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By Norman Palihawadane A special team of CID sleuths is scheduled to leave for Indonesia to investigate the mysterious death of billionaire businessman Onesh Subasinghe in an apartment complex in Jakarta. Police headquarters sources said that 45-year-old Onesh Subasinghe, the Managing Director at OPEX Holdings, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in an apartment in the Indonesian […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Election monitors and activists express concern that digital harassment of female politicians will increase when the local council elections campaign gets into full swing in the coming weeks.According to the preliminary results of a survey conducted by the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE), more than 70 percent of female local […]

By Chaminda Silva The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said that daily power cuts would not increase despite the shut down of one generator at the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant due to the shortage of coal. With this shut down, the national grid will lose 270 megawatts. However, this will be replaced with the 165 megawatt […]

By A.J.A Abeynayake Kandy Chief Magistrate Srinith Wijesekera on Thursday (22) ordered police to arrest the head of the Peradeniya University Students Union, Anuruddha Vidanage in connection with a recent assault on former Vice Chancellor Prof. Athula Senarathne and his son. Police said Prof. Senaratne’s son’s car had collided with a parked motorcycle, and following […]

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China, Dr. Palitha Kohona, told journalists that all the staff members of the Sri Lankan Embassy, in Beijing, have contracted COVID-19.The Embassy has a staff of 22.Dr. Kohona said all the staff members have moderate to mild symptoms.

By Rathindra Kuruwita The People’s Action For Free & Fair Elections (PAFFREL) will go to Court if the government attempts to postpone polls, its Executive Director, Rohana Hettiarachchi says.Hettiarachchi yesterday said that the Elections Commission had to announce a day for the Local Council elections by the end of the first week of January. “According […]

By Saman Indrajith The police, on Thursday (22), arrested 47 people, with narcotics during raids carried out near 149 schools in the Western ProvinceAmong those arrested is a 17-year-old student near a school in Mirihana, caught with cannabis. The raids were conducted on the instructions of Senior DIG in charge of the Western Province, Deshabandu […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita The monthly income of the government was not enough to pay the salaries of its employees, pensions, etc., Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Mahinda Siriwardana, said yesterday.Siriwardana said so at a meeting held at the Ministry about the new taxes that come into effect on 01 January. “Right now, we make […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his Christmas message stressed that it is important for the people to extend compassion to one another and assist each other. The full text of the President’s Christmas Message is as follows The dawn of Christmas is a day to reminisce and celebrate God’s love for humanity, by the birth of […]