Politics

Accordingly, the Crown and Farmer symbols have been removed from the list by the Election Commissioner Saman Sri Ratnayake. In the Extraordinary gazette issued on January 21 this year, the Election Commission published list of symbols allotted to political parties…

Measures to integrate cycling into transport system The need to integrate non-motorized modes of transport has been extensively discussed by the Cabinet. Accordingly, taking into consideration the submissions made by the Minister of Environment, the relevant Ministries and Institutions agreed…

Health unions decide to temporarily call off strike The trade union action launched by 16 trade unions attached to the health sector has been temporarily called off after nine days. However, Ravi Kumudesh, President of Federation of Health Professionals said…

IOC fuel consignment handed over to SL‘s ENERGY MINISTER The Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka – Mr. Gopal Bagley has handed over a fuel consignment of over 40,000 MT by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to Energy Minister –…

No scheduled power cuts for next three months The new methodology adopted by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) will not lead to scheduled power cuts for the next three months, PUCSL Chairman Janaka Rathnayake said. However, the…

Manorama summoned to the CID on Thursday Featured Social activist – Manorama Weerasinghe has been summoned to the CID on Thursday (17) by the police. It is reported that the document he had received from the police states this is…

Sri Lanka & Belarus enhances bilateral cooperation Ambassador to Russia Prof. Janitha A. Liyanage concurrently accredited to the Republic of Belarus held a number of meeting with the Belarussian authorities during her official visit on February 02-05, 2022. In the…

Fish stalls along Dewata beach demolished Fish stalls along the Dewata and Jakotuwa beach which are said to be illegal, have been removed today (14) as a part of the beautification drive in the city of Galle. The measure has…

Govt. decides to increase Samurdhi by 28%! Featured The government has decided to increase the Samurdhi allowance 28% for the Accordingly, the increase will be effective from tomorrow, State Minister of Samurdhi – Shehan Semasinghe said at a media briefing…

Auction of Rolls Royce, Lamborghini abruptly stopped A Customs move to auction a Rolls Royce, a Lamborghini, a Jaguar, a Mercedes Benz, a Hummer and two buses illegally imported to the country has been abruptly stopped at the last minute.…