The Court of Appeal on Wednesday (27) issued notice on Education Minister Professor G. L. Peiris and several others to appear in the court on the 10th of March. They were noticed in order to submit facts with respect to the petition filed with the Court of Appeal seeking an order to prevent [1/27/2021] …
22 people in the Bondupitiya village in Mathugama have tested positive for COVID-19. The local health officer speaking to reporters said the group had visited Sigiriya and Dambulla on the 14th of January. Incidentally, tourists from Ukraine also visited Sigiriya in recent weeks. Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga was accompanying [1/27/2021] …
The Nawa Sinhala Ravaya National Organization has raised concerns over Adani Group making its way into the cabinet paper. Venerable Magalkande Sudantha Thero, the General Secretary of the Nawa Sinhala Ravaya National Organization said when an investment is called for, an open tender process needs to be followed and in the absence of [1/27/2021] …
The Chinese Government has decided to donate 300,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to Sri Lanka, following a request made by the island nation’s government. The vaccine will be donated, although the production capacity of the vaccine is limited, compared with the huge domestic and international demand, said the Embassy of China in Colombo. The [1/27/2021] …
The Chinese Government has decided to donate 300,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to Sri Lanka, following a request made by the island nation’s government. The vaccine will be donated, although the production capacity of the vaccine is limited, compared with the huge domestic and international demand, said the Embassy of China in Colombo. The [1/27/2021] …
COLOMBO (News1st): The Wages Board will meet on Wednesday to decide on increasing the wages of estate workers up to Rs 1000, labour minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has said. The minister told reporters yesterday that he had attempted to sign a collective agreement between employees and estate trade unions. Since a consensus was not reached, [1/27/2021] …
COLOMBO (News1st): An event was organized in Colombo on Tuesday in remembrance of journalists who were murdered or had gone missing in the country. Ahimsa Wickrematunge, the daughter of slain newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge delivered a virtual address during the event. There must come a time when those who live in fear are those who [1/27/2021] …
COLOMBO (News1st): The Ceylon Teachers Union staged a protest on Friday opposing moves to involve a foreign entity in managing the Colombo Port’s East Container Terminal. The protest was held opposite the building of the Ministry of Education in Battaramulla. The protesters distributed leaflets to apprise the public on the crisis. [1/27/2021] …
: The Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to probe the 2019 April 21st Terror Attacks in Sri Lanka, officially concluded the recording of evidence on Tuesday (26) night. The final witness who provided evidence to the PCoI was Ex-Chief of the Criminal Investigations Department Shani Abeysekera, who is held in remand custody. The [1/27/2021] …
: Arundika Fernando, the State Minister of Coconut, Kithul and Palmyrah Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing & Export Diversification is the latest parliamentarian to test positive for COVID-19, the parliamentary administration confirmed on Wednesday (Jan. 27). Accordingly, seven parliamentarians have so far tested positive for the virus so far. Minister Vasudeva [1/27/2021] …
