Sri Lanka is hard-pressed against time to reach agreements with creditors including bondholders before June, when the third tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) extended fund facility is expected, Daily Mirror learns. Sri Lanka is expected to get the next tranche of US $ 337 million in June after the third review of the programme. Before t
The Harvard Club of Sri Lanka proudly announces ‘BIG BOLD BRAVE 2024,’ a ground-breaking thought leadership conference set to take place from April 3rd to 5th, 2024, at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This is a collaboration of 15+ Harvard Clubs in the Asia Pacific region, the official Alumni Organisations of the prestigious Harvard University. “Sri Lanka is a 5-hour flight from 4.5 billion people in the APAC region—getting richer
Police suspect that the shooting in Moragahahena where two persons were killed was carried out based on an assassination contract given by an organized criminal named Tanuja Sampath alias Homagama “Handaya” who is reportedly in Dubai. Two individuals, 50 and 52 years old, residents of Piliyandala and Pannipitiya who were travelling in a three-wheeler were killed in a shooting by a group that arrived in a car at Thalgahawila, Moragahahena yesterda
A 53-year-old individual has died in a police shooting while attempting to resolve a dispute in Padiyadora in Mawanella over the weekend. According to the police, the Mawanella Police were alerted to a dispute in Padiyadora and dispatched officers to investigate the situation. During the investigation, on
The military government in Myanmar has reportedly cited that the rescue of 48 Sri Lankans held captive by cyber crime operators in the Myawaddy area has proven to be challenging since that is controlled by ethnic armed groups, an informed source said.
The Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa extends an invitation to the three main Presidential candidates - Ranil Wickremesinghe, Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa for a LIVE Presidential debate on their economic and political policies and their pledges in moving the country forward if they win the upcoming Presidential election scheduled to be held in October. The interview will be aired LIVE on the Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa, Tamil Mirror an
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) National Organizer Tissa Attanayake over the weekend cautioned his leader Sajith Premadasa on whom the party should associate with. “SJB should not associate with those who shift sides, and those who are corrupt but with those who are clean and trusted by the people,” Mr. Attanayake told journalists referring to the MoU the party signed with a group of MPs from Nidahas Janatha Sandhanaya (NJS) on Friday.
To mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year the Department of Excise has banned the countrywide sale of liquor on April 12 and 13, except for the star class hotels. Issuing a special notice, the departmental media spokesperson Channa Weerakkody said the Excise Chief has ordered the closure of all wine stores, bars and taverns on Friday 12 and Saturday 13. However, in view of the tourists all hotels that are registered under the Sri Lanka Tourism
With reference to a report put out by Verite Research that revealed only 83 MPs have attended Parliamentary sessions within the month of January this year, some MPs said they have to play multiple roles which result in them missing sessions and thus tried to justify their absence. SLPP MP Wimalaweera Dissanayake told the media that members of Parliament often have to attend to the needs of people in their districts or constituencies. “We have to
No decision has been taken to declare April 15 as a public holiday, Home Affairs State Minister Ashoka Priyantha said. He said requests have been made by state officials and public to declare April 15 as a public holiday because of the
An individual who was assaulted and tied to a tree on suspicion of attempting to break open the charity box in Getambe Diyakapanathota temple had succumbed to his injuries. The villagers had caught him when he was frequenting the temple ground and assaulted him and then tied him to a tree. However, he had later been found dead. Police said he was a 47 year old man from Menikhinna area. Investigations revealed that he had arrived on a motorcycle
The total solar eclipses that is expected to take place today will not be visible in Sri Lanka, Director of the Astronomy and Space Science Unit, Department of Physics, Colombo University, and the Chairman of the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, Professor Chandana Jayaratne said. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon blocks the Sun’s disk as seen from part of Earth’s surface. In this case, the “path of totality” will be
Thousands of fish in Mundalama lagoon have been found dead since Saturday evening much to the anxiety of the fisher folk and the environmentalists. President of Mundalama St. James Fisheries Society Marthenu Fernando said thousands of dead fish had been lashed ashore to a distance of about three kilometres along the lagoon. He said shoals of dead fish not yet lashed ashore were floating in the lagoon. He pointed out that the death of fish for an
In the midst of heated political debate over the Katchatheevu Island, Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda set the stage for another debate when he said that India secured Wadge Bank which is located below Kanyakumari and a much big
Reportedly, a young farmer has successfully cultivated a variety of cabbage seeds from Nuwara Eliya in the Mahailuppallama area in Anuradhapura District, marking a historic milestone in Sri Lanka. This accomplish
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More countries issue travel advisories
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