The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) unveiled its manifesto and economic blueprint. Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa, along with the SJB’s economic team, presented their vision for a more inclusive and equitable Sri Lanka. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe
Two 14-year-old students and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. Nine other people — eight students and one teacher — were wounded and hospitalized, all of whom are expected to survive.
The National People’s Power (NPP) Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake will surpass Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Sajith Premadasa at this year’s presidential polls and become the main opposition leader later this year, President Ranil Wickremesinghe believes.
Claiming that the National People’s Power (NPP) will not violate the Constitution if elected on September 21, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today the NPP will run the government as per the Constitution for one and half months until the Parliament is dissolved.
Some 75,000 vehicle permits issued to government employees for the last five years are still pending and this was informed to the IMF, World Bank and the donor institutions, Parliamentarian Wajira Abeywardana said today.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered up to 30 officials to be executed over their alleged failure to prevent massive flooding and landslides in the summer that The resulted in the death of some 4,000 people, according to South Korean media.
The International Centre for Foreign Studies (ICFS) will host the fourth session of ’Education Yaalpanam’ on September 7 at the Vavuniya Public Library and on September 8 at the Jaffna Public Library Auditorium.
Pope Francis on Wednesday urged political leaders in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, to guard against religious extremism, which he said distorted people’s religious beliefs through ’’deception and violence’’.
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I do not make false promises, will not allow any child to starve