News Room : Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan and wife Bushra Bibi jailed for illegal marriage
A Pakistani court has jailed Imran Khan and his wife for seven years after voiding their marriage, in the latest sentence against the ex-prime minister. The court ruled that Khan’s 2018 marriage with Bushra Bibi, a faith healer, was un-Islamic and illegal. He is already in jail for corruption. Last Wednesday, a week before a general election, the pair were...
News Room : Showers will occur in several provinces today
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 03 February 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning. Several spells of showers will occur in Eastern and Uva provinces and in Polonnaruwa and Matale districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur ata few...
News Room : Showers in Eastern, Uva, Central, Sabaragamuwa and Southern provinces – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 31 January 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Central, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning. Cloudy skies can be expected over most parts of the island during the morning. Showers will occur at times in Eastern, Uva and North-central...
News Room : CIPM signs landmark MOU with University of Peradeniya – The Island
Expolanka Holdings PLC announced its financial results for the third quarter ending 31 December 2023, delivering a resilient performance, and leveraging its strengths despite global economic headwinds and uncertainty. The Group reported a Revenue of Rs. 66.8 billion for the quarter and Rs. 183.9 billion for the nine months ending 31 December 2023. Gross Profit stood at Rs. 10.9 billion...
News Room : Fairly heavy showers likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces. – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 27 January 2024 by the Department of Meteorology There is a possibility of ground frost at some places in Nuwara-Eliya district during the early hours in the morning. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the Northern, North-central, Eastern and Uva provinces and at several places in Central, Sabaragamuwa and Western provinces...
News Room : Crisis-hit Sri Lankan hotelier buys restaurant next to Australia’s Gabba Stadium – The Island
By Hiran H.Senewiratne A top local hotel chain owner who faced an enormous financial crisis during the Covid 19 lock down period and left Sri Lanka to find funds to maintain his local hotels, has ended up in Australia where he has acquired a restaurant next to the Brisbane Cricket Grounds (Gabba Stadium). This is in partnership with SIRUS Holdings of...
News Room : Three US troops killed in drone strike on US base in Middle East
Three US troops have been killed and dozens injured in a drone attack on a US base near Jordan’s border with Syria. US President Joe Biden said the attack was carried out by “radical Iran-backed militant groups”. He added: “We shall respond.” It is the first time that a strike has killed US troops in the region since Hamas’s 7 October...
News Room : Actress, teacher arrested for five-billion-rupee pyramid scheme fraud
Police on Saturday (27) arrested a man and his wife on suspicion of cheating some people of five billion rupees through a pyramid scheme.Police said arrests had been made in Pilimathalawa, Kandy. One of the suspects is a teacher and Basnayake Nilame and his wife is an actress, the police said.They had misused the popularity of the actress and the...
News Room : Stale toddy in new pots
Monday 29th January, 2024 Political alliances are mushrooming ahead of the next presidential election, the latest being the one formed by SLPP MP Nimal Lanza together with some of his fellow MPs and launched at Ja-Ela on Saturday. The newly-formed coalition has been named the ‘New Alliance’, but there is hardly anything new about it. One saw, at its launch,...
News Room : Active duty servicemen moonlighting as underworld hit men
By Hemantha Randunu Police investigations have found that a large number of active duty security forces personnel are moonlighting as hit men for underworld gangs and a significant number of recent hit jobs have been carried out by them. Some of them leave their camps during duty hours and use their service weapons to assassinate individuals, a senior policeman said. He said that this...