Kerawalapitiya power plant: Reveal secret deal with New Fortress Energy :JVP urges Govt.

New Fortress Energy company is running into bankruptcy It was a debt-ridden company with a debt of US$ 1240 million by March 2021

NGOs, political forces behind teachers’ struggle – Wasantha Handapangoda

Government has proposed one third of the proposed salary hike in this budget and the remainder in the next budget Sri Lanka Podujana Education Services Union said it would fully cooperate with the reopening of schools on October 21 despite threats by some other unions

Indian Army Chief visits places in Trinco where he worked as an IPKF officer

Visiting Indian Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravan arrived in Trincomalee yesterday, reviving memories of his stay in Sri Lanka in 1987 as a Lieutenant in the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) and visited the location of his

Inter-provincial travel restrictions to be strictly enforced till next Thursday

Vehicular movements to be strictly monitored at all provincial borders due to the long weekend with holidays on the 19th and 20th Vaccination of school children aged 18-19 years in the Colombo District had commenced One dose will be given to the school children while two doses will be given to the children with congenital diseases

Covid-19 vaccines being administered to school children

Covid-19 vaccines were administered to school children at Visaka Vidyalaya and Thurstan College Colombo yesterday.

Prevailing restrictions to be reviewed today: DG Health Services

The restrictions in effect at present will be reviewed at the COVID-19 Task Force meeting to be convened today, Director Gene

Bathiudeen released on bail in two cases

Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, who was in remand custody in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks and also in the case pertaining to the death of a 16-year-old domestic aide at his residence, was released on bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

NMRA plagued by corruption and fraud, reveals committee

This had been revealed in the interim report of the five-member committee appointed to probe malpractices said to have taken place at the NMAR from 2015 to early 2021

UNP will continue to consult national matters with Buddhist clergy: Ruwan

The party would be made a strong political entity once again based on a pro-Buddhist image

Fraud Bureau yet to obtain questionable last will of late Miss Ceylon

Jennifer Ingleton (nee Labrooy) was crowned Miss Ceylon in 1962 and passed away on 17th July 2020 after an illness at her residence in Cotta Terrace, Borella

Two Iranians detained in Remand Prison die after consuming sanitizer Eight others hospitalised

The Iran Embassy in Colombo had provided sanitizer to the inmates in the prison The inmates detained on charges of heroin trafficking had consumed the sanitizer on Wednesday

Lawyer writes to Bribery Commission Ranjan willing to give evidence on those listed in Pandora Papers

The Bribery Commission is currently investigating the Sri Lankans listed in the Pandora Papers

Katina Perahera not allowed due to Covid-19

The Buddhist Affairs Department issued a circular yesterday announcing that permission will not be granted to conduct Katina P

PFIZER BOOSTER SHOTS FOR ALL BEFORE MARCH

The Health Ministry has acquired the needed doses of the Pfizer vaccine to complete administering a booster shot to all thos

Peradeniya University Veterinary student batch suspended for ragging Keeping COVID students captive in campus

A batch consisting more than 70 students attached to the Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Faculty of the Peradeniy

Writ petition against awarding supply of security stickers to Indian Company:CA issues notices on Finance Minister and respondents

The Commissioner General of Excise has allegedly awarded the said contract to MSP sans a proper technical evaluation and also without following tender procedures The Petitioner states that he expects to prevent a loss of revenue to a magnitude of several billions as a result of the illegal and unlawful decisions and practices of the Excise Department The Excise Department is obliged to pay a sum of Rs.32 million every month to Madras Security

Pfizer vaccine to be administered in all education zones in Colombo from Oct. 15

The programme is scheduled to be run in educational zones including Homagama, Colombo, Jayewardenepura and Piliyandala

Viral video by tourist: What he said is misleading and fabricated, SL clarifies

Tourist says that a taxi service booked via a third-party website was not available once he arrived in Sri Lanka

Disclosures by Pandora and Panama Papers Muruththettuwe Ananda Thera requests Prez to order probe

Head of Rata Rakina Jana Handa Organization Ven. Muruththettuwe Ananda Thera in a letter addressed to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had requested him to order a probe on the disclosures made by Pandora Papers recently and Panama Pap

SJB to support Amendment to the Provincial Council election Ordinance to hold the PC elections

Samagi Jana Balwegaya (SJB) will support an Amendment to the Provincial Council election Ordinance in order to hold the provincial council elections under the PR system, Party General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara said yesterday.

Govt.has taken final decision to reopen schools on Oct.21: Edu. Minister assures

The Education Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena today assured that the government had taken the final decision to resume school education

10 to 30 % of total infected patients suffer from post COVID symptoms: Expert

If a person continuously suffers from several complications even after four weeks of infection, he or she is considered to be in post COVID condition,”

Ven. Iththapana Dammalankara Thera appeals to school teachers Resume duties in the greater interests of children

The resumption of teaching was the most important thing. “I earnestly request you to start teaching despite difficulties involved

Rapid increase in kerosene stoves,

electric cooker purchases: Pettah vendors

Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC permitted to resume business

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has made an order permitting Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (SFSP

Backed by his counterpart

Visiting India’s Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane was welcomed by his Sri Lankan counterpart and Chief of Defence S

Indictments against Karannagoda to be withdrawn - AG

On 24th of January, 2020, the High Court served indictments on 13 accused including Navy intelligence officials in connection with the abduction, torture, extortion and conspiracy to murder eleven persons in 2008 and 2009

Indian Army Chief in SL

Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army General Manoj Mukund Naravane, his spouse and the delegation arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday on a five-day goodwill visit. They were warmly received by the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army General Shavendra Silva and the Chairman, Army Seva Vanitha Unit Sujeewa Nelson.

Covid-19 treatment Sri Lanka explores possibility of using Merck’s oral antiviral pill

It reduces hospitalisation, deaths by 50 percent

China insists no threat to ties with Sri Lanka

Fertilizer issue to be dealt with through talks