By Ifham Nizam
India had no authority to dictate terms to a sovereign nation like Sri Lanka, said Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday.
Speaking to journalists, Amaraweera expressed concern regarding a statement made by an Indian Minister that a government would be formed in Sri Lanka under the leadership of the Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP).
“Sri Lanka is a free and independent country. Therefore, no one can interfere when it comes to our country’s matters,” he stressed.
Amaraweera said he did not know whether the news item was true or false, but that any country that did not wish external interventions would oppose it as the present government.
by Saman Indrajith Justice Minister Ali Sabry yesterday said a group with vested interests had distorted his speeches to tarnish his image. “They take sentences in my speech out of context and level various accusations against me. I am accused of things that I have not said and not even intended to say,” the Minister […]
By Norman Palhawadana
Acting on a tip-off, the police Organised Crime Unit yesterday (16) raided a guesthouse at the Gam Sabha junction, Nugegoda and seized a consignment of ICE and heroin weighing five kilos each.
The police arrested the manager of the guesthouse.
Under interrogation, the suspect revealed that the parcels containing drugs had been handed over to him by an unknown party.
However, the police said they were looking for two persons who managed the guesthouse as a partnership.
A senior officer said the consignment of drugs had a street value of Rs.100 mn.
The manager of the restaurant is a resident of Kandy and had started working there only a few months back.
Seated from left: P. Balasingham, Rajitha Weerakoon, Gnana Moonesinghe, Nihal Seneviratne (Chairman), Siri Ranasinghe and Daya Lankapura. Standing from left: Javid Yusuf, Lucille Wijewardene, Dion Schoorman, Pramod de Silva, Sukumar Rockwood, CEO, PCCSL and Kamal Liyanaarachchi, Complaints Officer, PCCSL. The Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka (PCCSL) handled 312 complaints during the year 2020. The […]
by Ifham Nizam Conservation Organisations against Environmental Destruction, comprising science/environmental groups in Sri Lanka yesterday opposed a move to issue shotguns to those owning more than an acre of land to protect their crops, terming it a menace in itself. A recent proposal by Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to provide shotguns to farmers with more […]