The government has decided to ban touting for transport, currency exchange and loading services at the arrival lobby and in the porch area of the Bandaranaike International Airport due to many difficulties being caused to passengers as well as Airport and Aviation Services officials.
Cabinet Spokesman and Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said today that the Cardiologists had suspected the cause of death of four patients could be an allergic reaction to a dye given to patients during the surgery and stopped the usage of the dye.
Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris today advised the CID that there was no obstacle to deploy usual investigation into the phone calls received from the Presidential Secretariat (PS) and Temple Trees (TT) to the Narahenpita OIC on the day that Wasim Thajudeen was found dead.
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera today charged that a house had been rented as the official residence of the Sri Lankan Consul General in Los Angeles in 2013 and a sum of Rs. 27.6 million has been spent for it while it was occupied by former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa's son for more than a year.
The Joint Opposition (JO) today requested the government to probe into the President’s statement made in Galle that a whopping Rs. 3,012 million allocated for the Nilwala River Development Project going missing just a day before the last Presidential Election.
An inquiry tribunal of Lahore High Court has asked the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Pakistan to manage within one week to produce the statements of Sri Lankan cricket team members who were attacked at Liberty Chowk on March 3, 2009.
The grace period of three months that had been given to vehicle owners with open papers to register their vehicles had been extended to December 31, Motor Traffic Department Commissioner General A.H.K. Jagath Chandrasiri said today.
The Central Bank has completed the on-site examination on the primary dealer, Perpetual Treasuries Limited and the Monetary Board has taken 'some' actions against the company in two instances within a month, according to the Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy.
Thawheed Jamath's General Secretary Abdul Razik, remanded on charges of insulting Buddhism and reprimanding Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera in filthy language on social media, was today further remanded till December 9 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Chandana Kalansuriya.
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