V.V. Ganeshananthan has won the prestigious Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2024 for her book ‘Brotherless Night’.
Of Sri Lankan descent, her book is set in the early years of the war in the country.
The jury citation read: "An ambitious and beautifully written novel, Brotherless Night explores how ordinary people can be swept up in political violence and, despite their best efforts, eventually be swallowed by it’….."
Police say that the gunman who shot and killed alleged organised criminal Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne alias ’’Ganemulla Sanjeewa’’ inside the Hulftsdorp court complex this morning was disguised as a lawyer.
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has withdrawn from the proposed project to establish 484MW wind farms in Mannar and Pooneryn, Sri Lanka.
Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe has called the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya to carry out a probe on the leak of an important document sent to CID.
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