News Room : Showers in Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Central, Uva and North-Western provinces and in Trincomalee and Mullaitivu districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 24 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Northern, North-Central, Eastern, Uva, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces during the afternoon or night. Fairly heavy showers above 50mm are likely at some places. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places elsewhere during the afternoon...
News Room : At least 12 killed in blasts at Pakistan counter terrorism office – The Island
Two explosions have rocked a counter terrorism facility in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 50 others, police said. Sharifullah Khan, a police official in Kabal, told Al Jazeera that at least 12 people died in the blasts on Monday at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Swat Valley while more than 50...
News Room : IMF not paying sufficient attention to corruption: GL – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando SLPP MP Prof. G. L. Peiris has found fault with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for not paying sufficient attention to waste, corruption and economic mismanagement under the Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe administration. The former External Affairs Minister emphasised the responsibility on the part of the lending agency to address these issues, particularly against the backdrop of its latest agreement with...
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...