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Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says the Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to award licenses to China s Sinopec, Australia s United Petroleum and RM Parks of the USA, in collaboration with multinational oil and gas company - Shell plc, to enter the fuel retail market in Sri Lanka.
The Colombo High Court has rejected the request made by the attorney representing Lt. Col. Prasad Hettiarachchi seeking to relax the bail conditions imposed on her client.
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa has issued a statement voicing protest against the alleged non-payment of salaries to lecturers of the University of Ruhuna for the month of March.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that an election will likely be held before December this year.
The Court of Appeal has fixed dates for the consideration of a writ petition filed by the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith seeking an order be issued to the Attorney General to implement the recommendations made by the Presidential Commission on Inquiry appointed to investigate into the Easter Sunday attacks.
A writ petition filed by a lawyer seeking an order directing the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest Western Province Senior DIG Deshabandu Thennakoon for his failure to prevent attacks on peaceful protesters at Galle Face was today (March 27) dismissed by the Court of Appeal.The post Attack on Galle Face protesters: Court dismisses petition against SDIG Deshabandu Thennakoon appeare...
The Colombo High Court has ordered the recall of an appeal filed by the Attorney General against the release of Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF) convenor Wasantha Mudalige, on April 03.
A woman has been attacked to death with sharp weapons in the Netolpitiya area of Weli Ara in Tangalle Police Division this morning (March 27).
- The President emphasizes during a discussion with the Harvard • Developed Sri Lanka through the 25-year new reformist program of the government• Inviting the entire youth community including diaspora to build the country• Sri Lanka's aspiration is to maintain its political independence and move forward with the world's largest trading groups
The Court of Appeal today (March 27) ordered the dismissal of a writ petition filed against Senior DIG in charge of the Western Province Deshabandu Tennakoon accusing him of assaulting protestors near Galle Face during the ÂGota Go Gama protests, Ada Derana reporter said.
A school student has been killed after being hit by a train near the flyover in Mulgampola, Kandy.
Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into the streets of cities across the country Sunday night in a spontaneous outburst of anger after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense minister for challenging the Israeli leader s judicial overhaul plan.
By Easwaran Rutnam Contrary to the popular belief, condoms are being sold actively across Sri Lanka, the Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka said. FPA Executive Director Thushara Ranasinghe told Daily Mirror that one brand of condom is also moving fast in remote areas. She said the Government also has a mechanism where midwives promote […]
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized during an interview organized by Harvard University on the 24th, through Zoom technology, that Sri Lanka’s access to the growing Indian and African markets should not be disrupted by any big power rivalry or conflictThe post Sri Lanka’s access to growing Indian & African markets cannot be disrupted – President Ranil appeared fir...
Hon. (Dr.) V. Radhakrishnan, Member of Parliament was appointed as the Chair to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Committee on Education recently (21) in Parliament.
Hon. W. D. J. Seneviratne, Member of Parliament was appointed as the Chair to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Just and Law-Abiding Society on the 23 rd of March 2023 in Parliament.
The first school term for the 2023 academic year begins today (March 27).
The 2023 Local Government (LG) election is likely to be postponed once again, as per sources within the Election Commission.
The Department of Meteorology says showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts during the afternoon or night.
Puducherry Assembly Speaker Embalam R Selvam stated that a delegation would be formed by Puducherry to speak to the Sri Lankan government and retrieve boats from Karaikal seized by the country over the years.
There are three most important priorities for Sri Lanka in the wake of the IMF Programme; implementation, implementation and implementation of the agreed upon benchmarks of the programme. Last thing we need to suddenly find is that we have gone off the track of the programme and it is suspended, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Former Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka said on Friday.The post Sri Lanka...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 27 March 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts during the afternoon or night. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in North Central, Uva and […]
Iranian Ambassador to India, Iraj Elahi on Friday lauded India’s effort in the development of its Chabahar port. Speaking at a press briefing, he said, “The core concept of cooperation between Iran and India in Chabahar has three elements – construction of ports, its connection with the main railway network of Iran and sending cargo […]
Iranian Ambassador to India, Iraj Elahi in a press briefing here said that the resumption of the diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia mediated by China should not be a concern for India, adding that this step could benefit India since it helps intensify stability and peace in the Persian Gulf region. “The resumption […]
By N Sathiya Moorthy Like it or not, in the next big election in the country, or more of them, the IMF would be the key issue. The way the government has been dragging its feet on the relatively less important local government elections (LGE), and not all its arguments are wrong, the presidential elections […]
Israeli’s defence minister has been sacked after he spoke out against controversial plans to overhaul the justice system. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned Yoav Gallant to a meeting and told him he no longer had faith in him as defence minister. The plan to limit the powers of the judiciary led to months of protests. […]
Continuing his efforts to promote dialogue with Heads of Mission of Islamic countries concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka from New Delhi, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda Tuesday presented a copy of the Sinhala translation of the Holy Quran to the Ambassador of Bahrain to India Abdul Rahman bin Mohammed AlGaoud on […]
After 12 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy on Thursday, Chief Minister M. K. Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting the latter to secure the release of all fishermen numbering 28 and their fishing boats from Sri Lankan custody, according to a news report published by The Hindu […]
by Norman Palihawadane Police have commenced an investigation into an incident where an inmate of the Pallekele open-air prison drowned in the Mahaweli River during an escape bid.The Pallekele police conducted a search operation with the help of the Navy and recovered the body of the drowned inmate. The victim was a 34-year-old resident of […]
The People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) says the government is trying to appoint a special committee to run the local government institutions.PAFFREL Executive Director Rohana Hettiarachchi said the government move would create a situation where the local government bodies would be under the Executive President. “Election monitors hope that the issue will […]