News Room : SF calls for system overhaul, protests against corruption – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, MP, has stressed the pivotal importance of public protests against waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement.Alleging that those who had been entrusted with the task of governing the country have instead ruined it, Chairman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Fonseka, on Thursday, said that every citizen should bear the responsibility for taking a...
News Room : 23 hospitalised after fire engulfs eight-storey building in Pettah – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, MP, has stressed the pivotal importance of public protests against waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement.Alleging that those who had been entrusted with the task of governing the country have instead ruined it, Chairman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Fonseka, on Thursday, said that every citizen should bear the responsibility for taking a...
News Room : Former China PM Li Keqiang dead at 68 – The Island
ROKS ‘Kwanggaeto the Great’, belonging to the Republic of Korea Navy, arrived at the port of Colombo this morning (26th October 2023) on a formal visit. The visiting ship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval traditions. ROKS ‘Kwanggaeto the Great’ is a 135-metere-long destroyer manned by 249 crew members. The ship is commanded by Captain...
News Room : Road accidents have claimed lives of 115 children so far this year
By Rathindra Kuruwita Road accidents had killed 115 children from 01 Jan., to 15 Oct., in 2023 the police said.Six people die every day in road accidents in Sri Lanka, according to the police “About 2,515 people died in road accidents in 2022,” Director- Traffic Administration and Road Safety, SSP Manoj Ranagala said. A large number of schoolchildren were killed in road...
News Room : Environmentalist suspects organised killing of jumbos
Fifteen wild elephants had been killed last week alone, Chairman of Surakimu Sri Lanka Association, Ven. Pahiyangala Anadasagara Thera said on Thursday.About 400 elephants had died by 25 October this year, he said. “An organised group is behind these elephant deaths,” the Thera said.Anadasagara Thera said the organised group was backed by some senior politicians and public officials. (ST)
News Room : Four suspected human smugglers arrested – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Alleging that attempts were being made to evict people from the Divulpothana village in the Batticaloa District, Ven. Ampitiye Sumanaratne thera, Chief Incumbent of Mangalaramaya, Batticaloa, has called for the immediate intervention of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) to protect the rights of the victims. In a four-page letter dated Oct. 23, 2023 handed over...
News Room : Why cricket needs more men like Bedi – The Island
Rex Clementine in Bangalore India is mourning the death of their former Test captain Bishan Singh Bendi, who passed away in Delhi at the age of 77. Bedi’s cricketing achievements are well documented. He was India’s highest wicket taker in Test match cricket before Kapil Dev went past his record. Bedi was also captain of the Indian team during some of...
News Room : No water tariff hike this year – Minister of Water Supply
Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Jeevan Thondaman, addressing media at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) today (24) reiterated that there won’t be another water tariff hike this year and a water tariff formula would be introduced in January 2024. He added that the National Water Supply and Drainage Board and the Asian Development Bank were jointly working...
News Room : The Maldives’ new president wants India out – The Island
Hamas says it offered to release two Israelis captured during its deadly raid but Israel’s government refused to take them. Israel described the claim as “mendacious propaganda”. Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said that the mediator Qatar was told of the group’s intention to release the Israelis on Friday, the same day it freed...
News Room : Rafah border crossing opens, allowing only 20 aid trucks into Gaza – The Island
Hamas says it offered to release two Israelis captured during its deadly raid but Israel’s government refused to take them. Israel described the claim as “mendacious propaganda”. Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said that the mediator Qatar was told of the group’s intention to release the Israelis on Friday, the same day it freed...