News Room : Deadly fire at Juárez migrant centre kills at least 40
BBC reported that at least 40 people people have died at a migrant processing centre in Mexico in a fire that officials say started during a protest against deportations. Many of the victims had travelled from Central and South America trying to get to the US. The blaze at the facility in Ciudad Juárez broke out shortly before 22:00 local time...
News Room : Myanmar military dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party
Aljazeera reported that Myanmar’s military-controlled election commission has announced that the party of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be dissolved for failing to re-register under a new electoral law, according to state television. The National League for Democracy (NLD) party was among 40 political parties that failed to meet the ruling military’s registration deadline for an election, Myawaddy...
News Room : Sacked PUCSL Chairman fights back, writes to Prez – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Convenor of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) trade union wing, Samagi Joint Trade Union Alliance, Ananda Palitha yesterday (28) said that with the appreciation of rupee against the USD and comparatively lower crude prices in the world market, the government could reduce the price of litre of petrol (92 Octane) and diesel by as much as Rs...
News Room : Veteran singer and musician Professor Sanath Nandasiri passed away at the age of 81
Veteran singer and musician Professor Sanath Nandasiri has passed away at the age of 81
News Room : Scientists discover water inside tiny beads of glass on moon
Scientists say they have discovered water trapped inside tiny beads of glass scattered across the moon, suggesting a potential reservoir of this precious resource for future human activities on the lunar surface. The moon was long believed to be dry, but over the last few decades, several missions have shown there is water both on the surface and trapped inside...
News Room : Three children, three adults killed in Nashville school shooting
Aljazeera reported that Three children and three adults have been killed after a woman opened fire at a primary school in Nashville, Tennessee, local officials said, in the latest instance of deadly gun violence in the United States. The shooting happened on Monday morning at The Covenant School, a private Presbyterian school with a student body of about 200 that...
News Room : Australia based Lankans fund solar light units for needy children
The Special Task Force (STF) has so far distributed approximately 400 solar power light units among needy children in Bakmitiyawa, Mamaduwa, Kekirawa and Hasalaka under ‘Darkness to Light’ social care programme. These units, courtesy the social care project launched in New South Wales, Australia by Chandra Fernando and his wife Maria Fernando were provided to children dependent on bottle...
News Room : Showers in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 25 March 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, North Central and North-Western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Mannar, Galle and Matara districts during the afternoon or night. Fairly heavy showers above 50mm are likely at some places. A few showers may occur...
News Room : Outgoing BASL chief asks lawyers to continue struggle to safeguard rule of law, democracy, judicial independence – The Island
The Opposition has strongly condemned what it calls a move by the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government to undermine the Supreme Court (SC).The Opposition has, in a joint statement issued over the weekend, urged the government to refrain from being hostile towards the apex court. Among the signatories to the statement are Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, Dullas Alahapperuma, Prof. G. L. Peiris, Wimal...
News Room : SC summons IGP for disregarding court order – The Island
The Opposition has strongly condemned what it calls a move by the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government to undermine the Supreme Court (SC).The Opposition has, in a joint statement issued over the weekend, urged the government to refrain from being hostile towards the apex court. Among the signatories to the statement are Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, Dullas Alahapperuma, Prof. G. L. Peiris, Wimal...