With data confirming the worst ecological crisis facing coral reefs, amidst the ongoing fourth and most extensive coral bleaching event on record, an emergency special session has been called for October 30 on the sidelines of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 in Cali, Colombia.
Acting Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasuriya has directed that minor complaints reported to police stations, which have not yet been investigated must be thoroughly investigated and resolved within two weeks.
The World Bank and the government signed the second Resilience, Stability, and Economic Turnaround (RESET) Development Policy Operation (DPO) for $200 million which is the second operation in a two-part series that began in 2022 during former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s tenure.
While saying that a comprehensive investigation is underway into the tragic death of a 24-year-old woman at the Wijaya Kumaratunga Memorial Hospital in Seeduwa, the hospital authorities dismissed claims of a vaccine being administered to the woman.
Claiming that permits or licenses to establish wine stores to sell liquor is not an illegal business, former MP Mano Ganesan questioned President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya on the reason for holding the government from releasing the list of names and suspending the operations of these unethical wine stores.
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) expressed optimism that recent changes in the leadership and management of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) will lay a much-needed foundation to avert a looming power crisis in 2026-2027.
Consumer spending made via credit cards appear to be increasing as the total outstanding credit card debt in licensed commercial banks have expanded by a little under a billion rupees in August in line with the sharper increase seen in overall credit to the private sector in the same month.
Claiming that the current government appears to continue the vehicle import resumption policy that was originally introduced by the previous government, former State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said it is reassuring to see the current administration upholding the same policy.
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