Death of actor Darshan Dharmaraj at 41
Award winning actor Darshan Dharmaraj passed away in the early hours of this morning (02), aged 41 years.
Award winning actor Darshan Dharmaraj passed away in the early hours of this morning (02), aged 41 years.
Billions of rupees of state funds were misappropriated in the Central Cultural Fund when Sajith Premadasa was the minister of cultural affairs in the good governance regime between 2015 and 2019, according to a report by the auditor general.
Jagath Perera has tendered his resignation as chairman of Lanka Coal Company to subject minister Kanchana Wijesekara.
A remark by the late Mangala Samaraweera is going viral in social media.
A new gazette extraordinary has revoked a previous one that declared high-security zones in parts of Colombo district under the Official Secrets Act.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (01) issued the new notification.
The HSZs declared were the Parliamentary Complex, Supreme Court Complex, Colombo High Court Complex, Colombo Magistrate’s Court Complex, Attorney General’s Department, Presidential Secretariat, President’s House, Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters, Police Headquarters, Defence Ministry and Sri Lanka Army Headquarters in Akuregoda, Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters in Slave Island and Prime Minister’s Office at Flower Road.
These HSZs attracted widespread criticism and several fundamental rights petitions against them were filed in the Supreme Court.
SJB MP S.M. Marikkar has petitioned courts against the high security zones gazette issued by the president saying it also aims to “set up rehabilitation camps for misled anti-government protestors.”
Sri Lanka has qualified to face India in today’s (01) final of the Road Safety World Series in Raipur.
The raw materials used in the production of the Triposha nutritional supplement for pregnant women contained toxics, it has come to light.
The Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) has condemned an incident at a school in Hatton in which its principal assaulted a female student with a broom-handle.
A suicide attack at a tuition centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 19 people, most of them female students, police and witnesses say.