New members appointed to COPE, COPA
Members of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) and the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) have been appointed, says the…
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Sri Lanka to probe sudden power cuts, shut down plant owed Rs27bn: Minister
Sri Lanka has called for a probe into a shutdown of a power plant that was owed 27 billion rupees…
Pandemics are part of our future
Acknowledging new diseases are emerging and spreading in this way puts us in a stronger position to fight new pandemics,…
‘We’d rather die at home than go to quarantine’ – a resident of Wuhan
Wenjun Wang is a resident of Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Ms Wang,…
Ten passengers on cruise ship test positive for virus
At least 10 people on board a cruise ship docked in the Japanese port of Yokohama have tested positive for…
Sri Lankan Airlines corruption scandal reveals need for deeper structural reform in SoEs : Advocata
Weak governance has led to large scale corruption in state enterprises. Sri Lankan airlines has made Rs. 169 billion in…
Sri Lanka Ports Authority implements program to prevent virus outbreak
Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has implemented a program to prevent the spread of Novel Coronavirus from all ports including…
IGP Pujith Jayasundara granted bail
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara, who was sent on compulsory leave, has been granted bail by the Colombo…
Treat Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka with kindness – Asgiriya Chief Prelate
The Chief Prelate of Asgiriya Chapter, Most Venerable Warakagoda Gnanarathana Thero has appealed to the Sri Lankans to treat Chinese…
Sri Lanka-born Brit jailed for multi-million money laundering conspiracy
A former garage manager in North Wales, UK who admitted conspiring with others unknown to money launder more than 7.8…
