Rajitha granted bail

Former Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, who was remanded over controversial press conference on ‘white van’, was granted bail by the Colombo magistrate’s court a short while ago.




Swiss embassy staffer produced at court

Garnia Bannister Francis, the local employee of the Swiss Embassy in Colombo who was allegedly involved in an abduction case, was produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court by prison officers this morning (30).




President tells local bodies to learn from what happened in 2015 and not disappoint public

Government politicians should understand why people rejected the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration in 2015 though it had strengthened the economy and implemented a lot of development projects, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told heads of local government bodies at a meeting held on Saturday (28.)






DMK, PMK slam Sri Lanka decision to suspend playing of national anthem in Tamil

Tamil Nadu’s major opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and BJP’s ally Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) on Friday attacked the newly-elected Sri Lankan Government under President Gottabaya Rajapaksa for suspending the playing of the national anthem of the island nation in Tamil on its Independence Day in February.



President urges vocational training revolution

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called on officials to fulfil their responsibilities by creating a revolution in the vocational training industry, in order to produce skilled labour to meet the requirements of both local and foreign job markets.