A top European Union court on Tuesday told Google it would have to pay a €2.4 billion fine brought forth by the bloc’s antitrust regulators seven years ago, just as the court rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the European Commission to repay €13 billion in back taxes to Ireland.
Reports claiming that the Cabinet has not yet approved the salary increase for public sector employees set to be implemented in 2025 are false and the necessary approval has already been granted, the President’s Media Division said.
The Deshapremi Janatha Balawegaya which is backing independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential election, alleged today that the hidden message of NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake is that they will have to face a communal clash if they fail to vote for him.
The Sri Lankan authorities have not received any information on the whereabouts of Officer Cadet Mohammed Aneek from the Sri Lanka Army, who recently graduated from the esteemed Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom after completing his training, official said.
With less than two weeks for the Presidential election, Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that the newly elected administration must commit to the concrete transformational changes needed to ensure accountability, justice and reconciliation.
Claiming that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa did not have money even to print his final poster in 2005 election, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) had printed his final poster on credit and questioned how they have amassed massive wealth now.
At least seven individuals including five police officers were injured following the reckless lighting of firecrackers during a propaganda rally of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) in front of the Kandy central market this afternoon.
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ADB approves USD 100 million for Sri Lanka’s water sector reforms
People’s Bank sets record straight on IT system upgrade
Sri lanka out of bankruptcy soon
Ranil, AKD marriage will end on Sept. 21st
Will protect dignity of people who vote for NPP
I do not make false promises, will not allow any child to starve