Priority will be given to low income families when issuing river sand mining permits from 2022
The Ministry of Environment has received complaints from the public, Divisional Secretariats offices and District Secretariats that a large number…
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Cabinet approves to increase incentive for promotion of emigrant remittances
Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to increase the current incentive allowance of Rs. 10 per dollar to Rs.…
Presidential Task Force for “One Country, One Law” meets Speaker and Parliament Secretary-General
The members of the Presidential Task Force for “One Country, One Law” met with Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and Secretary-General…
First report of COPE Committee tabled in Parliament today
The first report of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) for the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament was presented…
Oil price surges to highest since 2008
Oil prices soared to their highest since 2008 due to delays in the potential return of Iranian crude to global…
“Easter massacre was part of a grand political plot” Archbishop tells UNHRC
The Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says although it was initially thought that the Easter terror attacks…
India imposes tough conditions for US$ 1 billion loan – Sunday Times
The future of the one billion dollar emergency loan from India seems uncertain, as India has called for a road…
Ukraine: India doctor stranded with a jaguar and panther
For more than a week, an Indian doctor in war-torn Ukraine has been holed up in a basement at home…
PM holding talks with world leaders on further sanctions
Boris Johnson is holding talks with the Canadian and Dutch prime ministers in London, as Western powers prepare to agree…
Enough is Enough. Let’s stop been Arm Chair Critics.
It is impossible to fathom the depths of the morass that #SriLanka is in. Or the brazenness with which the “government”…