News Room : Imran Khan leaves court after being granted bail
BBC reported that Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Imran Khan has left court premises in Islamabad, a day after the Supreme Court ruled his dramatic arrest on corruption charges was illegal. On Friday evening, Khan’s party said he was heading for the city of Lahore. Judges granted Khan protected bail, meaning he can not be re-arrested on those charges for two weeks.
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Northern provinces and in Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Southern provinces. Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Several spells of showers will occur in Northern,...
News Room : Schoolgirl’s death in Kalutara: Police identify mystery caller
Main suspect before forensic medical officer on 16 May By Hemantha Randunu and R. A. S Premathilake The last phone call received by Tihara Nirmani, 16, a schoolgirl from Kalutara, who died after jumping off a three-storey hotel building, was from her 19-year-old friend, who accompanied her to the hotel to meet Dhanushka Sahabandu, 29, who was with Tihara at the...
News Room : Cardinal calls for cleansing of hearts to take country forward – The Island
Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has said there is no point in Sri Lanka getting loans from the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund if the people who handle those monies continue to be the same fraudsters. Delivering his homily at the 125th Jubilee Mass, offered in the church, dedicated to St, Joseph at Kaluwarippuwa, Katana, the Cardinal said...
News Room : Sri Lanka Navy empowers women with sea duty assignments – The Island
President Ranil Wickremesinghe who attended the 10th Environment Pioneer President’s Medal Awarding Ceremony 2020-2021 held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, announced that Sri Lanka is establishing the world’s first international environmental university to support the global effort in addressing climate change. The President acknowledged that although climate change is a significant challenge for the world, there is no...
News Room : Pakistan’s Supreme Court rules Imran Khan’s arrest was illegal
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that former prime minister Imran Khan’s dramatic arrest on corruption charges this week was illegal. The court ordered Khan’s immediate release. His lawyers had argued that his detention from court premises in Islamabad on Tuesday was unlawful. At least 10 people have been killed and 2,000 arrested as violent protests have swept the country since...
News Room : Heavy showers above 100 mm at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Southern provinces. Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Several spells of showers will occur in Northern,...
News Room : Naval and fishing communities cautioned – The Island
Naval and fishing communities are advised not to venture into the sea areas bounded by (03N – 20N) and between (85E – 100E) until further notice and to be vigilant while engaging in naval and fishing activities in the sea areas off the coast extending from Galle to Pottuvil via Matara and Hambantota and in the sea areas off...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Southern provinces – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 11 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Southern provinces. Fairly heavy showers about 75 mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Several spells of showers will occur...
News Room : Sajith flays govt. for litigation in S’pore over X-Press disaster
Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa, in Parliament, yesterday, asked the government to explain why it had opted to file a case seeking damages from the X-Press Pearl’s owners and operators, in Singapore, which is signatory to an international convention that imposes limits on liability claims. “It is beyond comprehension how and why the government decided to invoke jurisdiction of...