Teargas was fired to disperse a group of cricket fans who were behaving in an unruly manner outside the Rangiri- Dambulla International Cricket Stadium today while attempting to purchase tickets for the fourth ODI between Sri Lanka and Australia.
The Bribery Commission today filed a case in the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court against former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Avante Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadipathi and six others on charges of corruption under the Bribery Act
Erik Solheim, the new Head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), yesterday said he learnt valuable lessons, including the importance of dialogue and compromise when serving as a peace negotiator in Sri Lanka.
Heavy traffic is reported along the High Level Road in Colombo due to a protest march carried out by the members of the Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM).
At the invitation of the Government, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Mrs Ban Soon-taek, is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka today for a three-day visit, where he will meet with President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, and other members of the Government and of the Parliament.
The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) today moved the Colombo Commercial High Court to release the two respondents Susil Premajayantha and Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, (members of the 2015 - UPFA presidential election committee) from the case filed against them for the recovery of Rs 143 million due to the SLTB for hiring buses for the meetings of presidential candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The 17-year-old student, who was arrested and remanded on charges of hacking into the official website of President Maithripala Sirisena, had demanded the President to protect websites from another possible cyber attack or resign from the office, the CID said.
A delegation of the Joint Opposition led by former president and MP Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to visit Malaysia from September 1 to 4 to attend the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), Mr. Rajapaksa’s private secretary Udith Lokubandara today said.
Deputy Minister Anuradha Jayaratne was appointed as Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Ududumbara Organiser while Central Province Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake was appointed as SLFP Yatinuwara Organiser by President Maithipala Sirisena a short while ago.
The Government will discuss the setting up of a Multi-Million Dollar ‘Peace Building Fund’ (PBF) for Sri Lanka, sponsored by the UN, during the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s three-day visit to Sri Lanka, a senior Foreign Affairs Ministry source said yesterday.
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