By Norman Palihawadane Two persons were killed and at least 26 others were injured when a bus carrying pilgrims returning from Sri Pada went down a precipice around 9.15 pm Sunday at Ginigathhena Norton Bridge. The injured were admitted to Ginigathhena, Watawala and Nawalapitiya hospitals. Hospital sources said that the condition of some of the […]
Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella says that there will be further tax increases under the current dispensation. Speaking at a rally in Watteg-ama, Kandy, on Sunday, Kiriella said: “The Gota-baya Rajapaksa government, too, was responsible for the situation. When we formed a government in 2015, the World Bank instructed us […]
Colombo High Court Judge Damith Totawatte, yesterday (20) directed police to fingerprint ex-SLFP lawmaker, Sarana Gunaw-ardena, before granting him bail. The Judge released former Gampaha District MP Gunawardena on Rs 30,000 cash bail and two sureties of Rs 500,000 each. Judge Totawatte said that one of the sureties should be a relative of the former […]
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By Norman Palihawadane The Navy has recovered a stock of over 128 kilos (wet weight) of Kerala cannabis during a patrol carried out off the Karainagar Island in Jaffna on Sunday (19). SLNS Edithara II attached to the Northern Naval Command fished out three traveling bags found adrift at sea, during the patrol. The suspicious […]