Basil Rajapaksa indicted for misusing Government funds

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Former Economic Affairs Minister Basil Rajapaksa has been indicted in the Colombo High Court for misusing Government funds. He was indicted over allegations of using Government funds amounting to Rs. 29.4 million to print almanacs with the image of Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for Presidential Election campaign in 2015.

"Basil Rajapaksa indicted for misusing Government funds"

Sri Lanka’s first Ambassador to Ethiopia presents credentials

(ADDIS ABABA, LANKAPUVATH) – Sri Lanka’s first resident Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Sumith Dassanayake presented Credentials to the President of Ethiopia Mulatu Teshome at the Presidential Palace in Addis Ababa on Thursday (09). Ambassador Dassanayake is also the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the African Union.

"Sri Lanka’s first Ambassador to Ethiopia presents credentials"

“No Indians turn up at Kachchathivu St. Anthony’s Church fest” – Navy

(JAFFNA, LANKAPUVATH) – None of the Indian pilgrims have attended the annual festival at a famous Church in Sri Lanka’s Katchatheevu Island amid tensions between both the countries following the killing of an Indian fisherman allegedly by the Lankan Navy, The New Indian Express reported.

"“No Indians turn up at Kachchathivu St. Anthony’s Church fest” – Navy"

NIA chargesheet asks Keralite to leave religious school in Sri Lanka

(KERALA, LANKAPUVATH) – Alleged Islamic State (IS) recruiter from Kerala, Abdul Rashid Abdulla, accused of instigating 22 youths from Kerala to join the terror outfit, was sternly asked to leave a religious school in Sri Lanka on account of his radical views, according to a chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the DNA reported.

"NIA chargesheet asks Keralite to leave religious school in Sri Lanka"