Police have launched a probe following a complaint received about a videoing bathing women in an enclosure behind a house in Wennappuwa using a drone camera, Wennappuwa Police said.
Resign, President tells Ravi
President Maithripala Sirisena has asked Foreign Affairs Minister and former finance minister Ravi Karunanayake to resign from his portfolio in the face of the allegations levelled against him in connection with the Central Bank bond sale, government sources said yesterday.
They said the President had told the minister that if he continued to function as a Cabinet minister, it would create serious issues not only to the government but also to the minister himself and as such the President had pointed out that the best solution available to the minister is to resign from his ministerial portfolio.
John Amaratunga threatens journalists
Furious over the questions asked by some journalists regarding garbage disposal at Bopitiya in Wattala, Minister John Amaratunga is is reported to have threatened them with death while leaving the party office in Kandana today.
According to some journalists who had videoed the entire episode, the minister had turned furious asked the journalists to leave the vicinity when they told the minister that the people were blaming him for the garbage crisis at Bopitya.
Prince Udaya Priyantha passes away
Popular singer Prince Udaya Priyantha passed away at the age of 44 at a private hospital in Colombo, today.
Building collapse in Wellawatta
At least thirteen individuals were hospitalized after a partially constructed building collapsed in Wellawatte a short while ago.Reports stated the building was situated behind the Savoy Cinema.
Nine individuals were admitted to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital and four others were admitted to the National Hospital, Colombo.
Police said several others were reportedly trapped inside the building and fire fighters are conducting rescue operations.
Contempt case against website editor on Sept 28
The Supreme Court yesterday fixed for support on September 28, the application for contempt of court filed by petitioner Madura Withanage, Attorney-at-Law complaining that the editor of Lanka-e-News Sandaruwan Senadheera, had insulted the dignity of judicial officers, by way of 14 articles.
The petitioner has said those articles are not correct and have caused an affront to the dignity of the judiciary.
EU to remove 66% of tariffs on Lankan exports this week
The European Union Ambassador to Sri Lanka Tung-Lai Margue yesterday announced that the EU would remove a significant part of the remaining import duties on Sri Lankan products entering its market, while the complete removal of duties on 66 percent of tariff lines covering a wide array of products including textiles and fisheries was expected to come into effect this week.
MR is not responsible for current economic turmoil
The latest Central Bank (CB) report for the year 2016 clearly indicates that current economic crisis was not a result of the action of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa or his government, the Joint opposition claimed yesterday.
Addressing a press briefing, MP Bandula Gunawardane said nearly two and half years has passed since the Unity government came in to power and still they are struggling to resolve the economic issues.