Gotabaya pictured at Dubai?s private ?Fame Park?

CID questions Ranil over Central Bank treasury bond scam

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) questioned former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe over the Central Bank treasury bond scam today. A CID team visited his residence Colombo this evening to record the statement. They left after recording a statement for approximately four hours. The Central Bank treasury bond scam had taken place when Wickremesinghe was Prime Minister and former Minister Ravi Karunanayake was the Finance Minister. Attorney General Dappula de Livera had last mon

03 Jul, 2020

Sri Lanka not included in UK travel list

By Easwaran Rutnam The United Kingdom announced yesterday (Friday) that tourists from over 50 countries and territories will be able to visit the UK??from Friday, July 10, without facing a mandatory 14-day quarantine period upon arrival. The list, however, did not include Sri Lanka which has announced that the coronavirus is under control and not spreading among communities. The British Government announced that from 10 July 2020, unless they have visited or stopped in any other country or te

04 Jul, 2020

Security measures taken after test confirms Colombo resident has virus

All the required security measures have been taken after tests confirmed a man in Colombo was diagnosed with the coronavirus, the Government said this evening. The Government information department said that a Sri Lankan seafarer who returned from India had been diagnosed with the virus after he was subjected to a 14-day compulsory quarantine period. The seafarer had initially been subjected to a 14-day compulsory quarantine period at a quarantine center and a PCR test found he had not contrac

02 Jul, 2020