Hiru Star 02/09/2018

Hiru News

• Sri Lanka beat India to win Emerging Cup - (Sri Lanka beat India by 3 runs to win the Asian Cricket Council’s Emerging Cup. Sri Lanka batting first in the final played in Colombo made 270 for 7 with Kamindu Mendis top scoring with 61. In reply India fell just short as they ended on 267 for... )
• Gusty winds expected in few areas - (The MET Department said that the deep depression is located over the Southeast Bay of Bengal approximately 470 km’s east-northeast of Trincomalee. The system is very likely to move North – North-westwards and intensify further into a cyclonic... )
• Former President Mahinda reveals the new target - (Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that since his objective to come in to power through a general election did not materialise he would be stepping down paving the way for the President to make suitable decisions. The Former President expressed these... )
• New Prime Minister to be sworn in at 10.30 AM tomorrow; 30 Member Cabinet to take oaths on Monday - (UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said that UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oaths as Prime Minister at 10.30 AM tomorrow at the President’s Secretariat. Sources of the UNP said that the new Cabinet comprising 30 Ministers will... )
• Former President Mahinda steps down as Prime Minister - (Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa making a special statement said that he has resigned from the post of Prime Minister. Parliamentarian Shehan Semasinghe said that the Former President said he was resigning making way for the President to appoint a new... )