State-run Power Grid Corporation’s much debated 285-kilometer (km) undersea power transmission line between India and Sri Lanka has hit technical and religious roadblocks. The project, which was proposed way back in 2007-08 during the chairmanship of RP Singh, was earlier planned to be …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– The Appeal Court issued notice on the respondents in the cases filed by 2176 Jaffna Tamils seeking relief against their land being taken over by the government. The writ applications filed by 2176 Jaffna Tamils were taken up for support …
A politician in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has requested the government provide citizenship to the estimated 100,000 Tamil refugees who fled Sri Lanka’s civil war. While some Tamil activist groups welcomed the call, the organisation in India that represents Tamil refugees …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– The Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra will begin her three-day visit to Sri Lanka on Friday (May 31). As part of her official visit to the island Ms. Yingluck will address the Sri Lankan parliament on Friday. During her …
You may never have heard of Rohan Silva. But this key advisor to Britain’s Prime Minister is also responsible for helping create Britain’s transparent open data regime.David Cameron’s advisor, from Sri Lankan origin , Rohan Silva , an ethnic Sinhalese , who made …
China has offered Sri Lanka about $2.2 billion in loans for infrastructure projects and a free trade pact, the island nation said on Wednesday, moves that could stoke fresh unease in India about Beijing’s expanding influence in its neighbourhood. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– The District Judge of Homagama was arrested by the Bribery Commission while allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs. 300,000 from a person in Hanwella area. He allegedly tried to solicit a bribe of Rs. 300,000 from a person in …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– A Colombo Court today released a suspect from a case that was dragging on for ten years over the theft of Rs. 50. It transpired in Court that the suspect was reported to have been kept under remand …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– United National Party Parliamentarian Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena has passed away .The Parliamentarian died in Singapore yesterday, while under treatment in a hospital. Dr Jayawardena was 59 years of age. Elected to parliament in 1994 representing the United National Party, Dr …
The Indian Q branch police arrested two more persons – Habib Rahman of Saibaba Colony in Coimbatore and Muthukumar, Sellur, in Madurai in connection with an ATM card fraud case. However, investigations have revealed that the mastermind behind the whole racket were …