Further controversy swirls around the Easter Sunday attack- the series of bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on April 19, 2019, killing nearly 300 people including 46 foreign nationals - after Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader former MP Udaya Gammanpila put in public domain one report on the incident, which recommends prosecution of current secretary to the Public Security Ministry Ravi Seneviratne for his alleged negligence of duty as a senior
The Catholic Church is to officially reject the accusations that have been made against two government officials in the Presidential Commission report on Easter Sunday attacks, which was revealed by former Minister Udaya Gammanpila yesterday.
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader, former MP Udaya Gammanpila has called for the immediate removal of Ravi Seneviratne from the post as the Public Security Ministry Secretary, as he has been named as a main accused in the Easter Sunday bomb attacks investigations by a Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) report.
Following a request from security chiefs for the removal of Fundamental Rights cases and arrest orders against officers tackling the rising underworld, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed the Attorney General to immediately intervene to address these allegations against such members of the law enforcement authorities.
In response to a remark made by incumbent President Anura Kumara Dissanayake that his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe has asked for extensive privileges, Advisor to the former President Sagala Ratnayake yesterday said it is the security unit of Mr. Wickremesinghe which has asked for privileges.
The Kandy Division Criminal Investigation Bureau has confiscated a BMW and a Prado jeep, valued at approximately Rs. 60 million, from the residence of former Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena’s son-in-law in Aniwatta, Kandy.
The government is expecting to increase salaries of public servants, provide an additional allowance for schoolchildren and increase allowance for low-income families in the budget for 2025 which is to be presented before March next year, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.
Claiming that those who were in a state of coma for the last five years about the Easter Sunday attacks had now started to question the reports of the Presidential Commission, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday those reports were not secret reports and that some people were perturbed after the government initiated a proper investigation into the Easter attacks.
The government is reportedly losing billions of rupees in revenue due to the misclassification of high Customs duty items as low-duty items to evade proper payments, and this has prompted the Association of Essential Commodities Importers and Traders to seek intervention from President Anura Kumara Dissanayake for a resolution.
The debate over the alleged concealment of the reports on the series of deadly blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, 2019 took a new turn yesterday with Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila seeking an appointment in writing with Public Security Minister Vijitha Herath to hand over what he said ‘all defence sensitive materials’ to him.
In another wildlife tragedy, two wild elephants died after being knocked down by the Batticaloa-bound fuel carriage train between Gal Oya and Hingurakgoda Railway Stations during the wee hours of yesterday. In the accident, two other elephants were injured.
Claiming that none of the National People’s Power (NPP) leaders had claimed that the NPP government would not obtain loans, NPP member Lal Kantha said President Anura Kumara Dissanayake continuously said loans are not a ‘crime’.
Former MP and former Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance Harsha de Silva said the electoral pledge made by the National People’s Power (NPP) in the political platform has proven to be unrealistic. Dr. de Silva told a media briefing that the only option available for the government is to borrow funds from financial markets.
Claiming that allegations were rife that there had been irregularities and favouritism in releasing films, Media Minister Vijitha Herath said yesterday the present government will formulate proper criteria and release films in a proper order without resorting to any such irregularity or favouritism.
the Secretary to Environment, Wildlife, Forest Resources, Water Supply, Plantations, and Community Infrastructure, highlighted Sri Lanka’s partnership with GGGI and stated that the country is committed to climate and risk mitigation as key principles for agricultural development, along with the transition to electric mobility as part of the national transportation strategy.
The Pathfinder Foundation had the honour of hosting Qi Zhenghong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Sri Lanka, who was accompanied by the Chief of Political Section, Mr Qin Ligong and Third Secretary Mr. Jin Enze, from the Embassy of China, for a luncheon meeting at its ‘River Point’ premises in Peliyagoda. The delegation was warmly welcomed by the Founder of Pathfinder Foundation, Mr. Milinda Moragoda, CEO of MMBL Pathfinder, Mr. K
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