The Welfare Benefits Board announced that the call for applications for the programme to identify those who are eligible to receive welfare benefit payments, implemented on the directives of President Ranil Wickremesinghe under the the
In the midst of controversy over dual citizens allegedly serving as MPs, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said Parliament had no authority to ascertain it, and anyone should move court for legal interpretation in this regard. The l
The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday issued a show-cause notice to the OIC of Anti-Human Smuggling Investigation Bureau (ASIB) attached to CID ordering to explain the progress of investigations into the B report filed against State Minister Diana Gamage regarding a complaint that she had obtained a Sri Lankan passport after furnishing false information to the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration.
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked banks not to do transactions with Sri Lanka through the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) mechanism. “In response to the self-motivated decision by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to remain temporarily suspended from ACU mechanism with effect from October 14, 2022; all Authorized Dealers (ADs) are advised not
The commission warned that legal action would be taken against the police department in Magistrate Courts under the Section 39 of the RTI Act on the latter’s failure to do so before the set date
The Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake said that the Committee on Parliamentary Business which met under the chairmanship of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena decided to present the Appropriation Bill for the year 2023 to the Parliament for the second reading on November 14th. Accordingly, the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies and President Ranil Wickremesinghe will deliver the opening speech of
Women and Child Affairs State Minister Geetha Kumarasinghe said she doesn’t care whoever is involved in bringing Disneyland or hell into this country. While commenting on inviting Walt Disney to invest in a theme park in Sri Lanka, she said she had other business to look into. “I don’t mind whoev
The Court of Appeal has commuted the death sentence of a teenager to a seven-year imprisonment after taking into consideration the new amendments brought to the Penal Code in 2021 that the dea
The nine suspects who were arrested in connection with entering the Yala National Park and driving vehicles in an unruly manner, have been released on bail of 5 lakhs each, by Tissamaharama Magistrate Tharindu Samira Silva yesterday.
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