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LocalAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionThe number of hospital admissions due to burn injuries caused by petrol has almost doubled, Colombo National Hospital’s Plastic Surgeon Dr. Gayan Ekanayake said. He said that storing petrol at…

LocalVinitha GamageHaltota Group CorrTags: Print EditionA man waiting at the Batagoda petrol station in Galpatha was found dead inside his vehicle yesterday morning. Anguruwathota police sources said the deceased has been identified as…

LocalRasula Dilhara GamageTags: Print EditionThe Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has sent a letter to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe requesting him to take immediate steps to stop the mega-scale Ilmenite mining in Mannar which is…

The Private Plaint filed by Mr. Keerthi Tennekoon (complainant) against Mr. Ajith Nivard Cabraal (respondent) was scheduled to be taken up on May 2, 2022 before Magistrate Harshana Kekunuwela at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court No. 4.…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionInvestigations have revealed that the car that had come to kill Amba Shana at the Manning Market in Peliyagoda had been at the house of a person in charge of security at the Manning…

Wants delegation to visit Russia, amend tiesLocalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionMP Wimal Weerawansa told Parliament yesterday that during the earlier Galle Face protest when several military trucks had…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionPolice say the trend of stealing fuel from parked vehicles is on the rise. Intelligence officials have reported that drug addicts are increasingly stealing and selling fuel from vehicles…

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa would not attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit taking place in Rwanda later this month. The Foreign Ministry announced that Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris will represent President…

The main opposition the Samagi Jana Balawegaya and the National People’s Power have decided to boycott Parliament for a week. Making a speech in Parliament today, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said Parliament had become a talk…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe International Yoga Day celebrations were held under the patronage of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Independence Square in Colombo yesterday (21) morning. The event was organized by the Indian…