Earthquake in Australia : No casualties reported
An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the richter scale shook the state of Victoria in Australia this morning, according to media reports.
An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the richter scale shook the state of Victoria in Australia this morning, according to media reports.
Welcoming President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's invitation to the Tamil diaspora to join in a dialogue to resolve issues as a progressive move, the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) however questioned the government's true motives behind this move when organisations such as the GTF were proscribed earlier this year.
The two small scale businessmen who were arrested by the Police even as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa claimed there is no impediment to mass protests in the country, have now been granted bail by the Courts.
Former Governor of Uva, Southern and Central Provinces Rajitha Keerthi Tennekoon claims there are plans underway to remove the Deputy Governor in charge of Foreign Exchange at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).
Residents in Jaffna commemorated Rasaiah Parthipan alias Thileepan of the LTTE this week for the second time since the commencement of the Lt. Colonel Rasaiah Parthipan Memorial Week. Thileepan died in 1987 after engaging in a fast unto death campaign.
One of the island's leading healthcare associations says there are three reasons for the declining Covid-19 infections in the capital.
The government has managed to edge out the opposition by reporting better attendance scores in the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka.
The Catholic Church has denied claims it had received information of a possible attack on Easter Sunday from a Sinhala Nationalist Buddhist Bhikku who had information of the impending terror attack.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who is currently in New York to attend the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly has held discussions with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the President's Media Division said.
Two organisations and rights activists working on land issues in the North of Sri Lanka have written this week to the Jaffna District Secretary, Kanapathypillai Mahesan raising concerns on the attempts to collect information of private landowners in the district.