Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe has been awarded an ’’A’’ grade in the Global Finance’s 2024 Central Banker Report Cards, an international recognition that honors central bank leaders whose exceptional strategy and leadership has outperformed their global peers.
United National Party (UNP) Chairman Vajira Abeywardena today hinted that incumbent Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena will continue to be the Premier if the incumbent President emerges victorious at the Presidential election this year.
The medical graduates staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Health today (22), demanding that health graduates be immediately recruited into the public service. The protestors claim that the move to recruit individuals from private institutions while restricting health graduates from free education should be withdrawn immediately. Pix Nimalsiri Edirisinghe
The helicopter crash in which Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused by weather conditions and the aircraft’s inability to handle the weight it was carrying, Iran’s semi-official news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a security source informed of the final investigation results.
No Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian represting the Anuradhapura District participated in organising the SLPP’s maiden rally held in Anuradhapura yesterday, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said today.
The Supreme Court five-judge-bench headed by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya today ordered the Election Commission to make the necessary arrangements to hold the Local Government elections at the earliest possible date.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Thalatha Athukorala who shockingly resigned from her parliamentary seat just weeks ahead of the Presidential election said she made this decision as she saw no clear road ahead with the SJB and said she could not bear to see the party heading in such an ad hoc direction.
The Brampton Municipal authorities in Canada have disregarded the Sri Lankan government’s protest over the construction of what is called ‘Tamil genocide memorial’ as its Mayor Patrick Brown requested Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister M. Joly to take a hard line position against Sri Lanka, according to the letter which Daily Mirror is now in possession.
Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) today warned legal action against any candidate or political party that would decorate city roads, streets or public places for any election related propaganda without their permission or paying due charges.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe received the credentials of two newly appointed High Commissioners and three Ambassadors to Sri Lanka at the President’s House, Colombo today, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
People and vehicles wade through floodwater on a waterlogged road in Gampaha Kiridivita. The Disaster Management Center announced that more than 2,354 people have been affected by the bad weather that has affected the island. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
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