Category: Local News

Sri Lanka’s police Tuesday suspended two senior officers for falsely warning of a suicide attack similar to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed at least 258 people in April.

A record number of candidates for Sri Lanka’s presidential poll next month has led to the longest-ever ballot paper and the most expensive vote in the country’s history, the Election Commission said Tuesday.

The Attorney General’s Department of Singapore is considering the Sri Lankan Government’s request to extradite former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, Attorney General’s coordinating officer Nishara Jayaratne said.

One has to ensure the victory of goodness at the forthcoming presidential election and prevent evil from coming into our society, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told the national legal forum held last Sunday in Colombo, organised by the UNP Lawyers’ Association.

A mother and daughter had been arrested by Customs officers early morning, with more than one-kilogramme narcotic drug Methamphetamine (Ice) worth Rs.25.5 million, Customs Director and Acting Spokesman Lal Weerakoon said.

British counter terror police have arrested four Sri Lankan nationals on suspicion of being members of a banned organisation.

Nihal Fernando, father of Minister Harin Fernando has passed away at the age of 69 while having treatments at a private hospital in Colombo.

Police have arrested two suspects along with 50 kilograms of heroin found inside a vehicle at the Athurugiriya exit of the expressway.

A record 35 candidates filed nominations Monday for next month’s Sri Lankan presidential election, but the incumbent has opted not to seek a second term with the entry of popular former defense chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is considered the favorite.

Accepting nominations for the upcoming Presidential Poll began this morning at the office of the National Elections Commission (NEC).

“Since 2016, all government borrowings have been used to settling debt. Not for any other expenditure,” Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has disclosed.

Railway trade unionists have sought the intervention of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) after the authorities suspended the services of some 3,000 employees after they failed to heed to deadlines to report for work.

Attorney-at-law Nagananda Kodituwakku, yesterday, said that an utterly corrupt electoral process had deprived him of the opportunity to contest the Nov. 16, 2019 presidential election. Kodituwakku was the first to declare his intention to run for President. He did so in 2017.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided not to stand for re-election in November polls as the politically influential Rajapakse family nominated two candidates by final registration Sunday.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa signed his nomination papers a short while ago.

The President says that the brave soldiers have been able to overcome all hostilities against Motherland at all the times.