Category: LOCAL

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Railway Control Room stated that the upcountry railway line has been terminated at Diyatalawa due to a minor landslide between Diyatalawa & Bandarawela last night.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Ratnapura district MP T. Ranjith de Soysa passed away yesterday morning in Singapore where he was receiving treatment. He was 56. Ranjith de Zoysa gained notoriety as an aggressive political character from the inception of the SLPP upto the formation of the new government of 2019.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid who arrived in Sri Lanka for three-day official visit last night, is scheduled to meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and will also pay a Courtesy Call on Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Former COPE Chairman, MP Sunil Handunnetti has instructed that the Central Bank bond scam forensic audit reports be kept at the COPE Secretariat as a confidential report until the next COPE Committee is established.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Airport & Aviation Services Limited has announced that a lane of the road from Andiambalama to the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake will be temporarily closed from 6.00pm on Saturday (Dec. 7) to 12am on the following day.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian Ranjith De Zoysa has passed away at the age-of-57.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Department of Meteorology forecasted that the prevailing showery condition is expected to enhance from tonight (03) due to the atmospheric disturbance in the vicinity of Sri Lanka.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – The public has been kindly requested not to disturb or harm the seal which was recently spotted in the Southern coastal area.