Category: Local News

Six students of the Peradeniya University have been arrested on Monday night (December 12) over the attack on former Vice Chancellor of the Peradeniya University Professor Athula Senaratne and his son.

The 26-year old Mohammad Ryzul Rizzaq, driver of the car who fled the scene after the fatal accident in Kollupitiya on Saturday morning (December 10) was arrested yesterday night (December 12) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) when he returned from Dubai, Police said.

Direct flights between Jaffna and Chennai have resumed this morning (December 12) after a lapse of three years due to COVID-19.

The Court of Appeal issued an order directing the Attorney General to draft contempt of court charges against State Minister Sanath Nishantha before January 17, 2023.

A writ petition filed seeking an order declaring State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage is disqualified to be a Member of Parliament since she is a British citizen was today (December 12) fixed for hearing on January 26 by the Court of Appeal.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the importance of youth participation in finding meaningful solutions to the current crisis facing the nation. He pointed out that solutions should be made to prepare the country to face the next 25 years.

The samples of the dead livestock in the Northern and the Eastern Provinces have been sent for laboratory tests to ascertain the cause of death, the Agriculture Ministry said.

Originally planned for August 2022, the much-awaited Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2022 commenced on 6 December 2022. The league was postponed because of the economic and political turmoil in the island nation.

Two women have been arrested for assaulting a female who was involved in a motor accident in Colpetty yesterday (December 10).

MP Sajith Premadasa has been unanimously re-elected as the Leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today (December 11) at the party’s third annual conference at Campbell Park in Borella.

Former Vice Chancellor of the Peradeniya University Professor Athula Senaratne and his son were hospitalised due to injuries after they were attacked by a group near his official residence last night (December 10), police said.

The United States has imposed sanctions on Sri Lankan military officer Major Prabath Bulathwatte, who was arrested on suspicion he assisted in the abduction and torture of Sri Lankan editor Keith Noyahr in 2008, for human rights abuse.

Sri Lanka workers’ remittances have increased to US$ 384.4 million in November 2022, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said.

International Monetary Fund chief Kristlina Georgieva said she had a “fruitful exchange” with her Chinese counterparts this week on her repeated calls for accelerating debt treatments for countries like Zambia and Sri Lanka.

The third reading of the Value-Added Tax (Amendment) Bill and Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill was passed in the parliament by a majority vote today (December 09).

At least 165 dairy cows were reported dead in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka due to the extreme cold weather that gripped the island over the past few days, area residents said.