A copy of the PCoI report on Easter Sunday attacks, handed over to His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith by the Presidential Secretariat.

 

The report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday attack was also presented today to the Chief Prelates of the Malwatta and Asgiriya Chapters.

 

Former Senior DIG Anura Senanayake has passed away a short while ago.

The symbolic handing over of 31 jeeps, 4 buses and 10 vans donated by the Government of Japan for the use of the Police Department took place at the Presidential Secretariat today under the patronage of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

 

According to the President's Media Division, the vehicles were handed over by Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Akira Sugiyama.

 

As the first step in the donation of Rs. 1250 million, 45 vehicles worth Rs. 775 million have been handed over to the Police Department.

 

The Japanese government has made this donation to facilitate police investigations.

The funeral of a Sri Lankan doctor who died of coronavirus infection was performed in London.

 

The deceased has been identified as Upul Nishantha Dissanayake, 52, a resident of Welipennagahamulla, Nattandiya, who was working at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in London.

 

He was a father of one child and he had moved to England 20 years ago.

For the first time in history, the United Arab Emirates is planning to offer citizenship to a select group of people, becoming the first Gulf nation to do so in a major policy shift aimed to give expatriates a bigger stake in the economy and foster growth.

 

The UAE has approved amendments to the citizenship law, allowing investors, professionals, special talents and their families to acquire the Emirati nationality and passport under certain conditions.

 

The step aims to appreciate the talents and competencies in the UAE and attract brighter minds to the Emirati community “in a way that contributes to the development and prosperity of the country”.

The Hiru News have received a report from the Ginigathhena that a husband had stabbed his wife to death with a sharp weapon.

 

The victim was a mother of two from the Sellipigama area in Mahapathana, Ambagamuwa in the Ginigathhena police division.

 

An argument between the pair on 27 January afternoon had escalated and the husband had hit his wife in the neck with a sharp weapon. The suspect had informed the police about the incident through his brother yesterday (28).

 

Police have found the body of the mother and arrested the suspect in connection with the incident.

 

Veteran musician and singer Lelum Ratnayake was hospitalized after being injured in a vehicle accident.

 

A spokesperson for the Colombo National Hospital stated that he was injured in a motorcycle accident and is currently receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital.

 

The first consignment of Oxford - AstraZeneca (COVISHIELD) vaccines gifted by the Indian government, handed over by the Indian High Commissioner in SL to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the BIA a short while ago

Kandy district MP Wasantha Yapabandara (SLPP), says he has tested positive for COVID-19.

He is also on the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Environment.

Wasantha Yapa Bandara is a member of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and he polled 108,940 votes at the General election in 2020.