Secretary of Defence, retired Major General Kamal Gunaratne appeared before the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka today (05). The Defence Secretary appeared before the HRCSL to provide a statement regarding the recent incident in which an Army Lieutenant Colonel assaulted a civilian at a filling station. The Defense Secretary appeared before the commission at [7/5/2022] …
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today (05) challenged NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake to take up the position of the Prime Minister if he can present a better and a viable plan for the current economic crisis. Several Opposition MPs engaged in a protest today (05), by chanting slogans against the President, which [7/5/2022] …
The Ministry of Public Security says that the members of the armed forces who are deployed in the vicinity of filling stations may have to be removed from those duties. The Ministry stated that the Tri-forces members may have to be removed on requests received by various parties seeking to remove them [7/5/2022] …
The outgoing Ambassador of Sultanate of Oman to Sri Lanka, Juma Hamdan Hassan AlMalik Alshehhi called on the Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday (04). The Omani Ambassador stated that he would support the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries in fuel, gas and investment opportunities. Moreover, the need to strengthen relations between the [7/5/2022] …
Members of the Opposition at the Parliament took steps today (05) to express their disappointment with the President, while the President was on visit to the Parliament. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe also took steps to brief the Parliament on the current status of the International Monetary Fund’s assistance program. Following the Opposition [7/5/2022] …
A Cabinet sub-committee on the cost of living has been appointed under the Chairmanship of the President. The relevant Committee, chaired by the President, includes 7 other members. The committee has been empowered with taking necessary policy decisions and solutions to maintain the cost of living. [7/5/2022] …
The Litro Gas Company states that the company is currently in possession of about 4 million empty gas cylinders. A senior official of the company mentioned that a ship carrying gas will also arrive in the country on 9th July. The quantity of gas aboard the relevent ship is 3,700 metric tons. [7/5/2022] …
A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300 cargo plane had met with an accident on the tarmac when about to take off from the Katunayuake Airport on Tuesday (5). The cargo plane had arrived from Istanbul, Turkey and was scheduled to depart from Colombo with a shipment of textiles. However, due to gale winds [7/5/2022] …
The Lanka Private Bus Owners Association says due to the fuel crisis the bus service will be completely disrupted on Tuesday (5). The Chairman of Lanka Private Bus Owners Association Gemunu Wijeratne said that this situation has arisen because SLTB Depots are not issuing sufficient fuel for private buses. He also said [7/5/2022] …
The Department of Meteorology announced that showers will occur at times in Sabaragamuwa province and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle, and Matara districts. Several spells of showers will occur in Western and North-western provinces. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Uva province and Ampara and Batticaloa districts during the [7/5/2022] …
