Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his meeting with President Ranil Wickremesinghe, assured that China would continue to provide assistance to Sri Lanka without political strings attached, according to a press release issued by the Chinese
The latest update from ‘IMF Tracker’ of Verité Research, an online platform which tracks the 100 identified commitments in Sri Lanka’s 17th programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), shows that Sri Lanka verifiably met only 40 of the 71 trackable commitments that were due for completion by end-September 2023.
The Court of Appeal has delivered a judgement against late veteran film actor Gamini Fonseka, over a defamatory action filed by him in the late 1990s claiming Rs.300 million as damages from a State Bank. The greatest actor in Sinhala
At least 500 people have been killed in a bombing of a hospital in Gaza City, the Palestinian Health Ministry has claimed. A spokesman for the ministry said in a statement: “Initial estimates indicate that between 200 and 300 martyrs were killed in the bombing that targeted Baptist Hospital in Gaza city.” The ministry later revised the fig
A sextuplet birth (six boys) was reported last Sunday (15) from the Castle Street Hospital for Women, Colombo, said Hospital Director Dr. Ajith Danthanarayana. He said five babies are at the intensive care unit (NICU) of the Castle Street Hospital for Women, and one baby is at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children (LRH) due to the lack of space. “The children are living with a large amount of help,
Minority parties representing the North and the East are contemplating fielding their own common candidate for the Presidential Elections expected to be held next year, a member representing those parties said yesterday. Accordingly, the parties which r
Thirty five (35) Special Determination petitions have been filed so far before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Online Safety Bill. These petitions are to be taken up for determination today (18) before the Supreme Court three-judge-bench comprising Justices Priyantha Jayawardena, Shiran Goonaratne and Achala Wengappuli. The petitioners are, The President of Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Kaushalya Nawaratne, jou
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