Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry expects the Pakistan authorities to take the required action to investigate and ensure justice following an incident where a Sri Lankan was lynched in Sialkot, Pakistan earlier on Friday (3). The Foreign Ministry has received reports of an alleged incident of torture and burning of the body of [12/3/2021] …
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Power has announced that the electricity supply to some areas will be restricted as the Norochchoial Power Plant has not reached 900MW, despite the transmission system being restored. [12/3/2021] …
The supply of electricity across the island was restored on Friday (3) evening, said the Ministry of Power. An island-wide power cut was experienced on Friday (4) morning which also affected the transportation and water supply services. [12/3/2021] …
(Reuters) – Asia-Pacific countries should boost their healthcare capacity and fully vaccinate their people to prepare for a surge in COVID-19 cases fuelled by the Omicron variant, officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. First detected in southern Africa last month and dubbed a variant of concern by the WHO, scientists are [12/3/2021] …
The second contempt of court case filed against Former Member of Parliament Ranjan Ramanayake will be called upon on the 24th of January 2022. The Attorney General had filed the case against Ramanayake based on an order of the Supreme Court that determined that the Ex-Parliamentarian had committed contempt of court in [12/3/2021] …
Sri Lanka’s Chief Government Whip & Minister Johnston Fernando has requested the Parliament Speaker to call for a Criminal Investigation into the power outage experienced on Friday (3), during the budget debate. An island-wide blackout was experienced on Friday (3) affecting the country’s transportation services and water supply. Minister Fernando said it [12/3/2021] …
It is reported that a man who was arrested on alcohol-related charges had died under suspicious circumstances while in Police Custody in Akmeemana. The 45-year-old suspect was arrested two days ago, said Police adding that he was found dead inside the cell on Friday (3) morning. The post-mortem examination will take place [12/3/2021] …
The Colombo Crimes Division has launched an investigation into a complaint filed by the Ceylon Electricity Board over a breakdown experienced in Weliwita on Thursday (2) night. The Chief Engineer at the Ceylon Electricity Board had filed a complaint with the Slave Island Police on Friday (3) citing that the breakdown had [12/3/2021] …
The Ministry of Power said that the electricity supply to many areas was restored after the reactivation of multiple Grid Sub-Stations. It said that the Grid Sub-Stations in Biyagama, Kelanitissa, Habarana, Athurugiriya, Kolonnawa, Chilaw, Sapugaskanda and Korugoda were reactivated on Friday (3) afternoon. Early on Friday (3), an islandwide blackout was experienced [12/3/2021] …
