In a country where Ministers often believe they can get away by taking the law into their own hands, Water Supply Minister Jeevan Thondaman was the latest to be ridiculed for his thuggish behavior when he threatened police officers and the management of a Nuwara Eliya tea estate.
The South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) along with the Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH) will be officially transferred to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Moratuwa in August 2024.
A protest took place in front of Dewatagaha Jumna Mosque in Colombo, denouncing the alleged genocide in Gaza by Israel. The protest was organized by the Sri Lankan Committee for Solidarity with Palestine and the Socialist Youth Union. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
The electricity sector reforms proposed in the Sri Lanka Electricity Bill will unbundle the services of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) while guaranteeing a quality supply of electricity and services, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said today.
A demonstration aimed at halting the Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip took place outside the United Nations office in Bambalapitiya, joined by the Democratic Youth, Students for Social Equality, and the Socialist Equality Party. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel
Those who carry out propaganda insulting the Buddhist philosophy and the Buddha’s character are engaged in various businesses in this country as well as in other foreign countries and spend a lot of money to carry out such work, a Parliamentary Committee has revealed.
Although the Central Bank said the current monetary policy stance is appropriate to both maintain inflation in line with their desired goal of 5 percent while supporting the recovery in the economy, they kept the door open for future rate cuts, but
Following severe criticism that US Ambassador Julie Chung had interfered in discussing Sri Lanka’s election process with the Election Commission (EC) officials, the EC chairman R.M.A.L. Rathnayake defended the move saying that the discussion with Chung was a casual one.
The Families of the Disappeared with the parents staged a protest against the attempt to free former Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda from the Trial-at-Bar relating to the disappearance of 11 youths by a group of Navy officers.
With the increased rainfall in the catchment areas of the central hills, the hydro-power plants are receiving sufficient capacity of water, the Irrigation Department’s Irrigation (Hydrology) Director, Eng. S.P.C. Sugeeshwara Bandara said.
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