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by Maneshka Borham
During most months of the year, Lediyangala, a village in Wilgamuwa, Matale remains dry and sunbaked. But in stark contrast to its arid surroundings 35-year-old Geethani Kusumalatha’s home garden is green, lush, and thriving. Three years ago Geethani started home gardening under the guidance of agricultural trainers from the ‘Assisting Communities in Creating...
Asymptomatic Covid-19 patients
Chief of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of Covid-19 Outbreak and Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said the authorities are considering implementing a home quarantine system for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients.
“The health authorities are discussing the matter. A final decision would be made in this regard soon,” he said.
Since Sri Lanka reported the...
The world continues to be amidst a serious pandemic. While over 50 Covid-19 vaccine candidates are on trial, many countries have approved a number of them for emergency use to curb the fast-spreading Covid-19 virus.
Sri Lanka will receive its first consignment of vaccines on January 27. A stock of 600,000 vaccines will arrive from India allowing Sri Lanka to kick start...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that the first 600,000 doses of Covishield vaccine manufactured in India to combat Covid-19 will arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday (27). The President who was participating in a “Conversation with the Village” program in the Kalutara district said frontline workers, healthcare workers, the Security Forces, and police personnel...
Trainee Officer Cadet, Shalinda Vimukthi Bandara Amarakoon had always dreamt of soaring above the skies. As a child he had often told his mother, Shiranthi Mapitigama that he wanted to fly and be free, just like a bird. The constant talk of wanting to be like a bird had even earned him the childhood nickname Kurulla (Bird) coined by Shiranthi.
To others, 23-year-old...
by Maneshka Borham
Probe into Easter Sunday attacks:
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the Easter Sunday attacks concluded its proceedings and handed over its final...
The Secretary, Ministry of Wildlife Conservation, Bandula Harischandra said the Department of Wildlife Conservation will conduct...
The Government in March 2020 decided to halt the import of vehicles aimed at protecting the country’s economy as the Sri Lankan...
For decades the Edirisinghe name has been among the top echelons of family-owned businesses in Sri Lanka. But after years of...
The recent deaths of two bhikkhus under unusual and gruesome circumstances have shocked Sri Lanka. The incidents were also taken...
The number of accidents during the New Year celebrations in Sri Lanka had reduced by 60 percent compared to last year, health...
Illegal Baby adoption racket
The police have launched a wide net to nab accomplices of the man arrested recently for carrying out an illegal baby adoption...
Priest led drug smuggling racket
The Police have intensified their search to arrest the mastermind behind the drug haul of 100 kg of ICE and 100 kg of heroin...
Environmental lawyer and activist Jagath Gunawardana has dedicated his life to protect Sri Lanka’s wildlife, flora, fauna and the...
Probe into Mahara Prison riot:
The committee appointed to investigate and report on the Mahara Prison riot in its report stated that criminal gangs in the...
Illegal sand mining in the Deduru Oya has destroyed the surrounding environment. The Supreme Court, in 2006, issued an order...
Prison mayhem:
State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners Rehabilitation Lohan Ratwatte said that no inmate was shot dead inside the...
The government has taken steps to increase the repatriation of Sri Lankans currently residing abroad after lifting the temporary...
Probe into Easter Sunday attacks
Former Senior DIG of the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Ravi Seneviratne has revealed that the attackers led by...
In March, when Sri Lanka was first hit with the Covid-19 pandemic, many pelope and organisations managed to survive the wave...
The fear of Covid-19 has gripped the country’s prison system. At least 174 inmates were reported to have contracted the virus in...
As proceedings of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday Attacks continued over the week those providing...
PCoI on Easter Sunday attacks:
As the proceedings of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday attacks continues to draw to a close, several...
Environmentalists have now raised concern that an illegal trade of leopard parts may have continuously gone undetected by the...
Probe into Easter Sunday attacks:
Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara together with former Secretary of Defence Hemasiri Fernando appearing before the Presidential...
Deputy Inspector General, (DIG) Kithsiri Aponsu heading the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) and its Director, Senior Superintendent...
The laboratory report by the Government Analyst on the oil samples collected from the stricken MT New Diamond vessel will be...
Inquiry on Easter Sunday attacks:
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Harin Fernando told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Attacks...
The National Police Commission (NPC) has instructed acting IGP C.D Wickramaratne to take steps to gazette the proposed Illegal...
Sri Lanka continues to grapple with child abuse and the numbers are staggering. In the first seven months of this year, the...
Angoda Lokka’s death
The parents of Indian counsel D. Sivakami Sundari (36), one of the suspects arrested for forging documents and helping the Sri...
PCoI on the Easter Sunday attacks
The lethargic attitude of the former Government to national security was revealed this week when former Director of the State...
The understaffed Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) has put forward a proposal to recruit 3,000 range officers.According...
Easter Sunday attacks
After being in the hot seat for over two weeks before the PCoI probing the Easter Sunday attacks former Director of the State...
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has extended an invitation to the United National Party (UNP) to join hands with the SJB in its...
Former Prime Minister and United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will appear before the Presidential Commission...
Indian authorities await DNA report
The Crime Branch of the Criminal Investigations Department (CB – CID) of the Tamil Nadu Police, India has intensified efforts to...
Leader of the National People’s Power (NPP) led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake said obtaining a...
The National People’s Power (NPP) led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) suffered a heavy setback at the recently concluded...
Parties of the opposition have commenced planning their way forward following the announcement of the election results of the...
Parliamentary Elections
Kanishka Senanayake, the son of Colombo’s Mayor Rosy Senanayake, will face his first election on August 5 under the banner of the...
Order sought to stay arrest warrant:
The Court of Appeal will take up the writ application filed by interdicted Negombo Prison Superintendent Anuruddha Sampayo for...
Police have recommenced questioning the Covid-19 patient who escaped from the National Infectious Diseases Hospital on Friday (24...
Dr Nalaka Godahewa, a onetime prominent figure in the corporate sector will face his first hurdle in Sri Lankan politics on...
Parliamentary Elections:
When Sri Lanka’s coastal areas were hit by the tsunami in 2004, Saroja Savithri Paulraj, a resident of Matara witnessed the...
Destruction of archaeological site:
The Committee, appointed by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe the destruction of an archaeologically important site in...
The National People’s Power (NPP) a group of 31 parties and organisations led by the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) will...
A real-life money heist played out in Colombo on Tuesday (9) when an armed gunman made away with Rs. 7.9 million from the...
Alleged assault on autistic youth
Three police officers were interdicted on Friday in connection with the incident where an autistic youth was allegedly assaulted...
The National People’s Power (NPP) has submitted its proposals to the Election Commission after the latter had called for...
Former United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Field Marshall Sarath Fonseka appeared before the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD...
Saving a drowning lass
On May 21, the area around Tawakelle was dark and gloomy. Perhaps it was a precursor to the tragedy that was to unfold later in...
Resuming its proceedings last week after a hiatus due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing...
The Courts have instructed the Police to submit a further report on the stampede which occurred in Maligawatta on Thursday (21)....
The Navy along with the Special Task Force (STF) of the Police nabbed four suspects with cannabis in two operations in Beliatta...