Sri Lanka vulnerable to climate change -Erik Solheim

Tackling it offers opportunity for green path out of crisis

No election within the coming months - Vajira Abeywardene

A series of elections will be held once a national policy framework to stabilize the nation is formulated

SL to set up climate change Uni - President Wickremesinghe

The President said he will send former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed as his convoy together with advisor on Climate Change Erik Solheim to a number of countries to get support

Stop taking action against teachers: WP Zonal Edu. Director

The performance was a part of the group activity with the participation of students

Southern Province to get new police division to tackle crimes

The MCD will be established under the instructions of the Senior DIG in charge of the Southern Province

Thilini’s employees summoned to the CID

The Chairperson has assigned the tasks to the Board of Directors for the future operation of the group

Main suspect in Ahungalla shooting incident shot dead by STF

Police said the suspect had fired at the STF with a pistol when the STF tried to arrest him

Central Bank declines to accept Russian Mir Payment System

The Central Bank has declined to allow the use of Russian Mir payment system to transact with Russia, Daily Mirror learns.

Erik Solheim appointed Presidents’ Intl. Climate Adviser

Former Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim, who is currently in Sri Lanka, was appointed as an International Climate Adviser t

Using children as shields in demonstrations a serious offence: Prez

The President emphasized that protecting children is the prime responsibility of a government

Order on Maithripala’s writ petition fixed for Friday

Sirisena alleged that the Magistrate has failed to exercise his discretion properly in deciding to issue summons

MR lauds Solheim for being appointed as Prez’s Intl. Climate Adviser

Solheim met Rajapaksa in Colombo yesterday during his special visit to the island

Quarry license cancelled after leading company breaches mining limit

The company had extracted stones from the quarry exceeding the area demarcated by the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau

YJA complains against senior police officials’ misconduct Fort Police OIC intimidated me before my lawyer – Journo complains to HRCSL

A representative of the Young Journalists Association (YJA), who went to lodge a complaint with the Fort Police over the

Over sixty migrants at Diego Garcia sent to Sri Lanka: UK

Migrants on the British Indian Ocean Territory are not in detention and are free to leave at any time

Opposition groups unite to fight for local polls

Kiriella warns country would be a pool of blood if an election is not held by March next year

Diagonosed COVID cases decline, not eliminated: Dr. Herath

Says number of cases reported daily has declined, but could increase

Ganiya Bannister in Swiss Embassy case raises objections against charges

On or around 25th of November 2019, five persons in a white vehicle had abducted her in the Cinnamon Gardens area in Colombo, threatened her with a firearm, detained her for several hours and questioned her about CID former Inspector Nishantha Silva

World Bank instructs SL to downgrade status Cabinet approves downgrading

The World Bank has instructed, Sri Lanka to downgrade her status from an upper income nation to a lower income nation assessing her monetary and credit worthiness and accordingly, the cabinet has approved the downgrading on Monday on a cabinet memo submitted by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, cabinet spokesman, Mass Media, Highways and Transport Minister Bandula Gunaward

President’s office says SL to remain middle-income country

Contradicting Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardana, President’s Media Division (PMD) said Sri Lanka will remain a middle-income country.

SL among 54 poor nations in urgent need of debt relief: UN

Warns that dozens of developing nations were facing a rapidly deepening debt crisis and that “the risks of inaction are dire”

Jana Sabha system Cabinet Ministers to be educated on political reforms

President Ranil Wickremesinghe had invited former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Journalist Victor Ivan to educate the cabinet Ministers on political reforms including the Jana Sabha system.

Responding to letters, emails and phone calls addressed to government institutions President issues instructions to streamline process

Priority should be given to general letters from the public to government institutions

First CB bond issuance case Court releases Mahendran and nine others

Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar bench, by majority decision held that public property charges against the accused cannot be maintained

All charges related to driving licences increased

An extraordinary gazette notification (2301/17) on this was issued yesterday

Alleged rape of an underage girl Former Akuressa PS chairman acquitted from the case

The Court of Appeal yesterday ordered to acquit former Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Saruwa Liyanage Sunil from a case filed against him for raping an underage girl in 2012.

Two more illegally imported Hummers found

The State Minister paid an emergency inspection visit to the Sri Lanka Customs and found many items and goods prepared to be exported illegally

Australians arrested over alleged Sri Lanka bribes for lucrative contracts

The bribes were allegedly made in the pursuit of two Sri Lankan projects - which police did not name - worth A$14m

HC imposes travel ban on Johnston in Sathosa case

Magistrate also ordered to obtain fingerprints of the three suspects

Economic crisis hits sex industry - charges of women and men go up

Some women and even men, are forced into prostitution to survive the economic crisis and look after their families they said that they had turned to sex as it was the only stable income available