COLOMBO (News1st): Two parliamentarians who tested positive for COVID-19 had not attended recent parliamentary sittings, speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana has said. “We have made preparations to disinfect the Parliament and conduct antigen tests,” Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told media on Sunday. He pointed out that the Parliament is not immune to the virus as parliamentarians visit […]
A delegation of 15 Sri Lankan apex court registry officials has completed a four-day training programme in the Supreme Court in New Delhi, according to a release issued on Tuesday. Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud guided and supported this initiative by the Supreme Court’s training centre for “promoting knowledge” and “fostering collaboration with […]
PickMe has crossed digital borders and will take the ride hailing market by storm with the launch of their latest technology partnership, JumJum (Let’s Go) in Nepal, a country where 78% of 3.22 million vehicles registered are motorcycles. Named as the Motorcycle city, Kathmandu Valley claims to have over a million motorcycles on their busy […]
Virtusa Corporation, a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering and IT services and solutions, today announced the launch of Virtusa Helio, a new suite of platforms, accelerators, and consulting services that empowers organizations to leverage genAI effectively in their digital transformation initiatives. Built with Virtusa’s Engineering First ethos at its core, Helio will help [&#...
Sri Lankan writer Ganeshananthan’s novel Brotherless Night has won the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. She was awarded a cash prize of $150,000. All the shortlisted authors were also awarded an additional $12,500. This is the richest English-language literary prize in the world for women and non-binary authors. The other four shortlisted authors were: Eleanor Catton […]
The Indian Government, Tuesday, extended the ban imposed on the LTTE by five more years. The ban was extended for fostering a separatist tendency amongst the masses and enhancing the support base for it in the country, particularly in Tamil Nadu, besides threatening the territorial integrity of India. The Union Home Ministry imposed the ban […]
A report has been sought on the progress of investigations into the death of businessman Dinesh Schaffter. The Colombo Magistrate’s Court ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to submit the report. The Colombo Magistrate’s Court had determined last November that businessman Dinesh Schaffter was murdered as a result of an external pressure applied on his […]
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