Sri Lanka’s Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has taken a unique approach to the Poson Poya festival, offering a two-dayContinue ReadingThe post DMT holds vehicle tuning dansala for Poson Poya appeared first on Newswire.

Approximately 1,500 youth have been rehabilitated from drug use through a new Police programme, Inspector General of Police Deshabandu TennakoonContinue ReadingThe post Sri Lanka Police to rehabilitate 12,500 drug users appeared first on Newswire.

Leader of the Tamil United Freedom Front (TUFF), former MP Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias ‘Karuna Amman’, has extended his support forContinue ReadingThe post Karuna Amman extends support for President Ranil appeared first on Newswire.

Sri Lankan athletes Tharushi Karunarathna and Kalinga Hewa Kumarage have secured top spots in the 2024 Reunión Internacional Villa deContinue ReadingThe post New record for Sri Lanka’s Tharushi Karunarathna appeared first on Newswire.

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has revealed activities of corruption by lower court judges in Sri Lanka.  Addressing the Parliament onContinue ReadingThe post Justice Minister reveals corruption by lower court judges appeared first on Newswire.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has reiterated its unwavering commitment to upholding the Rule of Law and safeguarding the independence of the judiciary, while addressing recent remarks made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Parliament regarding the Supreme Court s ruling on the Gender Equality Bill .

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has arrived in Sri Lanka on an official visit, a short while ago.

State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe states that Sri Lanka s experience demonstrates that effective debt management is not just about managing numbers but also about building robust institutions and capacities.

කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළඳපොළ ඊයේ (19) දිනයේ ඒකක 34.63කින් පහළ ගොස් සියලු කොටස් මිල දර්ශකය ඒකක 12,225.95ක් ලෙස වාර්තා වී තිබේ. […]The post කොටස් වෙළඳ පොළ ඒකක 34කින් පහළට appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

ජනමාධ්ය ඇමති බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන යටතේ රාජ්ය මාධ්ය උපයෝගී කර ගනිමින් ජාතික ජන බලවේගයට එරෙහිව ගෙනයන විකෘති ප්රචාරයන්වල නවතම පියවර ලෙස […]The post බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධනගේ සංස්කරණයෙන් හඳුන්නෙත්ති ගැන ප්රවෘත්තියක් මෙන්න appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

Following a complaint lodged with the Illegal Assets and Property Investigation Division of the CID by the Magen Ratata Organisation,Continue ReadingThe post Piumi Hansamali’s wealth and assets investigated for alleged crime links appeared first on Newswire.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has made an earnest appeal to the central government of India, urging them to negotiate with Sri Lanka for the release of Indian fishermen and their impounded boats.

පත්කළ ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ ව්යවස්ථාදායකය තුළට පැමිණ විධායකයේ බලතල උපයෝගී කර ගනිමින් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය සහ එහි විනිසුරුවරයන්ට එල්ල කරන ලද ප්රහාරය […]The post විධායකය කොටු පැනිල්ලක් appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

By Kassapa  After months of dilly-dallying and procrastinating, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has a stark political choice before him: does he align himself with the Rajapaksas or does he dump them now? This is, of course, assuming that Wickremesinghe will run for President. He is likely to, despite the speculation about extending his term of office […]The post Ranil Wickremesinghe or Ranil...

China is ready to continue providing assistance to Sri Lanka’s socio-economic development, supporting the country’s debt sustainability, the Chinese ForeignContinue ReadingThe post China pledges continued support for Sri Lanka’s debt sustainability appeared first on Newswire.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe reiterating  his commitment to ensure that no child in the country will suffer, pledged that a better country will be created for the children of Sri Lanka within the next 5-10 years. President Wickremesinghe made these remarks while addressing the ceremony held to award Presidential scholarships held at Temple Trees on Wednesday […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (19) announced the establishment of a new development bank to provide financial support to industrialists in Sri Lanka. This initiative will offer industrialists the opportunity to obtain loans at low interest rates, the President declared. The President also revealed plans to set up an Economic Commission to oversee these activities. A […]

The proposed Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to review the Supreme Court determination on the Gender Equality Bill would undermine judicial independence, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) declared yesterday (19) The following is the text of the statement issued by the Bar Association: “The BASL reaffirms its commitment to upholding the Rule of Law […]

The ruling British Conservative party has appealed for the support of the British voters of Sri Lankan origin. On behalf of Rishi Sunak’s government, its Foreign Secretary David Cameron said, in a special video message reiterating his party’s commitment to British Tamils while pledging to “support truth, justice and accountability for all.” Sunak recently announced […]

Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda says China has been denied permission again to set up sea cucumber farms in Northern Sri Lanka. Jaffna District MP Devananda, who is also the leader of the Eelam people’s Democratic Party (EPDP), said so, addressing a group of local sea cucumber farmers in Jaffna. The Fisheries Ministry on Tuesday (18) […]

Thursday 20th June, 2024 The Constitutional Council (CC) deserves praise for having scuttled President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s plan to extend the term of Attorney General (AG) Sanjay Rajaratnam, who is to retire shortly. Five CC members voted against the proposal that the AG be allowed to stay in office for another six months. No AG has […]

Actor-turned politician Uddika’s bid to switch allegiance to JJB thwarted By Shamindra Ferdinando Ongoing investigation into firing a couple of gun shots at Anuradhapura District actor turned SLPP MP Uddika Premaratne’s vehicle last September has revealed that ASP Anuradhapura Sanjiva Mahanama fired at the car after the lawmaker got out of the vehicle and entered […]

By Dr Sirimewan Dharmaratne, Former Senior Analyst, HM Revenue and Customs, UK. While one can only imagine the atmosphere at the discussions with the IMF, what transpires from these meetings, one can presume that there was no resistance or contention to whatever the IMF proposes. The IMF appears to be pretty much dictating the fiscal […]

By Kassapa Last week, we wrote in these columns about United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Range Bandara’s proposal to conduct a referendum to extend President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s term of office and posed the question, was Range losing the plot or was Ranil using him as a cat’s paw to test the political waters? Range […]The post Ranil’s last-chance legal loophole appeared first o...