Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga said plans are in place to bring 13 planeloads of tourists from Russia weekly starting from November 1 and one plane load from October 1 and stressed the need to keep the country free of protests and demonstrations for tourism to take off. Mr. Weeratunga told Daily Mirror that two Russian airlines - Aeroflo
Three suspects including the National organizer of the Socialist Youth Union Eranga Gunasekara arrested during a protest held on Saturday (24) were ordered to be released on bail after being produced before Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court. Only three out of 84 individuals arrested by police were produced before Court and the rest of them had been released on police bail. A total of 84 individuals had been arrested by police while taking part in a
According to John Hopkins University economist Professor Steve Hanke’s data reports, Sri Lanka has ranked third in the world in terms of the depreciation of the local currency against the US dollar, the foreign media reports.
The Supreme Court yesterday issued an interim order directing the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration to prevent Royal Park murder convict Don Shamantha Jude Anthony Jayamaha from leaving the country, without court permission.
The Minister invited the Foundation to contribute equipping academic activities in public schools in SL with modern technology He also sought the support of Gates Foundation to increase technical capacity of selected public schools in the country
As part of the regular and ongoing dialogue between them, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with the National Security Advisor of India Ajit Kumar Doval, at the latter’s office in New Delhi on September 22, 2022.
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held discussions with Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay on economic ties and cooperation between the two countries and ways and means of expediting the proposed joint projects, a statement from his office said.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is failing in all his attempts to retain power with the backing of the Rajapaksas as finally the people in the north have united with their brethren in the south in the campaign for repealing the draconian PTA law, Parlia
The writ petition filed challenging the operation of circulars issued by the Land Commissioner to hand over the management of “Other State Forests” to the Divisional and District Secretaries was yesterday fixed for judgement by the Court of Appeal.
Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) was incurring a monthly loss of Rs.100 million, Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said yesterday. He told Parliament that the government would consider if a prospective investor was willin
The National Zoological Department has planned to open the second part of the Ridiyagama Safari Park, which consists of 34 acres, to the public on October 4 in conjunction with World Animal Day, Agriculture, Wildlife and Forest Resources C
The government never promised to offer chairmanship of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) and Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) to the Opposition, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) General Secretary MP Sagara K
The reported incident of a student consuming coconut kernel for lunch due to poverty, was found to be unfounded, the President’s Media Division said. Accordingly, the Minuwangoda Regional Director Vajira Ranaraja and Gampah
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