Srilanka

New Delhi: Asserting that terrorism is a growing problem across the world, Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said on Friday that India and Sri Lanka are working together to combat the menace.Gunawardena, who was on a two-day visit to India, told ANI, &Terrorism is a danger for India as well as for Sri Lanka. It is a growing problem across the world. In India and Sri Lanka, we are giving special attention to it and working together on this field.&

A large number of university students launched a protest marchWendsday (09) making six demands including an increase in Mahapola scholarship grants.The protest was staged in front of the PresidentOffice.Upon receiving information regarding the protest the President instructed the security officials to allow the university students into the PresidentOffice without any hindrance.

In the wake of the flood of revelations of interference in police and legal matters and other abuses of power during the previous government, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a high-powered Presidential Commissions of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate allegations of political victimization as well as interference and undue influence on the judiciary and police during the past regime.

The annual Kelaniya Duruthu Maha Perahera held in a grand scale under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Thursday (09). President Rajapaksa placed the Relics Casket on the tusker before the annual Kelaniya Duruthu Maha Perahera paraded the streets.