Maithripala Sirisena, Nilantha J, two senior AG Department officials among the culprits By Shamindra Ferdinando The Catholic Church yesterday (25) welcomed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s declaration that the government had the required 2/3 majority in Parliament to take action against those who had been named in the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) by introducing a new […]
By Dinasena Ratugamage Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MPs met German Ambassador to Sri Lanka Holger Seubert and his deputy on Wednesday (24) to discuss the issues faced by the Tamil people in the North and the East. The TNA delegation told the German Ambassador that the government was postponing the provincial council elections and that […]
SJB MPs yesterday staged a protest in Parliament against violence against women. The MPs wore orange colour ribbons around their arms and had stickers on their attires reading: ‘Stop Violence against Women.’ The MPs were protesting against remarks made by SLPP MP Janaka Tissakuttiarachchi about MP Rohini Wijeratne and the Opposition Leader’s wife, in Parliament, […]
By Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon and Anton Fernando A gas cylinder exploded at a house in Pannipitiya, Kottawa at around 4 am yesterday. The house sustained substantial damage due to the explosion. None of the residents were injured. A resident of the house said that they woke up hearing an explosion. When they opened the kitchen, […]
Over 2300 families in Vavuniya, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu have been displaced by the heavy rains that have been continuing for three days. Most of these families have been affected by adverse weather three times this month. A large number of houses have been flooded. Several roads in Vavuniya have been inundated. A number of schools […]