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Wednesday 7th June, 2023 The easiest task in Sri Lanka is perhaps to distract the public. In ancient Rome, the patricians used bread and circuses to take the plebeians for a ride, but there is no need for bread to hoodwink the masses in this country, where a mere political circus can make them forget […]
- Ranil: SJB has abandoned UNP vision (Category: Breaking News)
- People don’t vote rationally at general election held after presidential polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil asks President to hold general election first (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota as scapegoat (Category: Breaking News)
New laws contemplated by the government appears to have caused much concern among Opposition political parties for obvious reasons. The constitutionality of the proposed Broadcasting Authority Bill is expected to be challenged in the Supreme Court. The whole process of law making raised quite a stir in the wake of the recent shocking Supreme Court […]
- Opp. alleges Prez intends to bring media under his thumb, roll back election map (Category: Breaking News)
- GL urges AG to ensure compliance with SC recommendations before Speaker certifies Online Safety ... (Category: Breaking News)
- GL frowns on Prez downplaying importance of elections before judges (Category: Breaking News)
- Herath accuses President of using SLPP as rubber stamp in Parliament to pass draconian laws (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that thousands of people are being evacuated downstream of a major dam which has been blown up in Russian-held Ukraine. President Zelensky said 80 towns and villages were at risk of flooding after the destruction of the dam at Nova Kakhovka, which he blamed on Russia. Water is surging down the Dnipro river […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Three people dead after torrential rain in New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
- Amsterdam bans cannabis in its red light district (Category: Breaking News)
Taking into account the proposal made by the Minister of Mass Media, Cabinet approval was granted to take necessary steps to establish an independent regulatory agency to provide necessary facilities and guidance for the development of the cinema and television industry.
Establishment of an independent regulatory body for the betterment of the film and television industry
Palaeontologists in South Africa said they have found the oldest-known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behaviour. Led by renowned palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger, researchers said on Monday that they discovered several specimens of Homo naledi – a tree-climbing, Stone Age hominid – […]
- Prehistoric teeth seen as proof of early human sex with Neanderthals (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Evidence of early man found in Israel (Category: Technology)
- Planet in sweet spot of Goldilocks zone for life (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Carbon samples of the Pahiyangala skeleton to determine the period (Category: Breaking News)
‘Broadcasting Authority a political mechanism led by Media Secretary’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Top Opposition spokesman Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (05) alleged that President Ranil Wickremesinghe intended to silence television and radio stations through the proposed Broadcasting Authority Bill (BAB). The former External Affairs Minister asserted that the BAB was part of a destructive political [&...
- GL urges AG to ensure compliance with SC recommendations before Speaker certifies Online Safety ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Broadcasting Regulatory Commission Act jolts Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- GL frowns on Prez downplaying importance of elections before judges (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC concerned about constitutional jugglery to suppress Opposition: GL (Category: Breaking News)
The forced disappearance of the human rights activist and lawyer on Thursday, when he was taken away from outside his home in Karachi by men in a telltale white Vigo, was made even worse on Friday when the Karachi police denied all knowledge of him, and though he returned on Friday evening, it was no […]
- 14-year-old boy fatally shot in Belmont Central (Category: USA, Illinois)
- 14-year-old boy fatally shot in Belmont Central (Category: USA, Illinois)
- 14-year-old boy fatally shot in Belmont Central (Category: USA, Illinois)
- 14-year-old boy fatally shot in Belmont Central (Category: USA, Illinois)
SJB mayoral candidate for Colombo Municipal Council Mujibur Rahuman alleges that President Ranil Wickremeisnghe has violated election laws by appointing UNP’s mayoral candidate Rosy Senanayake as the Presidential Advisor on Local Government. Participating in a talk show hosted by a private TV channel, Rahuman said that Senanayake was a candidate for the delayed local government […]
- Female LG poll candidate of leading political party murdered (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP candidate injured during Sunday’s protest dies (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP member arrested over foreign job scam (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP candidate injured during protest dies in hospital (Category: Breaking News)
Karim Benzema is to leave Real Madrid after 14 years at the club. The Ballon d’Or-winning striker, who joined the Spanish giants from Lyon in 2009, will depart on a free transfer when the season ends. Benzema, who had a year left on his contract, is set to move to Saudi Arabia after receiving a […]
- Ronaldo urges more big names to make Saudi move (Category: Breaking News)
- Blues bid £105.6m for Enzo Fernandez (Category: Breaking News)
- Wales captain retires from football aged 33 (Category: Breaking News)
- Cristiano Ronaldo joins Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr until 2025 (Category: Breaking News)
By Amal Jayasinghe When social media was inundated with rumours that Sri Lanka’s holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo’s cash-strapped government pulled out all the stops.President Ranil Wickremesinghe dispatched a high-powered team of experts to the 2,300-year-old Sri Maha Bodhi tree in the sacred city of Anuradhapura, an ancient capital of […]
- Row around Lanka’s holiest tree shows how fake news travels (Category: Breaking News)
- Dialog conducts South Asia’s first successful mmWave 5G Trial (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to present India Bo sapling (Category: Breaking News)
- Betrayers of Buddhism – A response (Category: Breaking News)
Al Pacino is expecting a child with girlfriend Noor Alfallah, who is eight months pregnant. The Oscar-winning actor, 83, and Alfallah, 29, are expecting their first child together, the actor’s rep confirmed to TMZ. Pacino and Alfallah have been romantically linked since April 2022. They were seen with one another last month at the upscale Los Angeles eatery E Baldi. […]
- Australia considering banning teenagers from buying cigarettes (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian work-from-home employee sacked for ‘not typing enough’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Nine bodies recovered from flooded South Korea tunnel (Category: Breaking News)
- Anne concludes Sri Lanka visit describing herself ‘eyes and ears’ of monarchy (Category: Breaking News)
A jury in Los Angeles has found That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson guilty on two out of three counts of rape. The star of That ’70s Show, a TV series, faces up to 30 years in prison. He was led from court in handcuffs. Three women, all former members of the Church of Scientology, […]
- Woman jailed in Germany for keeping Yazidi woman as slave (Category: Breaking News)
- Romania court extends police detention for influencer and brother (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 (Category: Breaking News)
- Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, dies aged 54 (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe will deliver a special statement on the government’s efforts taken over the past nine months to revive Sri Lanka’s economy, as well as outlining the forthcoming stages of the country’s social, economic, and political reform agenda. This special statement is scheduled to be broadcasted today (01) at 8:00 PM across all television, […]
Outdated French equipment bought at a cost of Rs 108mn in 1999 not used at all Mass Media Secretary Anusha Palpita has told the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) that the current television rating system practised here is biased and implemented in an irregular mannar. Attending a COPA meeting chaired by State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna […]
- Samurdhi Bank not subject to state audit: COPA concerned (Category: Breaking News)
- Lalith Weeratunga and Anusha Palpita acquitted from Sil Redi case (Category: Breaking News)
- Anusha Palpita appointed Secretary to Industries Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
- Lalith Weeratunga and Anusha Palpita acquitted from Sil Redi case (Category: Breaking News)
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