The damage caused to the marine environment after the X-Press Pearl ship tragedy should be calculated annually, and an expert research committee from the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) must be appointed to assess the marine environment damage, Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development Chairman Ajith Mannapperuma said.
Most of the tsunami warning towers installed in the coastal areas of the country are out of order. Senior official of the Disaster Management Centre said 57 out of 77 tsunami warning towers are out of order. The official said about eleven of them could be activated from the Disaster Management Centre and nine from the location. He said the other 57 warning towers were completely out of order. He said technical expertise for the warning tow
Negotiations are underway to bring back 30 criminals involved in drug trafficking and organized crime in France and Dubai with red notices obtained for their arrest, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said.
In our Daily Mirror edition false cover dated December 20, 2023, covering the 24th Journalism Excellence Awards Ceremony, we have mentioned the Sri Lanka Press Association as one of the organizers. It should have read Sri Lanka Press Institute and NOT Sri Lanka Press Association. We regret the error.
Sri Lanka received essential medicines worth US$ 1 million from Bangladesh as a goodwill gesture this week. In a brief, simple ceremony, Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Mr. Tareq Md Ariful Islam made a token handover of the consignment to Health Minister of Sri Lanka Dr. Ramesh Pathirana at the latter’s office last morning. Secretary
The biography of Sir Ponnapalam Ramanathan titled The Life of Sir Ponnampalam Ramanathan, written by M. Vythilingam, former President of Chavakachcheri Hindu College, will be launched ceremonially on Sunday, December 24 at 5 p.m. at the Sanagarapillai Hall, of the Colombo Tamil Sangam, Wellawatte. Organised by the Old Boys’ Association of the Jaffna Parameshvara College, the event will be chaired by former DIG (Traffics) T. P
Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake requested new electors to use their vote with utmost intelligence and wisely without being misled by attempts of politicians to perk up electors and to gain political mileage by providing dry rations, liquor, and building materials, or else the country would be ruined. Addressing a seminar at Godakawela Rahula National School to create awareness among the new electors in the Advanced Level c
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