DIANA GAMAGE TO LEAVE FOR US TO INITIATE TALKS WITH WALT DISNEY

Diana to leave for US soon to initiate talks with Walt Disney tate Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage today reconfirmed that she will leave for US soon to initiate talks on inviting Walt Disney to invest in a theme park…

RISHI SUNAK NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF UK

Rishi Sunak to be next UK PM8 Rishi Sunak will be the UK’s next prime minister after Penny Mordaunt dropped out of the Tory leadership race in the final minutes before nominations closed. Sunak will succeed Liz Truss seven weeks…

Xi JINPING ELECTED FOR THIRD TERM-CHINA TO OPEN WIDER TO THE GLOBE

Xi Jinping elected for 3rd term ; says China to open wider to the world (Video) 1 Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said on Sunday China will open its door wider, and will…

TO DEFEXPO 2022 A HIGH LEVEL SL DELEGATION

High Level SL delegation attends DefExpo2022   A three-member official delegation from Sri Lanka, led by State Minister of Defence Hon’ble Premitha Bandara Tennakoon and comprising Army and Navy officers, is currently on a visit to India for attending India’s…

22A PASSED IN PALIAMENT

22A passed in Parliament: Only 1 MP voted against   Third reading of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution passed in Parliament with 174 MPs voting for it. Only SLPP MP Sarath Weerasekara voted against it. The 22A was to…

NEW PENSION SCHEME TO BE INTRODUCED FOR THOSE WHO PAY TAXES

Pay taxes properly to get a pension: State Minister State Minister Anupa Pasqual said that the government has decided to introduce a new pension scheme based on the payment of taxes. He said that steps will be taken to introduce…

LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS TO BE PRUNNED TO HALF

Number of LG members to be halved The proposal to reduce the local government members from 8,719 to 4,000 will be submitted to Parliament immediately, Local Government State Minister Janaka Wakkambura said. However, he said that the local government election…

PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRUSS OG UK RESIGNS

UK PM Liz Truss resigns ; New PM in a week?   Liz Truss has dramatically resigned as prime minister after just 45 days in the job. The PM said her successor will be elected in a Tory leadership contest,…

SUSIL’S ACTION IN NOT ALLOWING TO SUPPRESS WATER SUPPLY TO SCHOOLS HAILED

Susil instructs NWSDB not to suspend water supply to schools NWSDB not to suspend water supply to schools It has been decided not to disconnect the water supply connections of the schools that have not paid their water bills, education…

ALL OPPOSITION PARTIES SIGN MOU TO DEFEAT GOVERNMENT ATTEMPT TO POSTPONE LG POLLS

  Opp. parties ink MoU to defeat govt.’s attempt to postpone LG polls Opposition political parties today (20) reached a memorandum of understanding to work together to defeat “the government’s attempt to postpone the local government elections”. This is according…