Fazal Mohamad Nisar, a businessman who was arrested by the CID, has been remanded till the 18th of this month by the Colombo Magistrate's Court.
Sending a defiant message to the Rajapaksa government, Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka have extended their solidarity in the call for a total shutdown of the north and east
The President will not only be defeated at the forthcoming election due to a coterie of money-grubbers that have surrounded him but any person even remotely connected to the government will not be able to meet the public to seek votes, Ven. Prof. Medagoda Abhayatissa Thero said addressing a press conference in Colombo.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Harin Fernando has sought the intervention of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to protect his life which has been placed under serious threat after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's remarks at a function held in Ampara yesterday (09).