Category: Local News

Sri Lanka’s former powerful defence chief has been accused of torture and killing during the country’s bloody operation against Tamil militants, in an legal filing he was served in the parking lot of a grocery store.

The spokesman of  former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa told our news team that no notice is received as yet with regard to the lawsuit said to have been filed in a US Court.

Minister of Justice and prison Reforms Thalatha Atukorale says that she is not happy about Buddhist monks going to the courts let alone establishing a ‘Sanghadhikarana’ (a court for Buddhist monks).

An individual has died while four others sustained injuries following an accident that occurred at the 45th mile post along the Southern Expressway in Kurundugahahetekma.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Chairman Prof. G. L. Peiris, yesterday, said, that legal acton against wartime Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in the US, should be viewed against the backdrop of him being widely considered as SLPP candidate at the presidential polls later this year.

India and Sri Lanka on Monday agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the defence sector, including Indian training of Sri Lankan military personnel, as foreign secretary Sanjay Mitra called on President Maithripala Sirisena.

The Ministry of Education has issued the Circular making the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination not compulsory, Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam says.

Veteran musician H. M. Jayawardena has passed away at the age of 69 years, a short while ago.

The newly constructed Matara -Beliatta railway extension vested with the public this morning. A passenger train from Matara reached the Beliatta railway station, marking its maiden journey.

The Government Nursing Officers’ Association says it will launch a 24-hour token strike at island-wide hospitals from 7am today.

Two more persons who were arrested with Makandure Madush in Dubai has been deported to Sri Lanka last night (07), stated the Police Spokesperson.

Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage, Kandy Development Minister and the Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella expressed his confidence that the United National Party (UNP) would win the next Presidential Election due to be held on either December 8 or 9, this year.

Sri Lanka’s economic growth is projected to grow by 3.6% this year and 3.8% next year from the 3.2% growth last year.

The Government’s foreign debt payments cost the country’s foreign reserves US$ 813.26 million last month (March) alone, latest official data showed.

The delegation of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has visited the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.

Minister of Power and Energy Ravi Karunanayake says the prevalent power crisis will be brought to end by the 10th of April.