Colombo, April 19 - President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited the home of the late former UNP Member of Parliament and former Deputy Minister, Palitha Thevarapperuma, in Yatadolawatte, Matugama where he paid his last respects and extended condolences to the grieving family and the local community today (19). Minister of State Piyal Nishantha, United National Party Chairman MP Vajira Abeywardena and a group of MPs and UNP activists attended the event. Meanwhile, President Wickremesinghe paid his […]

April 19 - Global oil and gold prices have jumped, while shares have slumped after reports of explosions near the Isfahan airport emerged just minutes after a US official told the Australian broadcaster ABC that Israel had fired missiles on one Iran site. Brent crude oil prices surged by over 3 per cent to approximately $90 per barrel during Friday morning’s trading session in Asia, while the price of gold remained near a new all-time high, surpassing $2,400 per ounce. Following the […]

Colombo, April 19 (Daily Mirror) - In light of the adverse weather conditions at the Dubai International Airport, SriLankan Airlines (UL) faces flight cancellations to the UAE hub, sources said. According to reliable sources, Flight UL 225, slated for departure to Dubai at 18:25 today (April 19), has been grounded due to the turbulent weather. Further, a previous UL flight bound for Dubai had to be rerouted yesterday (April 18), while another scheduled for departure on April 17 met the same […]

April 19 - Emirates, one of the world’s biggest international airlines, has suspended all check-ins for customers with onward connections as operations at Dubai International Airport (DXB) are still volatile three days after a record storm swept the UAE. “Emirates is suspending check-in for all customers in our network with onward connections through Dubai until 23:59 hrs GMT, April 19 (03:59 hrs Dubai time, April 20),” Dubai’s flagship carrier said in a social media post on X. […]

OTTAWA - The 19-year-old Sri Lankan national charged in the mass killing of a newcomer family in Ottawa has no plan to seek bail, his lawyer says. Febrio De-Zoysa was arrested and charged in early March with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, after police found the family dead in a townhouse in the suburb of Barrhaven. He remains in custody, and his lawyer Ewan Lyttle told The Canadian Press “there is presently no plan to apply for bail.” De-Zoysa, who […]

Colombo, April 19 (Daily Mirror)- The distribution of fortified rice, provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) on behalf of the programme initiated under the instructions of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, to provide a nutritious meal for school students, commenced today at the Veyangoda warehouse complex, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. In an effort to reduce iron deficiency among school children, fortified rice is provided for school meals.  “This distribution will be […]

(Sky News)- A woman has been arrested in Brazil after she brought a 68-year-old man who had been dead for hours into a bank to sign for a loan. Erika Vieira Nunes wheeled the corpse into the bank in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro and told an employee that the man wanted a loan for 17,000 reais (£2,600), security camera video showed. She then held a pen to the man saying: "Uncle, are you listening? You need to sign," according to the footage. "He doesn't say anything, that's just how he is," she […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Asian Central Banks to not follow the Fed too closely. IMF Director of the Asia and Pacific Department Krishna Srinivasan this week recommended Asian Central Banks to focus on domestic inflation and avoid making their positive decisions overly dependent on anticipated moves by the Federal Reserve. “ If central banks follow the Fed too closely, they could undermine price stability in their own countries,” Srinivasan said, addressing a press […]

By T.K.G. Kapila Katunayake, April 19 (Daily Mirror)- All flights are now operating to and from Colombo to Dubai without any delays after the heavy floods experienced in Dubai recently, airport sources said. Meanwhile, Emirates said it is suspending check-in for all customers in its network travelling with onward connections through Dubai until 23.59 hrs [GMT] on 19 April. "This is to support operations recovery from the recent bad weather at our Dubai hub. "Passengers already in Dubai and […]