UNP General Secretary’s son arrested over road accident

Malaysia monitoring Sri Lankans arriving on visit visas

Malaysia has begun to monitor Sri Lankans arriving on visit visas and have denied entry to at least 20 Sri Lankans a week. The National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force said that an increasing number of Sri Lankans are travelling to Malaysia under visit visas with the belief that these visas could be converted to working visas. As a result, Malaysian immigration authorities are taking stringent measures to scrutinise visit visa holders. At least 20 Sri Lankans have been denied entry every we

04 Aug, 2022

Protesters to defy Police deadline to vacate Galle Face

Protesters at ?Gota Go Gama? have decided to defy a Police deadline to withdraw from Galle Face before 5pm tomorrow (5th August). A write application has also been filed in court against the Police order. Galle Face protester Janaka Janaka told reporters today that the order to withdraw has not been issued by court. He said that the protesters are not prepared to listen to President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The protesters said that the site where they are based in Galle Face had been marked as

04 Aug, 2022

Dhaniz Ali guilty of using mobile phone in prison

Gota Go Gama protester Dhaniz Ali has pleaded guilty of using a mobile phone in prison. The Prisons Department said that Dhaniz Ali has been sentenced to another 14 days imprisonment and transferred to the Welikada Prison from the new Magazine Prison. Dhaniz Ali was arrested inside a plane at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on 26th July. Ali was arrested for?forcibly entering the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on 13th July. Airport officials asked the activist to leave the air

04 Aug, 2022