Sri Lankan President has decided to lift the police curfew imposed in the Kandy Administrative District today for eight hours for people to attend their
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Internet access restricted in Kandy, Facebook blocked in some areas
Internet access has been restricted in Kandy on the instructions of the Government while Facebook has been restricted in some other areas as well. Downdetector.com
Action to be taken against promoters of hate speech
The government has decided to closely monitor and crackdown on hate speech being promoted on social media. “All communal hate speech posts via social media
Aloysius and Palisena further remanded
The owner of Perpetual Treasuries Limited, Arjun Aloysius and the CEO to the Company Kasun Palisena have been further remanded until March 15. The suspects
Muslim shops attacked in Buddhist-Muslim clash in Sri Lanka’s East, security strengthened in Ampara
The tense situation, which had prevailed in the Ampara town in eastern Sri Lanka last night after a group of people attacked a Muslim shop
Bond scam suspect Arjun Aloysius files revision bail application in High Court
Perpetual Treasuries Limited director Arjun Aloysius Bond, who is in remand custody in connection with the Central Bank bond scam, has filed a revision petition
Sri Lanka Prime Minister appointed as Law and Order Minister
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed as the Minister of Law and Order during the unity government’s second cabinet reshuffle today. The Prime Minister
Sri Lanka shows only slight improvement in reducing corruption in 2017
Sri Lanka has been successful in its efforts to reduce corruption in 2017 albeit slightly as the country improved its ranks by four notches on
Army denies any terrorist involvement in Diyathalawa bus fire.
Seventeen passengers including twelve military personnel and a woman were injured in an explosion inside a bus in Diyatalawa this morning, Army Media Spokesperson Brigadier
Corruption case against Wimal Weerawansa postponed to May 16
The case filed by the Bribery Commission against former Minister and National Freedom Front leader Wimal Weerawansa will be taken up for hearing on the