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By Rathindra Kuruwita There will be no private buses on the 13 April, President of the Lanka Private Bus Owners Association (LPBOA) Gemunu Wijeratne told The Island on Wednesday (10).He said that about 25 percent of private buses would operate on 14 April.Wijeratne said there would be fewer private buses on Friday as well. The […]
- High Tech Private Buses (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt to increase electric bus fleet to 200 (Category: Breaking News)
- Additional buses, trains operative for festive season from today (Category: Breaking News)
- Private bus operators launch token strike on two routes (Category: Breaking News)
Indian HC Santosh Jha yesterday (10) explained how the worldwide Covid-19 epidemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict had enhanced the Indo-Lanka ‘relationship.’Addressing the India-Sri Lanka Defence Seminar at the Taj, Jha said: “Like in other areas, we are cooperating closely on security and defence matters. Because of our geography, our security is interlinked and intertw...
- Santosh Jha appointed new Indian envoy to Sri Lanka; Gopal Baglay moves to Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- India pledges wholehearted support for developing Ramayana Trail in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- New Indian HC Santosh Jha presents credentials to President (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. accused of giving Indian companies access to Lankans’ biometrics (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 11th April, 2024 Astrologers were clashing over the traditional New Year auspicious times or nekath, at the time of writing. Some of them are of the view that the nekath prepared by what is described as the State Astrologers’ Committee of the Department of Cultural Affairs will have malefic effects on the country. However, […]
- Prices of rice likely to increase  Agri. Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Villagers allege Vavuniya officials wasted 2,000 kilos of rice from TN (Category: Breaking News)
- SL to Export Rice (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister Siyambalapitiya wants Lankans to eat less wheat (Category: Breaking News)
Sections of progressive opinion in Sri Lanka are currently commemorating the second anniversary of the country’s epochal ‘Aragalaya’, which brought down the dictatorial and racist Gotabhaya Rajapaksa regime. April 9th 2022 needs to be remembered especially as the date on which Sri Lankans in their tens of thousands, irrespective of ethnic, religious and language differences […]
- Critical assessment of the state of democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and what it means for SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Political engagement with Aragayala necessary (Category: Breaking News)
- CPA survey claims JVP Leader most popular with 48.5% of those surveyed (Category: Breaking News)
by Sanath Nanayakkare Five million undecided voters are waiting to hear the economic policies of the presidential candidates who will be running for President in October 2024, Member of Parliament Dr. Charitha Herath of Nidahas Janatha Sabawa (Freedom People’s Congress) told the media yesterday. Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka sometime […]
- 2024: An election year and global trends (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. to unveil National Reorganisation Plan – President (Category: Breaking News)
- NSB annual report handed over to President (Category: Breaking News)
A response to the ‘Anatomy of a movement: Jathika Chinthanaya’ by Dr. Sumedha S. Amarasekara This article is a response to the question- ‘If the failure of the left was what portended Jathika Chinthanaya, what would the sterility and decay of Jathika Chinthanaya portend?’ asked by Uditha Devapriya (UD) at the end of his article: […]
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed all-party govt: Prez wins support from unexpected quarters (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Justice for all’ calls for broad democratic movement to protect people’s rights (Category: Breaking News)
- Decline of middle class bodes ill for nation (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana I, too, have been watching, like many millions with a conscience around the world, with a sense of helplessness, hopelessness and frustration, the indiscriminate massacre of thousands of innocent civilians, including children and the sick in Gaza by Israel Defence Forces (IDF) with the help of the West. I find it […]
- Joe calls Bibi (Category: Breaking News)
- The mathematics of Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sending workers to Israel now akin to sending them to Hitler’s Germany: Hakeem (Category: Breaking News)
- SL workers to be given military training in Israel – Hakeem (Category: Breaking News)
The 74th Annual General Meeting of the United Nations Association of Sri Lanka was held on Sunday, 31st March 2024 at the UNASL National Secretariat in Panadura.The following were unanimously elected to the National Executive Committee of the United Nations Association of Sri Lanka, for the fiscal year 2024/2025. President: Mr. M. M. Zawahir Chairman […]
- Sri Lanka elected Vice President of UN General Assembly (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliamentarian Wijedasa Rajapakse elected as President of Sri Lanka Bar Association (Category: Breaking News)
- Kaushalya Nawaratne re-elected as new BASL President (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. seeks UN help for Vesak celebrations (Category: Breaking News)
Japan promised to provide a stock of high-tech scanners valued at USD 8.4 million US dollars, to the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) at Katunayake and the Colombo Port. The first batch of equipment, under the grant aid, was handed over to the Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva, by the Japanese […]
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