IRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards test-fired ballistic missiles against targets in the Indian Ocean as they wrapped up a two-day exercise, their official website reported Saturday. The missiles of “various classes” targeted “the enemy's battleships and destroyed them from 1,800 kilometres (1,125 miles) away,” according to the Sepahnews website. The missiles were fired from
The Committee on Parliamentary Business has decided to convene Parliament tomorrow (Jan. 19) and day after (Jan. 20), stated the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Showers will occur at times in North-central, Eastern, Central and Uva provinces, stated the Meteorology Department. And fairly heavy falls above 50 mm can be expected at some places in the Matale and Polonnaruwa districts. A few showers can be expected in Northern province. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and
649 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 45,820, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed. According to the epidemiology unit there are only 6,992 active cases being treated in various hospitals across the country. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 53,076. The country has also witnessed
The Colombo High Court served indictments on Minister Rajitha Senaratne and two others over the case allegedly causing a loss to the government when leasing out the Modara Fisheries harbour to a private company while he was Fisheries Minister in 2014. The case was taken up before Colombo High Court Judge Pradeep Hettiarachchi and after serving the indictments, he ordered to