DISGRACE FOR SRI LANKA TO OBSERVE EMPTY SEATS IN PARLIAMENT

Empty seats at Parliament, a disgrace for SL – Former PM – Ranil Wickremesinghe today (21) brought to attention the fact that many MP seats were empty despite the Korean Speaker – Park Byeong-Seug visiting parliament during the day. He…

MINISTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE JANAKA BANDARA TENNAKOON CERTIFIES VIA GAZETTE THE RETIREMENT AGE WEF JANUARY 2022 TO BE 65

Gazette on public sector retirement age, issued The Minister of Public Service – Janaka Bandara Thennakoon issued a gazette notification declaring the retirement age for public sector employees as 65 years on today (20). According to the gazette, the retirement…

HEARING OF CASE ON CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE OF DUTY AGAINST FORMER IGP PUJITH JAYASUNDERA OVER JUDGEMENT ON FEBRUARY 18th

Hearing of case against Pujith, concludes The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar has concluded hearing of evidence in the case against former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara over his criminal negligence of duty by failing to prevent the Easter Sunday…

CEB GIVEN 900 TONS OF FUEL OUT OF FUEL STOCKS FOR 10 DAYS UNLOADED

Fuel stocks for 10 days unloaded; CEB gets 900 tons The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said that 40,000 metric tons of diesel and petrol, sufficient for ten days, are being unloaded by ships since yesterday (18). The tanker, imported by…

PROPOSAL FOR FOUR MORE FLYOVERS APPROVED BY THE CABINET

Approval for 4 more flyovers The proposal made by the Minister of Highways to construct four new flyovers, has been approved by the Cabinet.

NEW SECRETARIES FOR PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER -GAMINI SENERATH AND ANURA DISSANAYAKE RESPECTIVELY

New secretaries for President & PM Featured The new secretaries of the President and Prime Minister have been appointed. Mr. Gamini Senarath, previously served as the Secretary to the Prime Minister, will assume duties as the Secretary to the President…

PRIORITY FOR IMPORT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES WHEN VEHICLE IMPORTS ARE ALLOWED -GOTABHAYA

Will give priority to importing electric vehicles – President President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that they will give priority to electric vehicles when vehicle imports are allowed in the future. The President said this while delivering the Government’s Policy Statement, after…

SRI LANKA TOURISM DEVELOPMENTAUTHORITY ( SLTDA) IMPLEMENTS “FOREIGNERS ONLY ” POLICY

SLTDA warns over ‘Foreigners Only’ policy The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has warned that tourist establishments that follow discriminatory policies such as ‘Foreigners Only’ policy face license cancellations. Issuing a statement, the SLTDA said it had received complaints…

INVESTIGATION ON BRIBERY OR CORRUPTION BEGUN ON MAYOR ROSY SENANAYAKE

Bribery investigation on Rosy! It is reported that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has commenced an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of public funds and financial corruption committed by the Mayor of Colombo. The complaint was…

FOR MAINTAINING NOROCHCHOLAI LAKVIJAYA POWER PLANT US 17 MILLION HAS TO BE PAID TO CHINESE COMPANY

Chinese company had to be paid $ 17 million for maintaining Norochcholai It is reported that China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) has to be paid an arrears of US $ 17.5 million for technical consultancy services for the operation and…