Around 20 people were injured after the police fired water cannons and teargas at an anti-government protest by the National People’s Power in Colombo this afternoon (26).
With the final delimitation report to be made available before the end of March, nominations that have been accepted for the local government polls will have to be cancelled, said Delimitation Committee chairman Mahinda Deshapriya.
The impact of a major earthquake in India’s Himalayan region will be felt in Sri Lanka, said senior geologist Dr. Athula Senaratne.
The government is planning to go for a presidential election before holding the local government polls, according to highly placed government sources.
General Shavendra Silva has been accused of negligence of duties in connection with the violent incidents that took place on May 09 and 10 last year.
Four policemen have been arrested after a murder suspect fled from their custody moments after he was nabbed at the Katunayake airport.
The National People’s Power (NPP) says it will stage a protest campaign in Colombo today (26) against the government.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit off the eastern part of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Saturday, authorities said, and no tsunami warning was issued.
A video is going viral in social media of a doctor refusing to treat an injured child at a government hospital.
SJB lawmaker Mayantha Dissanayake, who was appointed as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has decided to resign from the post.
