The National Elections Commission yesterday (10) recognised three new political parties for registration.
A woman who was detained at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for questioning over a financial fraud of Rs. 60 million has died after jumping from the 5th floor of the Department’s building this morning (11), police said.
Sri Lanka launched intercity train services between Mount Lavinia and Kankesanturai using full AC Diesel Multiple Units (AC DMUs), recently received from India under an Indian loan facility, on Sunday (9) under the patronage of Transport Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi and Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Vinod K. Jacob.
In 2016, the SriLankan Airlines top brass made a huge decision to splash the beautiful face of former Miss Sri Lanka and Hollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez as its Brand Ambassador where the letter of agreement was signed between the airline and her on 29 July at a gala event at the St. Regis Hotel in Mumbai.
A cold war is being waged between certain officials of the Attorney General’s Department and Judges according to sources from the Ministry of Justice.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Patali Champika Ranawaka says the statement by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that no foreign loans have been obtained from any country during the past two years is false.
SLPP MP Susil Premajayantha, a senior politician who was stripped of his state ministry by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa attended an event held yesterday (08) to mark the 123rd birth anniversary of the late SLFP founder S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike. The commemoration ceremony was held under the patronage of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
Veteran Sri Lankan singer Desmond De Silva has passed away at the age of 77 in Melbourne, Australia.
An international festival in the North has been postponed indefinitely after the Minister of Sports was invited to the event amidst strong public backlash.
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Tokyo, Japan may be forced to close for several days due to the negligence of Sri Lankan ambassador to Japan Sanjiv Gunasekara, sources from the Foreign Ministry revealed.
