The order of dismissal from service of a teacher of music counting a service of seven years in the North Central Province made by the Secretary to the NCP Public Service Commission was restrained by Anuradhapura High Court Judge Nalin De Hewawasam. The public service commission had dismissed the teacher from service since he had not obtained a diploma from a recognized university.
Despite the Railways Department’s announcement of a service restoration by last afternoon, nearly 100 train services were disrupted yesterday (07) leaving commuters in disarray. The strike, initiated at Thursday midnight by the Sri Lanka Railways Locomotive Operating Engineers’ Union, is a response to g
Sri Lanka is successfully lobbying for the increase of the size of its Exclusive Economic Zone or the country’s territorial sea in cooperation with the Maldives avoiding any conflict between the two sides on overlapping claims, the Dail
Renowned artiste Ravindra Randeniya, celebrating his 79th birthday and 50 years in cinema, was honoured at a ceremony held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on Wednesday evening, with President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and a large number of artistes in attendance.
A first fully automatic electric maternity bed worth about Rs 4.5 million and other equipment were donated by the California Hospital Services Support and Hospital Services Council to De Soyza Maternity Hospital. Director Hospital Services Council Venerable Rajawelle Subuthi Thera participated in the event. Director of Soyza Hospital Dr. Pradeep Wijesinghe and the staff Chaminda Kariyawasam and Nilupama Kariyawasam were also present.
Velupillai Manoharan, the elder brother of LTTE founder leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, has come forward to denounce a scam targeting the Tamil diaspora and revealed that a group within the diaspora has been deceiving unsuspecting individuals by falsely claiming that Prabhakaran and some family members are still alive.
Some 15,025 families were residing in earth slip vulnerable areas and the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) had warned them to evacuate from such areas, State Minister of Defence Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon said yesterday.
The main suspect known as “ Kukul Chaminda” who was wanted in connection with the alleged abuse of a four year old child of Kalyanapura in Sampathnuwara in Welioya police area and two women who aided and abetted it were arrested in the early hours of last morning during a raid on their hideout at Arasimalai in Pulmudai.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has raised concerns with the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) yesterday about the latter’s moves to enforce law against scrapping hotels’ ‘Happy Hour’, which in turn could result in the country’s growing tourism industry, the Daily Mirror learns.
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