COLOMBO (News1st): The Nawagiriyawa Reservoir in Ampara benefits seven farming communities that fall under the Gal Oya irrigation scheme. Although these seven farming communities are located in the Ampara district, the harvest of five communities is to be reaped in line with the cultivation patterns of Batticaloa. This is against a backdrop in which the Nawagiriyawa [4/17/2021] …
COLOMBO (News1st): The government has dismissed allegations levelled against the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill, co-cabinet spokesperson Keheliya Rambukwella said. The Attorney General has officially informed us that the bill falls in line with the country’s constitution, Rambukwella noted. He pointed out that the Port City is a mechanism to attract investments as a [4/17/2021] …
COLOMBO (News1st): The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has requested the Prime Minister to refrain from pursuing the parliamentary motion on implementing the decisions of the presidential commission on political victimization. Issuing a statement, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka expressed concerns over the parliamentary motion seeking to implement certain decisions of the presidential commission [4/17/2021] …
Arrivals to Sri Lanka will have to be limited due to rise in COVID-19 infections from among those returning from abroad, said Dr. Sudath Samaraweera of the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health on Saturday (16). Sri Lanka’s Army Commander warned there is a risk of COVID-19 entering Sri Lanka via returnees [4/17/2021] …
HAVANA — Raul Castro said Friday he is stepping down as head of Cubas Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership that began with his brother Fidel and countrys 1959 revolution. The 89-year-old Castro made the announcement in a speech at the opening of the eighth congress of the ruling party, the only one [4/17/2021] …
3,243 people had tested positive for COVID-19 so far in the month of April, said the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak on Saturday (17). From the 01st of April to the 16th of April, a total of 846 COVID-19 cases were reported from the Colombo District, said the NOCPCO. During [4/17/2021] …
The Deraniyagala Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman was arrested on Friday (16) for the possession of 98 stolen water meters from a project of the National Water Supply & Drainage Board. Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana speaking to News 1st said the Deraniyagala Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman will be charged in terms of the public [4/17/2021] …
The Director General of Health Services confirmed seven (07) deaths caused by Covid-19 virus infection on Friday (16). Accordingly, the total number of deaths due to Covid-19 infection in Sri Lanka is 615, 1. The deceased is a 69 year old male resident in Pasyala. He died on 14.04.2021 while undergoing treatments at [4/17/2021] …
COLOMBO (News1st): State minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal has denied claims that the Colombo Port City will not be regulated under Sri Lankan laws. Since they would be regulated from one point, we have relaxed them from other laws to avoid regulating them from multiple points, the state minister said on Friday. He pointed out that [4/16/2021] …
COLOMBO (News1st): The legal secretary of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya has raised concerns over the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill that was tabled in Parliament last week. The bill mentions the word other operations in Section 3. The meaning of this term has not been interpreted in the bill, President’s Counsel Thisath Wijegunawardena. He pointed [4/16/2021] …
