security for Muslims under Gotabaya

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) today assured Muslims in the country and their businesses will be given full security under a Government led by Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The Rajapaksa Government had been accused in the past of instigating attacks on Muslims. SLPP National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa told a group of Muslims today that false claims are being made that Muslims will not support SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Basil Rajapaksa said that Muslims are spread around the

20 Oct, 2019

EU deploys short-term and long term observers to Sri Lanka

The European Union is deploying short-term and long term observers to Sri Lanka for the November 16 Presidential election. The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) will be deploying at least 30 long-term observers for observation in all nine provinces in Sri Lanka. In the days before the election, 30 short-term observers will also be deployed across the country to observe voting, counting and the transmission of results, the EU EOM said. The mission is led by Chief Observer Ma

20 Oct, 2019

Two flights diverted to Mattala owing to poor weather at BIA

Two passenger flights were diverted to the Mattala airport owing to poor weather at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning. Officials said that two SriLankan Airlines flights arriving from from Riyadh and Kuwait were diverted to Mattala. Both flights however returned to BIA later.

21 Oct, 2019