Category: Local News

The Colombo District Court today refused to issue an injunction order on the decision of the United National Party (UNP) to suspend the memberships of 99 party members.

Immediate investigations have been directed into the controversial statements made by Karuna Amman regarding crimes committed while he was in the LTTE.

The Opposition says the Sri Lanka Nidahas Podujana Alliance will not obtain a majority in Parliament following the upcoming General Election.

Whilst stating that former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage had confirmed the allegations of match-fixing he made previously, former State Minister and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Ranjan Ramanayake said he will lodge complaints with the CID, Bribery Commission and ICC calling for investigations on the 2011 Cricket World Cup final.

The 19th Amendment which was brought about to take revenge from us has now become a joke, said Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, addressing a public meeting in Wariyapola yesterday (21).

Four persons including a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy have drowned while sea-bathing in the seas off Dickowita, Wattala last evening, police said.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) submitted a report pertaining to the Easter Attacks of last year to the Fort Magistrate’s Court on Friday (19).

Former Parliamentarian Field Marshall Sarath Fonseka has charged that the COVID-19 pandemic spread in the island due to the failure to take rapid and necessary steps, when the first signs of the virus emerged in Sri Lanka.

Former Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias “Karuna Amman” claimed that he is more dangerous than COVID-19.

Prisons have transformed into places promoting corruption and protecting offenders, said Attorney General, Dappula de Livera.

Leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya Sajith Premadasa says the era where the public depends on politicians to receive various benefits will be brought to an end after the General Election.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 19 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

The 24-year-old law student Tharindu Ratwatte who allegedly drove the Defender vehicle involved in the accident in which police officer was killed, has been granted bail today (19).

All cinema halls in the country will open on Saturday, June 27, the Cultural Affairs Ministry said today.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emphasised that it is the responsibility of State Banks to utilise the relief provided by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), to strengthen the economy and the people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Acting Ambassador for China Hu Wei met with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday (18) at the Presidential Secretariat. He brought a letter from President Xi Jinping wishing President Gotabaya for his upcoming birthday on June 20.