Sanath Nishantha released by court after stern warning

China says relations with Sri Lanka growing rapidly, more tourists to come

China says its over the past year the pragmatic cooperation between China and Sri Lanka has developed rapidly. Speaking at the Chinese National Day celebrations in Colombo, the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Cheng Xueyuan said that the number of Chinese tourists visiting Sri Lanka is expected to increase this year. Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, several members of the joint opposition and military officers atten

27 Sep, 2018

Government insists Indian never spoke of plot to kill President

The?Government has insisted that an Indian man who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) never spoke of a plot to kill President Maithripala Sirisena or the former President. Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera, in a statement said that the CID is conducting investigations into serious allegations of an alleged conspiracy to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amo

27 Sep, 2018

Thai airport officials arrest Sri Lankan man with fake passport

A 45-year-old Sri Lankan man was arrested in the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand for trying to board a flight to France using a fake Malaysian passport, the Bernama news agency reported. According to the airport’s immigration police commander Col Ploen Klinphayom, the incident happened when the man identified as Pirapu Tharmalingam was at the immigration counter at the international airport. “He was about to board a Kuwait Airlines’ plane to fly to Paris via Kuwait City,” he told?Bernama, add

27 Sep, 2018