By A. J. A. ABeynAyAke The Colombo High Court on Wednesday ordered the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) to file written submissions linked to the objections filed by former Minister Johnston Fernando and two others pertaining to three cases linked to state-owned Lanka Sathosa. The Court on Wednesday issued the order […]
Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan sustained a bullet injury in his leg after shots were fired at a rally in Gujranwala, yesterday.Azhar Mashwani, an official with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, confirmed to Al Jazeera that the politician was shot in the leg but was not in danger. He was taken to a […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita The escalation of human-elephant conflict is the result of mass scale deforestation over the years, Sajeewa Chamikara of the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) said, commenting on recent incidents in Kebithigollewa, where a police sergeant was killed by a group of angry villagers during a protest following a wild elephant […]
By Ifham Nizam About 10,909 bowser loads were required for the current cultivation season, the Agriculture Ministry said.About 40 million litres of diesel are required for land preparation and another 32 million litres for harvesting.Agriculture Ministry Secretary Rohana Pushpakumara said that the total amount of fuel required for the preparation and harvesting of paddy fields […]