Nigeria will not be at the U-17 World Cup later this year. The Golden Eaglets failed to qualify for the tournament after they were eliminated at the 2023
By Rathindra Kuruwita If Sri Lanka had followed the policies of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, it would not have been bankruped, former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga said yesterday in Colombo. She made the statement at an event to mark the 107th birth anniversary of Sirimavo Bandaranaike at the BMICH.Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, MPs Anura Priyadharshana Yapa and A.H.M. Fowzie too were […]
By Norman Palihawadane Nine inmates who were being rehabilitated at the Thaldena drug rehabilitation centre, Badulla, escaped in the early hours yesterday (17).Prison media spokesperson Chandana Ekanayake said the inmates the escaped around 1 am on Monday. Young offenders are held in the rehabilitation centre.The prison authorities were conducting an investigation into the incident and a […]
Tamil MPs’ caucus gathers momentum By Shamindra Ferdinando Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) leader Mano Ganeshan MP yesterday (17) said that he along with SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem initiated talks with the UNP to explore ways and means of bringing the SJB and the UNP together following a spate of requests from SJB lawmakers as well […]
Top Nidahas Janatha Sandha-naya spokesman Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (17) said that having put off the Local Government polls indefinitely, the government was trying to divert public attention by planting stories about an early presidential elections. Addressing the media at Nawala, the former External Affairs Minister stressed that in terms of the Constitution Ranil Wickremesinghe, who […]