Christmas Day in Sri Lanka hit by heavy rain, floods

Dullas questions police on love (Video)

Youth Affairs Minister Dullas Alahapperuma says there is nothing wrong in falling in love and the police have no right to arrest young couples who just hold hands or sit together under an umbrella. Speaking at an event in Matara today, the Minister said that he had once received a complaint that 80 young couples had been arrested by the Matara police. ?What did they do wrong? They were arrested for going to the beach together, sitting on a bench together or being under a tree, under an umbrella

15 Jun, 2013

Bodu Bala Sena at it again

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) has once again?criticised Muslims who wear the?Niqab and Burka in Sri Lanka saying that it should not be allowed. Bodu Bala Sena Secretary General, the venerable Galagodaththe Gnanasara Thero, speaking at the BBS convention in Badulla, said that Sri Lanka should not be turned into an Arabian country. He claims that some local banks had contacted him and said that Muslim women wearing the?Niqab or Burka is a problem for them. “When women wearing a?Niqab or Burka?go to a b

16 Jun, 2013

Chinese man dies, another hospitalised

A Chinese national died and another Chinese national was hospitalised last night in Dambulla from suspected food poisoning, the police said. The Chinese men had eaten some kind of ?vegetable and fell sick and were admitted to hospital. One man identified as Lee then died while the other person remains in hospital. Both men are workers attached to a Chinese project in Sri Lanka. (Colombo Gazette)

17 Jun, 2013