CoPF flags revenue loss from imported vehicle taxes The Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) has raised concerns over potential revenue losses arising from inconsistencies in tax collection on imported motor vehicles, particularly used and short-distance driven units. During a recent…
CHIEF OPPOSITION WHIP GAYANTHA CHALLENGES MINISTER WIJEPALA’S ACCUSATION ON LINKS WITH UNDERWORLD
Organized crime: SJB queries evidence of alleged links The main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday (22) claimed that despite Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala’s repeated statements, no specific information had been submitted to the Parliament to support his claim…
ELECTION COMMISSION TO GAZETTE NAMES IN LG BODIES IN STAGES
LG bodies: EC to gazette reps’ names in stages The Election Commission (EC) is to submit the first gazette notification containing the names of representatives elected to Local Government (LG) bodies in the LG Elections held on 6 May to…
CHAIRPERSON OF SECTORAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS NPP MP LAKMALI
Lakmali Hemachandra appointed Chairperson of Sectoral Oversight Committee on Economic Development – NPP MP Lakmali Hemachandra was appointed as the Chairperson of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Economic Development and International Relations, the Communications Department of Parliament said. The name…
CHARLOTTE MAY LEE 21, BRITISH SPEAKS BEHIND BARS-INSISTS SHE HAS BEEN SET UP
British ’drugs mule’, 21, speaks from behind bars in Sri Lanka A young British woman facing years locked in a grim Sri Lankan jail after being caught with £1.2 million worth of cannabis has told of her despair – and…
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES’ WOMEN VIOLATED BY POLICE IN YEAR 2014 ARREST
Supreme Court rules police violated rights of Jehovah’s Witnesses women in 2014 arrest – The Supreme Court ruled that the fundamental rights of four women affiliated to the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses were violated by the police during a…
FORMER SOLICITOR GENERAL’S VICTIMIZATION OVERTURNED BY SUPREME COURT
Supreme Court overturns PCoI findings against former Solicitor General – The Supreme Court today quashed the findings, report and recommendations made by the Presidential Commission on Political Victimization (PCoI) in relation to former Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe, President’s Counsel.The…
HEALTH MINISTRY REASSURES -NO THREAT FROM NEW COVID-19 VARIANT
No threat from new COVID-19 variant: Health Ministry Colombo, May 22 (Daily Mirror) – The Ministry of Health has reassured the public that there is no threat of a new COVID-19 variant spreading in Sri Lanka.According to Health Ministry Secretary…
DRIVING LICENSES TO BE MODERNISED TO BE IN PAR WITH OVERSEAS LICENSES
Sri Lanka eyes modernizing driving licenses for overseas use A focused discussion was held on Monday on the challenges Sri Lankan citizens face in using their driving licenses overseas, especially in Italy and other European countries, under the framework of…
SLRC DIRECTOR GENERAL., DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL(ADMINISTRATION) REMOVED FROM OFFICE BEING HECKLED BY EMPLOYEES
Top SLRC officials heckled and chased out of office Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) Director General Manoj Nadeeshana Amarasinghe and Deputy Director General (Administration) Thanuja Ariyaratne have been removed from the office premises after being heckled by employees. According to…