TROUBLE IN BANGLADESH
Protesters attack Bangladeshi state broadcaster after PM’s call for calm Incensed crowd facing riot police set BTV building on fire…
Category: LOCAL
Sri Lanka plans legislation to designate areas occupied by plantation workers as new settlement villages
The Cabinet has approved the proposal presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to identify areas occupied by Plantation Workers on state-owned…
Election Comm. urged to enforce new Election Expenses Act for presidential poll
Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has notified the Election Commission to enforce the Election Expenses Regulation Act No. 03 of…
Sri Lanka–Romania agree to further enhance ties, eye maritime connectivity between ports
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry has called on Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu during his official visit…
Gnanasara Thera released on bail after 4-Year sentence
General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, who was sentenced to four years of…
Court of Appeal reduces former Kurunegala Mayor’s prison sentence
The Court of Appeal has reduced the prison sentence of former Mayor of Kurunegala Thushara Sanjeewa Vitharana from three years…
Water board profit Rs 6.2 billion : Will there be a tariff reduction ?
Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Jeevan Thondaman, announced that the reduction of water tariffs is being studied…
Club Wasantha murder : Police provide investigation update
Police are yet to arrest the gunmen responsible for the murder of businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera, also known as ‘Club…
Hold election soon – UNP tells EC
The United National Party (UNP) has requested that the National Election Commission (NEC) hold the presidential election as soon as…
Diana withdraws petition against SJB
Former State Minister Diana Gamage has withdrawn the petition filed before the Supreme Court, challenging the Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB)…