News Room : No need for court order to arrest State Minister – Magistrate
by AJA Abeynayake The Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday said it would not issue an order for the arrest of State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage over the offences committed under the Immigration and Emigration Act. Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis said no order would be issued as the CID had powers under the law to arrest the State Minister. The lawyers representing...
News Room : Bodies found in investigation into Kenya ‘starvation cult’ rise to 47 – The Island
World military spending reached an all-time high of $2.24 trillion in 2022, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fuelled a sharp jump in military spending across Europe, according to a leading defence think tank. Global spending rose for the eighth consecutive year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday in its annual report on global military expenditure. There was...
News Room : World military spending reaches all-time high of $2.24 trillion – The Island
World military spending reached an all-time high of $2.24 trillion in 2022, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fuelled a sharp jump in military spending across Europe, according to a leading defence think tank. Global spending rose for the eighth consecutive year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday in its annual report on global military expenditure. There was...
News Room : AG to move SC against Trial-at-Bar ruling: Tiran – The Island
Acquittal of group indicted for smuggling 197 kg of heroin By Shamindra Ferdinando Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam, PC, will soon move the Supreme Court against the recent acquittal of five persons indicted at the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar for the possession of nearly 197 kgs of heroin. Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said so when The Island raised the growing public discontent over the...
News Room : 21 bodies found in investigation into Kenya’s ‘starvation cult’
BBC reported that Kenyan police have exhumed 21 bodies near the coastal town of Malindi, as they investigate a preacher said to have told followers to starve to death. Dead children were among those exhumed, and police said they expected to find even more bodies.The shallow graves are in Shakahola forest, where 15 members of the Good News International Church...
News Room : Evacuation of foreigners begins in Sudan
BBC reported that a group of foreign nationals have been evacuated from Sudan, as fighting between rival armies raged on in the capital Khartoum. More than 150 people were evacuated by sea to the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah on Saturday – mostly citizens of Gulf countries. Khartoum airport has been repeatedly targeted and Canada’s government says no flights are...
News Room : Showers in Western province and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern, Uva, Northern, North-central, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces during the afternoon or night. Fairly heavy showers above 75mm are likely at some places. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places elsewhere during the afternoon or...
News Room : Conservationists slam proposal to export monkeys to China – The Island
by Meera Sirinivasan Zoologists and conservationists in Sri Lanka on April 19 slammed a recent government proposal exploring the export of monkeys to China, terming it an ad-hoc, illegal, and short-sighted response to a long-standing human-animal conflict. Earlier this month, Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera said the government was studying a proposal from a Chinese company to purchase Sri Lankan...
News Room : Electronic Catholic magazine, “Mawatha” launched
The official launch of the electronic Easter magazine, “Mawatha,” published by the National Catholic Writers’ Organization, under the patronage of the National Catholic Mass Communication Director, Rev. Fr Jude Krishantha Fernando and the participation of the editor of the oldest continuously published magazine in the island, “Bhakti Prabodhanaya ” Catholic Magazine , Rev Fr Emad Dalpadadu (O.M.I ) ??was...
News Room : Showers in Eastern, Western, Uva, Northern, North-central, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern, Uva, Northern, North-central, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces during the afternoon or night. Fairly heavy showers above 75mm are likely at some places. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places elsewhere during the afternoon or...