President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to appoint a committee to determine whether Kurundi Viharaya of Mullaitivu and Thiriyaya Viharaya of Trincomalee historically owned 2,000 and 3,000 acres respectively, sources cl
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) informed President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday that it would agree with him only in areas without policy contrasts, a party official said. SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam who attended the meeting along with his party’s National Organizer Basil Rajapaksa told Daily Mirror there are policy contrasts between the SLPP and the Presid
Shortcomings in the Inland Revenue Act have hampered the collection of a whopping over Rs.900 billion in tax revenue to the state coffers, an MP said. Kandy district MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who chairs the Parliamentary Sectorial Oversight Committee on National Economic and Physical Plans, said the Inland Revenue Department had b
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has raised concerns with President Ranil Wickremesinghe over a meeting convened with SLPP district leaders on Monday saying that the party leaders were not informed of such a move and if the President intends to call for such meetings, then the party has to be consulted first.
While rejecting reports on Sri Lanka’s food insecurity and child labour, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha asked the experts where they were four years ago to predict that the country’s economy would come to zero. While addressing a blo
There has been a drastic increase in drug offenders at present and that nine new centres have been initiated to rehabilitate the drug offenders¸ a Parliamentary Committee revealed. The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) that met in Parliament Complex recently revealed that some 10,470 inmates out of the total of 17,502 inmates in remand prison are drug offenders while 3,569 out of the t
Sri Lanka Customs along with the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) will destroy the largest haul of illicit cigarettes detected in the country’s history, which is over 200 million sticks and came in 21 containers in 2021 with an estimated value of Rs.9.7 billion, in Muthurajawela today. Top officials of th
The Supreme Court recently gave a historical judgement with regard to the ownership of the copyright of a work of renowned Chef Publis Silva, which is relevant to authors, publishers and all other connected parties in the respective field. Defendant-A
Auditor General informed COPE that a consultant who was recruited to ANCL in 2020 had been paid Rs. 1.8 million and another consultant recruited to the Media Ministry had been paid a consultancy fee of Rs. 900,000 without obtaining any consultations
While claiming that Sri Lankan authorities were in constant touch with the relevant UK officials about some 60 Sri Lankan people who are being held in Diego Garcia, a British territory in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka yesterday said that those Sri Lankan asylum seekers could return anytime voluntarily if they wish to. “Sri Lankan authorities have been in constant touch with the British authoriti
IMF review for Sri Lanka delayed
Canada issues travel advisory over serious risk in Arugam Bay
More countries issue travel advisories
Sri Lanka Tourism invites global travellers for upcoming season
Russian embassy urges citizens to stay vigilant in Arugam Bay
Immigration authorities to crack down on overstaying Russians, Israelis
Sri Lanka may face another economic turmoil: Sajith