Thai Airways resumes daily flights to Colombo

Lankan held for ransom by group in Nagapattinam rescued

A Sri Lankan national was Wednesday rescued from a group of people who allegedly kept him in captivity at a village near?Vedaranyam?in Nagapattinam, coastal security group police said in Nagapattinam, the Press Trust of India reported. Four people have been arrested in this connection, the police said. Ramesh, hailing from Ilavalai village in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, had allegedly been involving in smuggling and had ties with the group of people, said police. In 2017, a dispute arose between him an

08 May, 2019

Private Catholic schools to reopen on 14th May

The Catholic Church has decided to reopen private Catholic schools for the second term on the 14th of May. The Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith said that the decision to reopen private Catholic schools had been taken following assurances obtained by the authorities over the security provided to schools. Senior grades of Government schools have already commenced while junior grades will commence on Monday.

09 May, 2019

Fonseka warns terror threat still not eliminated

Former Army Commander and United National Party Parliamentarian Sarath Fonseka today warned in Parliament that he does not feel the threat posed by terrorism to Sri Lanka has been completely eliminated. Fonseka slammed the statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena in Parliament yesterday where he had claimed that the threat had been mostly eliminated. The former Army Commander said that more needs to be done to fully eliminate the threat. He also said that information passed on to him

08 May, 2019