The Government has decided to continue with the Chinese-assisted Colombo Port City Project, Cabinet Spokesman and Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratna said yesterday. Speaking at the weekly Cabinet press briefing, he said that the cabinet has decided to go ahead with the Port City Project after considering the feasibility study and the environmental impact assessment in order to avoid creating a misunderstanding with the Chinese government. Minister Senarathne also said that President Maithripala Sirisena will discuss the project with the Chinese government during his visit to China in March.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
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