COLOMBO (News1st): A final decision on allowing parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake to attend sittings while serving his four-year prison term will be announced in three weeks, speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana has said. He made these remarks after opposition parliamentarians, during a debate on Tuesday, demanded that Ramanayake be allowed to attend parliamentary sessions. Although the National [1/19/2021] …
COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka is yet to grant regulatory clearance to receive COVID-19 vaccines from India that is beginning the distribution of the jab among neighbouring states, the Indian High Commission has said. It will be ensured that domestic manufacturers will have adequate stocks to meet domestic requirments while supplying abroad, the foreign mission in [1/19/2021] …
: There is a cloud of uncertainty over the tender called for the purchase of coal at the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant, opposition MP Nalin Bandara said in Parliament on Tuesday (19th Jan) A cabinet paper was put forward yesterday to purchase 300,000 tonnes of coal for USD 96. As of now, several [1/19/2021] …
Cricket Australia; Australia’s famous stranglehold at Brisbane fortress overcome as Pant, Pujara and Gill combine to complete one of their country’s most remarkable Test and series victories India’s most gruelling overseas Test tour was crowned with perhaps their most famous Test win as they overcame unimaginable odds and a more-fancied opponent in a win for the [1/19/2021] …
COLOMBO (News1st): Opposition and government lawmakers were involved in an exchange of words over the report of the commission that probed political victimization on Tuesday. We saw the list of individuals who were punished by Ranil Wickremesinghe, agriculture minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said during a parliamentary debate. Opposition parliamentarian Harin Fernando insisted that court cases filed [1/19/2021] …
COLOMBO (News1st): A company with ties to the government has sought a loan of Rs 3.15 billion from a state bank to import cigarettes, citing that prices would be hiked in the next budget, opposition lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said. A loan of 3.15 billion has been requested from the Katuwana Branch of the [1/19/2021] …
The Frontline Socialists Party together with Civil & Political activists protested opposite the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka against the process to involve India’s Adani Group for the development of the East Container Terminal at the Colombo Port. Further, the protest was held in support of the demonstration taking place in India [1/19/2021] …
: The government came under heavy flak recently for amending an import tax on sugar twice, with critics stating that the move had benefitted the allies of those in power. Speaking about the matter in Parliament on Tuesday (19th Jan) Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Eran Wickramaratne said multinational companies allied to the government such [1/19/2021] …
REUTERS: India, one of the worlds biggest drugmakers, will start exports of COVID-19 vaccines as early as Wednesday, government sources said, paving the way for many mid- and lower-income countries to secure supplies of the easy-to-store Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The first batch of exports will be shipped to the tiny nation of Bhutan, said the officials, who [1/19/2021] …
The inaugural session of the Mihinthale Pradeshiya Sabha for 2021 opened with a physical altercation on Tuesday (19). When the session opened a councilor from the opposition was seen taking a seat in the chair designated for the Opposition Leader and thereafter, the Opposition Leader of the local government body arrived. At [1/19/2021] …
